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Marsha Mason

Acting

Born April 3, 1942 · St. Louis, Missouri, USA

Biography

Marsha Mason is an American actress and theatre director. She has been nominated four times for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performances in Cinderella Liberty (1973), The Goodbye Girl (1977), Chapter Two (1979), and Only When I Laugh (1981). The first two also won her Golden Globe Awards. She was married for 10 years (1973–1983) to the playwright and screenwriter Neil Simon, who wrote all but the first film cited above, in addition to several others in which she starred.

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Awards & recognition

  • Golden Globe Award — Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy · 1978
  • Golden Globe Award — Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama · 1974
  • Academy Award — Best Actress · 1982 · nominated
  • Academy Award — Best Actress · 1980 · nominated
  • Academy Award — Best Actress · 1978 · nominated
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  • Academy Award — Best Actress · 1974 · nominated

Filmography30 titles

Seinfeld

1989as Jennie MacLaine

The Long Shot

2004as Mary Lou O'Brian

Grace and Frankie

2015as Arlene

Frasier

1993as Sherry Dempsey

The Good Wife

2009as Judge Louisa Page

The Middle

2009as Pat Spence

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962as Self

Army Wives

2007as Charlotte Meade

Clint Eastwood: The Man from Malpaso

1994as Self

Madam Secretary

2014as Kinsey Sherman

Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King

2006as Aunt Trudy

Heartbreak Ridge

1986as Aggie

The Goodbye Girl

1977as Paula McFadden

Cinderella Liberty

1973as Maggie Paul

Max Dugan Returns

1983as Nora McPhae

Bride & Prejudice

2004as Catherine Darcy

Lois Gibbs and the Love Canal

1982as Lois Gibbs

The Cheap Detective

1978as Georgia Merkle

Broken Trust

1995as Judge Ruth Fraser

2 Days in the Valley

1996as Audrey Hopper

Nick of Time

1995as Gov. Eleanor Grant

Lipstick Jungle

2008as Lorraine Lipman

Great Performances

1971as Roxane

Holiday Touchdown: A Bears Love Story

2026as Darlene Donnelly

Chapter Two

1979as Jennie MacLaine

Drop Dead Fred

1991as Polly

Blume in Love

1973as Arlene

Only When I Laugh

1981as Georgia

Audrey Rose

1977as Janice Templeton

I Love Trouble

1994as Senator Gayle Robbins