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Anne Pitoniak is a Actor American born on 30 march 1922 at Westfield (USA)

Anne Pitoniak

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Nationality USA
Birth 30 march 1922 at Westfield (USA)
Death 22 april 2007 (at 85 years) at Manhattan (USA)

Anne Pitoniak (March 30, 1922 – April 22, 2007) was an American actress. She was nominated twice for Broadway's Tony Award: as Best Actress (Play) in 1983, for 'night, Mother, and as Best Actress (Featured Role - Play) in 1994, for a revival of William Inge's Picnic.

Biography

Early life
Pitoniak was born in Westfield, Massachusetts, the daughter of Sophie (née Porubovic) and John Pitoniak. She was a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. She spent two years as a civilian actress immediately after World War II, touring Japan, the Philippines and Korea for the Army's Special Services division. She met her future husband, Jerome Milord, then a soldier, when they were both in a U.S.O. show in Japan.


Career
In 'night, Mother she played a woman who desperately tries to keep her daughter from killing herself. The play had its premiere at the American Repertory Theatre in Cambridge, Massachusetts, then moved to Broadway. Both Pitoniak and co-star Kathy Bates received Best Actress Tony Award nominations for their work. In 1994, Pitoniak received a second Tony nomination for her performance as Helen Potts in the Roundabout Theatre Company's revival of Picnic. She also appeared on Broadway in Agnes of God, The Octette Bridge Club, Amy's View, Uncle Vanya, Dance of Death, and Imaginary Friends.

Pitoniak performed frequently at the Actors Theatre of Louisville, in such plays as Norman's Getting Out, D. L. Coburn's The Gin Game, and Jane Martin's Middle Aged White Guys. She also worked steadily in film and television, including the 1985 film version of Agnes of God, where she appeared as the mother of Jane Fonda's character.

In 1987, Pitoniak played the role of Mary, in the 1987 Cheers episode "Pudd'n Head Boyd" (Season 6, Episode 9). In 2001, she played the role of Mrs. Berry in the Law and Order: SVU episode "Redemption" (Season 3, Episode 6).


Death
Pitoniak died from cancer at her home in Manhattan, New York City, New York at age 85.

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Michael Haley
Michael Haley
(1 films)
Bill Condon
Bill Condon
(1 films)
Luis Puenzo
Luis Puenzo
(1 films)
Sally Field
Sally Field
(1 films)
Jane Fonda
Jane Fonda
(2 films)
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Filmography of Anne Pitoniak (19 films)

