- Anne Pitoniak
Infobox actor
name = Anne Pitoniak
birthdate = birth date|1922|3|30|mf=y
birthplace =Westfield, Massachusetts ,United States
deathdate = death date and age|2007|4|22|1922|3|30|mf=y
deathplace =Manhattan, New York ,United States Anne Pitoniak (
March 30 ,1922 –April 22 ,2007 ) was an Americanactress . She was nominated twice for Broadway'sTony Award : as Best Actress (Play) in 1983, for "'night, Mother ", and asBest Actress (Featured Role - Play) in 1994, for a revival ofWilliam Inge 's "Picnic".Biography
Early life
Pitoniak was born in
Westfield, Massachusetts , the daughter of Sophie (née Porubovic) and John Pitoniak. [ [http://www.filmreference.com/film/4/Anne-Pitoniak.html Anne Pitoniak Biography (1922-) ] ] She was a graduate of theUniversity of North Carolina at Greensboro . She spent two years as a civilian actress immediately after World War II, touring Japan, the Philippines and Korea for the Army's Special Services division. She met her future husband, Jerome Milord, then a soldier, when they were both in a U.S.O. show in Japan. [ [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/26/obituaries/26pitoniak.html Anne Pitoniak, 85, Actress Who Played Strong Older Women, Dies - New York Times ] ]Career
In "
'night, Mother " she played a woman who desperately tries to keep her daughter from killing herself. The play had its premiere at the American Repertory Theatre in Cambridge, Massachusetts, then moved to Broadway. Both Pitoniak and co-starKathy Bates received Best Actress Tony Award nominations for their work. In 1994, Pitoniak received a second Tony nomination for her performance as Helen Potts in the Roundabout Theatre Company's revival of "Picnic ". She also appeared on Broadway in "Agnes of God ", "The Octette Bridge Club", "Amy's View", "Uncle Vanya ", "Dance of Death", and "Imaginary Friends".Pitoniak performed frequently at the
Actors Theatre of Louisville , in such plays as Norman's "Getting Out", D.L. Coburn's "The Gin Game ", and Jane Martin's "Middle Aged White Guys". She also worked steadily in film and television, including the 1985 film version of "Agnes of God ", where she appeared as the mother ofJane Fonda 's character.Pitoniak died from
cancer at her home in Manhattan, New York aged 85.Robertson, Campbell (April 26, 2007). Anne Pitoniak, 85, Actress Who Played Strong Older Women, Dies. "New York Times "]References
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