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|name = Kathleen Chalfant |
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|image = Kathleen Chalfant for Make it Fair.jpg |
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|caption = Chalfant at Make It Fair in 2015 |
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|birth_name = Kathleen Ann Bishop |
|birth_name = Kathleen Ann Bishop |
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|birth_place = [[San Francisco, California]], U.S. |
|birth_place = [[San Francisco, California]], U.S. |
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|occupation = Actress |
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'''Kathleen Ann Chalfant''' (née '''Bishop''' |
'''Kathleen Ann Chalfant''' (née '''Bishop''') is an American actress. She has appeared in many stage plays, both on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] and [[Off-Broadway]], as well as making guest appearances on television series, including the ''[[Law & Order]]'' franchise. |
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==Early life== |
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Chalfant was born Kathleen Ann Bishop<ref>[http://www.familytreelegends.com/records/calbirths?c=search&first=Kathleen&last=Bishop&spelling=Exact&4_year=&4_month=0&4_day=0&5=&7=&SubmitSearch.x=35&SubmitSearch.y=11&SubmitSearch=Submit Search: Kathleen Bishop at familytreelegends.com |
Chalfant was born Kathleen Ann Bishop<ref>[http://www.familytreelegends.com/records/calbirths?c=search&first=Kathleen&last=Bishop&spelling=Exact&4_year=&4_month=0&4_day=0&5=&7=&SubmitSearch.x=35&SubmitSearch.y=11&SubmitSearch=Submit Search: Kathleen Bishop at familytreelegends.com]; accessed April 3, 2014.</ref> in San Francisco, California, and was raised in her parents' boarding house in [[Oakland, California|Oakland]]. Her father, William Bishop, was an officer in the [[United States Coast Guard|Coast Guard]]. She studied acting in New York with [[Wynn Handman]], who was a protégé of [[Sanford Meisner]],<ref>{{cite news|last1=Ryzik|first1=Melena|title=Nearly 60 Years and Counting, Working on the Art of Theater|newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/20/nyregion/20wynn.html|access-date=24 April 2016|date=May 20, 2007}}</ref> and with [[Alessandro Fersen]] in Rome.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Sturner|first1=Lynda|title=Brit Wit|url=http://www.theatermania.com/new-york-city-theater/news/03-2000/brit-wit_380.html|website=TheaterMania|access-date=24 April 2016|date=24 March 2000}}</ref> |
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==Career== |
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Chalfant worked as a Production Coordinator at [[Playwrights Horizons]] in the mid-1970s, beginning with ''Demons: A Possession'' by Robert Karmon.<ref>{{cite web|title=Demons: A Possession|url=http://www.lortel.org/Archives/Production/4190|website=Internet Off-Broadway Database|publisher=Lucille Lortel Foundation| |
Chalfant worked as a Production Coordinator at [[Playwrights Horizons]] in the mid-1970s, beginning with ''Demons: A Possession'' by Robert Karmon.<ref>{{cite web|title=Demons: A Possession|url=http://www.lortel.org/Archives/Production/4190|website=Internet Off-Broadway Database|publisher=Lucille Lortel Foundation|access-date=24 April 2016}}</ref> She made her [[Off-Broadway]] acting debut in ''Cowboy Pictures'' in June 1974.<ref>{{cite web|title=Cowboy Pictures|url=http://www.lortel.org/Archives/Production/4176|website=Internet Off-Broadway Database|publisher=Lucille Lortel Foundation|access-date=24 April 2016}}</ref> She has since appeared in over three dozen Off-Broadway productions. In 2015, she appeared in the Women's Project Theater production of ''Dear Elizabeth'' by [[Sarah Ruhl]]<ref>[http://www.lortel.org/lla_archive/index.cfm?search_by=show&id=6650 ''Dear Elizabeth''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222112108/http://www.lortel.org/lla_archive/index.cfm?search_by=show&id=6650 |date=2015-12-22 }} lortel.org, accessed December 18, 2015</ref> and as [[Rose Kennedy]] in the Nora's Playhouse production of ''Rose'' by [[Laurence Leamer]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Lloyd Webber|first1=Imogen|title=Kathleen Chalfant Will Headline Laurence Leamer's Rose Off-Broadway|url=http://www.broadway.com/buzz/182040/kathleen-chalfant-will-headline-laurence-leamers-rose-off-broadway/|publisher=Broadway.com|access-date=24 April 2016|date=14 September 2015}}</ref> |
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Chalfant was nominated for her official Broadway debut role<ref>Kathleen Henderson, [https://www.broadway.com/buzz/160466/painting-churches-star-kathleen-chalfant-on-wit-angels-in-america-and-a-naughty-role-in-kinsey/ "Painting Churches Star Kathleen Chalfant on Wit, Angels in America and a Naughty Role in Kinsey"], Broadway.com, March 7, 2012</ref> at the 1993 [[Tony Award]]s for Best Actress (Featured Role - Play) in [[Tony Kushner]]'s ''[[Angels in America: Millennium Approaches]]''. She earned the [[Outer Circle Critics Award|Outer Circle Critics]], [[Drama Desk]], [[Obie Award|Obie]] and [[Lucille Lortel]] awards for her performance as Vivian Bearing in [[Margaret Edson]]'s [[Pulitzer Prize]]-winning play ''[[Wit (play)|Wit]]'' in 1998; she shaved her head for the role.<ref>{{cite news| |
