Marsha Mason
Biography
Marsha Mason is an American actress and theater director who was born in St. Louis and began her film career with Hot Rod Hullabaloo, later appearing in Blume in Love (1973). She received four Academy Award nominations for Best Actress, for Cinderella Liberty (1973), The Goodbye Girl (1977), Chapter Two (1979) and Only When I Laugh (1981), and won Golden Globes for the first two. Her screen credits also include The Cheap Detective (1978), Max Dugan Returns (1983), Heartbreak Ridge (1986), Stella (1990) and Drop Dead Fred (1991). On television she appeared on the soap opera Love of Life and earned a Primetime Emmy nomination for a recurring role on Frasier. She made her Broadway debut as a replacement in Cactus Flower in 1968, and later acted and directed in productions around the country.
84years old
Turns 85 on April 3in 143 days
- Born St. Louis
- Star sign: AriesThe sign runs March 21 to April 19
Movie Career
- Films
- 17
- Career span
- 45 years1973 to 2018
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First role
Mason has had a long stage career. In 1968, she made her Broadway debut in the comedy Cactus Flower, taking over a role as a replacement.
Big break
Neil Simon saw Mason's 1973 film debut in Blume in Love and then cast her in his Broadway play The Good Doctor.
Beyond film
Mason starred in a 1999 London revival of The Prisoner of Second Avenue, and the 2000 recording of that show earned her a Grammy nomination for Best Comedy Album.
Marsha Mason movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Herbert Ross directed two of these films. Seven actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Herbert RossDirector, 2 films, 1977 to 1983
All films by Herbert Ross
Also two films together1 more actor
- Mary JacksonAudrey Rose (1977) and Blume in Love (1973)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Marsha Mason's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$302 million
9 of the 17 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 17 films: 9 worldwide figure; 2 us gross only; 3 never in cinemas; 3 figure not found.
- 9Worldwide figure
- 2US gross only
- 3Never in cinemas
- 3Figure not found
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 97% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$102M33.7% of the total
- 2$62M20.5% of the total
- 3$43M14.1% of the total
- 4$25M8.2% of the total
- 5$20M6.7% of the total
- 6$18M5.8% of the total
- 7$14M4.6% of the total
- 8$11M3.7% of the total
$8.2 millionfrom the other 1 film with a worldwide figure, 3% of the total
Awards
Two awards and honors from 1974 to 1978, two of them major.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Golden Globes | |||
| 1978 | Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy | The Goodbye Girl | Won |
| 1974 | Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama | Cinderella Liberty | Won |
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Official profiles and reference pages.