Phyllis Somerville

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Phyllis Somerville is an American stage, screen, and television actress. Her most prominent role to date was as the mother of the sexual predator played by Jackie Earle Haley in 2006's "Little Children".

She made her debut in the musical "Over Here" on Broadway, which starred Janie Sell, and the then-surviving Andrews Sisters (Maxene, who has since passed on, and Patty). She has a long history of appearing both on and off-Broadway and outside New York; most recently in 2003 as "Emily Dickinson/Vera" in "The Psychic Life of Savages", a play by Amy Freed (Yale Repertory Theater, New Haven, Connecticut). Her Broadway roles [ibdb|72018] include:

*"'night, Mother" as Jessie Cates (1983 - 1984)
*"Once in a Lifetime" as Miss Chasen (1978)
*"Over Here!" as Wilma (1974 - 1975)

Filmography

*"Our Lady of Victory" (2008)
*"Capers" (2008)
*"Lucky You" (2007)
*"Broken English" (2007)
*"Little Children" (2006)
*"Just Like the Son" (2006)
*"If I Didn't Care" (2006)
*"As the World Turns" (1956)
*"Messengers" (2004)
*""
*"Chappelle's Show"
*"Swimfan" (2002)
*"Anatomy of a Breakup" (2002)
*"Revolution" #9 (2001)
*""
*"The Sleepy Time Gal" (2001)
*"Third Watch"
*"The Sopranos"
*"Bringing Out the Dead" (1999)
*"Curtain Call" (1999)
*"Simply Irresistible" (1999)
*"The Guiding Light" (1998)
*"Better Living" (1998)
*""
*"Above Freezing" (1998)
*"Sex and the City" (1998)
*"The Impostors" (1998)
*"Montana" (1998)
*"One Life to Live" (1997-1998)
*"Trouble on the Corner" (1997)
*"NYPD Blue" (1995-1996)
*"New York News" (199?)
*"Leap of Faith" (1992)
*"Law & Order" (1990-1991)
*"Arthur" (1981)

References

External links

*imdb|0813902