Marilyn Chris
{{short description|American actress}}
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|birth_name = Marilyn Miller
|birth_date = {{birth based on age as of date|19|1958|2|23}}
|birth_place = Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
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|othername = Marilyn Chris-Wallace,
|occupation = Actress
|yearsactive = 1960–present
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| {{marriage|George Christopoulos|1957||end=div.}}
| {{marriage|Ric Mancini|1967||end=div.}}
| {{marriage|Lee Wallace|1975|2020|end=his death}}}}
|children = 1
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Marilyn Chris (born Marilyn Miller,Hurst, Louise. (June 29, 1964). [https://www.newspapers.com/image/104386757/?clipping_id=138562590 "How to Succeed in Acting and Making Home for Son"]. The Cincinnati Enquirer. 1938 or 1939[https://www.newspapers.com/image/392305795/?clipping_id=138564223 "Here's another weekly winner in our search for THE TYPICAL AMERICAN GIRL"]. New York Sunday News Coloroto Magazine. February 23, 1958. p. 2. Retrieved January 12, 2024.{{efn|Two reference works concerning the history of daytime TV—each of whose Marilyn Chris entries includes a birthday without specifying the year—diverge widely as to the month and day of her birth. The Soap Opera Book : Who's Who in Daytime Drama, published in 1992 by Todd Publications, lists May 19 as her birthday,Rout, Nancy E., Buckley, Ellen, Rout, Barney M., ed. (1992). [https://archive.org/details/soapoperabookwho0000unse/page/56/mode/2up?q=%22Marilyn+Chris%22 The Soap Opera Book : Who's Who in Daytime Drama]. West Nyack, N.Y.: Todd Publications. p. 56. {{ISBN|0-915344-36-X}}. whereas Daytime TV Star's Directory, published by Popular Library in 1976, has September 24.Denis Paul (1976). [https://www.mediafire.com/view/g9z2lrx9k0a0nkj/ Daytime TV Star's Directory]. New York: Popular Library. p. 187. {{OCLC|
2518996}}}}) is an American actress. She is known for playing the role of Wanda Webb Wolek on the ABC soap opera, One Life to Live (1972–1976, 1980–1994). She starred Off-Broadway in Allen Ginsberg's Kaddish (1972), winning an Obie Award, an Outer Critics Circle Award, a Variety Critics Poll, and a Drama Desk Award for her performance. In the 1980s, she appeared on Broadway in Brighton Beach Memoirs.
Early life
Chris was born in Brooklyn, New York, to Jack Miller, an English-Scottish Mennonite and Sylvia Slavin, a Russian Jew.Nabakov, Peter (August 20, 1967). [https://www.newspapers.com/image/583266142/?clipping_id=138570899 "Chris Versatile Actress With Myriad Faces"]. The Santa Fe New Mexican. p. 38. Retrieved January 12, 2024. When she was growing up, her father walked out on the family and her grandfather, who she was close with, died.{{Cite journal |last=Bonderoff |first=Jason |date=October 13, 1992 |title=The Wanda Years |journal=Soap Opera Digest |volume=17 |issue=21 |pages=114–116}}
She attended Junior High School 109 in Brooklyn. One of her classmates was Steve Lawrence (when he was still known as Sidney Liebowitz). Chris was then accepted at the High School of Performing Arts. After high school, she enrolled at City College of New York.{{cite book |last1=Soares |first1=Manuela |title=The Soap opera book: who's who in daytime drama |year=1992 |publisher=Todd Publications |page=56 |isbn=9780915344239 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yzQlimPTTEMC&q=%22marilyn+chris%22 |accessdate=February 6, 2019 |language=en}}
Career
On February 23, 1958, the New York Daily News chose Chris as that week's "Typical American Girl." Her photo appeared in the Sunday magazine section and she won a $25 prize. She began her acting career in the 1950s at The Living Theatre.{{cite book |last1=Tytell |first1=John |title=The Living Theatre: Art, Exile, and Outrage |date=1997 |page=308 |publisher=Grove Press |isbn=9780802134868 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yOw0XHubTo0C&dq=%22marilyn+chris%22&pg=PA349 |accessdate=February 6, 2019 |language=en}} She appeared in productions for the theatre, including Many Loves, Women of Trachis, In the Jungle of Cities, The Apple, and Man is Man.{{Cite web |title=Living Theatre: Production & Ensembles |url=https://www.livingtheatre.org/ensemble |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240803234226/https://www.livingtheatre.org/ensemble |archive-date=August 3, 2024 |access-date=October 5, 2024 |website=livingtheatre.org}} Prompted by the discovery that her birth name was already registered with Actors Equity, Miller devised a stage name simply by shortening her then-married name, Christopoulos.
