Elaine Stritch
Born in Detroit, ELAINE STRITCH studied at the New School in New York City under the direction of Erwin Piscator. Beginning her career in musical comedy on Broadway, she went from standing by for Ethel Merman in Call Me Madam to her Tony-nominated performance in the recent revival of Edward Albee's A Delicate Balance. Her Broadway credits include Angel in the Wings, Pal Joey, On Your Toes, Bus Stop, Goldilocks, Sail Away (which she performed in both New York and London, and just recently in concert at Carnegie Hall to celebrate Noel Coward's centennial), Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (following Uta Hagen in the role of Martha), Company and Show Boat. In London's West End, she starred in Neil Simon's The Gingerbread Lady and Tennessee Williams' Small Craft Warnings. Other stage credits include the concert version of both Follies and Company at Lincoln Center and her appearance in A. R. Gurney's Love Letters with Jason Robards. Ms. Stritch made her film debut in the 1957 remake of A Farewell to Arms. She co-starred in the 1977 Alain Renais film Providence and the award-winning BBC television series Two's Company. Other film credits include Cocoon: The Return, Woody Allen's September, Out to Sea with Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmon, Krippendorf's Tribe with Richard Dreyfuss, An Unexpected Life with Stockard Channing and Stephen Collins, Woody Allen's Small Time Crooks and Autumn in New York with Richard Gere and Winona Ryder. Ms. Stritch's television credits include The Cosby Show, 3rd Rock from the Sun and Soul Man. She was nominated for an Emmy Award for her performance in the miniseries An Inconvenient Woman written by Dominick Dunne and won an Emmy Award for her recurring role on Law & Order. Bio as of November, 2007. American Theatre Wing programs, interviews and/or credits include: Working in the Theatre (video) Performance - September, 1989 - Watch now. Internet Broadway Database Listing (IBDB.com)