Heather MacRae
{{short description|American actress (born 1946)}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Heather MacRae
| image = Heather MacRae in Hair.jpg
| caption = MacRae in Hair, 1970
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1946|10|5}}
| birth_place = New York City, U.S.
| occupation = Actress
| yearsactive = 1966–present
| father = Gordon MacRae
| mother = Sheila MacRae
| relatives = Meredith MacRae (sister)
}}
Heather MacRae (born October 5, 1946){{cite web |title=MacRae, Heather 1946– |url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/education/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/macrae-heather-1946 |website=Encyclopedia.com |publisher=Cengage}} is an American actress known for her role in the Woody Allen 1972 comedy Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid to Ask).{{cite book |last1=Silet |first1=Charles L. P. |title=The Films of Woody Allen: Critical Essays |date=2006 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=978-1-4616-7283-8 |page=302 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fR5vAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA302}}
Early years
MacRae is the daughter of motion picture, stage, and television stars Sheila MacRae and Gordon MacRae.[https://web.archive.org/web/20140315163127/http://articles.latimes.com/2014/mar/07/local/la-me-passings-20140308 "PASSINGS: Sheila MacRae, Hank Rieger, Robert Ashley"] Los Angeles Times, March 7, 2014[https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/119265%7C62812/Gordon-MacRae/ "Gordon MacRae"] tcm.com, retrieved March 5, 2017Southall, Ashley. [https://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/09/arts/television/sheila-macrae-wife-in-60s-honeymooners-sketches-dies-at-92.html "Sheila MacRae, Wife in '60s 'Honeymooners' Sketches, Dies at 92"] The New York Times, March 8, 2014 Meredith MacRae was her sister,{{cite web|title=Meredith MacRae Official Website Billie Jo Petticoat Junction – My Three Sons|url=http://www.meredithmacrae.com/gallery.html|access-date=12 October 2015|work=meredithmacrae.com}} and she has two brothers, Bruce and Gar.{{cite news |last1=Garner |first1=Jack |title=She's Getting Her Act Together |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/69817360/heather-macrae/ |access-date=February 10, 2021 |work=Honolulu Star-Bulletin |agency=Gannett News Service |date=January 17, 1984 |page=23|via = Newspapers.com}}
She studied at the University of Colorado but left academics to pursue a career in show business.
Career
MacRae's film career included roles in Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid to Ask) (1972), The Connection (1973), Bang the Drum Slowly (1973), Secrets of Three Hungry Wives (1978) and Life with Mikey (1993). She also appeared in a singing role in Robert Altman's 1979 film A Perfect Couple. She also appeared in several television roles, including parts in Starsky and Hutch, Frasier, and The Sopranos{{Citation needed |date=December 2020}} and as the judge who marries Miranda and Steve in an outdoor ceremony on Sex and the City. She has played continuing roles on the daytime serials The Best of Everything and One Life to Live.{{cite web |title=Heather MacRae: Credits, Bio, News & More {{!}} Broadway World |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Heather-MacRae/ |website=www.broadwayworld.com |access-date=24 April 2023 |language=en}}
A veteran of the Broadway stage, she has appeared in Hair, A Catered Affair, and Falsettos.{{IBDB name|73311}}
In 1983, MacRae and her mother had a cabaret act at the Inner Circle in New York City. A review in The New York Times called the two "the oddest cabaret couple", noting that their styles of entertainment differed and that they alternated in the spotlight rather than performing together.{{cite news |last1=Holden |first1=Stephen |title=Cabaret: The MacRae Team |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/122207458 |access-date=February 10, 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=December 29, 1983 |page=C 17|id={{ProQuest|122207458}} }} MacRae performed a solo cabaret show, Songs of My Father, in Chicago in 1999. In it, she sang songs associated with her father and told about his experiences in music.{{cite news |last1=Reich |first1=Howard |title=Tough act to follow |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/69816485/heather-macrae/ |access-date=February 10, 2021 |work=Chicago Tribune |date=August 13, 1999 |page=58|via = Newspapers.com}}
References
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External links
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- {{IBDB name|73311}}
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Category:American stage actresses
Category:American film actresses
Category:American television actresses
Category:Actresses from New York City
Category:20th-century American actresses
Category:21st-century American actresses
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