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Kathryn Harrold

 
Actor: Kathryn Harrold
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  • Born: Aug 02, 1950 in Tazewell, Virginia
  • Occupation: Actor
  • Active: '70s-2000s
  • Major Genres: Drama, Comedy
  • Career Highlights: Modern Romance, Raw Deal, The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper
  • First Major Screen Credit: Nightwing (1979)

Biography

Actress Kathryn Harrold seems content with merely being one of the most brilliant, experimental actresses on the off-Broadway and "small" movie scene. Trained in her craft by Sanford Meisner and Uta Hagen, Harrold began building her theatrical reputation in the mid-1970s while teaching acting classes at NYU and Connecticut College. She made her first film, Nightwing, in 1979, and has since appeared intermittently in films ranging from the nirvana of Into the Night (1985) to the nadir of Yes, Giorgio (1982). She has been a regular on several television series, and in 1980 was cast as Lauren Bacall in the made-for-TV biopic Bogie. Long-time televiewers will probably be most familiar with Kathryn Harrold as Nola Dancy on the NBC daytimer The Doctors, as Christina LaKatzis on the succes d'estime series I'll Fly Away and as talkshow host Garry Shandling's ex-wife on cable's The Larry Sanders Show. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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Kathryn Harrold
Born August 2, 1950 (1950-08-02) (age 59)
Tazewell, Virginia
Occupation actress
Years active 1963 - present
Spouse(s) Lawrence O'Donnell (1994-)

Kathryn Harrold (born August 2, 1950) is an American television and movie actress.

Harrold was born in Tazewell, Virginia. She has appeared in a number of TV series, including The Rockford Files, MacGruder and Loud, The Bronx Zoo, I'll Fly Away, The Larry Sanders Show', and Mister Sterling. She attended Mills College, majoring in Drama.

She was Steve McQueen's leading lady in the screen legend's final film, The Hunter, and Arnold Schwarzenegger's leading lady in the action vehicle Raw Deal. She appeared in Nightwing (1979) and co-starred with Luciano Pavarotti in Yes, Giorgio (1982).

Harrold starred in 1981's Modern Romance, where she played the ex-girlfriend of Albert Brooks' character. The film received a limited release and ultimately grossed under $3 million domestically,[1] but was well received by critics, with one reviewer commenting that the film was "not Brooks at his best, but still amusing".[2]

In the 1985 release, Into the Night, an action / suspense film directed by John Landis, she had a supporting role opposite Paul Mazursky as his domestic partner. When a quartet of Middle Eastern thugs raid the beach house they share, her character is shockingly one of the few fatalities in this violent yet comedic film. The character is a trusted friend to Diana, played by lead Michelle Pfeiffer, the central character and courier of stolen gem stones, who is pursued with antic zeal throughout the film by the same four thugs in a manner reminiscent of the Keystone Kops.

She has also appeared in several TV movies, most notably the 1980 Bogie in which she played movie legend Lauren Bacall (reportedly against Bacall's wishes) and the 1988 HBO film Dead Solid Perfect in a leading role performance opposite Randy Quaid.

Harrold dated co-star Albert Brooks on the set of his film, Modern Romance. Since 1994, Harrold has been married to political analyst Lawrence O'Donnell, former aide to Daniel Patrick Moynihan, and former Chief of Staff for the Senate Finance Committee. He is currently an MSNBC political analyst. O'Donnell was an executive producer of the award-winning TV series The West Wing.

Harrold plays Helen Rowland in Desperate Housewives.

References

  1. ^ "http://www.boxofficemojo.com/". Modern Romance box office. http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=modernromance.htm. Retrieved March 12, 2006. 
  2. ^ "http://www.rottentomatoes.com/". Modern Romance (1981). http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/modern_romance/. Retrieved March 12, 2006. 

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