Mary beth peil biography of barack

PERSONAL

Born June 25, 1940, in Davenport, IA.

Career: Actress. Won the Metropolitan Theatre Auditions, singing opera and concerts with the Metropolitan Opera Staterun Company; also appeared with Original York City Opera, Young Distract Artists, and New York Philharmonic; the Drama Department, founding member.

Awards, Honors: Antoinette Perry Award verdict, best actress in a featured role—musical, 1985, for The Wanting and I; Obie Awards, Village Voice, all 1995, for Missing Persons, The Naked Truth, sit A Cheever Evening; Outer Connoisseur Circle Award nomination, outstanding featured actress in a musical, 2003, for Nine;Joseph Jefferson Award prison term, solo performance, 2006, for M. Proust.

CREDITS

Film Appearances:

Day care center schoolteacher, Jersey Girl, 1992.

Bartender, Reckless, Prophet Goldwyn Company, 1995.

Emily Best, Comfortably Numb, Meistrich Corp., 1995.

Felice, The Odd Couple II (also get out as Neil Simon's "The Humorous Couple II"), Paramount, 1998.

Lana, Number One, 1998.

Homeless woman, Advice steer clear of a Caterpillar, 1999.

Helen Devlin, The Stepford Wives, Paramount, 2004.

Olivia, The Caretakers (short), 2006.

Mrs. Bradley, Flags of Our Fathers, DreamWorks, 2006.

Daisy Stokes, The List, 2007.

Television Appearances; Series:

Evelyn "Grams" Ryan, Dawson's Creek, The WB, 1998–2003.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Edith Davis, The Reagans, Showtime, 2003.

Television Appearances; Pilots:

Pauline Lewis, Birthmarks, Smooth, 1997.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Evelyn "Grams" Ryan, Songs from "Dawson's Creek," 1999.

"Dawson's Creek": Behind the Scenes, E! Entertainment Television, 1999.

Appeared in "Summer and Smoke," Great Performances, PBS.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Dr. Emma Hiltz, "Family Values," Law & Order, NBC, 1994.

Mrs. Peg Bermance, "Massage," The Job, ABC, 2001.

Deb Boyd, "Alien," Law & Order: Special Butts Unit (also known as Law & Order: SVU and Special Victims Unit), NBC, 2005.

Stage Appearances:

Summer and Smoke, Chicago Opera Transient, Chicago, IL, 1980.

(Broadway debut) Anna, The King and I, The footlights Theatre, New York City, 1984–85.

Marjorie, Birds of Paradise, Promenade Amphitheatre, New York City, 1987.

Ghost sluggishness, Cymbeline, New York Shakespeare Fete, New York City, 1989.

President's engrave, Over Texas, Ensemble Studio Amphitheatre, New York City, 1991.

Mary, "Break," Woman, "Agnes," Woman, "Eulogy crave Mister Hamm," and Madge, "Lucky Nurse," Four Short Operas, Playwrights Horizon Theatre, New York Knowhow, 1991.

The beggar woman (Sweeney Todd's wife), Sweeney Todd, Paper Unexceptional Playhouse, Millburn, NJ, 1992.

Dr. Rey, Spain, Theatre for the New-found City, New York City, 1993.

Edmee, Sand, Signature Theatre, New Royalty City, 1994.

Nan Bemis, The Honest Truth, Workshop of the Choose Art Theatre (WPA), New Royalty City, 1994.

A Cheever Evening, Playwrights Horizon Theatre, 1994.

Addie, Missing Persons, Atlantic Theater, New York Be elastic, 1995.

Nan Bemis, The Naked Eye, American Repertory Theatre, Loeb Scene Center, Cambridge, MA, 1996.

As Tens Cheer, Greenwich House Theatre, Virgin York City, 1998.

"Free to Assign You and Me," The Scene Dept. Talent Shows, Greenwich Nurse Theatre, New York City, 2001.

Beggar woman, Sweeney Todd, Kennedy Heart for the Performing Arts, Pedagogue, DC, 2002.

Guido's mother, Nine, General O'Neill Theatre, New York Permeate, 2003.

Lynette (1990s), Frame 312, Ocean Theater, 2003–2004.

Aunt Julia, Hedda Galber, New York Theater Workshop, Another York City, 2004.

Rose, Celebration & The Room, The Main Notice, Atlantic Theater Company, New Royalty City, 2005.

"Madagascar," Playwrights & Performers, Drama Book Shop, Arthur Seelen Theatre, New York City, 2005.

M. Proust, Steppenwolf Theatre, Chicago, Fake, 2006.

In This House, Symphony Storeroom, New York City, 2006.

The Funny You Least Expect, George Track Playhouse, New Brunswick, NJ, 2006.

Ann, The Cocktail Hour, Long Quay Theatre, New Haven, CT, 2007.

Also appeared as Kate, Sylvia, off-Broadway production; Desire, A Little Cursory Music, New York Opera Screenplay, New York City; Gertrude, Hamlet, Huntington Theatre, Boston, MA; explain Later Life, Playwrights Horizon Thespian, New York City; A Period in the Country, Arena Stratum, Washington, DC; Random Acts, McCarter Theatre, Princeton, NJ; States carry Independence and Floyd Collins, both American Music Theatre Festival, Metropolis, PA; Assassins, San Jose Repertory; Tales of the Vienna Woods and Antony and Cleopatra, both Actors Theatre of Louisville, City, KY; Kiss Me Kate, Minnesota Opera., Minneapolis, MN.

Major Tours:

Appeared cut The Sound of Music, state and international cities; and The King and I, national build up international cities.