Chalfant was nominated for her official Broadway debut role<ref>Kathleen Henderson, [https://www.broadway.com/buzz/160466/painting-churches-star-kathleen-chalfant-on-wit-angels-in-america-and-a-naughty-role-in-kinsey/ "Painting Churches Star Kathleen Chalfant on Wit, Angels in America and a Naughty Role in Kinsey"], Broadway.com, March 7, 2012</ref> at the 1993 [[Tony Award]]s for Best Actress (Featured Role - Play) in [[Tony Kushner]]'s ''[[Angels in America: Millennium Approaches]]''. She earned the [[Outer Circle Critics Award|Outer Circle Critics]], [[Drama Desk]], [[Obie Award|Obie]] and [[Lucille Lortel]] awards for her performance as Vivian Bearing in [[Margaret Edson]]'s [[Pulitzer Prize]]-winning play ''[[Wit (play)|Wit]]'' in 1998; she shaved her head for the role.<ref>{{cite news|first=Vincent|last=Canby|title=Battered and Broken, So That She May Rise|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E0DEEDE143AF93BA25753C1A96E958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all|work=The New York Times|date=October 18, 1998|access-date=2008-04-05}}</ref> During her work with ''Wit'', she incorporated her experiences dealing with terminal cancer of her half-brother, Alan Palmer, who died in 1998.<ref>{{cite news|first=Robin|last=Pogrebin|title=A Brother's Death Helps Bring a Performance to Life|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/10/20/theater/the-creative-life-a-brother-s-death-helps-bring-a-performance-to-life.html|work=The New York Times|date=October 20, 1998|access-date=2008-04-05}}</ref> |
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For her 2003 performance in [[Alan Bennett]]'s ''[[Talking Heads (play)|Talking Heads]]'',<ref>{{cite news| |
For her 2003 performance in [[Alan Bennett]]'s ''[[Talking Heads (play)|Talking Heads]]'',<ref>{{cite news|first=Ben|last=Brantley|title=Life a Bit of a Mess? Just Carry On, Dear|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/07/theater/theater-review-life-a-bit-of-a-mess-just-carry-on-dear.html|work=The New York Times|date=April 7, 2003|access-date=2008-04-05}}</ref> Chalfant won a second Obie award. In 2009, Chalfant performed in [[The People Speak (film)|''The People Speak'']], a documentary feature film<ref>{{cite web|title=The People Speak|url=http://howardzinn.org/related-projects/the-people-speak/|website=howardzinn.org|access-date=24 April 2016}}</ref> utilizing dramatic and musical performances of the letters, diaries, and speeches of everyday Americans, based on historian [[Howard Zinn]]'s ''[[A People's History of the United States]]''. |
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Chalfant has played recurring roles in a number of television series including ''[[House of Cards (American TV series)|House of Cards]]'', ''[[Law & Order]]'', ''[[Rescue Me (U.S. TV series)|Rescue Me]]'', and ''[[The Guardian (TV series)|The Guardian]]''. Her roles in feature films have included ''Isn't It Delicious'' and ''[[Kinsey (film)|Kinsey]]''. |
Chalfant has played recurring roles in a number of television series including ''[[House of Cards (American TV series)|House of Cards]]'', ''[[Law & Order]]'', ''[[Rescue Me (U.S. TV series)|Rescue Me]]'', and ''[[The Guardian (TV series)|The Guardian]]''. Her roles in feature films have included ''Isn't It Delicious'' and ''[[Kinsey (film)|Kinsey]]''. |
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Chalfant recently played Margaret Butler in ''[[The Affair (TV series)|The Affair]]'' on [[Showtime (TV network)|Showtime]]. |
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She was presented with the 2018 [[Obie Award]] for Lifetime Achievement.<ref>Gans, Andrew. [http://www.playbill.com/article/kathleen-chalfant-will-receive-2018-obie-award-for-lifetime-achievement# "Kathleen Chalfant Will Receive 2018 Obie Award for Lifetime Achievement"] Playbill, May 7, 2018</ref> |
She was presented with the 2018 [[Obie Award]] for Lifetime Achievement.<ref>Gans, Andrew. [http://www.playbill.com/article/kathleen-chalfant-will-receive-2018-obie-award-for-lifetime-achievement# "Kathleen Chalfant Will Receive 2018 Obie Award for Lifetime Achievement"] Playbill, May 7, 2018</ref> |
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In 2018, Chalfant read [[T. S. Eliot]]'s ''[[Four Quartets]]'' at the [[Bard SummerScape Festival]] as part of a new performance with choreography by [[Pam Tanowitz]], music by [[Kaija Saariaho]], and images by [[Brice Marden]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://fishercenter.bard.edu/events/four-quartets/|title=Four Quartets at the Fisher Center|last=Bard College|first=Fisher Center for the Performing Arts|website=fishercenter.bard.edu|language=en|access-date=2018-07-03}}</ref> |
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==Personal life== |
==Personal life== |
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In 1966, Chalfant married [[Henry Chalfant]], a photographer and documentary filmmaker. They have a son, David Chalfant, who was the bass player for the [[folk-rock]] band [[The Nields]], and a daughter, Andromache, a set designer in New York. |
In 1966, Chalfant married [[Henry Chalfant]], a photographer and documentary filmmaker. They have a son, David Chalfant, who was the bass player for the [[folk-rock]] band [[The Nields]], and a daughter, Andromache, a set designer in New York. |
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==Activism== |
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==Social justice and political activism== |
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Chalfant has spoken about the role of art and artists in advocating for civil rights and social justice,<ref>{{cite web|last1=Steketee|first1=Martha Wade|title=Kathleen Chalfant: Practicing 'Political Performance'|url=https://urbanexcavations.com/2013/04/04/kathleen-chalfant-practicing-politial-performance/|publisher=Urban Excavations| |
