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Debra Monk
Middletown, Ohio, USA
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…
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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 Award for roles in Picnic (1994), Steel Pier (1997), and Curtains (2007). In 2000, she has won Obie Award for The Time of the Cuckoo. Monk has appeared in over 30 films as of early 1990s. She made her film debut in the movie version of Prelude to a Kiss, playing Aunt Dorothy. She later appeared in The Bridges of Madison County and The Devil's Advocate. On television, she has won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series for recurring performance as Katie Sipowicz in the ABC series, NYPD Blue. She also guest-starred on Law & Order, Desperate Housewives, The Closer, and Girls. Monk had a recurring roles in A Nero Wolfe Mystery (2001-2002), Grey's Anatomy (2006-2011), and Damages (2007-2012).
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2025
Hold
Movie Virginia
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2022
The Gilded Age
TV show Armstrong
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2020
Standing Up, Falling Down
Movie Jeanie Rollins
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2018
Tell Me a Story
TV show Esther Thorn
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2018
New Amsterdam
TV show Karen Brantley
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2017
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
TV show Helen Dyer
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2016
Bull
TV show Sandy Harper
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2016
Drew
Movie Hannah Gruen
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2016
Demolition
Movie Davis' Mom
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2016
Crowded
TV show Linda
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2015
Blindspot
TV show Colonel Powers
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2015
Sneaky Pete
TV show Connie Persikof
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2015
Difficult People
TV show Bunny Tack
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2014
Madam Secretary
TV show Mary Lou Boris
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2014
This Is Where I Leave You
Movie Linda Callen
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2014
Mozart in the Jungle
TV show Betty Cragdale
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2012
The Brass Teapot
Movie Trudy
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2012
One for the Money
Movie Mrs. Plum
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2011
Good Luck Charlie, It's Christmas!
Movie Petunia
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2011
American Horror Story
TV show Virginia Harding
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2010
The Other Woman
Movie Laura Greenleaf
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2010
Hot in Cleveland
TV show Loretta
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2009
White Collar
TV show Mrs. Mitchell
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2009
The Good Wife
TV show Tracy Mintz
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2009
Glee
TV show Mrs. Schuester
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2008
The Great Buck Howard
Movie Doreen
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2007
The Savages
Movie Nancy Lachman
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2007
Damages
TV show Deniece Parsons
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2007
Notes from the Underbelly
TV show Andrew's Mom
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2006
Brothers and Sisters
TV show Alexandra Kirby
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2005
The Producers
Movie Lick Me-Bite Me
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2005
Ghost Whisperer
TV show Anne Sullivan
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2005
Dark Water
Movie Young Dahlia's Teacher
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2005
The Closer
TV show Mary Summers
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2005
Grey's Anatomy
TV show Louise O'Malley
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2005
Palindromes
Movie Mama Sunshine
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2004
Desperate Housewives
TV show Marcella
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2003
Eloise at Christmastime
Movie Maggie the Carriage Driver
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2003
Eloise at the Plaza
Movie Maggie the Carriage Driver
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2003
The Music Man
Movie Mrs. Paroo
