Ann Magnuson

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Biography

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 …
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Job Title

Actor, Director, Writer, Music, Sound

Born

January 4, 1956

Career Milestones

TV series regular on "Anything But Love"

1978

Moved to New York; worked as intern at Ensemble Studio Theater

1979

Founded Club 57

1987

TV debut as star and co-writer of "Ann Magnuson's Vandemonium" (an episode of "Cinemax Comedy Experiment")

1995

First solo album, "The Luv Show"

1996

Had featured role in "Before and After"

1998

Played the mother of a boy who possesses a technologically-enhanced toy in "Small Soldiers"

2000

Offered amusing turn as a bitchy magazine editor in "Love & Sex"

2001

Played supporting role of the sister of a man who may be a murderer in the Sundance-screened "Caveman's Valentine"

2004

Starred with Kevin Spacey and Ryan Gosling in "The United States of Leland"