Chalfant has spoken about the role of art and artists in advocating for civil rights and social justice,<ref>{{cite web|last1=Steketee|first1=Martha Wade|title=Kathleen Chalfant: Practicing 'Political Performance'|url=https://urbanexcavations.com/2013/04/04/kathleen-chalfant-practicing-politial-performance/|publisher=Urban Excavations|access-date=24 April 2016|date=4 April 2013}}</ref> and "theater as a platform for social change."<ref>{{cite web|title=Kathleen Chalfant to Join Playwrights Panel on January 31|url=http://www.aspeninstitute.org/news/2015/01/29/kathleen-chalfant-join-playwrights-panel-january-31|publisher=Aspen Institute|access-date=24 April 2016|date=29 January 2015}}</ref> She has been hosted by the [[Center for Constitutional Rights]] as part of the Guantanamo Lawyers Panel,<ref>{{cite web|title=Guantanamo Lawyers Panel with CCR's Gitanjali Gutierrez and actress Kathleen Chalfant|url=http://www.ccrjustice.org/home/get-involved/events/guantanamo-lawyers-panel-ccrs-gitanjali-gutierrez-actress-kathleen-chalfant|publisher=Center for Constitutional Rights|access-date=24 April 2016|date=30 August 2011}}</ref> and was among a group of artists endorsing a cultural boycott of Israel as part of the [[Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions]] (BDS) campaign to advocate for Palestinian rights.<ref>{{cite web|last=Norton|first=Ben|title='Amplify your voice for justice': Roger Waters and prominent artists call for boycott of Israel in new video|url=http://www.salon.com/2015/11/24/amplify_your_voice_for_justice_roger_waters_and_prominent_artists_call_for_boycott_of_israel_in_new_video/|work=Salon|access-date=24 April 2016|date=24 November 2015}}</ref> |
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== Filmography == |
== Filmography == |
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|Segment: "[[Tales from the Darkside: The Movie#Lot 249|Lot 249]]" |
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|1991 |
|rowspan=2| 1991 |
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|''Dangerous Music'' |
|''Dangerous Music'' |
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|Therapist |
|Therapist |
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|Short |
|Short |
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|1991 |
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|''[[Out of the Rain]]'' |
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|Ruth |
|Ruth |
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|1998 |
|rowspan=2| 1998 |
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|''{{sortname|The|Last Days of Disco}}'' |
|''{{sortname|The|Last Days of Disco}}'' |
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|Zenia |
|Zenia |
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|1998 |
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|''[[Side Streets (1998 film)|Side Streets]]'' |
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|Nanda |
|Nanda |
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|2000 |
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|''[[Company Man (film)|Company Man]]'' |
|''[[Company Man (film)|Company Man]]'' |
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|Mother Quimp |
|Mother Quimp |
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|2000 |
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|''Woman Found Dead in Elevator'' |
|''Woman Found Dead in Elevator'' |
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|Woman |
|Woman |
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|2007 |
|rowspan=3| 2007 |
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|''[[First Born (film)|First Born]]'' |
|''[[First Born (film)|First Born]]'' |
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|Mrs. Kasperian |
|Mrs. Kasperian |
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|2007 |
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|''[[Perfect Stranger (film)|Perfect Stranger]]'' |
|''[[Perfect Stranger (film)|Perfect Stranger]]'' |
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|Elizabeth Clayton |
|Elizabeth Clayton |
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|2007 |
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|''[[The Last New Yorker]]'' |
|''[[The Last New Yorker]]'' |
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|Mimi |
|Mimi |
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|Short |
|Short |
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|2013 |
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|''[[Isn't It Delicious]]'' |
|''[[Isn't It Delicious]]'' |
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|Joan Weldon |
|Joan Weldon |
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|2013 |
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|''{{sortname|The|Bath|nolink=1}}'' |
|''{{sortname|The|Bath|nolink=1}}'' |
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|Liz |
|Liz |
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|Short |
|Short |
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|2013 |
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|''{{sortname|A|Dream of Flying|nolink=1}}'' |
|''{{sortname|A|Dream of Flying|nolink=1}}'' |
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|Old Woman |
|Old Woman |
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|Short |
|Short |
