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Patti LuPone is a Actor American born on 21 april 1949 at Northport (USA)

Patti LuPone

Patti LuPone
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Birth name Patti Ann LuPone
Nationality USA
Birth 21 april 1949 (74 years) at Northport (USA)
Awards Laurence Olivier Award

Patti Ann LuPone (born April 21, 1949) is an American actress and singer, best known for her work in stage musicals. She is a two-time Grammy Award winner and a two-time Tony Award winner. She is also a 2006 American Theater Hall of Fame inductee.

LuPone began her professional career with The Acting Company in 1972 and made her Broadway debut in Three Sisters in 1973. She received the first of six (as of 2014) Tony Award nominations for the 1975 musical The Robber Bridegroom. She won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her role as Eva Perón in the 1979 original Broadway production of Evita. She played Fantine in the original London cast of Les Misérables and Moll in The Cradle Will Rock, winning the 1985 Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her work in both.

Other stage musical performances include her Tony nominated role as Reno Sweeney in the 1987 revival of Anything Goes, her Olivier nominated role as Norma Desmond in the 1993 original production of Sunset Boulevard in London, her Tony nominated role as Mrs. Lovett in the 2005 production of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, her Tony Award winning role as Mama Rose in the 2007 revival of Gypsy, and her Tony nominated role as Lucia in the 2010 original production of Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown.

She starred alongside Audra McDonald in the 2007 Los Angeles Opera production of Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny and won two Grammy Awards for the 2008 recording, for Best Classical Album and Best Opera Recording.

On television, she starred in the drama series Life Goes On (1989-1993) and received Emmy Award nominations for the TV Movie The Song Spinner (1995) and for her guest role in the sitcom Frasier (1998). She also had a role in the third season of the FX thriller series American Horror Story: Coven (2013-2014). Her films include Witness (1985), Driving Miss Daisy (1989), State and Main (2000) and Parker (2013).

Biography

LuPone is married to Matthew Johnston. The couple were wed on the stage of the Vivian Beaumont Theater at Lincoln Center on December 12, 1988, after filming the TV movie LBJ; Johnston was a cameraman. They have one child, Joshua Luke Johnston (b. November 21, 1990). The family resides in Connecticut and South Carolina.

Best films

Driving Miss Daisy (1990)
(Actress)

Usually with

David Mamet
David Mamet
(2 films)
Nancy Savoca
Nancy Savoca
(2 films)
Spike Lee
Spike Lee
(1 films)
Danny DeVito
Danny DeVito
(3 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Patti LuPone (20 films)