In 1963, she appeared in The Good Soldier Schweik for the Chelsea Theater Center. She made her film debut in Love with the Proper Stranger (1963), co-starring with Natalie Wood and Steve McQueen.{{Cite web |title=Love with the Proper Stranger |url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/4690/love-with-the-proper-stranger#credits |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240927090109/https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/4690/love-with-the-proper-stranger#credits |archive-date=September 27, 2024 |access-date=October 5, 2024 |website=Turner Classic Movies}} In 1965, Chris was an under study for the roles of Agnes Graham and Sylvia Goldman in the original Broadway production of The Family Way. In 1967, she was a stand by for the roles of Lulu and Meg in The Birthday Party on Broadway. In 1968, she was a stand by for the title role in a Broadway production of The Seven Descents of Myrtle.{{Cite web |title=Marilyn Chris |url=https://playbill.com/person/marilyn-chris-vault-0000063365 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231219145322/https://playbill.com/person/marilyn-chris-vault-0000063365 |archive-date=December 19, 2023 |access-date=October 6, 2024 |website=Playbill}}
Chris appeared in the romantic drama film John and Mary (1969), co-starring with Dustin Hoffman.{{Cite web |title=John and Mary |url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/79813/john-and-mary#credits |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230131135527/https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/79813/john-and-mary#credits |archive-date=January 31, 2023 |access-date=October 5, 2024 |website=Turner Classic Movies}} In 1970, she guest starred on Hawaii Five-O.{{Cite web |title=Credits: Marilyn Chris |url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/marilyn-chris/credits/3000420499/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241005223006/https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/marilyn-chris/credits/3000420499/ |archive-date=October 5, 2024 |access-date=October 5, 2024 |website=TV Guide}} The same year, she played Myrtle Young in the crime film The Honeymoon Killers.{{Cite web |title=The Honeymoon Killers |url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/78307/the-honeymoon-killers#credits |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230929025123/https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/78307/the-honeymoon-killers#credits |archive-date=September 29, 2023 |access-date=October 5, 2024 |website=Turner Classic Movies}} She also had a role in the drama film The People Next Door.{{Cite web |title=The People Next Door - Full Cast & Crew |url=https://www.tvguide.com/movies/the-people-next-door/cast/2030125549/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241005224433/https://www.tvguide.com/movies/the-people-next-door/cast/2030125549/ |archive-date=October 5, 2024 |access-date=October 5, 2024 |website=TV Guide}} Chris appeared on Broadway in Lenny.