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|2017 |
|rowspan=3| 2017 |
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|''[[They Shall Not Perish: The Story of Near East Relief]]'' |
|''[[They Shall Not Perish: The Story of Near East Relief]]'' |
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|Mabel Elliot |
|Mabel Elliot |
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|Documentary |
|Documentary |
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|2017 |
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|''[[Class Rank (film)|Class Rank]]'' |
|''[[Class Rank (film)|Class Rank]]'' |
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|Editor in Chief |
|Editor in Chief |
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|2017 |
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|''In the Studio'' |
|''In the Studio'' |
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|Ilene |
|Ilene |
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| 2020 |
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|2017 |
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|''Before/During/After'' |
|''Before/During/After'' |
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|Olga |
|Olga |
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|2021 |
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|Agnes |
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| 2024 |
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| ''[[Familiar Touch]]'' |
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| Ruth |
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|2018 |
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|Ellen Taper Leigh |
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|''[[The Edge of Night]]'' |
|''[[The Edge of Night]]'' |
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|Louise |
|Louise |
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|TV |
|TV series |
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|1991 |
|1991 |
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|TV miniseries |
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|2000 |
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|''{{sortname|The|Beat|The Beat (TV series)}}'' |
|''{{sortname|The|Beat|The Beat (TV series)}}'' |
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|Mrs. Waclawek |
|Mrs. Waclawek |
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|"Someone to Watch Over Me" |
|"Someone to Watch Over Me" |
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|2000 |
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|''[[Law & Order: Special Victims Unit]]'' |
|''[[Law & Order: Special Victims Unit]]'' |
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|Mrs. Nash |
|Mrs. Nash |
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|Main role |
|Main role |
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|2002 |
|rowspan=2| 2002 |
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|''[[Benjamin Franklin (2002 film)|Benjamin Franklin]]'' |
|''[[Benjamin Franklin (2002 film)|Benjamin Franklin]]'' |
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|Silence Dogood |
|Silence Dogood |
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|TV miniseries documentary |
|TV miniseries documentary |
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|2002 |
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|''{{sortname|A|Death in the Family}}'' |
|''{{sortname|A|Death in the Family}}'' |
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|Aunt Hannah |
|Aunt Hannah |
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|2005 |
|2005 |
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|''[[Lackawanna Blues |
|''[[Lackawanna Blues (film)|Lackawanna Blues]]'' |
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|Mrs. Carmichael |
|Mrs. Carmichael |
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|TV film |
|TV film |
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|Regular role |
|Regular role |
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|2007 |
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|''[[Law & Order: Criminal Intent]]'' |
|''[[Law & Order: Criminal Intent]]'' |
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|Bessie Holland |
|Bessie Holland |
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|"Bombshell" |
|"Bombshell" |
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|2007 |
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|''[[Law & Order: Special Victims Unit]]'' |
|''[[Law & Order: Special Victims Unit]]'' |
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|Judge Cutress |
|Judge Cutress |
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|"Haystack" |
|"Haystack" |
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|2009 |
|rowspan=3| 2009 |
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|''[[Rescue Me (U.S. TV series)|Rescue Me]]'' |
|''[[Rescue Me (U.S. TV series)|Rescue Me]]'' |
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|Sean's Ma |
|Sean's Ma |
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|Recurring role |
|Recurring role |
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|2009 |
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|''[[Georgia O'Keeffe#Popular culture|Georgia O'Keeffe]]'' |
|''[[Georgia O'Keeffe#Popular culture|Georgia O'Keeffe]]'' |
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|Mrs. Stieglitz |
|Mrs. Stieglitz |
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|TV film |
|TV film |
