Ann Magnuson

Birthplace: Charleston, West Virginia, USA
Birthday: January 4, 1956

This pretty, quirky "performance artist" has also branched out into more mainstream films and television. Arriving in New York in 1978, Magnuson co-founded Club 57, the "neo-Dada cabaret", where she and her collaborators (such as Eric Bogosian and Joey Arias) made a name for themselves with their sly brand of comic social commentary--her tribute to Muzak, for instance, which was held in an elevator. Magnuson's one-woman shows played worldwide in the late 1970s and early 80s New York, and her video, "Made for TV"…more

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Ann Magnuson's Vandemonium
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2004
Starred with Kevin Spacey and Ryan Gosling in "The United States of Leland"
2001
Played supporting role of the sister of a man who may be a murderer in the Sundance-screened "Caveman's Valentine"
2000
Offered amusing turn as a bitchy magazine editor in "Love & Sex"
1998
Played the mother of a boy who possesses a technologically-enhanced toy in "Small Soldiers"
1996
Had featured role in "Before and After"