- Brenda Vaccaro
Infobox actor
name = Brenda Vaccaro
birthdate = birth date and age|1939|11|18
birthplace =Brooklyn, New York
spouse = William Bishop (1977-1978)
Charles Cannizzaro (1981-1982)
Guy Hector (1986-)
yearsactive = 1963 - present
emmyawards = Best Supporting Actress in Comedy-Variety, Variety or Music
1973 "The Shape of Things "
goldenglobeawards = Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture
1976 "Jacqueline Susann's Once Is Not Enough "Brenda Buell Vaccaro (born
November 18 1939 ) is anAcademy Award - andTony Award-nominated, as well asEmmy - andGolden Globe Award-winning American stage, television and film actress.Biography
Early life
Vaccaro was born in Brooklyn, New York, to
Italian American parents Christine M. (née Pavia) and Mario A. Vaccaro (originally a lawyer), both of whom were pioneers in Italian cuisine. [ [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3190/is_28_35/ai_76561335 Dallas restaurateur Vaccaro dead at 93 | Nation's Restaurant News | Find Articles at BNET.com ] ] [ [http://www.filmreference.com/film/12/Brenda-Vaccaro.html Brenda Vaccaro Biography (1939-) ] ] [ [http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800014473/bio Brenda Vaccaro Biography - Yahoo! Movies ] ] She was raised inTexas , where her parents co-foundedMario's Restaurant (a nationally recognized restaurant) [ [http://www.texasalmanac.com/obituaries/1999_2001.html Texas Almanac 2008-2009 | TexasAlmanac.com | Obituaries ] ] and where Vaccaro graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School in 1958. [ [http://www.projo.com/sharedcontent/movies/movienews2/081706ccdrMOVIESvaccaro.b7a539d.html Rhode Island news | projo.com | The Providence Journal | Movies ] ] She returned toNew York City to study at theNeighborhood Playhouse , and made her Broadway debut in the short-lived 1961 comedy "Everybody Loves Opal", for which she won theTheatre World Award .Career
Vaccaro's Broadway credits include "
Cactus Flower " (1965), "How Now, Dow Jones " (1967), "The Goodbye People " (1968), the female version of "The Odd Couple ", (1985), and "Jake's Women " (1982). The husky-voiced actress has been nominated for theTony Award three times, for Best Featured Actress in a Play ("Cactus Flower"), Best Actress in a Musical ("Dow Jones"), and Best Actress in a Play ("The Goodbye People").Vaccaro co-starred in the 1969
Dustin Hoffman /Jon Voight film "Midnight Cowboy ", for which she was nominated for aGolden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress. For her performance in the 1975 film adaptation ofJacqueline Susann 's "Once Is Not Enough " she garnered anAcademy Award nomination and won the Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress. Additional screen credits include "Airport '77 ", "Capricorn One ", "Supergirl", "The Mirror Has Two Faces ", "Heart of Midnight" and "House by the Lake" aka, "Death Weekend".Vaccaro's many television credits include a number of
television movie s and a regular role in the short-lived 1984 series "Paper Dolls " in addition to guest appearances on "The Fugitive", "The Defenders", "Coronet Blue ", "The Name of the Game", "Marcus Welby, M.D. ", "McCloud", "The Streets of San Francisco ", "The Love Boat ", "St. Elsewhere ", "Murder, She Wrote ", "The Golden Girls ", "Columbo", "Touched by an Angel ", "Friends ", "The King of Queens ", and "Nip/Tuck ". She has been nominated for anEmmy Award three times and won for Best Supporting Actress in Comedy-Variety, Variety or Music for "The Shape of Things" in 1974. She also starred in a series of commercials for Playtex.Later she went on to supply the voice for "
Johnny Bravo "'s mother Bunny Bravo in the animated cartoon series. She had also made a later appearance on The Smurfs as Scruple, an apprentice ofGargamel , oppositePaul Winchell .References
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