In 1972, Chris briefly played the role of Edie Hoffman on the ABC soap opera All My Children.{{Cite web |title=Marilyn Chris |url=https://primarystagesoffcenter.org/interviews/a-e/marilyn-chris.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241005215033/https://primarystagesoffcenter.org/interviews/a-e/marilyn-chris.html |archive-date=October 5, 2024 |access-date=October 5, 2024 |website=primarystagesoffcenter.org}} She was cast as Naomi, the paranoid mother of Allen Ginsberg in Kaddish. The play opened at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in February 1972.{{Cite web |last=Barnes |first=Clive |date=February 11, 1972 |title=Glenn Weitzman and Marilyn Chris |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1972/02/11/archives/the-theater-kaddish-play-on-ginsberg-poem-opens-at-the-chelsea.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241005225525/https://www.nytimes.com/1972/02/11/archives/the-theater-kaddish-play-on-ginsberg-poem-opens-at-the-chelsea.html |archive-date=October 5, 2024 |access-date=October 5, 2024 |website=The New York Times}} Chris won an Obie Award for her performance.{{Cite web |title=1972 |url=https://www.obieawards.com/events/1970s/year-72/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240526013411/https://www.obieawards.com/events/1970s/year-72/ |archive-date=May 26, 2024 |access-date=October 5, 2024 |website=obieawards.com}} She also won a Drama Desk Award, an Outer Critics Circle Award and a Variety Critics Poll.{{cite news |title=Daytime doings on ABC |url=https://newspaperarchive.com/celebrity-clipping-nov-05-1972-1029597/ |accessdate=February 6, 2019 |publisher=McKinney Courier-Gazette |date=November 5, 1972 |language=en}}
In May 1972, she was cast in the contract role of Wanda Webb on the ABC soap opera One Life to Live.{{cite web |date=July 14, 2009 |title=One Life to Live Where Are They Now: Marilyn Chris! |url=https://soaps.sheknows.com/one-life-to-live/news/4822/one-life-to-live-where-are-they-now-marilyn-chris/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190426200704/https://soaps.sheknows.com/one-life-to-live/news/4822/one-life-to-live-where-are-they-now-marilyn-chris/ |archive-date=April 26, 2019 |accessdate=February 7, 2019 |website=Soaps.com}} The character opened a restaurant called Heavenly Hash in the fictional city of Llanview. Her true love was Vince Wolek (Antony Ponzini).{{Cite web |last=Waldo |first=Garren |date=May 2, 2020 |title=What Ever Happened to One Life to Live's Wonderful Wanda Webb Wolek? |url=https://soaphub.com/general-hospital/what-ever-happened-to-one-life-to-lives-wonderful-wanda-webb-wolek/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240424125336/https://soaphub.com/general-hospital/what-ever-happened-to-one-life-to-lives-wonderful-wanda-webb-wolek/ |archive-date=April 24, 2024 |access-date=October 6, 2024 |website=Soap Hub}}
Chris played Mrs. Bingham in the comedy film Rhinoceros (1974), co-starring with Gene Wilder.{{Cite web |title=Rhinoceros - Full Cast & Crew |url=https://www.tvguide.com/movies/rhinoceros/cast/2030121763/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241006173754/https://www.tvguide.com/movies/rhinoceros/cast/2030121763/ |archive-date=October 6, 2024 |access-date=October 6, 2024 |website=TV Guide}} In July 1974, she co-starred with Lee Wallace in the musical Laugh a Little, Cry a Little at the Westbury Music Fair.{{Cite web |last=Calta |first=Louis |date=July 21, 1974 |title=News of the Stage |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1974/07/21/archives/news-of-the-stage-black-jazz-singer-set-for-broadway.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241006174520/https://www.nytimes.com/1974/07/21/archives/news-of-the-stage-black-jazz-singer-set-for-broadway.html |archive-date=October 6, 2024 |access-date=October 6, 2024 |website=The New York Times}} She played Faye Stone in the television film Strike Force (1975), co-starring with Richard Gere.{{Cite web |title=Strike Force |url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/22084/strike-force#credits |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210115154712/https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/22084/strike-force#credits |archive-date=January 15, 2021 |access-date=October 6, 2024 |website=Turner Classic Movies}} In 1976, Chris left her role on One Life to Live.
She starred as Rose Lander in the film Looking Up (1977).{{Cite web |title=Looking Up |url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/81802/looking-up#overview |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210120174446/https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/81802/looking-up#overview |archive-date=January 20, 2021 |access-date=October 6, 2024 |website=Turner Classic Movies}} Chris guest starred on Rafferty and Barney Miller.{{Cite web |title=Chris, Marilyn 1938- |url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/education/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/chris-marilyn-1938 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240118233602/https://www.encyclopedia.com/education/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/chris-marilyn-1938 |archive-date=January 18, 2024 |access-date=October 6, 2024 |website=encyclopedia.com}} She played Harriet in the television film Some Kind of Miracle (1979).{{Cite web |title=Some Kind of Miracle |url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/21768/some-kind-of-miracle#credits |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230209064600/https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/21768/some-kind-of-miracle#credits |archive-date=February 9, 2023 |access-date=October 6, 2024 |website=Turner Classic Movies}} The same year, she appeared in the television miniseries Backstairs at the White House.{{Cite web |title=Backstairs at the White House |url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/457502/backstairs-at-the-white-house#credits |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201017152648/https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/457502/backstairs-at-the-white-house#credits |archive-date=October 17, 2020 |access-date=October 6, 2024 |website=Turner Classic Movies}} She made guest appearances on Family and Kaz.
