Largo Woodruff

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| name = Largo Woodruff

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| birth_date= {{birth date and age|1955|7|18}}

| birth_place = New Jersey, U.S.

| occupation = Actress

| years_active = 1978–2003

| spouse = {{marriage|Frederic Blankfein|1979}}

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Largo Woodruff (born July 18, 1955) is an American actress who appeared in numerous films in the 1980s. She began her career appearing in commercials before landing a bit part in Woody Allen's Stardust Memories (1980). Her first major featured role was in Tobe Hooper's slasher film The Funhouse (1981). She also appeared in the controversial television film The Choice (1981), as well as the biopic Bill (1981) and its 1983 sequel. Also in 1981, she was one of the main characters in the Kenny Rogers movie Coward of the county, based on the song of the same name.

Life and career

=Early life=

Largo Woodruff was born July 18, 1955United States Public Records, 1970–2009 database (May 23, 2014). [https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:296L-J4G Largo Woodruff Blankfein]. Retrieved October 8, 2019. {{subscription required}} in New Jersey to Wallace and Maxine Woodruff, the second of three children. She has one elder sister, Allegro, a writer, and a younger brother, Lento, a carpenter and offshore oil rigger. Woodruff's father was a professional orchestra musician, and her parents named her and her brothers after musical tempos, with her name, Largo, meaning a wide or broadly slow tempo.

Woodruff was raised in the Panama Canal Zone from age 2.{{cite news|work=Tampa Bay Times|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/36890726/tampa_bay_times/|date=February 6, 1981|page=54|title=Young Largo comes of age as actress|author=Hopkins, Carolyn|via=Newspapers.com|location=St. Petersburg, Florida}} As a child, she studied various dance as well as cello and guitar. At age 18, she relocated to New York City with the hopes of becoming an actress, and enrolled at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts.

=Career=

After relocating to New York, Woodruff was hired as a dancer in an off-Broadway theatrical production,{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/36891170/the_tennessean/|work=The Tennessean|date=December 20, 1981|page=26|title=Actress Makes Good on Pact with Dad|last=East|first=Vicki Kilgore|via=Newspapers.com|location=Nashville, Tennessee}} and also began acting in commercials, appearing in television advertisements for A&W Root Beer, Kraft Foods, and Ruffles. She had minor bit parts in Fingers (1978) and Woody Allen's Stardust Memories (1980). Also in 1980, she appeared in an ABC Afterschool Special entitled "Stoned." Her first major feature film role was as Liz Duncan in Tobe Hooper's slasher film The Funhouse (1981), filmed in Miami. She also appeared in the controversial television drama film The Choice (1981) opposite Susan Clark and Mitchell Ryan, which followed a young woman who undergoes an abortion.{{cite web|work=Edmonton Journal|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/36890874/edmonton_journal/|location=Edmonton, Alberta|title=Emmy and Academy Award Winners Play in New Telefilms|date=January 2, 1981|via=Newspapers.com|page=93}}{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/36891155/the_journal_news/|work=The Journal News|location=White Plains, New York|via=Newspapers.com|date=July 20, 1982|last=Hayden|first=Bill|title=CBS drama tonight deals with abortion decision|page=23}} The same year, she had a leading role in the television film Bill, a biopic about Bill Sackter starring Mickey Rooney and Dennis Quaid.{{cite web|publisher=British Film Institute|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba0c27bf1|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191008084028/https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba0c27bf1|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 8, 2019|title=Largo Woodruff}} She reprised her role for the film's sequel, Bill: On His Own (1983).

In 1986, Woodruff appeared in a supporting role in the rape and revenge film The Ladies Club, and in 1990 had a role in Perry Mason: The Case of the Poisoned Pen. She subsequently appeared in the television film Bare Essentials (1991) and Taking the Heat (1993). Woodruff had a minor role in the 1999 drama film My Last Love, and subsequently appeared in a bit part in the horror film Jeepers Creepers 2 (2003).