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Actress

Unfaithful
Unfaithful (2002)
, 2h4
Directed by Adrian Lyne
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Romance, Erotic thriller
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Erotic thriller films, Children's films
Actors Richard Gere, Diane Lane, Olivier Martinez, Erik Per Sullivan, Chad Lowe, Dominic Chianese
Roles Grandma
Rating66% 3.349593.349593.349593.349593.34959
Edward (Richard Gere) and Connie Sumner (Diane Lane) are a married couple living in a suburban New York City with their eight-year-old son, Charlie (Erik Per Sullivan). Their relationship is loving but lacking intimacy due to their schedules.
The Opportunists, 1h30
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Mob film, Crime, Romance
Themes Heist films, Gangster films, Escroquerie
Actors Christopher Walken, Peter McDonald, Kate Burton, Donal Logue, Anne Pitoniak, Vera Farmiga
Roles Aunt Dee
Rating57% 2.851962.851962.851962.851962.85196
The film's protagonist is Victor "Vic" Kelly (Christopher Walken), a struggling auto mechanic with a safe-cracking past and a lot of debt. When a supposed cousin from Ireland visits Vic, the alleged cousin sabotages one of Vic's auto repair jobs, to ensure Vic's desperation and participation in the robbery scheme introduced to Vic by neighborhood resident Pat (Donal Logue).
Where the Money Is, 1h29
Directed by Marek Kanievska
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Crime
Themes Vieillesse, Heist films, Gangster films, Escroquerie
Actors Paul Newman, Linda Fiorentino, Dermot Mulroney, Anne Pitoniak, Arthur Holden, Frank Fontaine
Roles Mrs. Tetlow
Rating62% 3.148543.148543.148543.148543.14854
Professional thief Henry Manning is in an Oregon nursing home's care. Having suffered a massive stroke, he is immobile and mute. Henry is in the care of Carol Ann McKay, a high school prom queen who married her boyfriend Wayne, the star of her school's football team, and whose glamour days are well behind her.
Julian Po
Julian Po (1997)
, 1h24
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Themes Films about suicide
Actors Christian Slater, Robin Tunney, Michael Parks, Cherry Jones, Harve Presnell, Frankie Faison
Rating60% 3.006123.006123.006123.006123.00612
The film is the story of a depressed man who comes into a town with no future. The title character (Slater) wanders into a small sleepy town with the intent to kill himself. When the townspeople learn of his plan, Julian becomes a minor celebrity, and is offered all sorts of free perks since this is the most exciting thing to ever happen in that town. However, Julian gets attached to the town and decides life is worth living after all, much to the annoyance of the townspeople who decide to set into motion plans for his suicide, assisted or forced if need be, as long as he keeps his word and carries through with his original plans, much to his desperation and anger.
A Thousand Acres, 1h45
Directed by Jocelyn Moorhouse
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about families, Films about sexuality, Political films, Films based on plays, Films based on works by William Shakespeare, Films about royalty
Actors Michelle Pfeiffer, Jessica Lange, Jason Robards, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Colin Firth, Keith Carradine
Roles Mary Livingstone
Rating60% 3.0486253.0486253.0486253.0486253.048625
Larry Cook (Jason Robards), a prosperous Iowa farmer, decides to retire and split his acres of land among his three daughters, Ginny (Jessica Lange), Rose (Michelle Pfeiffer) and Caroline (Jennifer Jason Leigh). Ginny and Rose happily accept the lucrative agreement to live and work on the farm but Caroline abandons farming for a law career in Des Moines and refuses to take part in the deal.
Bed of Roses, 1h27
Directed by Michael Haley, Michael Goldenberg
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Christian Slater, Mary Stuart Masterson, Pamela Adlon, Josh Brolin, Debra Monk, Mary Alice
Roles Grandma Jean
Rating60% 3.0482453.0482453.0482453.0482453.048245
Lisa Walker (Mary Stuart Masterson) is a business executive who has gotten used to being alone but doesn't like it very much. She was abandoned by her birth parents and then spent most of her childhood being raised by Stanley (S.A. Griffin), a foster father who never really loves Lisa after her adopted mother died.
The Christmas Tree, 2h33
Directed by Sally Field
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Christmas films, Children's films
Actors Julie Harris, Trini Alvarado, Andrew McCarthy, Betty Aberlin, Jessica Hecht, Anne Pitoniak
Roles Mother Superior Francis
Rating67% 3.388713.388713.388713.388713.38871
A story about a forming friendship between an elderly nun, Sister Anthon (Julie Harris), and New York's Rockefeller Center's head gardener Richard Reilly (Andrew McCarthy), who wants to fell a tree she's been growing for decades and move it to New York City for Christmas display.
House of Cards, 1h49
Directed by Michael Lessac