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Actress

Last Christmas, 1h43
Directed by Paul Feig
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Christmas films
Actors Emilia Clarke, Henry Golding, Emma Thompson, Michelle Yeoh, Rob Delaney, Lydia Leonard
Roles Joyce
Rating65% 3.258463.258463.258463.258463.25846
Kate est une jeune femme qui prend très souvent des mauvaises décisions. Sa dernière erreur en date est d'avoir accepté un emploi de lutin de Noël dans un grand magasin. Elle va malgré tout y faire la rencontre de Tom, un parfait inconnu qui va bousculer sa vie à jamais.
Steven Universe: The Movie, 1h29
Directed by Joe Johnston
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Comedy, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Musical, Animation
Actors Zach Callison, Michaela Dietz, Deedee Magno, Sarah Stiles, Tom Scharpling, Uzo Aduba
Roles Yellow Diamond (voice)
Rating77% 3.8687353.8687353.8687353.8687353.868735
Après avoir aidé le Monde des Gemmes et ses colonies à revoir les fondements de leur Empire tout entier, Steven trouve le temps de revenir couler des jours tranquilles en compagnie de ses amis de Plage-Ville et des Gemmes de Cristal. Cependant, cette quiétude est vite menacée par l'apparition soudaine d'un injecteur géant, piloté par une Gemme inconnue qui semble en vouloir spécifiquement à Steven et ses amis.
The Comedian, 1h59
Directed by Taylor Hackford
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about television
Actors Robert De Niro, Leslie Mann, Danny DeVito, Edie Falco, Veronica Ferres, Charles Grodin
Roles Florence Berkowitz
Rating57% 2.899522.899522.899522.899522.89952
Jackie Burke est un célèbre humoriste. Alors qu'il tente de se réinventer, son public ne veut le voir que dans la peau du personnage qu'il incarnait jadis à la télévision. Lors d'un de ses shows, il s'en prend violemment à un membre du public. Jackie est condamné à du travail d'intérêt général, notamment à la soupe populaire. Il y fait la rencontre de Harmony Schiltz.
Parker
Parker (2013)
, 1h58
Directed by Taylor Hackford
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Psychologie, Heist films, Gangster films, Escroquerie
Actors Jason Statham, Jennifer Lopez, Nick Nolte, Michael Chiklis, Wendell Pierce, Clifton Collins, Jr.
Roles Ascension
Rating61% 3.0981653.0981653.0981653.0981653.098165
Parker (Jason Statham) is a professional thief, specializing in big robberies, who follows a unique code—he doesn't steal from the poor or hurt innocent people. His mentor Hurley (Nick Nolte) asks him take charge of a job with a crew he doesn't know, consisting of Melander (Michael Chiklis), Carlson (Wendell Pierce), Ross (Clifton Collins Jr.), and Hardwicke (Micah Hauptman). The job, taking the gate money from the Ohio State Fair, is successful, but Hardwicke ignored instructions, resulting in him needlessly killing a man in a fire that was set as a distraction.
Union Square, 1h20
Directed by Nancy Savoca
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama
Actors Mira Sorvino, Tammy Blanchard, Patti LuPone, Mike Doyle, Michael Rispoli, Daphne Rubin-Vega
Roles Lucia
Rating52% 2.610072.610072.610072.610072.61007
Two sisters have a reunion together. One is about to become married while the other has a stressful life. They visit unforeseen places and construct their worlds together while having a reunion.*
Strip Search, 2h
Directed by Sidney Lumet
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action
Themes Political films
Actors Glenn Close, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Ken Leung, Dean Winters, Oliver Platt, Patti LuPone
Rating61% 3.099693.099693.099693.099693.09969
The film is built around two main parallel stories, each containing almost identical dialogues. One story line involves Linda Sykes (Gyllenhaal), an American woman detained in the People's Republic of China, being interrogated by a military officer (Leung). In the other storyline, Sharif Bin Said (Lastra), an Arab man detained in New York City, is interrogated by two FBI agents (Winters and Close). Both characters are graduate students detained with no hard evidence and interrogated about unspecified activities which may or may not be related to terrorist plots.
City by the Sea, 1h48
Directed by Michael Caton-Jones
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Robert De Niro, James Franco, Eliza Dushku, William Forsythe, Frances McDormand, George Dzundza
Roles Maggie
Rating60% 3.0476653.0476653.0476653.0476653.047665
Vincent LaMarca (Robert De Niro) is a veteran New York City Police Department detective, whose criminal father had been executed for murder, after a child whom he had kidnapped was killed. Vincent has had to live with this stigma hanging over his own reputation, and history begins to repeat itself when his own son, Joey LaMarca (James Franco), a junkie, becomes involved in a drug-related killing. Joey suddenly comes to the attention of Vincent's current girlfriend, Michelle (Frances McDormand), who was unaware that he even had a son, and she can not understand why Vincent is unwilling to help him.
Heist
Heist (2001)
, 1h49
Directed by David Mamet
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime, Politic
Themes Heist films, Gangster films, Escroquerie
Actors Gene Hackman, Danny DeVito, Delroy Lindo, Sam Rockwell, Rebecca Pidgeon, Ricky Jay
Roles Betty Croft
Rating64% 3.248643.248643.248643.248643.24864
Joe Moore runs a ring of professional thieves, which includes Bobby Blane, Don "Pinky" Pincus and Joe's wife Fran. During a daylight robbery of a New York City jewelry store, Joe's face is captured by a security camera after he takes off his mask in an attempt to con/distract the store's last remaining employee. As both the picture and a witness can identify him, Joe chooses to retire from crime and plans to disappear on his sail boat with his wife, living off their share of the heist.
State and Main, 1h45
Directed by David Mamet
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about films, Mise en scène d'un scénariste
Actors Alec Baldwin, Charles Durning, Clark Gregg, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Patti LuPone, William H. Macy
Roles Sherry Bailey
Rating66% 3.3482153.3482153.3482153.3482153.348215
Havoc is wrought on the inhabitants of a small New England town by a troubled film production. After the leading man's penchant for underage girls gets them banished from their New Hampshire location, the crew relocates to the small town of Waterford, Vermont, to finish shooting "The Old Mill".
The 24 Hour Woman, 1h33
Directed by Nancy Savoca
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romance
Themes Pregnancy films, Films about sexuality
Actors Rosie Perez, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Patti LuPone, Melissa Leo, Karen Duffy, Wendell Pierce
Roles Joan Marshall
Rating53% 2.6586452.6586452.6586452.6586452.658645
Grace (Rosie Perez) struggles to be both a successful television producer and mother.
Summer of Sam, 2h22
Directed by Spike Lee
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime, Romance
Themes Météorologie, Films about music and musicians, Films about sexuality, Serial killer films, Musical films
Actors John Leguizamo, Adrien Brody, Mira Sorvino, Jennifer Esposito, Anthony LaPaglia, Michael Rispoli
Roles Helen
Rating66% 3.3486853.3486853.3486853.3486853.348685
It is the summer of 1977 and New York City lives in fear of the serial killer Son of Sam who has shot several women in parked cars. One night, Vinny and his wife Dionna go to a night club, where they dance and have drinks with friends. Dionna's attractive cousin wants to leave, which Vinny volunteers to take her cousin home. He takes her to an undisclosed area and has anal sex with her in the back seat of his car. Moments after Vinny and Dionna's cousin finish and leave the area, the Son of Sam killer arrives and kills two victims that were parked not too far from where Vinny was at.
Bonanno: A Godfather's Story
Directed by Michel Poulette
Genres Drama, Crime, Romance
Actors Martin Landau, Tony Nardi, Bruce Ramsay, Costas Mandylor, Domenico Fiore, Edward James Olmos
Roles Miss C. Canzinarra
Rating64% 3.2452453.2452453.2452453.2452453.245245
Bonanno: A Godfather's Story raconte l’histoire de la célèbre famille mafieuse Bonanno. C’est la première réalisation en anglais de Michel Poulette.
Driving Miss Daisy, 1h39
Directed by Bruce Beresford
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about racism, Films about religion, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Musical films, Films about Jews and Judaism, Films based on plays, Road movies, Buddy films
Actors Morgan Freeman, Jessica Tandy, Dan Aykroyd, Esther Elizabeth Rolle, Patti LuPone, William Hall, Jr.
Roles Florine Werthan
Rating72% 3.6495353.6495353.6495353.6495353.649535
In 1948, Mrs. ("Miss") Daisy Werthan (Jessica Tandy), a 72-year-old wealthy, white, Jewish, widowed, retired school teacher, lives alone in Atlanta, Georgia, except for a black housemaid named Idella (Esther Rolle). When Miss Daisy wrecks her car, her son, Boolie (Dan Aykroyd), hires Hoke Coleburn (Morgan Freeman), a black chauffeur who drove for a local judge until he recently died. Miss Daisy at first refuses to let Hoke drive her, but gradually starts to accept him.