Pamela Payton-Wright

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Pamela Payton-Wright (born November 1, 1941) is an American actress.

Biography

Payton-Wright was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Eleanor Ruth (née McKinley) and Gordon Edgar Payton-Wright. [ [http://www.filmreference.com/film/13/Pamela-Payton-Wright.html Pamela Payton-Wright Biography (1941-) ] ] She graduated from the Birmingham-Southern College in 1963. She began her television career in 1972 as Rhonda on "Corky". She later joined the cast of "Another World" in 1979 in the role of Hazel Parker, a role she played for one year.

Payton-Wright is an accomplished actress having appeared in numerous Broadway and Off-Broadway productions. Following numerous film roles and television appearances, Payton-Wright joined the cast of the ABC soap opera, "One Life to Live", in 1991, and was the first to play the role of Agatha "Addie" Cramer. She currently plays this part recurringly on the show.

Broadway
* "The Show-Off"
* "Exit the King"
* "The Cherry Orchard"
* "Jimmy Shine"
* "The Crucible"
* "All Over Town"
* "The Glass Menagerie"
* "Romeo & Juliet"
* "M Butterfly"
* "The Night of the Iguana"
* "A Streetcar Named Desire"
* "Something Unspoken"
* "Mourning Becomes Electra" (Drama Desk Award)

Off-Broadway
* "The Effect of Gamma Rays..." (Obie, Clarence Derwent Award, Variety Critics' Poll Citation)
* "Jesse and the Bandit Queen" (Obie Award)
* "The Seagull"
* "Hamlet"
* "The Replacement"
* "Mrs. Warren's Profession"
* "Richard III"
* "Til the Rapture Comes"

Film:
* "In Dreams"
* "The Freshman"
* "My Little Girl"
* "Ironweed"
* "Starlight"
* "Going Tin Style"
* "Resurrection"
* "At the Dark End of the Street"
* "Corky"

Television:
* "The Prodigal" (PBS)
* "Brother to Dragons" (PBS)
* "Look Homeward Angel" (Playhouse 90)
* "The Adams Chronicles" (PBS, Emmy Nomination)
* "Law & Order" (guest)
* "Homicide" (recurring)
* "Spencer for Hire" (guest)
* "One Life to Live" (recurring)

References

External links

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* Pamela Payton-Wright interview: [http://www.americantheatrewing.org/seminars/detail/performance_09_89 Performance] [http://www.americantheatre.org/seminars/ Working in the Theatre] CUNY-TV video by the American Theatre Wing, September 1989