Elizabeth Franz

Infobox actor


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birthname=Betty Jean Frankovich
birthdate=birth date and age|1941|6|19
birthplace=Akron, Ohio
tonyawards = Best Featured Actress in a Play
1999 "Death of a Salesman"

Elizabeth Franz (born June 18, 1941) is an American actress of stage and television.

Franz was born Betty Jean Frankovich in Akron, Ohio to a factory worker father. [ [http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=AK&s_site=ohio&p_multi=AK&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0F3DD31B0719080F&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM Search Results ] ] [ [http://www.filmreference.com/film/50/Elizabeth-Franz.html Elizabeth Franz Biography (1941-) ] ]

On the stage, Franz has won a Tony Award, for her role as Linda Loman in the 1999 production of "Death of a Salesman", as well as an Obie Award, for her role in the 1980 off-Broadway production "Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All for You". Franz has also been nominated two other times for a Tony Award (for 1983's "Brighton Beach Memoirs" and 2002's "Morning's at Seven"). In 2004 and 2005, Franz appeared at the Royal National Theatre in London, in the Sam Shepard play "Buried Child". In 2007, she appeared to critical acclaim in Julia Cho's drama "The Piano Teacher" at the Vineyard Theatre in New York. [The "New York Times" said her performance as " . . . the affable, sympathetic, piteously deceived Mrs. K must rank among her finest achievements."]

On television, Franz is most notably a character actor. She became best known for her role as the villainess Alma Rudder on the soap opera "Another World", which she portrayed from 1982 to 1983, while she was performing "Brighton Beach Memoirs" on Broadway. She also played the role of Helen Wendall on "As the World Turns" from 1994 to 1995, and guest-starred in several episodes of "Roseanne", as free-spirited beauty salon owner Marsha. She also made a guest appearance on the CW series "Gilmore Girls" as the inn owner, Mia. In 2005 Ms Franz won the Best Actress Award from the NYC Home Film Festival for her appearance in the short film "The Reader", written and directed by Duncan M. Rogers.

References

*Isherwood, Charles (November 19, 2007). "In a Quiet Suburb, a Quiet Life Darkened". The New York Times

External links

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* [http://theater2.nytimes.com/2007/11/19/theater/reviews/19pian.html?ex=1353474000&en=60fc5d393a57d14d&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink "The New York Times" theatre Review of "The Piano Teacher"]

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NAME=Franz, Elizabeth
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=Frankovich, Elizabeth
SHORT DESCRIPTION=American actress
DATE OF BIRTH=June 18, 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH=Akron, Ohio
DATE OF DEATH=
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