Chris played Mavis Skinner in the comedy film The Black Marble (1980).{{Cite web |title=The Black Marble - Full Cast & Crew |url=https://www.tvguide.com/movies/the-black-marble/cast/2000117791/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126062127/https://www.tvguide.com/movies/the-black-marble/cast/2000117791/ |archive-date=January 26, 2021 |access-date=October 6, 2024 |website=TV Guide}} The same year, she also appeared in the romantic comedy film Loving Couples.{{Cite web |title=Loving Couples |url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/82113/loving-couples#credits |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201026230518/https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/82113/loving-couples#credits |archive-date=October 26, 2020 |access-date=October 6, 2024 |website=Turner Classic Movies}} She had a role in the television film The Secret War of Jackie's Girls.{{Cite web |title=The Secret War of Jackie's Girls |url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/414730/the-secret-war-of-jackies-girls/#credits |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221127083142/https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/414730/the-secret-war-of-jackies-girls/#credits |archive-date=November 27, 2022 |access-date=October 6, 2024 |website=Turner Classic Movies}} In 1980, Chris returned to the role of Wanda on One Life to Live. She appeared in the television film Kent State (1981).
In the early 1980s, Chris returned to Broadway, playing Kate Jerome in Brighton Beach Memoirs.{{Cite web |title=Brighton Beach Memoirs |url=https://playbill.com/production/brighton-beach-memoirs-alvin-theatre-vault-0000000871 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240528052017/https://playbill.com/production/brighton-beach-memoirs-alvin-theatre-vault-0000000871 |archive-date=May 28, 2024 |access-date=October 7, 2024 |website=Playbill}}{{cite news |title=Veteran Actors Perform in "Awake and Sing" |url=https://www.genealogybank.com/nb-osd-toolbar/file-download/Centre_Daily_Times_1975-08-07_5?setup=http://172.25.5.5:10009/SiteLinks/imageviewer/image/html/index.html%3Frem=nb_osd_toolbar%26image=fullsize%26url=image/v2:142D36C8F9756D64@GB3NEWS-14D1110EB4560366@2442632-14D10816F6BB00DD@4-14D10816F6BB00DD%26xywh_relative=155%7C4522%7C1632%7C3163 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20190207002429/https://www.genealogybank.com/nb-osd-toolbar/file-download/Centre_Daily_Times_1975-08-07_5?setup=http://172.25.5.5:10009/SiteLinks/imageviewer/image/html/index.html%3Frem=nb_osd_toolbar%26image=fullsize%26url=image/v2:142D36C8F9756D64@GB3NEWS-14D1110EB4560366@2442632-14D10816F6BB00DD@4-14D10816F6BB00DD%26xywh_relative=155%7C4522%7C1632%7C3163 |url-status=dead |archive-date=7 February 2019 |accessdate=February 7, 2019 |publisher=Centre Daily Times |date=August 7, 1975 |page=5}}{{cite news |last1=Byrnes |first1=Eileen |title=Simon's 'Brighton Beach Memoirs' is a classic comedy hit |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1982&dat=19840403&id=zoJGAAAAIBAJ&sjid=LTANAAAAIBAJ&pg=1713,299919&hl=en |accessdate=February 7, 2019 |publisher=The Evening News |date=April 3, 1984 |page=7A}} She co-starred with her husband, Lee Wallace, in the television film A Doctor's Story (1984).{{Cite web |title=A Doctor's Story |url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/460084/a-doctors-story#credits |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210115145700/https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/460084/a-doctors-story#credits |archive-date=January 15, 2021 |access-date=October 7, 2024 |website=Turner Classic Movies}} She guest starred on Fame in 1986. Chris appeared in the film American Stories: Food, Family and Philosophy (also titled Histoires d'Amerique) (1989).{{Cite web |title=Histoires d'Amerique |url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/501830/histoires-damerique/#credits |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211229070532/https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/501830/histoires-damerique/#credits |archive-date=December 29, 2021 |access-date=October 7, 2024 |website=Turner Classic Movies}} In 1990, she co-starred with Lee Wallace in Taking Stock for the Jewish Repertory Theatre.