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|2009 |
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|''[[Mercy (TV series)|Mercy]]'' |
|''[[Mercy (TV series)|Mercy]]'' |
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|Mrs. Borghouse |
|Mrs. Borghouse |
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|"Pilot" |
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|2013 |
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|''[[Elementary (TV series)|Elementary]]'' |
|''[[Elementary (TV series)|Elementary]]'' |
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|Mrs. Clennon |
|Mrs. Clennon |
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|"An Unnatural Arrangement" |
|"An Unnatural Arrangement" |
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|2013 |
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|''[[Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight]]'' |
|''[[Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight]]'' |
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|Ethel Harlan |
|Ethel Harlan |
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|Recurring role |
|Recurring role |
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|2014 |
|rowspan=3| 2014 |
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|''{{sortname|The|Americans|The Americans}}'' |
|''{{sortname|The|Americans|The Americans}}'' |
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|Aunt Helen |
|Aunt Helen |
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|"The Walk |
|"[[The Walk In (The Americans)|The Walk In]]" |
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|2014 |
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|''Good Medicine'' |
|''Good Medicine'' |
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|Coco LaRue |
|Coco LaRue |
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|"Raj" |
|"Raj" |
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|2014 |
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|''[[Forever (2014 TV series)|Forever]]'' |
|''[[Forever (2014 TV series)|Forever]]'' |
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|Gloria Carlyle |
|Gloria Carlyle |
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|"Pornstar's Requiem", "Devastating Story" |
|"Pornstar's Requiem", "Devastating Story" |
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|2014–19 |
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|2014–present |
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|''{{sortname|The|Affair|The Affair (TV series)}}'' |
|''{{sortname|The|Affair|The Affair (TV series)}}'' |
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|Margaret Butler |
|Margaret Butler |
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|2017 |
|2017 |
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|''[[Doubt (TV series)|Doubt]]'' |
|''[[Doubt (American TV series)|Doubt]]'' |
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|Margaret Brennan |
|Margaret Brennan |
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|5 episodes |
|5 episodes |
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|2019 |
|rowspan=2| 2019 |
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|''[[High Maintenance]]'' |
|''[[High Maintenance]]'' |
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|Mamie |
|Mamie |
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|"Fingerbutt" |
|"Fingerbutt" |
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|''[[New Amsterdam (2018 TV series)|New Amsterdam]]'' |
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|Molly |
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|"The Denominator" |
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|2021 |
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|''[[The Blacklist]]'' |
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|Alberta Gilbert |
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|"The Skinner (No. 45): Conclusion" |
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| TBA |
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| ''[[Copenhagen (TV series)|Copenhagen]]'' |
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| St. George |
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| Filming |
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== Theatre |
== Theatre == |
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=== Theatre === |
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| rowspan=2 | '' [[Wit (play)|Wit]]'' |
| rowspan=2 | '' [[Wit (play)|Wit]]'' |
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| rowspan=2 | Vivian Bearing Ph.D |
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| [[Union Square Theatre]] |
| [[Union Square Theatre]] |
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| rowspan=2 | '''2004''' |
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| Theatres at 45 Bleecker/Bleecker Street Theatre |
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| ''Guantanamo: Honor Bound to Defend Freedom'' |
| ''Guantanamo: Honor Bound to Defend Freedom'' |
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Latest revision as of 13:24, 21 October 2024
Kathleen Chalfant | |
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Born | Kathleen Ann Bishop |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1974–present |
Spouse | |
Children | 2 |
Kathleen Ann Chalfant (née Bishop) is an American actress. She has appeared in many stage plays, both on Broadway and Off-Broadway, as well as making guest appearances on television series, including the Law & Order franchise.
