Eve Gordon
{{short description|American actress}}
{{For-multi|the actress born in 1982|Eve Gordon (New Zealand actress)|the British actress|Eve Austin}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Eve Gordon
| birth_date =
| birth_place =
| other_names = Eve Bennett-Gordon
| occupation = Actress
| years_active = 1981–present
| spouse = {{marriage|Todd Waring|1987}}
| children = 2
| education = Brown University (BA)
Yale University (MFA)
}}
Eve Gordon (also known as Eve Bennett-Gordon) is an American actress. Her television roles include playing Marilyn Monroe in the Emmy Award-winning miniseries A Woman Named Jackie, Congressional aide Jordan Miller in the short-lived sitcom The Powers That Be, the mother of the title character in the drama series Felicity, and Monica Klain, the wife of Ron Klain (played by Kevin Spacey) in the 2008 Emmy Award-winning HBO film Recount. She also starred in the 1997 film Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves, starring opposite Rick Moranis.
Life and career
Gordon is the daughter of Mary (née McDougall), a history professor, and Richard Bennett Gordon, a lawyer. Gordon graduated from the Ellis School in Pittsburgh, Brown University, and Yale School of Drama.
She started her acting career in 1982, playing Marge Tallworth in the film The World According to Garp. After that, she appeared in ER, Come On Get Happy: The Partridge Family Story, Avalon and Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves (as Diane Szalinski, taking the role over from Marcia Strassman), and starred in David Chase's first original series, Almost Grown, and The Good Life with Drew Carey.
On the stage, she has starred on and off-Broadway, in Paris, Madrid, Chicago, Los Angeles, and many other cities, working with Peter Sellers, Richard Foreman, and Daniel Sullivan in classics, musicals, and comedies.
On November 14, 1987, Gordon married actor Todd Waring in Manhattan.{{cite news |title=Eve Gordon, Actress, Wed to Todd Waring |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/11/15/style/eve-gordon-actress-wed-to-todd-waring.html |access-date=February 18, 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=November 15, 1987 |page=76|url-access=subscription}} They have two daughters.{{Citation needed |date=May 2023}}
Filmography
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Film ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
| 1982
| {{sortname|The|World According to Garp|dab=film}} | Marge Tallworth | |
| 1990
| Avalon | Dottie Kirk | |
| 1991
| Paradise | Rosemary Young | |
| 1992
| Emily Singer | |
| 1997
| Diane Szalinski | Direct-to-video |
| 1998
| Carolyn | |
| 2005
| Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous | Housewife #2 | |
| rowspan=2|2006
| Thanks to Gravity | Mariella | |
| {{sortname|The|Grudge 2}}
| Principal Dale | |
| 2008
| Public Interest | Karen Montgomery | |
| rowspan=2|2009
| Karen | |
| Versailles
| Summer Tickler-Hoogenhyde | Short film |
| 2011
| Monkey Man | | |
| 2013
| Principal Loveheart | |
| rowspan=2|2016
| Mrs. Womack | |
| Ouija: Origin of Evil
| Joan | |
| rowspan=3|2017
| Sherri | |
| The Circle
| Senator Williamson | |
| The Garage Sale
| Merrin | |
| rowspan=1|2020
| Tonya Vanelton | |
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Television ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
| 1981
| Mindy Peters | 2 episodes |
| 1986
| George Washington II: The Forging of a Nation | Betsy Hamilton | Television film |
| 1987
| {{sortname|The|Cosby Show}} | Glenda | Episode: "Planning Parenthood" |
| 1988–89
| Suzie Long Foley | Main cast; 9 episodes |
| 1990
| Alexandra | Episode: "Frankly Speaking" |
| rowspan=4|1991
| Theresa | Television film |
| Switched at Birth
| Darlena | Television film |
| {{sortname|The|Boys|dab=1991 film}}
| Amanda | Television film |
| {{sortname|A|Woman Named Jackie}}