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities, Films about autism
Actors Kathleen Turner, Tommy Lee Jones, Park Overall, Shiloh Strong, Esther Elizabeth Rolle, Michael Horse
Roles Judge
Rating61% 3.0516653.0516653.0516653.0516653.051665
Following the death of her husband, Ruth Matthews moved her family to a quiet suburb, hoping to put the past behind them. While her son Michael is able to adapt, her daughter, Sally, is apparently traumatized by the experience and starts displaying unusual behavior. Ruth is later court mandated to see Jake Beerlander, an expert in child autism, to help Sally.
V.I. Warshawski, 1h29
Directed by Jeff Kanew
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Action, Adventure, Crime
Actors Kathleen Turner, Jay O. Sanders, Charles Durning, Angela Goethals, Frederick Coffin, Stephen Root
Roles Lotty
Rating49% 2.451232.451232.451232.451232.45123
Victoria "V.I" Warshawski is a Chicago-based freelance private investigator who lives the part of the hard-boiled detective. But in her heart of hearts, she is a softy. One night, while she is drinking at her favorite bar, she meets an ex-Blackhawks hockey player named Boom-Boom Grafalk (Stephen Meadows). The two connect and a romance appears to be in the making. But Warshawski is nevertheless surprised when Boom-Boom appears at her doorstep later that night with his 13-year-old daughter, Kat (Angela Goethals) in tow.
Old Gringo
Old Gringo (1989)
, 1h59
Directed by Luis Puenzo
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure, Romance
Themes Political films
Actors Jane Fonda, Gregory Peck, Jimmy Smits, Luis Puenzo, Jim Metzler, Jenny Gago
Roles Mrs. Winslow
Rating58% 2.9009952.9009952.9009952.9009952.900995
American schoolteacher Harriet Winslow (Jane Fonda) goes to Mexico to work as a governess for the Miranda family, and becomes caught up in the Mexican revolution. Mexicans transporting her from Chihuahua, secretly soldiers of Pancho Villa's army, use her luggage to smuggle weapons to the servants at the Miranda hacienda. The servants in turn aid the attacking revolutionary army of General Tomas Arroyo (Jimmy Smits). During the attack, a sardonic "Old Gringo", American author Ambrose Bierce (Gregory Peck), joins the fighting on the side of the revolutionaries; he operates a railway switch that sends a railroad flatcar laden with explosives to its target.
The Wizard of Loneliness, 1h51
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Political films
Actors Lukas Haas, Lea Thompson, Lance Guest, Dylan Baker, John Randolph, David Moscow
Roles Cornelia
Rating59% 2.953712.953712.953712.953712.95371
Young Wendall Oler is sent to live with his Aunt Sybil and Uncle John when his father is called on to fight in World War II. Lonely and unhappy, Wendall harbors the delusion that he possesses amazing powers and becomes involved in some family secrets.
Best Seller, 1h35
Directed by John Flynn
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Films about writers
Actors James Woods, Brian Dennehy, Victoria Tennant, Paul Shenar, Allison Balson, George Coe
Roles Mrs. Foster
Rating63% 3.196643.196643.196643.196643.19664
The movie opens in 1972 as a group of gunmen wearing Richard Nixon Halloween masks steal evidence from a police evidence storage unit, killing several officers in the process. Officer Dennis Meechum (Brian Dennehy) is seriously wounded after stabbing one of the robbers. He survives and publishes a book titled Inside Job based on his experience. Years later, Meechum, who by now has become an acclaimed author and a much decorated Detective, is working on his next novel. He now suffers from writer's block, and is a widowed father raising his daughter, Holly (Allison Balson).
Hiding Out
Hiding Out (1987)
, 1h38
Directed by Bob Giraldi
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Action, Adventure
Actors Jon Cryer, Annabeth Gish, Keith Coogan, John Spencer, Oliver Cotton, Joy Behar
Roles Grandma Jennie Morenski
Rating63% 3.195963.195963.195963.195963.19596
Revealed shortly into the movie, Andrew Morenski (Cryer) and two others, all stockbrokers, have managed to pass bogus bonds for a mobster awaiting trial. After an evening out at a bar, one of the stockbrokers is killed in his home. The next morning, the FBI take the other two into protective custody. After convincing his FBI hosts that he wants breakfast and out of the safe house, Andrew and his FBI bodyguards are followed by hitmen hired to eliminate them. One of the FBI bodyguards is killed in a diner, the other injured, and Andrew flees the scene. While running from the hitmen, he manages to board a train and temporarily escapes.
Housekeeping, 1h57
Directed by Bill Forsyth
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Christine Lahti, Anne Pitoniak, Wayne Robson, Antony Holland
Roles Aunt Lily
Rating71% 3.5929553.5929553.5929553.5929553.592955
Teen sisters Ruth and Lucille, raised by a grandmother after their mother's suicide, end up living with an aunt in a western U.S. town called Fingerbone after the grandmother dies.