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Pamela Payton-Wright (November 1, 1941 – December 14, 2019) was an American actress.

Pamela Payton-Wright
Born	(1941-11-01)November 1, 1941 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died	December 14, 2019(2019-12-14) (aged 78) Harmony, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Years active	1964–2012

Life and work

Payton-Wright was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Eleanor Ruth (née McKinley) and Gordon Edgar Payton-Wright.^{[citation needed]} After graduating from Tuscaloosa High School,[1] she graduated from Birmingham–Southern College in 1963. She began her film career in 1972 as Rhonda on Corky. She later joined the cast of Another World in 1979 in the role of Hazel Parker, a role she played for one year.

Payton-Wright appeared in numerous Broadway and Off-Broadway productions. Following numerous film roles and television appearances, Payton-Wright joined the cast of the ABC soap opera, One Life to Live, in 1991, and was the first to play the role of sweet natured, but simple-minded Agatha "Addie" Cramer. She played this part recurringly on the show.

She died on December 14, 2019 in Harmony, Pennsylvania, aged 78, from undisclosed causes.[2][3]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1972	Corky	Rhonda
1979	Going in Style	Kathy
1980	Resurrection	Margaret
1981	The Dark End of the Street	Mary Ann
1986	My Little Girl	Delly Bettinger
1987	Ironweed	Mother
1988	Starlight: A Musical Movie
1990	The Freshman	Liz Armstrong
1993	Me and Veronica	Agnes
1999	In Dreams	Ethel
2004	Saving Face	Dr. Morgan

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1969	NET Playhouse	Electra	"The Prodigal"
1971	Cannon	Ginger	"Fool's Gold"
1971	Mannix	Lisa Stabler	"Murder Times Three"
1971	Medical Center	Jessie	"Idolmaker"
1972	Medical Center	Lori	"Cycle of Peril"
1972	Young Dr. Kildare	Ruth	"Deaf Heart"
1972	Gunsmoke	Emma Donavan	"Yankton"
1972	Bonanza	Zeena Harris	"Search in Limbo"
1972	Look Homeward, Angel	Laura James	TV film
1973	ABC's Wide World of Entertainment	Rosalind	"The Haunting of Rosalind"
1974	Movin' On	Francie Simms	"Grit"
1975	Great Performances	Laetitia Lewis	"Brother to Dragons"
1976	The Adams Chronicles	Louisa Adams	TV miniseries
1979–80	Another World	Hazel Parker	TV series
1987	Spenser: For Hire	Karen Fuller	"I Confess"
1991–1999	One Life to Live	Addie Cramer	Recurring role
1993	Law & Order	Katherine McKinnon	"Pride and Joy"
1994–1997	Homicide: Life on the Street	Sister Magdalena Weber	"Nearer My God to Thee", "Fits Like a Glove", "Extreme Unction", "Kaddish"
1999	Law & Order	Vivian McBride	"Sideshow"
2001–2005	One Life to Live	Addie Cramer	Recurring role
2007–2012	One Life to Live	Addie Cramer	Recurring role

Theater

Broadway

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1967–68	The Show Off	Amy
1968	Exit the King	Juliette
1968	The Cherry Orchard	Anya
1968–69	Jimmy Shine	Constance Fry
1972	The Crucible	Abigail Williams
1972	Mourning Becomes Electra	Lavinia Mannon
1974–75	All Over Town	Millie
1975–76	The Glass Menagerie	The Daughter
1977	Romeo and Juliet	Juliet
1988	A Streetcar Named Desire	Blanche Du Bois
1988	The Night of the Iguana	Miss Judith Fellowes
1988–1990	M. Butterfly	Helga
1995	Garden District	Grace
2003	Long Day's Journey into Night	Mary Cavan Tyrone

Off-Broadway

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1970	The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds	Tillie	Mercer Arts Center
1975	Jesse and the Bandit Queen	Belle	Joseph Papp Public Theater/Susan Stein Shiva Theater
1980	The Seagull	Mash	Joseph Papp Public Theater/Newman Theater
1982	Don Juan	Dona Elvire	Delacorte Theater
1984	Young Playwrights Festival	Mary	Joseph Papp Public Theater/Martinson Theater
1998	Richard III	Margaret	Theater at St. Clement's Church
1998	Richard II	Margaret	Theater at St. Clement's Church
1998	Til the Rapture Comes Home	Althea Dale	Delacorte Theater
2000	What You Get and What You Expect	Louise Erkenter	New York Theater Workshop
2003	Fifth of July	Sally Friedman	Peter Norton Space
2003	Duet	Eleonora Duse	Greenwich Street Theatre
2004	The Day Emily Married		59E59 Theater A
2006	Indian Blood	Eddie's Grandmother	59E59 Theater A
2008	Some Americans Abroad	Harriet Baldwin	Second Stage Theatre
2009	Vieux Carré	Carrie	Theater 80 St. Marks
2009	The Orphans' Home Cycle Part I	Mrs. Coons	Peter Norton Space
2009	The Orphans' Home Cycle Part II	Sarah Vaughn / Ruth Amos	Peter Norton Space
2010	The Orphans' Home Cycle Part III	Inez (Thornton) Kirby	Peter Norton Space

References

External links

• Pamela Payton-Wright at IMDb
• Pamela Payton-Wright at the Internet Broadway Database
• Pamela Payton-Wright at Internet Off-Broadway Database
• Pamela Payton-Wright interview: Performance Working in the Theatre CUNY-TV video by the American Theatre Wing, September 1989

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