Early life
[edit]Chalfant was born Kathleen Ann Bishop[1] in San Francisco, California, and was raised in her parents' boarding house in Oakland. Her father, William Bishop, was an officer in the Coast Guard. She studied acting in New York with Wynn Handman, who was a protégé of Sanford Meisner,[2] and with Alessandro Fersen in Rome.[3]
Career
[edit]Chalfant worked as a Production Coordinator at Playwrights Horizons in the mid-1970s, beginning with Demons: A Possession by Robert Karmon.[4] She made her Off-Broadway acting debut in Cowboy Pictures in June 1974.[5] She has since appeared in over three dozen Off-Broadway productions. In 2015, she appeared in the Women's Project Theater production of Dear Elizabeth by Sarah Ruhl[6] and as Rose Kennedy in the Nora's Playhouse production of Rose by Laurence Leamer.[7]
Chalfant was nominated for her official Broadway debut role[8] at the 1993 Tony Awards for Best Actress (Featured Role - Play) in Tony Kushner's Angels in America: Millennium Approaches. She earned the Outer Circle Critics, Drama Desk, Obie and Lucille Lortel awards for her performance as Vivian Bearing in Margaret Edson's Pulitzer Prize-winning play Wit in 1998; she shaved her head for the role.[9] During her work with Wit, she incorporated her experiences dealing with terminal cancer of her half-brother, Alan Palmer, who died in 1998.[10]
For her 2003 performance in Alan Bennett's Talking Heads,[11] Chalfant won a second Obie award. In 2009, Chalfant performed in The People Speak, a documentary feature film[12] utilizing dramatic and musical performances of the letters, diaries, and speeches of everyday Americans, based on historian Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States.
Chalfant has played recurring roles in a number of television series including House of Cards, Law & Order, Rescue Me, and The Guardian. Her roles in feature films have included Isn't It Delicious and Kinsey.
Chalfant recently played Margaret Butler in The Affair on Showtime.
She was presented with the 2018 Obie Award for Lifetime Achievement.[13]
In 2018, Chalfant read T. S. Eliot's Four Quartets at the Bard SummerScape Festival as part of a new performance with choreography by Pam Tanowitz, music by Kaija Saariaho, and images by Brice Marden.[14]
Personal life
[edit]In 1966, Chalfant married Henry Chalfant, a photographer and documentary filmmaker. They have a son, David Chalfant, who was the bass player for the folk-rock band The Nields, and a daughter, Andromache, a set designer in New York.
Activism
[edit]Chalfant has spoken about the role of art and artists in advocating for civil rights and social justice,[15] and "theater as a platform for social change."[16] She has been hosted by the Center for Constitutional Rights as part of the Guantanamo Lawyers Panel,[17] and was among a group of artists endorsing a cultural boycott of Israel as part of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign to advocate for Palestinian rights.[18]
Filmography
[edit]Film
[edit]Year | Title | Role | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
1987 | Five Corners | Mrs. Fitzgerald | |
1989 | Miss Firecracker | Miss Lily | |
1990 | Tales from the Darkside: The Movie | Dean | Segment: "Lot 249" |
1991 | Dangerous Music | Therapist | Short |
Out of the Rain | Ruth | ||
1992 | Bob Roberts | Constance Roberts | |
1996 | MURDER and murder | Mildred | |
1998 | The Last Days of Disco | Zenia | |
Side Streets | Nanda | ||
1999 | QM, I Think I Call Her QM | Dr. Ruth Fielding | Short |
2000 | Company Man | Mother Quimp | |
Woman Found Dead in Elevator | Woman | Short | |
2002 | Book of Kings | Nina | Short |
2004 | Kinsey | Barbara Merkle | |
2007 | First Born | Mrs. Kasperian | |
Perfect Stranger | Elizabeth Clayton | ||
The Last New Yorker | Mimi | ||
2008 | Second Guessing Grandma | Jean | Short |
2009 | Duplicity | Pam Frailes | |
2012 | Lillian | Lillian Manning | Short |
2013 | Isn't It Delicious | Joan Weldon | |
The Bath | Liz | Short | |
A Dream of Flying | Old Woman | Short | |
2017 | They Shall Not Perish: The Story of Near East Relief | Mabel Elliot | Documentary |
Class Rank | Editor in Chief | ||
In the Studio | Ilene | ||
2020 | Before/During/After | Olga | |
2021 | Old | Agnes | |
2024 | Familiar Touch | Ruth |
Television
[edit]Year | Title | Role | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
1978- 1979 | The Edge of Night | Louise | TV series |
1991 | American Playhouse | Mrs. Hauser | "The Hollow Boy" |
1992 | L.A. Law | Marlene Branson | "Zo Long" |
1994 | All My Children | Rae Ella | 1 episode |