Filmography

=Film=

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scope="col" \| Year ! scope="col" \| Title ! scope="col" \| Role ! scope="col" class="unsortable" \| Notes ! scope="col" class="unsortable" \| {{Tooltip\|Ref.\|Reference}}
scope="row"\| 1978 \| Fingers \| Dreems' Girl \| \| style="text-align:center;"\|
scope="row" \| 1980 \|Stardust Memories \| UFO Follower \| \| style="text-align:center;"\|{{Cite web\|work=AllMovie\|title=Largo Woodruff\|url=https://www.allmovie.com/artist/largo-woodruff-p77405\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://archive.today/20191008080638/https://www.allmovie.com/artist/largo-woodruff-p77405\|archive-date=October 8, 2019\|access-date=October 8, 2019}}
scope="row" \| 1980 \|ABC Afterschool Special: Stoned \| Felicity \| Television film \| style="text-align:center;"\|
scope="row"\| 1981 \| Word of Honor \| Amy \| Television film \| style="text-align:center;"\|
scope="row"\| 1981 \| The Funhouse \| Liz Duncan \| \| style="text-align:center;"\|
scope="row"\| 1981 \| The Choice \| Lisa Clements \| Television film \| style="text-align:center;"\|
scope="row"\| 1981 \| Coward of the County \| Becky \| Television film \| style="text-align:center;"\|
scope="row"\| 1981 \| Bill \| Beverly Morrow \| Television film \| style="text-align:center;"\|
scope="row"\| 1983 \| Bill: On His Own \| Beverly Morrow \| Television film \| style="text-align:center;"\|
scope="row"\| 1986 \| The Ladies Club \| Terry \| \| style="text-align:center;"\|{{cite web\|url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/largo-woodruff/credits/161235/\|work=TV Guide\|title=Largo Woodruff Credits\|access-date=October 8, 2019}}
scope="row"\| 1990 \| Perry Mason: The Case of the Poisoned Pen \| Judy Fulmer \| Television film \| style="text-align:center;"\|
scope="row"\| 1991 \| Bare Essentials \| Lois Rice \| Television film \| style="text-align:center;"\|
scope="row"\| 1993 \| Taking the Heat \| Alice \| Television film \| style="text-align:center;"\|
scope="row"\| 1994 \| Couples \| Co-worker \| Television film \| style="text-align:center;"\|
scope="row"\| 1996 \| For the Future: The Irvine Fertility Scandal \| Marlene \| Television film \| style="text-align:center;"\|
scope="row"\| 1999 \| My Last Love \| Margaret \| Television film \| style="text-align:center;"\|
scope="row"\| 2003 \| Jeepers Creepers 2 \| Woman in Car \| \| style="text-align:center;"\|

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scope="col" | Year

! scope="col" | Title

! scope="col" | Role

! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes

! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{Tooltip|Ref.|Reference}}

scope="row"| 1978

| Fingers

| Dreems' Girl

| style="text-align:center;"|

scope="row" | 1980

|Stardust Memories

| UFO Follower

| style="text-align:center;"|{{Cite web|work=AllMovie|title=Largo Woodruff|url=https://www.allmovie.com/artist/largo-woodruff-p77405|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20191008080638/https://www.allmovie.com/artist/largo-woodruff-p77405|archive-date=October 8, 2019|access-date=October 8, 2019}}

scope="row" | 1980

|ABC Afterschool Special: Stoned

| Felicity

| Television film

| style="text-align:center;"|

scope="row"| 1981

| Word of Honor

| Amy

| Television film

| style="text-align:center;"|

scope="row"| 1981

| The Funhouse

| Liz Duncan

| style="text-align:center;"|

scope="row"| 1981

| The Choice

| Lisa Clements

| Television film

| style="text-align:center;"|

scope="row"| 1981

| Coward of the County

| Becky

| Television film

| style="text-align:center;"|

scope="row"| 1981

| Bill

| Beverly Morrow

| Television film

| style="text-align:center;"|

scope="row"| 1983

| Bill: On His Own

| Beverly Morrow

| Television film

| style="text-align:center;"|

scope="row"| 1986

| The Ladies Club

| Terry

| style="text-align:center;"|{{cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/largo-woodruff/credits/161235/|work=TV Guide|title=Largo Woodruff Credits|access-date=October 8, 2019}}

scope="row"| 1990

| Perry Mason: The Case of the Poisoned Pen

| Judy Fulmer

| Television film

| style="text-align:center;"|

scope="row"| 1991

| Bare Essentials

| Lois Rice

| Television film

| style="text-align:center;"|

scope="row"| 1993

| Taking the Heat