In March and April 1992, Chris appeared in Barefoot in the Park at the Valley Forge Music Fair. She co-starred with Bernard Barrow, Cady McClain, and Walt Willey.{{Cite web |date=January 19, 1992 |title=Valley Forge Music Fair Plans Broadway Series |url=https://www.mcall.com/1992/01/19/valley-forge-music-fair-plans-broadway-series/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241007174813/https://www.mcall.com/1992/01/19/valley-forge-music-fair-plans-broadway-series/ |archive-date=October 7, 2024 |access-date=October 7, 2024 |website=The Morning Call}} In October 1992, she co-starred with Lee Wallace in God of Vengeance for the Jewish Repertory Theatre.{{Cite web |last=Schiff |first=Ellen |date=October 18, 1992 |title=Theater; A Play With a History, Both Dramatic and Legal |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/10/18/archives/theater-a-play-with-a-history-both-dramatic-and-legal.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240619000909/https://www.nytimes.com/1992/10/18/archives/theater-a-play-with-a-history-both-dramatic-and-legal.html |archive-date=June 19, 2024 |access-date=October 7, 2024 |website=The New York Times}} Soap Opera Digest reported in January 1994 that Chris would be leaving her role on One Life to Live. Her final air date was February 7, 1994.{{Cite journal |date=January 18, 1994 |title=Comings & Goings |journal=Soap Opera Digest |volume=19 |issue=2 |pages=15}}
In the 1990s, she made guest appearances on Law & Order. She also guest starred on New York News. Chris played Josie Basilio in Trees Lounge (1996). She co-starred with Steve Buscemi, who also wrote and directed the film.{{Cite web |title=Trees Lounge - Full Cast & Crew |url=https://www.tvguide.com/movies/trees-lounge/cast/2030053658/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241007195900/https://www.tvguide.com/movies/trees-lounge/cast/2030053658/ |archive-date=October 7, 2024 |access-date=October 8, 2024 |website=TV Guide}} In 1997, she appeared in the television film Joe Torre: Curveballs Along the Way.{{Cite web |last=Evans |first=Greg |date=October 17, 1997 |title=Joe Torre: Curveballs Along the Way |url=https://variety.com/1997/tv/reviews/joe-torre-curveballs-along-the-way-1200451489/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240520024334/https://variety.com/1997/tv/reviews/joe-torre-curveballs-along-the-way-1200451489/ |archive-date=May 20, 2024 |access-date=October 8, 2024 |website=Variety}} The same year, she also had a role in the film The Deli.{{Cite web |title=The Deli |url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/442979/the-deli/#credits |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230924172317/https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/442979/the-deli/#credits |archive-date=September 24, 2023 |access-date=October 8, 2024 |website=Turner Classic Movies}} In May 1997, Chris played Faye in The Young Girl and the Monsoon at Playwrights Horizons.{{Cite web |last=Waxman |first=Howard |date=May 11, 1997 |title=The Young Girl and the Monsoon |url=https://variety.com/1997/legit/reviews/the-young-girl-and-the-monsoon-1117341506/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241008175953/https://variety.com/1997/legit/reviews/the-young-girl-and-the-monsoon-1117341506/ |archive-date=October 8, 2024 |access-date=October 8, 2024 |website=Variety}}
Chris guest starred on Third Watch in 1999. She guest starred on Deadline and Oz in the early 2000s. She played Phyllis in The Great New Wonderful (2005), a comedy film about New Yorkers living in the city after the September 11 attacks.{{Cite web |title=The Great New Wonderful - Full Cast & Crew |url=https://www.tvguide.com/movies/the-great-new-wonderful/cast/2030145168/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241007200650/https://www.tvguide.com/movies/the-great-new-wonderful/cast/2030145168/ |archive-date=October 7, 2024 |access-date=October 8, 2024 |website=TV Guide}} She appeared as Mrs. Chadwick in the comedy film Waltzing Anna (2006).{{Cite web |title=Waltzing Anna - Full Cast & Crew |url=https://www.tvguide.com/movies/waltzing-anna/cast/2000122657/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241008172420/https://www.tvguide.com/movies/waltzing-anna/cast/2000122657/ |archive-date=October 8, 2024 |access-date=October 8, 2024 |website=TV Guide}} Chris guest starred on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and Law & Order: Criminal Intent.