1997 | Spin City | Mother Superior | "Hot in the City" |
1997–00 | Prince Street | TV series | |
1999 | Storm of the Century | Joanna Stanhope | TV miniseries |
2000 | The Beat | Mrs. Waclawek | "Someone to Watch Over Me" |
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Mrs. Nash | "Noncompliance" | |
2001 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Priscilla Van Acker | "Smothered" |
2001–09 | Law & Order | Lisa Cutler | "Phobia", "Shrunk", "Illegitimate" |
2001–04 | The Guardian | Laurie Solt | Main role |
2002 | Benjamin Franklin | Silence Dogood | TV miniseries documentary |
A Death in the Family | Aunt Hannah | TV film | |
2005 | Lackawanna Blues | Mrs. Carmichael | TV film |
2006 | The Book of Daniel | Catherine Webster | Regular role |
2007 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Bessie Holland | "Bombshell" |
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Judge Cutress | "Haystack" | |
2009 | Rescue Me | Sean's Ma | Recurring role |
Georgia O'Keeffe | Mrs. Stieglitz | TV film | |
Mercy | Mrs. Borghouse | "Can We Get That Drink Now?" | |
2012 | NYC 22 | Ginny Williams | "Pilot" |
2013 | Elementary | Mrs. Clennon | "An Unnatural Arrangement" |
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight | Ethel Harlan | TV film | |
2013–16 | House of Cards | Margaret Tilden | Recurring role |
2014 | The Americans | Aunt Helen | "The Walk In" |
Good Medicine | Coco LaRue | "Raj" | |
Forever | Gloria Carlyle | "The Art of Murder" | |
2014–15 | The Strain | Abraham's Grandmother | "Runaways", "BK, NY" |
2014–15 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | President Roberts | "Pornstar's Requiem", "Devastating Story" |
2014–19 | The Affair | Margaret Butler | Recurring role |
2015–16 | Madam Secretary | Dean Ward | "The Ninth Circle", "Unity Node", "Render Safe" |
2017 | Doubt | Margaret Brennan | 5 episodes |
2019 | High Maintenance | Mamie | "Fingerbutt" |
New Amsterdam | Molly | "The Denominator" | |
2021 | The Blacklist | Alberta Gilbert | "The Skinner (No. 45): Conclusion" |
TBA | Copenhagen | St. George | Filming |
Theatre
[edit]Year | Venue | Show | Role |
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1974 | Playwrights Horizons | Cowboy Pictures | n/a |
1975 | The Coronor's Plot | ||
Mississippi Moonshine | |||
1976 | Paradise | ||
1977 | Westside Theatre | Jules Feiffer's Hold Me! | |
1978 | American Place Theatre | Fefu and Her Friends | n/a (Understudy) |
1980 | Killings on the Last Time | n/a | |
1982 | Westside Theatre | Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All for You/ The Actor's Nightmare | Sister Mary Ignatius/ Sarah Siddons (Replacement) |
1988 | WPA Theatre | Just Say No | Mrs. Potentate |
1989 | Perry Street Theater | The Investigation of the Murder in El Salvador | Lady Aitkin |
1990 | Union Square Theater | The Crucible | Mrs. Ann Putnam |
Eugene O'Neill Theatre | M. Butterfly | Helga (Understudy) | |
1992 | Vineyard Theater | The Party | Women |
1994 | Walter Kerr Theatre | Angels in America: Millennium Approaches | Rabbi Chemelwitz, Henry, Hannah Pitt, Ethel Rosenberg |
Angels in America: Perestroika | Prelapsarianov, Hannah Pitt, Henry, Ethel Rosenberg, Council of Principalities, Rabbi Chemelwitz | ||
1995 | East 13th Street Theatre/Classic Stage Company | Iphigenia and Other Daughters | Clymenestra |
Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater | Twelve Dreams | Jenny | |
East 13th Street Theatre/Classic Stage Company | Endgame | Clov | |
Vivian Beaumont Theatre | Racing Demon | Heather Espy | |
1996 | Delacorte Theatre | Henry V | Mistress Quickly/Queen Isabel |
New York City Center-Stage I | Nine Armenians | Non/Marie | |
1998 | East 13th Street Theatre/Classic Stage Company | Phaedra in Delirium | n/a |
MCC Theater | Wit | Vivian Bearing Ph.D. | |
Union Square Theatre | |||
1999 | Westside Theatre | The Vagina Monologues | n/a |
Vineyard Theatre | True History and Real Adventures | n/a | |
2003 | Minetta Lane Theatre | Talking Heads | Susan (Bed Among the Lentils) |
East 13th Street Theatre/Classic Stage Company | Savannah Bay | Madeleine | |
Lucille Lortel Theatre | The Last Letter | Anna Semyonova | |
2004 | Theatres at 45 Bleecker/Bleecker Street Theatre | Guantanamo: Honor Bound to Defend Freedom | Gareth Peirce |
New York City Center-Stage II | Five By Tenn | Anna/Vera Cartwright/Frieda/One | |
2006 | Barrow Street Theatre | an oak tree | Father |
Lucille Lortel Theatre | Great Expectations | Mrs. Havisham | |
2007 | Minetta Lane Theatre | Spalding Gray: Stories Left to Tell | Love |
