Elaine Stritch

Birthplace: Detroit, Michigan, USA
Birthday: February 2, 1925

A bona fide legend of Broadway, Elaine Stritch spent over five decades on the musical and dramatic stage, though her reputation as a sharp-tongued, unapologetically audacious personality spread far beyond the boards of New York and London. With her whiskey-soaked voice and wry comic timing, Stritch established herself as an unconventional leading lady in 1950s Broadway productions “Pal Joey” and “Bus Stop,” with her show-stopping performance of the cynical and world-weary number “Ladies Who Lunch” from the 1970 musical “Company”…more

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Credits

Actor

The 26th Annual Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts
Sensibility and Sense
Older Marianne
Elaine Stritch at Liberty
Herself
The Ellen Burstyn Show
Sydney Brewer
Steel Magnolias
Ouiser Boudreaux

Music

Follies in Concert
Song Performer ( Broadway Baby )
Follies in Concert
Song Performer ("Broadway Baby")
My Favorite Broadway: The Leading Ladies
Song Performer ( The Ladies Who Lunch )
My Favorite Broadway: The Leading Ladies
Song Performer ("The Ladies Who Lunch")

Writer

Elaine Stritch at Liberty
Source Material (From Play: At Liberty )
Elaine Stritch at Liberty
Source Material (From Play: "At Liberty")

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Career Milestones

2007 to 0000
Appeared as the mother of Jack Donaghy (Alec Baldwin) on the NBC hit series "30 Rock"; earned Emmy nominations in 2008 and 2009 for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series
2005
Cast as James Gandolfini's mother in "Romance & Cigarettes" directed by John Turturro (released theatrically in 2007)
2004
Received a Grammy nomination for Best Spoken Word for The Best Halloween Ever
2002
Appeared in the one-woman show, "Elaine Stritch at Liberty"; began performances Off-Broadway at the Public Theatre and later moved to Broadway (aired on HBO in 2003)
1999
Reprised starring role in concert version of "Sail Away"