In March 2010, she appeared in Sin at the Baruch Performing Arts Center's Rose Nagelberg Theatre. The play closed abruptly due to lack of funds.{{Cite web |last=Gans |first=Andrew |date=March 17, 2010 |title=Altman's Sin Opens at Baruch Performing Arts Center March 17 |url=https://playbill.com/article/altmans-sin-opens-at-baruch-performing-arts-center-march-17-com-166799 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241008180620/https://playbill.com/article/altmans-sin-opens-at-baruch-performing-arts-center-march-17-com-166799 |archive-date=October 8, 2024 |access-date=October 8, 2024 |website=Playbill}}{{Cite web |last=Gans |first=Andrew |date=March 24, 2010 |title=Exclusive: Altman's Sin Closes Abruptly Off-Broadway |url=https://www.playbill.com/article/exclusive-altmans-sin-closes-abruptly-off-broadway-com-167086 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210928192855/https://www.playbill.com/article/exclusive-altmans-sin-closes-abruptly-off-broadway-com-167086 |archive-date=September 28, 2021 |access-date=October 8, 2024 |website=Playbill}} She played Elizabeth Robbins in the suspense film Altered Minds (2013).{{Cite web |title=Altered Minds - Full Cast & Crew |url=https://www.tvguide.com/movies/altered-minds/cast/2000198921/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241008175415/https://www.tvguide.com/movies/altered-minds/cast/2000198921/ |archive-date=October 8, 2024 |access-date=October 8, 2024 |website=TV Guide}} In July 2024, Chris played serial killer Nannie Doss in a solo reading of The Giggling Granny at the Southampton Cultural Center.{{Cite web |last=Segal |first=Mark |date=July 3, 2024 |title=Bits and Pieces 07.04.24 |url=https://www.easthamptonstar.com/arts/202473/bits-and-pieces-070424 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241008182604/https://www.easthamptonstar.com/arts/202473/bits-and-pieces-070424 |archive-date=October 8, 2024 |access-date=October 8, 2024 |website=The East Hampton Star}}
Personal life
Chris has married three times, the first two ending in divorce: first, in 1957, to aspiring playwright George Christopoulos, with whom she had a son, Paul;"New York, New York City Marriage Licenses Index, 1950-1995", FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLSR-V5BY : 19 June 2017), George Christopoulos and Marilyn Miller, 1957, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States;Marriage, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States, from Reclaim the Records, The NYC Marriage Index (http://www.nycmarriageindex.com : 2016); citing New York City Clerk's Office. next, on New Year's Eve 1967, to actor Ric Mancini;Newton, Jim (May 19, 1968). [https://www.newspapers.com/image/158562478/?clipping_id=138564906 "Two Summer Drama Groups List Stars; City Artists Do Well in State Show"]. Albuquerque Journal. p. 26. Retrieved January 12, 2024.Hirsch, Linda (October 28, 1977). [https://www.newspapers.com/image/139479903/?match=1&clipping_id=138573407 "Daytime Dial: Jennifer Still Around"]. St. Louis Post-Dispatch. p. 9D. Retrieved January 12, 2024. and finally—from December 14, 1975 until his death on December 20, 2020—to actor Lee Wallace.McPhee, Ryan (December 28, 2020). [https://playbill.com/article/stage-and-screen-actor-lee-wallace-dead-at-90 "Stage and Screen Actor Lee Wallace Dead at 90"]. Playbill. Retrieved January 12, 2024.
