Margaret Colin
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A versatile, no-nonsense actress, Margaret Colin has moved easily between TV and films throughout her career, from such acclaimed series as Chicago Hope to Hollywood blockbusters and independent features.Born in Brooklyn to a large Irish-Catholic family and raised on Long Island, Colin began acting in elementary school. Along with winning a drama scholarship to Hofstra University, Colin studied the craft at the Stella Adler Conservatory and Juilliard. Leaving school for a career in Manhattan, Colin soon landed on the TV daytime dramas Edge of Night and As the World Turns in the early '80s. Colin made the move to feature films playing one of teen icon Molly Ringwald's teachers in Pretty in Pink (1986) and psycho Ray Liotta's wife in Jonathan Demme's off-kilter romance Something Wild (1986). With substantial roles in the TV movies The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1987) and Warm Hearts, Cold Feet (1987), and the cop series Leg Work (1987) created as a vehicle for her, Colin was poised to become a small-screen star. Leg Work, however, didn't last beyond its first season. Nevertheless, Colin remained quite visible, appearing as Tom Selleck's love interest in the wildly popular feature comedy Three Men and a Baby (1987) and earning kudos for her turn as an intrepid investigator in the James Woods legal drama True Believer (1989). Back on the small screen, Colin starred in the well-received docudrama Goodnight, Sweet Wife: A Murder in Boston (1990).
Though she decided to start a family with husband and erstwhile daytime TV colleague Justin Deas, Colin continued to work regularly. After sharing screen time with such stars as Demi Moore, Nicolas Cage, and Samuel L. Jackson in the ill-received feature comedies The Butcher's Wife (1991) and Amos and Andy (1993), and appearing as a regular guest on CBS's lauded hospital drama Chicago Hope, Colin landed roles in two high-profile movies. As the President's press secretary and addled scientist Jeff Goldblum's ex, Colin was a key part of the ensemble battling an apocalyptic alien attack in the flashy summer blockbuster Independence Day (1996). Harking back to her family's history in law enforcement, Colin was then cast as N.Y.C. Irish cop Harrison Ford's wife in the political thriller The Devil's Own (1997). Despite the presence of Ford and co-star Brad Pitt, however, The Devil's Own was a financial disappointment. Colin fared better, at least critically, with her role as the title character's mother in the indie teen comedy The Adventures of Sebastian Cole (1998). Cast as John Goodman's wife in CBS's supernatural spy series Now and Again (1999), Colin then seemed to be on the verge of regular TV series work again, but Now and Again failed to live up to the hype. After a handful of roles in independent and TV films, including coming-of-age drama and Sundance Film Festival entrant Blue Car (2002), Colin returned to glossy Hollywood product with an appearance as one of Diane Lane's friends in the infidelity potboiler Unfaithful (2002). ~ Lucia Bozzola, Rovi
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Margaret Colin
| Margaret Colin | |
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| Born | May 26, 1958 Brooklyn, New York, USA[1] |
| Years active | 1979 - Present |
| Spouse | Justin Deas (1988 - Present) |
Margaret Colin (born May 26, 1958)[2] is an American actress. She is known for her role as Margo Montgomery Hughes # 1 on As the World Turns and for her role as Eleanor Waldorf-Rose on Gossip Girl.
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Early life
Margaret Colin was born in Brooklyn, New York and raised on Long Island. She is of Irish descent and was raised in a Roman Catholic family.[3]
Career
After graduating from Hofstra University, Colin began her acting career in the soap opera The Edge of Night, playing an heiress and former terrorist. In seven months on that show, her character survived seven murder attempts and ended up marrying her stepbrother. She followed that role with a longer stint on As the World Turns, originating the role of Margo Montgomery, a character that is still part of that show almost 30 years later.
She has appeared on a number of prime time television shows, starting with Foley Square, Leg Work, and several early episodes of Chicago Hope. She played Lisa Wiseman on the 1999 series Now and Again, with Eric Close and Dennis Haysbert. More recently, she has appeared on the Law & Order spinoffs.
Since 2007, Colin has played Eleanor Waldorf, mother of Blair Waldorf, on the television show Gossip Girl. In the pilot episode, Eleanor was played by OLTL actress Florencia Lozano.
Colin has also been in a number of movies, the most well-known of which are probably Something Wild (1986), Three Men and a Baby (1987), Independence Day (1996), Unfaithful (2002), and First Daughter (2004). She also appeared in the play Jackie: An American Life, in which she played Jacqueline Kennedy.
