Maureen Anderman
{{Short description|American actress}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2015}}
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| spouse = Frank Converse (1982-present)
|children = 2
| yearsactive = 1974-2010
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Maureen Anderman is a retired American actress best known for her work on the stage. She has appeared in eighteen Broadway shows over the last four decades earning several Drama Desk Award and Tony Award nominations.
Career
Anderman made her Broadway debut as Bianca in the 1970 revival of Othello. Two years later she won a Theater World Award for her portrayal of Ruth in Moonchildren. In 1975 she was nominated for a Drama Desk Award for her performance of Sarah in Edward Albee's Seascape. Her other Broadway credits during the 1970s include
An Evening With Richard Nixon and... (1972), The Last of Mrs. Lincoln (1973), Hamlet (1975), and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1976). She began working in television during the 1970s, appearing in guest roles on television series such as Kojak (1976) and The Andros Targets (1977), as well as numerous TV movies.{{cn|date=June 2023}}
In 1980, Anderman was nominated for a Tony Award for her portrayal of Carol in The Lady from Dubuque. She remained active on Broadway throughout the 1980s appearing in The Man Who Came to Dinner (1980), Macbeth (1981), You Can't Take It with You (1983–1984), Benefactors (1985–1986), and Social Security (1987).
She remained active in television appearing on several programs, including Another World, Search for Tomorrow (where she played evil manager, Sylvie DesCartes), St. Elsewhere, The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd, and The Equalizer. She also starred in the 1983 film adaptation of Erich Segal's Man, Woman and Child.
Anderman's career slowed down during the 1990s as she chose to focus on her family. She did, however, appear in episodes of One Life to Live (as Nora Hanen's psychiatrist sister, Susannah Hanen, 1995), Law & Order and Homicide: Life on the Street (in the crossover episode, "Baby, It's You," as the evil Gayle Janaway, 1997), and Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2003). She appeared in the film Final (2001). In 2007, Anderman returned to Broadway as the cover artist for Vanessa Redgrave in The Year of Magical Thinking.{{cn|date=June 2023}}
Throughout her career Anderman has been active in Off-Broadway and regional theater productions. Off Broadway she appeared in Passion Play and Kenneth Lonergan's The Waverly Gallery among others. Her regional credits include Third, Rabbit Hole and The Sisters Rosensweig (Huntington Theatre), The Waverly Gallery (Williamstown Theatre Festival); First Lady (Yale Repertory Theatre); Listening, Moon for the Misbegotten, Tartuffe (Hartford Stage), Betrayal (Long Wharf Theatre), and Noël Coward in Two Keys (Berkshire Theatre Festival), among many others.[http://www.huntingtontheatre.org/season/0607_rabbithole/bios/anderman.aspx Biography at Huntington Theatre][http://www.playbill.com/celebritybuzz/whoswho/biography/9903.html Playbill Biography] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605162928/http://www.playbill.com/celebritybuzz/whoswho/biography/9903.html |date=June 5, 2011 }}
Personal life
Anderman is married to actor Frank Converse. They have two children.{{cite news |last1=Erstein |first1=Hap |title=The busy snowbird |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/62751530/maureen-anderman/ |accessdate=November 7, 2020 |work=The Palm Beach Post |date=February 4, 2013 |location=Florida, West Palm Beach |page=E 1|via = Newspapers.com}}
Filmography
= Film =
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ !Year !Title !Role !Notes |
| 1979
|Joe's Secretary | |
| 1983
|Margo | |
| 2001
|Supervisor | |
| 2014
|NOW: In the Wings on a World Stage | |
= Television =
| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year !Title !Role !Notes |
| 1976
|Mary Cathering Hellen |2 episodes |
| 1976
|Assistant D.A. Lockman |Episode: "Where Do You Go When You Have Nowhere to Go?" |
| 1977
|Arlene Mandel |Episode: "The Treatment Succeeded But the Patient Died" |
| 1978, 1984
|Alice Sycamore |2 episodes |
| 1980
|Once Upon a Family |Janet Demerjian | rowspan="2" |Television film |
| 1980
|King Crab |Betty |
| 1980
|Lady Belton |2 episodes |
| 1981
|Every Stray Dog and Kid |Writer |Television film |
| 1981
|Sylvie Descartes |9 episodes |
| 1982
|Dr. Lydia Stevens |Episode: "Hands of Gold" |
| 1982
|Arlene |Episode: "Of Nuns and Other Black Birds" |
| 1982
|Denise Whitehill |Episode: "Down's Syndrome" |
| 1982
| rowspan="2" |Television film |
| 1983
|Cocaine and Blue Eyes |Lilian Anatole |
| 1985
|Ellen |Episode: "Blood Money" |
| 1985
|Eleanor Griffith | Episode: "The Lock Box" |
| 1986
|Mrs. Bixby |Episode: "Getting Even: A Wimp's Revenge" |
| 1986
|Dr. Audrey Samuels |2 episodes |
| 1987–1988
|The Equalizer |{{Hidden|{{align|left|8 episodes}}| "A Dance on the Dark Side" {{small|(S3.E12)}} "Video Games" {{small|(S3.E14)}} "Last Call" {{small|(S3.E19)}} "Regrets Only" {{small|(S3.E20)}} "Target of Choice" {{small|(S3.E21)}} "Always a Lady" {{small|(S3.E22)}} "The Last Campaign" {{small|(S4.E1)}} }} |
| 1987–1991
|The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd |Nina Shapiro |15 episodes |
| 1992, 1997
|Gayle Janaway / Sharon Styger |2 episodes |
| 1995
|Susannah Hanen |Episode #1.6996 |
| 1997
|Gayle Janaway |Episode: "Baby, It's You" |
| 2003
|Abigail |Episode: "Undaunted Mettle" |
References
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External links
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- {{iobdb name|1083|Maureen Anderman}}
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- {{YouTube|xvhrV7-15aM|Interview with Maureen Anderman and the director/cast of Third}}
- {{YouTube|5mqmJI6NnMQ|Scene from Third}}
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Category:American stage actresses
Category:American television actresses
Category:Theatre World Award winners
Category:Actresses from Detroit