Filmography
= Film =
| class="wikitable"
|+ !Year !Title !Role !Notes |
| 1963
|Love with the Proper Stranger |Gina | |
| 1969
|The Film Director's Wife | |
| rowspan="2"|1970
|Myrtle Young | |
| The People Next Door
|Discotheque Waitress | |
| 1974
|Mrs. Bingham | |
| 1976
|Love in the Hamptons |Mother |Video |
| 1977
|Looking Up |Rose Lander | |
| rowspan="2"|1980
|Mavis Skinner | |
| Loving Couples
|Sally | |
| 1989
|American Stories: Food, Family and Philosophy | | |
| 1996
|Josie Basilio | |
| 1997
|Rosie |Credited as Marilyn Cris |
| 2000
|The Bookie's Lament |Carmel |Short film |
| rowspan="2"|2005
|Phyllis | |
| Lucky
|Ruth |Short film |
| 2006
|Waltzing Anna |Mrs. Chadwick | |
| 2009
|Comfortable Distance |Helen |Short film |
| 2013
|Elizabeth Robbins | |
= Television =
| class="wikitable"
|+ !Year !Title !Role !Notes |
| 1968
|Mrs. Baxter; The Second Girl |Episodes: "Last Port of Call," "The Love Hustle" |
| 1970
|Dorothy Owens |Episode: "Paniolo" |
| 1971
|Waitress |Episode: "The Worst Crime" |
| 1972
|Edie Hoffman | |
| 1972–1976, 1980–1994
|Wanda Webb Wolek |Contract role |
| 1975
|Faye Stone |Television film |
| 1977
|Callie |Episode: "The Wild Child" |
| 1978
|Ruth Whittney |Episode: "The Harris Incident" |
| rowspan="4"|1979
|Some Kind of Miracle |Harriet |Television film |
| Family
|Miss Grey |Episode: "Moment of Truth" |
| Kaz
| |Episode: "The Stalking Man" |
| Backstairs at the White House
|Diane Clare |Television miniseries, 1 episode |
| 1980
|The Secret War of Jackie's Girls |Mabel |Television film |
| 1981
|Mrs. Scheuer |Television film |
| 1984
|A Doctor's Story |Anne Wickes |Television film |
| 1986
|Fame |Sylvia |Episode: "A Different Drummer" |
| 1994; 1995; 1998
|Mary Perella; Mrs. Capetti; Gayatri Devi |Episodes: "White Rabbit," "Bitter Fruit," "DWB" |
| 1995
|New York News | |Episode: "Past Imperfect" |
| 1997
|Joe Torre: Curveballs Along the Way |Rae Torre |Television film |
| 1999
|Rena |Episode: "Modern Designs for Better Living" |
| 2001
|Rona Friedman |Episode: "The First Commandment" |
| 2003
|Oz |Oppenheimer |Episode: "Exeunt Omnes" |
| 2006
|Law & Order: Special Victims Unit |Dora Hovis |Episode: "Cage" |
| 2009
| |Episode: "Family Values" |
Awards and nominations
| class="wikitable"
|+ !Year !Award !Category !Title !Result !Ref. |
| rowspan="4"|1972
|Distinguished Performance |Kaddish |{{Won}} |
| Outer Critics Circle Award
|Outstanding Actress in a Play |Kaddish |{{Won}} |
| Drama Desk Award
|Outstanding Performance |Kaddish |{{Won}} |
| Variety Critics Poll
| |Kaddish |{{Won}} |
Notes
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References
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Sources
- Chelsea on the Edge: The Adventures of an American Theater, Davi Napoleon. Includes discussion of Robert Kalfin's off-Broadway multi-media production of Kaddish.Iowa State University Press. {{ISBN|0-8138-1713-7}}, 1991.
External links
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