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Elizabeth Perkins


Elizabeth Perkins

Elizabeth Perkins (born November 18, 1960) is a well-known American movie, television and theater actress. She was born in Queens, New York, and was raised in Vermont. After finishing high school she spent three years in Chicago taking acting lessons at the famous Goodman School of Drama. Back in New York in 1984, she did her first theater performance. Thereafter she worked in several ensembles and has since then considered theater playing as a priority of her career.

As a movie actress she had her breakthrough starring with Tom Hanks in Big. She then received critical acclaim for her performance in Barry Levinson's Avalon. Of all the films she has acted in, her biggest success so far has been however The Flintstones, starring also John Goodman, in which she plays the long-suffering Wilma Flinstone.

In 1993 Perkins made her television debut in For Their Own Good. She starred thereafter in the comedy series Battery Park and If These Walls Could Talk, and has since then played roles in television films on a regular basis.

Perkins' first husband was Terry Kinney, from whom she divorced. In 2000 she married her present husband, Julio Macat.

Perkins recently filmed the pilot episode of a new Showtime series entitled Weeds. The series is about a suburban mother (played by Mary-Louise Parker) who, upon the death of her husband, resorts to dealing marijuana to make money, while also attempting to maintain her reputation in the community. Perkins will play an upstanding member of the community whose son falls in love with Parker's daughter.

Filmography

  • Weeds (2005)
  • The Ring Two (2005)
  • Fierce People (2004)
  • Kids in America (2004)
  • Gilded Stones (2004)
  • Speak (2004)
  • Jiminy Glick in Lalawood (2004)
  • Finding Nemo (2003)
  • Try Seventeen (2002)
  • Cats & Dogs (2001)
  • 28 Days (2000)
  • Crazy in Alabama (1999)
  • I'm Losing You (1998)
  • Lesser Prophets (1997)
  • Moonlight and Valentino (1995)
  • Miracle on 34th Street (1994)
  • The Flintstones (1994)
  • Indian Summer (1993)
  • The Doctor (1991)
  • He Said, She Said (1991)
  • Enid Is Sleeping (1990)
  • Avalon (1990)
  • Love at Large (1990)
  • Sweet Hearts Dance (1988)
  • Big (1988)
  • From the Hip (1987)
  • About Last Night (1986)

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Perkins will play an upstanding member of the community whose son falls in love with Parker's daughter. Since 1989 she has hosted the PBS television series Mystery!, taking over from Vincent Price. The series is about a suburban mother (played by Mary-Louise Parker) who, upon the death of her husband, resorts to dealing marijuana to make money, while also attempting to maintain her reputation in the community. By Stirling she has a daughter, Rachael Atlanta Stirling (born 1977), who is also now an actress. Perkins recently filmed the pilot episode of a new Showtime series entitled Weeds. She was married to Menahem Gueffen, an Israeli painter, from 1973-76, and to Archibald Stirling (a.k.a. Archibald Hugh Stirling of Keir), a theatrical producer, former officer in the Scots Guards, and a member of one of Scotland's grandest families, from 1982-90. In 2000 she married her present husband, Julio Macat. Dame Diana was born in Doncaster in Yorkshire and lived in India between the ages of two and eight.

Perkins' first husband was Terry Kinney, from whom she divorced. Rigg was created CBE in 1987 and knighted in 1994. She starred thereafter in the comedy series Battery Park and If These Walls Could Talk, and has since then played roles in television films on a regular basis. On television, she has appeared as Mrs Danvers in Rebecca and as the amateur detective Mrs Bradley in a series of mysteries. In 1993 Perkins made her television debut in For Their Own Good. In the 1990s she had triumphs with roles at the Almeida Theatre in Islington (north London), including Medea in 1993, Mother Courage in 1995, and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? in 1996. Of all the films she has acted in, her biggest success so far has been however The Flintstones, starring also John Goodman, in which she plays the long-suffering Wilma Flinstone. Her other films include The Assassination Bureau (1969), Theatre of Blood (1973), and A Little Night Music (1977).

She then received critical acclaim for her performance in Barry Levinson's Avalon. Her character, to date, is the only girl to officially marry James Bond. As a movie actress she had her breakthrough starring with Tom Hanks in Big. On the big screen, she became a Bond girl in On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969) playing Tracy Bond. Thereafter she worked in several ensembles and has since then considered theater playing as a priority of her career. In 1986, she took a leading role in the West End production of Stephen Sondheim's musical, Follies. Back in New York in 1984, she did her first theater performance. A nude scene with Keith Michell in Abelard and Heloise led to a notorious description of her as 'built like a brick basilica with too few flying buttresses'.

After finishing high school she spent three years in Chicago taking acting lessons at the famous Goodman School of Drama. After leaving The Avengers she returned to the stage, including playing two Stoppard leads, Ruth Carson in Night and Day and Dorothy Moore in Jumpers. She was born in Queens, New York, and was raised in Vermont. Her professional debut was in The Caucasian Chalk Circle in 1955. Elizabeth Perkins (born November 18, 1960) is a well-known American movie, television and theater actress. Her career in film, television and the theatre has been wide-ranging, including roles in the Royal Shakespeare Company between 1959 and 1964. About Last Night (1986). She is particularly known for her role in the British 1960s television series The Avengers, where she played the sexy secret agent Emma Peel.

From the Hip (1987). Dame Diana Rigg (born July 20, 1938) is a British actress. Big (1988). Sweet Hearts Dance (1988). Love at Large (1990).

Avalon (1990). Enid Is Sleeping (1990). He Said, She Said (1991). The Doctor (1991).

Indian Summer (1993). The Flintstones (1994). Miracle on 34th Street (1994). Moonlight and Valentino (1995).

Lesser Prophets (1997). I'm Losing You (1998). Crazy in Alabama (1999). 28 Days (2000).

Cats & Dogs (2001). Try Seventeen (2002). Finding Nemo (2003). Jiminy Glick in Lalawood (2004).

Speak (2004). Gilded Stones (2004). Kids in America (2004). Fierce People (2004).

The Ring Two (2005). Weeds (2005).