Harold Clurman Theatre | A Hard Heart | n/a | |
2008 | Playwrights Horizons | Dead Man's Cell Phone | Mrs. Gottlieb |
2010 | Lucille Lortel Theatre | Family Week | Lena |
2012 | New York Theatre Workshop | Red Dog Howls[19] | Rose Afratian |
2013 | Vineyard Theatre | Somewhere Fun | Evelyn Armstrong |
2014 | New York City Center- Stage I | Tales From Red Vienna | Edda Schmidt |
2015 | McGinn-Cazale Theatre | Dear Elizabeth | Elizabeth |
2017 | Playwrights Horizons | For Peter Pan on her 70th birthday | Ann |
2018 | Rattlestick Playwrights Theatre | St. Vincent's Project: Novenas for a Hospital | Sister Elizabeth Ann Seton |
2021 | Brooklyn Academy of Music | Four Quartets | Narrator |
Awards and nominations
[edit]Year | Award | Category | Work | Result |
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1993 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play | Angels in America: Millennium Approaches | Nominated |
Tony Awards | Best Featured Actress in a Play | |||
1994 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play | Angels in America: Perestroika | |
1996 | Actors' Equity Association | Joe A. Callaway Award | Henry V | Won |
1997 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play | Nine Armenians | Nominated |
1999 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Actress in a Play | Wit | Won |
Obie Awards | Outstanding Performance | |||
Drama League Awards | Distinguished Performance | |||
Outstanding Actress in a Play | ||||
Lucille Lortel Awards | Outstanding Actress | |||
2003 | Obie Awards | Best Performance | Talking Heads | |
2004 | Lucille Lortel Awards | Edith Oliver Award for Sustained Excellence | — | |
2015 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Actress in a Play | A Walk in the Woods | Nominated |
2016 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Solo Performance | Rose | |
2024 | Venice Film Festival | Orizzonti Award for Best Actress | Familiar Touch | Won |
References
[edit]- ^ Search: Kathleen Bishop at familytreelegends.com; accessed April 3, 2014.
- ^ Ryzik, Melena (May 20, 2007). "Nearly 60 Years and Counting, Working on the Art of Theater". The New York Times. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
- ^ Sturner, Lynda (24 March 2000). "Brit Wit". TheaterMania. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
- ^ "Demons: A Possession". Internet Off-Broadway Database. Lucille Lortel Foundation. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
- ^ "Cowboy Pictures". Internet Off-Broadway Database. Lucille Lortel Foundation. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
- ^ Dear Elizabeth Archived 2015-12-22 at the Wayback Machine lortel.org, accessed December 18, 2015
- ^ Lloyd Webber, Imogen (14 September 2015). "Kathleen Chalfant Will Headline Laurence Leamer's Rose Off-Broadway". Broadway.com. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
- ^ Kathleen Henderson, "Painting Churches Star Kathleen Chalfant on Wit, Angels in America and a Naughty Role in Kinsey", Broadway.com, March 7, 2012
- ^ Canby, Vincent (October 18, 1998). "Battered and Broken, So That She May Rise". The New York Times. Retrieved 2008-04-05.
- ^ Pogrebin, Robin (October 20, 1998). "A Brother's Death Helps Bring a Performance to Life". The New York Times. Retrieved 2008-04-05.
- ^ Brantley, Ben (April 7, 2003). "Life a Bit of a Mess? Just Carry On, Dear". The New York Times. Retrieved 2008-04-05.
- ^ "The People Speak". howardzinn.org. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
- ^ Gans, Andrew. "Kathleen Chalfant Will Receive 2018 Obie Award for Lifetime Achievement" Playbill, May 7, 2018
- ^ Bard College, Fisher Center for the Performing Arts. "Four Quartets at the Fisher Center". fishercenter.bard.edu. Retrieved 2018-07-03.
- ^ Steketee, Martha Wade (4 April 2013). "Kathleen Chalfant: Practicing 'Political Performance'". Urban Excavations. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
- ^ "Kathleen Chalfant to Join Playwrights Panel on January 31". Aspen Institute. 29 January 2015. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
- ^ "Guantanamo Lawyers Panel with CCR's Gitanjali Gutierrez and actress Kathleen Chalfant". Center for Constitutional Rights. 30 August 2011. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
- ^ Norton, Ben (24 November 2015). "'Amplify your voice for justice': Roger Waters and prominent artists call for boycott of Israel in new video". Salon. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
- ^ "NYTW / Red Dog Howls". NYTW. Retrieved 2022-09-09.