Biography
Brunette leading lady Marsha Mason made her Broadway debut in "Cactus Flower" (1965) and soon after landed in her first feature film, the low-budget actioner "Hot Rod Hullabaloo" (1966). For the next several years, she appeared in stage productions on and off Broadway as well as played a recurring role on the daytime drama "Love of Life" (CBS). The early 1970s found her at San Francisco's American Conservatory Theatre, where she acted in such …
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Career Milestones
| Moved to New York to continue stage career | ||
| Played Judith Cole on daytime soap, "Love of Life" (CBS) | ||
1965 | Broadway debut, "Cactus Flower" | |
1966 | Film debut in "Hot Rod Hullabaloo" | |
1967 | Landed role in Norman Mailer's Off-Broadway play "The Deer Park" | |
1972 | Portrayed Nurse Marsha Lord in syndicated TV series "Young Dr Kildaire" | |
1973 | Appeared on Broadway in Neil Simon's "The Good Doctor"; later married the playwright | |
1973 | Received first of four Best Actress Oscar nominations for "Cinderella Liberty", co-starring James Caan | |
1974 | Appeared in the PBS "Great Performances" production of "Cyrano de Bergerac" | |
1977 | First feature role in a film with a Neil Simon screenplay, "The Goodbye Girl"; earned Best Actress Oscar nomination | |
1977 | Starred in Robert Wise's reincarnation thriller "Audrey Rose" | |
1979 | Reunited with James Caan in "Chapter Two", adapted by Simon from his stage play; third Academy Award nomination as Best Actress | |
1981 | Earned fourth Best Actress Oscar nomination as an alcoholic actress in "Only When I Laugh" | |
1982 | Last of five feature film collaborations with husband-screenwriter Neil Simon, "Max Dugan Returns" | |
1982 | Network TV movie debut in "Lois Gibbs and the Love Canal" (CSB) | |
1986 | Acted opposite Clint Eastwood, playing his foul-mouthed ex-wife struggling to survive by pushing drinks in a town bar, in "Heartbreak Ridge" | |
1986 | Directed "Juno's Swans" at NYC's Second Stage Theatre | |
1987 | TV directorial debut, the "CBS Schoolbreak Special" entitled "Little Miss Perfect" | |
1989 | Appeared in the TNT remake of "Dinner at Eight"; cast opposite John Mahoney | |
1991 | Starred in short-lived ABC-TV series, "Sibs" (also known as "Grown-Ups") | |
1995 | Played Governor Eleanor Grant, the target of assassination, in "Nick of Time", starring Johnny Depp | |
1996 | Appeared in the feature film "2 Days in the Valley" | |
1996 | Returned to NYC stage in Tennessee Williams' "Night of the Iguana" | |
1997 | Had recurring role of Sherry, the blowsy girlfriend of Martin Crane (John Mahoney), on NBC sitcom "Frasier" | |
1998 | Reteamed with Richard Dreyfuss on stage in "House", produced on Long Island, New York | |
1999 | Co-starred with Dreyfuss in London production of Neil Simon's play "The Prisoner of Second Avenue" | |
2001 | Cast as Ethel Gumm in the ABC miniseries "Me and My Shadows: Life With Judy Garland", based on Lorna Luft's memoir | |
2005 | Cast as Mr. Darcy's mother in "Bride and Prejudice" Gurinder Chadha's Bollywood update of Jane Austen's classic tale | |
Awards
1973 | Academy Award for Actress in Cinderella Liberty |
1973 | Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama in Cinderella Liberty |
1977 | Academy Award for Actress In a Leading Role in The Goodbye Girl |
1977 | Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy Or Musical in The Goodbye Girl |
1978 | BAFTA Award for Actress in The Goodbye Girl |
1979 | Academy Award for Actress In a Leading Role in Chapter Two |
1979 | Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy Or Musical in Chapter Two |
1979 | Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama in Promises in the Dark |
1981 | Academy Award for Actress In a Leading Role in Only When I Laugh |
1997 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress In a Comedy Series in Frasier |