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Blair Brown

Known For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

Apr 23, 1946 (80 years old)

Place of Birth

Washington, District of Columbia, USA

Biography

Blair Brown (born April 23, 1946) is an American stage, film and television actress. For her role in Copenhagen, Brown won the 2000 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play. She was the leading actress in feature films such as Altered States (1980), Continental Divide (1981), and Strapless (1989), and she played the title character in the television comedy-drama The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd. Later supporting roles include Nina Sharp on Fringe and Judy King on Orange Is the New Black.

Known For

Acting
2018Tom Clancy's Jack RyanDirector Sue Joyce
2016My ArtMickey
2015LimitlessMarie Finch
2014ForeverFawn Mahoney Ames
2014The AffairDr. Gunderson
2013Orange Is the New BlackJudy King
2012Political AnimalsMrs. Berg
2012ElementaryKate Durning
2011The Speed of ThoughtBridger
2011Falling Skies
2011Person of InterestEmma Blake
2010The BuddhaNarrator
2009Fringe: Access All AreasSelf
2009Celebrity Ghost StoriesSelf
2008Dark MatterHildy
2008FringeNina Sharp
2008The Jewish AmericansVoices (voice)
2007Sister AimeeNarrator (voice)
2007First BornLaura's Mother
2007Andrew Jackson: Good, Evil & The PresidencyMargaret Bayard Smith (voice)
2006The SentinelNational Security Advisor
2006Griffin & PhoenixEve
2006Test Tube BabiesNarrator
2005Dark ShadowsElizabeth Collins Stoddard
2005LoverboyJeanette Rawley
2005The Massie AffairNarrator (voice)
2004Emma Goldman: An Exceedingly Dangerous WomanNarrator
2004Dogville ConfessionsSelf
2004RFKNarrator
2003DogvilleMrs. Henson
2002Woodrow WilsonSelf - voice
2002Young Dr. FreudNarrator
2002A Little Night Music: Live from the Kennedy CenterDesiree Armfeldt
2002CSI: MiamiMargie Winters
2002Benjamin FranklinJane Mecom
2001Follow the Stars HomeHannah Parker
2001SmallvilleRachel Dunleavy
2000Space CowboysDr. Anne Caruthers
2000In His Life: The John Lennon StoryMimi Smith
2000HamletGertrude
2000The Fall of Newt GingrichSelf - Narrator (voice)
1999The Astronaut's WifeShelly McLaren
1999Law & Order: Special Victims UnitDefense Attorney Lynne Riff
1997ConvictionsZalinda Dorcheus
1997Feds
1996The Ultimate LieJoan 'Joanie' McGrath
1996A Season in PurgatoryGrace Bradley
1996A Season in PurgatoryGrace Bradley
1995Nobody's Girls: Five Women of the WestNarrator
1994Moment of Truth: To Walk AgainCarol Keating
1994The Gift of LoveHelen Porter
1994ERDr. Vicki Ford
1994Touched by an AngelMayor Victoria Lewis
1993The Day My Parents Ran AwayJudy Miller
1993The River Ran RedNarrator
1993Rio ShannonElizabeth Cleary
1993FrasierJill (voice)
1992Those SecretsNellie Banesh
1992Passed AwayAmy Scanlan
1992Majority RuleGen. Katherine Taylor
1991The Good PolicemanRebecca Karp
1990Extreme Close-UpMargaret Toll
1990Law & OrderDefense Attorney Virginia Masters
1989StraplessDr. Lillian Hempel
1988Stealing HomeGinny Wyatt
1988American ExperienceEllen Wilson (voice)
1988American ExperienceNarrator (voice)
1987Hands of a StrangerDiane Benton
1987The Days and Nights of Molly DoddMolly Dodd
1985The Bad SeedChristine Penmark
1985Don't TouchJoan Stewart
1985SpacePenny Hardesty Pope
1985The Comedy FactoryValerie Arnold
1984A Flash of GreenKat Hubble
1983The Skin of Our TeethSabina
1983KennedyJacqueline Kennedy
1982American Playhouse
1981Continental DivideNell Porter
1980Altered StatesEmily Jessup
1980One Trick PonyMarion
1979The Child StealerJan Rodman
1978And I Alone SurvivedLauren Elder
1978WheelsBarbara Lipton
1977Eleanor and Franklin: The White House YearsAnna Roosevelt
1977The QuinnsMillicent Priestley
1977The ChoirboysKimberly Lyles
1977Charlie Cobb: Nice Night for a HangingCharity
1977The 3,000 Mile ChaseRachel Kane
1976FamilyFlora Jessup
1976Captains and the KingsElizabeth Healey Hennessey
1975The School for ScandalLady Teazle
1974The Rockford FilesKate Flanders / Dep. DA Kate Doyle
1973The Paper ChaseMiss Farranti
1973DraculaMina
1973Purple PlayhouseMina
1973KojakStella
1972Brutalités amoureuses
1971Great PerformancesLady Taezle
1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf
1944Golden Globe AwardsSelf - Nominee
Crew
2005ManderlayThanks