Mary Testa

American actress of stage and screen Mary Testa has been nominated three times for the Tony Award, for her performances in revivals of On the Town, 42nd Street and Oklahoma. Born in Philadelphia and raised from age four in Rhode Island, she received acting training at the University of Rhode Island before leaving for New York in 1976. Her Off-Broadway debut came at Playwrights Horizons in William Finn's In Trousers (1979), and she later appeared in his March of the Falsettos and Company. On Broadway she took roles in Barnum, The Rink, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Chicago, Xanadu, Guys and Dolls and Wicked. A frequent collaborator of Finn and Michael John LaChiusa, she also performs in concerts and cabaret. Her film work includes Going in Style (1979) and Eat Pray Love (2010). On Courage the Cowardly Dog, she voiced Shirley the Medium from 1999 to 2002, and she starred in Ratatouille the Musical (2021).