Blair Brown
Biography
Blair Brown is an American actress whose career has moved between theater, film and television since she trained at the National Theatre School of Canada and worked at the Stratford Shakespeare Festival. Her first feature role came in The Paper Chase (1973), and she went on to star in Altered States (1980) and in Continental Divide (1981), playing opposite John Belushi, a part that brought her a Golden Globe nomination. On television she took the title role in The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd from 1987 to 1991, earning several Emmy nominations, and later appeared as Nina Sharp in Fringe and Judy King in Orange Is the New Black. Her stage work includes a 2000 Tony Award for Copenhagen, and she has narrated documentaries including The Buddha (2010).
80years old
Turns 81 on April 23in 187 days
- Born Washington, D.C.
- Star sign: TaurusThe sign runs April 20 to May 20
- Also credited as Bonnie Blair Brown
Movie Career
- Films
- 14
- Career span
- 38 years1973 to 2011
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Early training
Brown studied acting at the National Theatre School of Canada and graduated in 1969. At the Stratford Shakespeare Festival, she was a participating actor and drew attention there.
First role
Brown's first feature role was in The Paper Chase, a film that came out in 1973 and won an Oscar.
Beyond film
Brown expanded into voiceover work in the 1990s, narrating audiobooks including John Grisham's The Client and Stephen King's Rose Madder.
Blair Brown movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Worked with
Blair Brown shares two films with Campbell Scott, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Campbell Scott's page
Donald Sutherland's page
Dermot Mulroney's page
Wallace Shawn's page
Richard Jenkins's page
Johnny Depp's page
All films by Clint Eastwood
Rand RavichDirector, 1 film, 1999
All films by Rand Ravich
All films by Clark Johnson
Awards
One award and honor, one of them major.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Awards | |||
| 2000 | Best Featured Actress in a Play | Won | |
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.