Mel Gorham

Mel Gorham (born Marilyn Schnaer^[1][2]) is an American actress who is best known for her role as Violet in Wayne Wang's films Smoke and Blue in the Face. Gorham is from Coral Gables, Florida^[3] and is of Cuban and Russian Jewish descent.^[4][5]

Gorham's improvised monologue in Blue in the Face garnered her much critical acclaim and press.^[3][4][5] Major film roles in Curdled and Cop Land followed. In 1997, Gorham was then cast as the star of an NBC sitcom titled Union Square. But after the pilot was filmed, the producers replaced her with Constance Marie.^[6]

Gorham returned to the world of New York City theater where she began. After a long absence, she returned to film with a role in Wayne Wang's 2001 film The Center of the World. She continues work in film and theater.

Filmography

• 1990 - Awakenings as Nurse Sara
• 1993 - Carlito's Way as Pachanga's date
• 1995 - Smoke as Violet
• 1995 - Blue in the Face as Violet
• 1995 - The Perez Family as Vilma & Raquel
• 1996 - Curdled as Elena
• 1997 - Cop Land as Monica Lopez
• 1997 - Wishful Thinking as Lourdes
• 2001 - The Center of the World as Roxanne
• 2005 - Sueno as Gloria
• 2006 - Delirious as Tish
• 2007 - Mother's Day Massacre as Dolores
• 2009 - American Cowslip as Kimberly
• 2011 - A Talent for Trouble as Francine Hawk
• 2011 - The Trouble with Cali as Xiomara

References

1. ^ "Mel Gorham Is Fever-hot". Michigan Daily. October 30, 1995. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=FBBKAAAAIBAJ&sjid=sB4NAAAAIBAJ&pg=892,3305256&dq=marilyn+mel-gorham+-wikipedia&hl=en. 
2. ^ "A Miami Original". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. Nov 3, 1995. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=A0UfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=xXwEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4377,3200434&dq=marilyn+mel-gorham+-wikipedia&hl=en. 
3. ^ ^{a b} "Red Hot In Blue". People. 1995-12-11. http://melgorham.com/redhotinblue.jpg. 
4. ^ ^{a b} Strickler, Jeff (1995). "'Blue in Face' an instant movie: Just add 'Smoke' and Mel Gorham". Star Tribune. http://melgorham.com/blueinthefacearticle.jpg. 
5. ^ ^{a b} Guerra, Emilio (1995). "Mel Gorham: Con El Azul Ha Dejado De Ser Verde" (in Spanish). El Nuevo Herald. http://melgorham.com/spanishpress.jpg. 
6. ^ "Big Break Broken". Imdb. 1997-06-19. http://www.imdb.com/news/ni0073982/. 

External links

• Mel Gorham at the Internet Movie Database
• Official site

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