| Miniseries; episode: "The Bouvier Years" |
| 1992
| The Secret Passion of Robert Clayton | Katherine | Television film |
| 1992–93
| {{sortname|The|Powers That Be|dab=TV series}} | Jordan Miller | Main cast; 21 episodes |
| 1994
| {{sortname|The|Good Life|dab=1994 TV series}} | Maureen Bowman | Main cast; 13 episodes |
| rowspan=3|1995
| {{sortname|The|Heidi Chronicles|dab=film}} | Lisa | Television film |
| Never Say Never: The Deidre Hall Story
| Robin | Television film |
| Dad, the Angel & Me
| Maggie | Television film |
| 1997
| A Thousand Men and a Baby | Genevieve "Gen" Keenan | Television film |
| rowspan=3|1998
| Jeanie Hanson | Episode: "Of Human Bonding" |
| Something So Right
| Lorraine Hadley | Episode: "Something About Egg on Your Farce" |
| {{sortname|The|Practice}}
| Janet Walsh | 2 episodes |
| 1998–2002
| Felicity | Barbara Porter/Hunter | 7 episodes |
| rowspan=2|1999
| Ann Jenkin-Patrick | Episode: "Such Sweet Dreams" |
| Come On Get Happy: The Partridge Family Story
| Shirley Jones/Partridge | Television film |
| 2001
| Erica Baker | Episode: "Bringer of Light" |
| rowspan=2|2002
| Jenny | Episode: "Pilot: Part 1" |
| Judging Amy
| Mrs. Powell | Episode: "Lost and Found" |
| 2002-2008
| Monk | Janie/Madge | 2 episodes |
| rowspan=2|2004
| {{sortname|The|Division}} | Ruth Ringston | Episode: "As I Was Going to St. Ives..." |
| Veronica Mars
| Emily Williams | Episode: "The Girl Next Door" |
| 2005
| Marian Peterson | Episode: "Lost Time" |
| rowspan=3|2007
| House | Jody | Episode: "Resignation" |
| Grey's Anatomy
| Mary Chapman | Episode: "Let the Truth Sting" |
| Cold Case
| Melinda Levy (2007) | Episode: "Justice" |
| rowspan=2|2008
| Brenda | Episode: "Meander to Your Dander" |
| Recount
| Monica Klain | Television film |
| 2009
| ER | Mrs. Nugent | Episode: "Love Is a Battlefield" |
| 2009
| {{sortname|The|Philanthropist|dab=TV series}} | Brenda Fitzsimmons | Episode: "San Diego" |
| rowspan=2|2010
| Mariah | Episode: "On Thin Ice" |
| Glee
| Mrs. Fretthold | Episode: "Laryngitis" |
| 2011
| NCIS | Amanda McCormick | Episode: "Restless" |
| 2011
| American Horror Story: Murder House | Dr. Hall | 4 episodes |
| 2011–12
| Delia Ann Lee | 3 episodes |
| rowspan=4|2012
| Mad Men | Giselle | Episode: "Signal 30" |
| {{sortname|The|Newsroom|dab=U.S. TV series}}
| Phylis Greer | Episode: "Bullies" |
| Necessary Roughness
| Mrs. Brinks | Episode: "Might as Well Face It" |
| Scandal
| Janet Nystrom | Episode: "Beltway Unbuckled" |
| 2012–2013
| Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23 | Connie Colburn | 10 episodes |
| rowspan=3| 2014
| Joy Meyers | Episode: "Sharp Teeth" |
| Mind Games
| Diane | Episode: "Pet Rock" |
| The McCarthys
| Karen | Episode: "Love, McCarthys Style" |
| 2015
| Judith | 2 episodes |
| rowspan=2| 2017
| Nurse Fryday | 2 episodes |
| Longmire
| Gloria Dodd | Episode: "Cowboy Bill" |
| 2018
| Dr. Carpenter | Episode: "All That Matters" |
| rowspan=3|2019
| Doxxed | Grace Lo | 2 episodes |
| Big Little Lies
| Dr. Danielle Cortland | 3 episodes |
| How to Get Away with Murder
| ADA Gibson | Episode; "Do You Think I'm a Bad Man?" |
| rowspan=2|2020
| Celeste | Episode: "What We Become" |
| S.W.A.T.
| Jenny | Episode: Stigma |
| 2024
| Auctioneer | Episode: "Relapse" |
=Podcast=
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Podcast ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
| 2021
| The Zip Code Plays: Los Angeles | Aimee Semple McPherson | Voice |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0072126}}
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Category:20th-century American actresses
Category:21st-century American actresses
Category:Actresses from Pittsburgh
Category:American film actresses
Category:American television actresses
Category:Brown University alumni
Category:David Geffen School of Drama at Yale University alumni