Patti LuPone
Biography
Patti LuPone is an American actress and singer who joined The Acting Company in 1972 and won praise for leading roles on Broadway and in the West End. Born in Northport, New York, she has three Tony Awards: two as Best Actress in a Musical, for Eva Perón in Evita and Rose in Gypsy, and one as Best Featured Actress in a Musical, for Joanne in Company. She also holds two Olivier Awards and two Grammy Awards, and in 2006 she was added to the American Theater Hall of Fame. Her films include Witness (1985) and Driving Miss Daisy (1989), along with Summer of Sam (1999), State and Main (2000), and Heist (2001); she also appeared in Beau Is Afraid (2023). On television she starred in Life Goes On and appeared in American Horror Story, Pose, and Hollywood, and she voiced Yellow Diamond in Steven Universe.
77years old
Turns 78 on April 21in 190 days
- Born Northport
- Star sign: TaurusThe sign runs April 20 to May 20
- Patti Ann LuPone (birth name)
Movie Career
- Films
- 21
- Career span
- 41 years1982 to 2023
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Behind the award
Patti LuPone won the 1985 Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical for The Cradle Will Rock and Les Misérables, and no American actor or actress had won an Olivier before her.
Big break
LuPone reportedly won the role of Eva Perón in the original Broadway production of Evita over 200 auditionees, among them Meryl Streep, Ann-Margret and Raquel Welch.
Own stunts
In John Doyle's Broadway production of Sweeney Todd, LuPone played tuba and orchestra bells on stage because the ten actors also served as the show's orchestra.
Early training
LuPone belonged to Group 1, the first class to graduate from Juilliard's Drama Division, alongside actors Kevin Kline and David Ogden Stiers.
Beyond film
In 1980, LuPone performed her cabaret act "Patti LuPone at Les Mouches" for 27 straight weeks, on Saturday nights at midnight, after her 8pm show in Evita.
Patti LuPone movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Taylor Hackford directed two of these films, David Mamet two and Lonny Price two. Danny DeVito appears in three of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Danny DeVito's page
Robert De Niro's page
Harvey Keitel's page
Costas Mandylor's page
Neil Patrick Harris's page
Brian Tarantina's page
All films by Taylor Hackford
All films by David Mamet
All films by Lonny Price
Also two films together4 more actors
- Leo BurmesterCity by the Sea (2002) and Monday Night Mayhem (2002)
- Ricky JayHeist (2001) and State and Main (2000)
- Rebecca PidgeonHeist (2001) and State and Main (2000)
- Stephen SondheimSweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street in Concert (2001) and Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall (1993)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Patti LuPone's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$533 million
11 of the 21 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 21 films: 11 worldwide figure; 2 us gross only; 5 never in cinemas; 3 figure not found.
- 11Worldwide figure
- 2US gross only
- 5Never in cinemas
- 3Figure not found
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 96% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$146M27.3% of the total
- 2$122M22.8% of the total
- 3$116M21.8% of the total
- 4$46M8.7% of the total
- 5$29M5.3% of the total
- 6$22M4.2% of the total
- 7$19M3.6% of the total
- 8$12M2.3% of the total
$21.0 millionfrom the other 3 films with a worldwide figure, 4% of the total
Awards
Twelve awards and honors from 1980 to 2008, four of them major.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Awards | |||
| 2008 | Best Actress in a Musical | Won | |
| 1980 | Best Actress in a Musical | Won | |
| Grammy Awards | |||
| 2008 | Best Classical Album | Won | |
| 2008 | Best Opera Recording | Won | |
| Other honors | |||
| 2008 | Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical | Won | |
| 2008 | Drama League Award | Won | |
| 2006 | Drama League Award | Won | |
| 2000 | Florida Film Critics Circle Award for Best Cast | State and Main | Won |
| 2000 | National Board of Review Award for Best Cast | State and Main | Won |
| 2000 | Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Cast | State and Main | Won |
| 1988 | Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical | Won | |
| 1985 | Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical | Won | |
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.