Janet Zarish
{{short description|American actress}}
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1954|4|21}}
| birth_place = Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
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| occupation = Actress, director, teacher
| education = Juilliard School (BFA)
| spouse = {{marriage|Mark Blum|2005|2020|end=died}}
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Janet Zarish (born April 21, 1954) is an American actress known for her work in television, movies and the theatre. She is Associate Arts Professor and Head of Acting of the Graduate Acting Program at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts. She received her B.F.A. at The Juilliard School under John Houseman.[https://tisch.nyu.edu/about/directory/grad-acting/101576305 Tisch School faculty page]
Career
Zarish has appeared on and Off-Broadway, starring in Other People's Money at the Minetta Lane Theater and Miss Julie at the Roundabout Theatre. She appeared in soap operas as Natalie Bannon on As the World Turns in the early 1980s, and as Lee Halpern on One Life to Live from 1986 to 1988, and again from 2008 to 2009. She has also guest starred on Law & Order, Forever, New York Undercover, Seinfeld, Mad About You, and Blue Bloods.[http://soaps.sheknows.com/actors/janet-zarish Soaps.com Bio] Zarish acted in a Seinfeld episode, "The Alternate Side,"; it was selected as one of Seinfeld's top ten episodes by Rolling Stone.[https://www.rollingstone.com/tv/pictures/master-of-their-domain-10-great-seinfeld-episodes-20140702 Master of Their Domain: 10 Great 'Seinfeld' Episodes] In film, she played supporting roles in Mystic Pizza[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095690/fullcredits/ Mystic Pizza - cast list] and The Next Big Thing.[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0245317/?ref_=nm_knf_t3 The Next Big Thing - cast list] She directed "Measure For Measure" off-Broadway at The Duke Theater.
Personal life
Zarish was born in Chicago, Illinois on April 21, 1954. She was married to actor Mark Blum until his death on March 25, 2020.{{cite web |last1=Keller |first1=Ilana |title=Actor Mark Blum, 'Desperately Seeking Susan' and 'You' star, dies of coronavirus complications |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2020/03/26/coronavirus-mark-blum-dies-complications-desperately-seeking-susan/2919609001/ |website=USA TODAY |accessdate=1 April 2020}}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0953504}}
- [http://www.theatredb.com/QPerson.php?pid=p016344 Janet Zarish] at the Internet Theatre Database
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Category:American film actresses
Category:Actresses from Chicago
Category:American television actresses
Category:American stage actresses
Category:20th-century American actresses
Category:21st-century American actresses
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