Anne Twomey (actress) explained

Anne Twomey
Birth Name:Anne Carolyn Twomey
Birth Date:7 June 1951
Birth Place:Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Occupation:Actress
Years Active:1980–2003
Children:2

Anne Carolyn Twomey (born June 7, 1951) is an American former actress. She earned critical acclaim for her performance in the 1980 play Nuts, for which she won the Theatre World Award and was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play.

Life and career

Born in Boston, Massachusetts, daughter of Muriel Descoteaux Twomey and Harry F. Twomey Jr. of Gladwyne, Pennsylvania. She has a brother, John Twomey.

Her additional Broadway credits include To Grandmother's House We Go (1981) and Tennessee Williams' Orpheus Descending (1989). Off-Broadway she appeared in Vieux Carré (1983), also by Williams, which garnered her a Drama Desk Award nomination for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play, and The Vampires (1984).

Twomey's feature film credits include Deadly Friend (1986), Last Rites (1988), The Scout (1994), Picture Perfect (1997), and The Confession.

Twomey had recurring roles in the 1993 season of L.A. Law and the 2000–01 season of Third Watch. She has made guest appearances on Shannon, The Cosby Show, The Twilight Zone, Magnum, P.I., Seinfeld, Spin City, Law & Order, , and , and had a featured role in the 1998 television remake of Rear Window starring Christopher Reeve and Daryl Hannah.

Twomey has narrated several audiobooks, including works by Dean Koontz, Joyce Carol Oates, Tracy Chevalier, and M. T. Anderson.

Twomey has worked with prisoners at Rehabilitation Through the Arts.[1]

Twomey married actor John Bedford Lloyd in 1986.[2] They have two daughters together, Hannah and Elizabeth.[3]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1986The ImagemakerMolly Grainger
1986Deadly FriendJeannie Conway
1988Last RitesZena
1994Jennifer
1997Picture PerfectSela
1999Judge Judy Crossland

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1982ShannonEpisode: "Curtain Calls"
1984American PlayhouseJeanEpisode: "Refuge"
1984Mrs. JenningsEpisode: "You're Not a Mother Night"
1985No Complaints!Joanna NewmanTV movie
1985Nola GranvilleEpisode: "Her Pilgrim Soul"
1985Behind Enemy LinesHelen IsaacsTV movie
1987HomeMaggie CostiganTV movie
1987Magnum, P.I.Alicia MaxfieldEpisode: "Murder by Night"
1987Everything's RelativeEpisode: "It's a Business Doing Pleasure with You"
1988Meredith BrowningEpisode: "Always a Lady"
1989Day OneKitty OpenheimerTV movie
1990Orpheus DescendingCarol CutrereTV movie
1991Bump in the NightSarahTV movie
1992Dr. MeyersTV movie
1992SeinfeldRitaEpisode: "The Virgin"
1993SeinfeldRitaEpisode: "The Pilot"
1993L.A. LawLinda SalernoRecurring role (5 episodes)
1995New York NewsEpisode: "Cost of Living"
1995Law & OrderMrs. HarlanEpisode: "Hot Pursuit"
1996Law & OrderKate Bergreen-SpiegelEpisode: "Family Business"
1997Spin CityHolly CohenEpisode: "An Affair to Remember"
1998Rear WindowLeilaTV movie
1999Law & OrderPepper GarrisonEpisode: "Merger"
2000Sharon HadleyEpisode: "Misleader"
2000WonderlandJudge ManheimEpisode: "20/20 Hindsight"
2000–01Third WatchCatherine ZambranoRecurring Role (7 episodes)
2003Lyz WebsterEpisode: "The Gift"
2003HackMrs. FarrelEpisode: "The Looking Glass"

Theatre

YearTitleRoleNotes
1980NutsClaudia Faith Draper
1981To Grandmother's House We GoBeatrice
1989Orpheus DescendingCarol Cutrere

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: RTA Press Release November 15th Benefit. Rehabilitation Through the Arts. November 1, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20120821002700/http://www.rta-arts.com/rta-press-release-november-15th-benefit/. August 21, 2012. Wayback Machine.
  2. Web site: Anne C. Twomey, actress, weds John Bedford Lloyd. The New York Times. August 24, 1986. 58. June 14, 2021.
  3. Web site: Katonah Residents Anne Twomey Lloyd and John Bedford Lloyd's Acting Careers. Clell Bryant. November 15, 2011. Westchester Magazine. June 14, 2021.