Amanda Plummer

In 1979, she appeared with her mother, Tammy Grimes in A Month in the Country, and in 1980, she acted with Michael Jeter in "The Rabbit's House", part of Alice in Concert. The following year, 1981, Amanda appeared in a revival of the play "A Taste of Honey" as Jo, on Broadway and she won a Tony nomination, and Drama Critics Award for the part. The next year she won the Tony Award, Outer Critics Circle and Theater World Award for her portrayal of the nun Agnes in the Broadway play "Agnes of God". In a major loss to filmgoers, she was passed over for the film role of Agnes in favor of Meg Tilly, who received a Best Supporting Oscar nomination for the role. In 1983 she played Laura Wingfield in The Glass Menagerie, and that same year, she was directed by Sidney Lumet in the film Daniel, in which he compared her to the young Marlon Brando. In 1985 she appeared in Beth Henley's Life Under Water, and in A Lie of the Mind as Beth. In 1986 she played Dolly Clandon in You Can Never Tell, and in 1987 she appeared in The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore, and in Pygmalion as Eliza Doolittle, receiving another Tony nomination. She starred with Peter O'Toole, as Professor Higgins. In 1990 she appeared as a mail order bride on stage with Tess Harper in Beth Henley's Abundance.

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