Lindsay Crouse
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Biography
An excellent character actress of the 1970s, 80s and 90s, Crouse had established herself as an outstanding off-Broadway actress in such roles as Ophelia opposite William Hurt's "Hamlet" and Viola in "Twelfth Night; she won an Obie in her then-husband David Mamet's "Reunion" in 1980. After a strong cameo in "The Verdict" (1982), a moving performance as an Ethel Rosenberg-inspired character in "Daniel" (1983) and an Oscar-nominated turn in "Places in the Heart" (1984), Crouse played a cool, impressive lead in "House of Games" (1987), written and directed by Mamet. Her film career picked up in the mid-1990s with turns as Randy Quaid's ex-wife in "Bye Bye, Love" (1994), as the boy's mother in "The Indian in the Cupboard" (1995) and in support of Charlie Sheen in sci-fi actioner "The Arrival" (1996). Crouse also appeared briefly as Marilyn Monroe's acting coach in "Norma Jean and Marilyn" (HBO, 1996). She is the daughter of playwright/producer Russel Crouse.
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1972
Made first Broadway appearance in the acclaimed New York Shakespeare Festival revival of "Much Ado About Nothing"
1976
TV-movie debut in "Eleanor and Franklin" (ABC)
1976
Screen acting debut in "All the President's Men"
1977
Featured in the ensemble of "Between the Lines", a low-budget comedy-drama about the staff of an underground Boston newspaper
1977
Had featured role as the wealthy wife of a hockey player (Michael Ontkean) in "Slap Shot"; first film with Paul Newman
1979
Member of the Circle Repertory Company; acted in such acclaimed productions as "Reunion" (1979) and "Childe Byron" (1981)
1981
Played the lead character of Margaret (essayed by Myrna Loy) in flashbacks in the ABC drama "Summer Solstice"
1982
Second movie with Paul Newman, "The Verdict"; scripted by Mamet
1984
Co-starred with Timothy Hutton in "Iceman"
1984
Received a Best Supporting Actress Oscar nomination as a married woman whose husband is having an affair in a small Texas town in "Places in the Heart"
1987
Moved to Cambridge, Massachusetts (date approximate)
1987
Had starring role in then-husband David Mamet's film "House of Games"; portrayed a psychiatrist who agrees to help a patient get out of his gambling debt
1989
Played the wife of a man convinced he had been abducted by aliens in "Communion"
1991
Returned to Broadway in revival of Harold Pinter's play "The Homecoming"
1993
Acted in the ensemble of the improved TV-movie "Chantilly Lace", a Showtime comedy-drama directed by Linda Yellen
1994
Was a regular on the short-lived CBS police drama "Traps"
1994
Reteamed with Yellen for the similarly improved "Parallel Lives" (Showtime)
1995
Cast as Randy Quaid's bitter ex-wife in "Bye Bye, Love"
1996
Portrayed Marilyn Monroe's acting coach in the HBO movie "Norma Jean and Marilyn"
1997
Acted in "Prefontaine", portraying the runner's mom
1999
Offered fine turn as Lowell Bergman's wife in the Oscar-nominated Best Picture "The Insider"
2001
Appeared alongside Ally Sheedy in the TNT drama "The Warden"
2001
Co-starred with John Mahoney in the L.A. premiere of stage play "The Weir"
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