fiction.wikisort.org - Actor

Search / Calendar

Frances Lee McCain (born July 28, 1943) is an American actress.

Frances Lee McCain
Born (1943-07-28) July 28, 1943 (age 79)
Other namesLee McCain
OccupationActress
Years active1969–present
SpouseMark Wheeler

Early life and education


McCain was born in York, Pennsylvania and grew up in New York, Illinois and Colorado in addition to California.[1] She graduated from Ripon College with a BA in Philosophy and then studied acting at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London, England.[2] She completed a Master's degree in Psychology at the California Institute of Integral Studies in 2000.


Acting career


She returned to New York City where she appeared on Broadway in Woody Allen's Play it Again Sam, and off-Broadway in Lanford Wilson's Lemon Sky, creating the role of Carol.[3] She joined the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco under William Ball and played a variety of roles in repertory.


Apple's Way TV show (1974–1975) and other 1970s work


She began her career in film and television after appearing opposite Jon Voight and Faye Dunaway in A Streetcar Named Desire, eventually co-starring with Ronny Cox as the female lead in the television series, CBS-TV's Apple's Way in 1974. She appeared in a variety of television series and miniseries throughout the 1970s, including Washington: Behind Closed Doors and the Quincy ME episode Eye Of The Needle playing a Holistic practitioner, and in "The Rockford Files" 1978 episode "The Prisoner of Rosemont Hall." In 1979, she appeared in Real Life. In 1979, she appeared on ABC in the television series 13 Queens Boulevard.


1980s acting work


In the 1980s, she was cast in several major films, usually playing the mother of a main character. In 1984, she co-starred in the film Gremlins as Lynn Peltzer, the mother of main character, Billy Peltzer. Also that year, she played Ethel McCormack, mother to Kevin Bacon's character, in Footloose. In 1985 she appeared in the film Back to the Future as Stella Baines, the mother of Lorraine Baines (Lea Thompson). In 1986, she played Mrs. Lachance, the mother of Gordie Lachance (Wil Wheaton), in the drama film Stand by Me.


Later work


McCain continued to work in television after relocating to the San Francisco Bay Area in the late 1980s and also appeared in Scream (1996), as the mother of Rose McGowan and David Arquette's characters, and Patch Adams (1998).

She earned a Master's Degree in Psychology from the California Institute of Integral Studies in 2000, and continued to work in Theater extensively in the San Francisco Area until her relocation to Albuquerque, NM, in 2010. [citation needed]

In 2004, McCain initiated a theater project based on oral histories of the blue-collar workers responsible for the building and maintaining of the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico which received workshop readings at the Lensic Center for Performing Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and at the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C.

She is an Associate Artist of the ZSpace Studio in San Francisco, and is an ensemble member of the AlterTheater Ensemble in San Rafael, California.[citation needed]


Filmography


Year Title Role Notes
1973The Laughing PolicemanProstitute
1973The Mod SquadAliceEpisode: "And Once for My Baby"
1973Owen Marshall, Counselor at LawGinaEpisode: "The Second Victim"
1974The New Perry MasonLaurie HadenEpisode: "The Case of the Violent Valley"
1974 to 1975Apple's WayBarbara AppleSeries regular; 28 episodes
1975Doctors' HospitalAnnie RobaireEpisode: "But Who Will Bless Thy Daughter Norah?"
1975The Bob Newhart ShowJanetEpisode: "A Matter of Vice-Principal"
1976VisionsJennyEpisode: "The War Widow"
1978The Rockford FilesLeslie CallahanEpisode: "The Prisoner of Rosemont Hall"
1979Real LifeJeanette Yeager
1981Honky Tonk FreewayClaire Calo
1982TexMrs. Johnson
1984FootlooseEthel McCormack
1984GremlinsLynn Peltzer[4]
1985The Rape of Richard BeckCaroline BeckTV movie
1985Back to the FutureStella Baines
1986Murder in Three ActsMiss Milray
1986Stand by MeMrs. Lachance
1988It Takes TwoJoyce Rogers
1990The LookalikeDr. StamosTV movie[4]
1996ScreamMrs. Riley[4]
1998Patch AdamsJudy
1999True CrimeMrs. Lowenstein
2018Ideal HomeDoris
2019DreamlandTeller
2020The Comeback TrailMarge (Old Actress)
2022End of the RoadVal

References


  1. "Frances Lee McCain Pics". Frances Lee McCain Photo Gallery – 2019 – Magazine Pictorials. Movie Stills. Event Photos. Red Carpet Pictures. AllStarPics.Net. Retrieved August 19, 2019.
  2. "Frances Lee McCain '66 dishes about theatrical success". Ripon College. January 1, 2013. Retrieved February 8, 2019.
  3. Berson, Misha (September 16, 1990). "LMTC Brings Back '70s Flop Play No "Lemon' After All: Frances Lee McCain returns to lead revived Wilson work". San Francisco Chronicle. p. 22.
  4. Young, R. G. (2000). The Encyclopedia of Fantastic Film: Ali Baba to Zombies. Hal Leonard. ISBN 978-1-55783-269-6.



На других языках


[de] Frances Lee McCain

Frances Lee McCain (* 28. Juli 1944 in York, Pennsylvania) ist eine US-amerikanische Schauspielerin.
- [en] Frances Lee McCain



Текст в блоке "Читать" взят с сайта "Википедия" и доступен по лицензии Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike; в отдельных случаях могут действовать дополнительные условия.

Другой контент может иметь иную лицензию. Перед использованием материалов сайта WikiSort.org внимательно изучите правила лицензирования конкретных элементов наполнения сайта.

2019-2024
WikiSort.org - проект по пересортировке и дополнению контента Википедии