Myra Carter (born 27 October 1930) is an award-winning American actress of stage, screen and television. Her television credits include Boris Karloff's Thriller, Frasier and The Nanny.
Carter is most admired for her work on stage and in particular the works of Edward Albee including the original casts of Three Tall Women and All Over and the revivals of The American Dream and The Sandbox among others. For her performance in Three Tall Women, Carter won numerous awards including a Drama Desk Award, an OBIE Award, an Outer Critics Circle Award, and a Lucille Lortel Award. Her Broadway credits include Major Barbara, Maybe Tuesday, Georgy, and Garden District which included the plays Suddenly Last Summer and Something Unspoken. Her Off-Broadway credits include King John, Abingdon Square, Helen, and The Secret Concubine. Carter won a Joe A. Callaway Award for her performance in King John Carter is also known for her many performances at Memphis’ Front Street Theatre. She also made an appearance in the 1999 Nicholas Cage thriller 8mm.
She was born in Scotland, near Aberdeen, though most sources list her birthplace as Chicago. She resides in New York City, and has family living in Kansas City, Kansas and St. Louis, MO.