During her 2003 performance of the English play A Day in the Death of Joe Egg on Broadway, Colin smoked her way through the second half of the show and dedicated the performance to Mayor Michael Bloomberg in defiance of the state's smoking ban. After the play finished its run, she gave up smoking.[4]
Personal life
Colin, the daughter of a New York City police officer,[5] was born in Brooklyn, New York and was raised on Long Island. She graduated from Baldwin Senior High School in 1976.
Colin met actor Justin Deas when he played her love interest, Tom Hughes, on As the World Turns. They were married in January 1988. The couple have two sons, Sam and Joe, and Colin is stepmother of her husband's daughter from his first marriage. The family moved to Upper Montclair, New Jersey in the late 1990s.[6]
She is a pro-life activist and is the honorary co-chair of Feminists for Life, an organization opposed to abortion.
Filmography
- 1979: The Edge of Night as Paige Madison (21 episodes)
- 1982-83: As the World Turns as Margo Montgomery Hughes # 1(6 episodes)
- 1985: Foley Square as Asst. D.A. Alex Harrigan (14 episodes)
- 1986: Pretty in Pink as English Teacher
- 1986: Something Wild as Irene
- 1987: The Return of Sherlock Holmes as Jane Watson
- 1987: Warm Hearts, Cold Feet as Amy Webster
- 1987: Like Father Like Son as Ginnie Armbruster
- 1987: Leg Work as Claire McCarron (10 episodes)
- 1987: Three Men and a Baby as Rebecca
- 1988: Magnum, P.I. as Connie Northrop (1 episode)
- 1989: True Believer as Kitty Greer
- 1990: Goodnight Sweet Wife: A Murder in Boston as Michelle Caruso
- 1990: Martians Go Home as Sara Brody
- 1991-92: Sibs as Audie (22 episodes)
- 1991: The Butcher's Wife as Robyn Graves
- 1993: Amos & Andrew as Judy Gillman
- 1994: Related by Birth as Audie
- 1994: Terminal Velocity as Joline "Jo" (Uncredited)
- 1994: Chicago Hope as Dr. Karen Antonovich (5 episodes)
- 1995: In the Shadow of Evil as Dr. Molly Nostrand
- 1995: The Wright Verdicts as Sandy Hamor (7 episodes)
- 1996: Independence Day as Constance Spano
- 1997: Milk & Money as Lorraine
- 1997: The Devil's Own as Sheila O'Meara
- 1997: Time to Say Goodbye? as Kristen Hamstra
- 1998: The Adventures of Sebastian Cole as Joan Cole
- 1999: Hit and Run as Joanna Kendall
- 1999: Swing Vote as Linda Kirkland
- 1999-00: Now and Again as Lisa Wiseman (14 episodes)
- 2000: Madigan Men as Vonda Madigan (1 episode)
- 2001: Private Lies as Ellen
- 2001: The Familiar Stranger as Elizabeth 'Peachy' Welsh
- 2001: The Wedding Dress as Madeline Carver
- 2002: Blue Car as Diane
- 2002: Unfaithful as Sally
- 2003: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Mrs. Krug (1 episode)
- 2003: Remembering Charlie as Lori Alken
- 2004: Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Dr. Eloise Barnes (1 episode)
- 2004: First Daughter as Melanie Mackenzie
- 2007: Happenstance as Beth
- 2007: A Broken Sole as Nan
- 2007-: Gossip Girl as Eleanor Waldorf-Rose
- 2008: iMurders as Carol Uberoth
- 2008: Deception as Ms. Pomerantz
- 2009: Royal Pains as Lucy Everett (1 episode)
- 2009: The Missing Person as Lana Cobb
- 2010: Law & Order as Mary Markson (1 episode)
- 2010: Medium as Kelly Shuler (1 episode)
References
- ^ http://www.tv.com/margaret-colin/person/2676/summary.html
- ^ http://www.tv.com/margaret-colin/person/2676/summary.html
- ^ "Margaret Colin:Biography". MSN. http://movies.msn.com/celebrities/celebrity-biography/margaret-colin/. Retrieved 2010-05-12. "Born in Brooklyn to a large Irish-Catholic family and raised on Long Island, Colin began acting in elementary school."
- ^ New York Post, April 4, 2003
- ^ Margaret Colin Biography (1957?-)
- ^ Klein, Alvin. "Baldwin Girl Finds Camelot (on Broadway)", The New York Times, February 22, 1998. Accessed January 26, 2008. "A year and a half ago the couple, married 10 years, and their sons, Sam, 8, and Joe, 4, moved from an apartment in Manhattan to a mansion for the money in Upper Montclair, N.J."
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Mentioned in
Like Father, Like Son
(1987 Comedy Film)
The Wedding Dress
(2001 Romance Film)
Traveling Man
(1989 Drama Film)
Private Lies
(2000 Drama Film)
In the Shadow of Evil
(1995 Film)
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