Marilyn Sokol

Marilyn Sokol is an American actor, singer, comic, and producer. Born in the Bronx in 1944, she attended Calvin Coolidge High School in Washington, D.C., and New York University. Her career began in 1966, when she appeared as a belly dancer in a national production of Man of La Mancha. A Chelsea Theater Center staging of The Beggar's Opera earned her an Obie Award in 1972. She gave voice to Ma Otter in Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas (1977) and played Lulu Brecht in Can't Stop the Music (1980), a role that brought a Golden Raspberry nomination for worst supporting actress. An Emmy and a Bistro Award are also among her honors. She has performed on Broadway, off-Broadway, and in regional theater, worked as a singer and cabaret artist, starred in the off-Broadway Old Jews Telling Jokes in 2012 and 2013, appeared in 2014 on the web series Submissions Only as Agnes Vertrulli, and has taught at Lehman College.