Debra Monk

Acting · Born 1949-02-27 in Middletown, Ohio, USA

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Debra Monk (born February 27, 1949) is an American actress, singer, and writer, best known for her performances on the Broadway stage. Monk has received a Tony Award and Emmy Awards. Monk was born in Middletown, Ohio. She was voted "best personality" by the graduating class at Wheaton High School in Silver Spring,Maryland. She graduated from Frostburg State University in 1973. In 1975, Monk received a Master of Fine Arts degree from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. Monk garnered first attention in theatrical circles as one of the co-writers and co-stars of the 1982 musical Pump Boys and Dinettes. She has won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for performance in Redwood Curtain (1993). She also was nominated an Tony…

Filmography

• The Bridges of Madison County as Madge
• The Devil's Advocate as Pam Garrety
• Quiz Show as Kintner's Secretary
• Mrs. Winterbourne as Lieutenant Ambrose
• Prelude to a Kiss as Aunt Dorothy
• Fearless as Alison
• Bed of Roses as Lewis' Mom
• Extreme Measures as Dr. Judith Gruszynski
• The Music Man as Mrs. Paroo
• For Love or Money as Mrs. Wegman

TV

• The Closer as Mary Summers
• Desperate Housewives as Marcella
• Ghost Whisperer as Anne Sullivan
• The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel as Helen Dyer
• White Collar as Mrs. Mitchell
• Grey's Anatomy as Louise O'Malley
• Frasier as Nurse Karen
• The Gilded Age as Armstrong
• American Horror Story as Virginia Harding
• New Amsterdam as Karen Brantley