Zoe Caldwell
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1959
Signed contract with the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon; worked with Laurence Olivier, Charles Laughton, Ian Holm, Paul Robeson and Sam Wanamaker
1966
Made Broadway debut in the short-lived run of Tennessee Williams' "Slapstick Tragedy"; won first of four Tony Awards
1968
Landed title role in the Broadway production of "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie"; won second Tony Award
1972
Appeared in Arthur Miller's play "The Creation of the World and Other"
1974
Starred opposite Robert Shaw in NYC stage production of "Dance of Death"
1977
Made Broadway directorial debut with "An Almost Perfect Person," starring Colleen Dewhurst
1977
Portrayed legendary actress Sarah Bernhardt in the Canadian TV production "Sarah;" aired in the U.S. on "Great Performances" (PBS)
1982
Returned to Broadway in the title role of "Medea," co-starring Dame Judith Anderson
1983
Reprised title role in the PBS presentation of "Medea"
1985
Cast in first film acting role in Woody Allen's "The Purple Rose of Cairo"
1986
Acted in the one-person drama "Lillian" as the playwright and author Lillian Hellman
1988
Brought in as director on the troubled production of Shakespeare's "Macbeth," starring Glenda Jackson and Christopher Plummer
1990
Made rare TV appearance in the Disney Channel movie "Lantern Hill"
1991
Staged Israel Horowitz's play "Park Your Car in Harvard Yard" on Broadway
1993
Co-starred in off-Broadway production of Terrence McNally's play "A Perfect Ganesh"
1995
Returned to acting in Broadway in "Master Class," portraying opera diva Maria Callas; won fourth Tony Award in part expressly written for her by playwright Terrence McNally
2002
Contributed voice to the character Grand Councilwoman in animated feature "Lilo & Stitch"; reprised voice role on Disney Channel's "Lilo & Stitch: The Series"
2004
Landed supporting role opposite Nicole Kidman in "Birth"
2011
Returned to features with a role in "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close," Stephen Daldry's feature adaptation of Jonathan Safran Foer's novel; co-starred Tom Hanks and Sandra Bullock
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