Roxanne Hart

About Roxanne Hart

Hart made her Broadway debut in "Equus" and garnered a 1983 Tony nomination for her supporting role in Peter Nichols's "Passion". She debuted on TV in the historical TV-movie "Kent State" (NBC, 1981) and followed up with roles in a wide variety of telefilms and several dramas broadcast as part of PBS's "American Playhouse" including "The Little Sister", "Painting Churches" (both 1986) and "Big Time" (1989).

Hart made her first film appearance in Sidney Lumet's "The Verdict" (1982) as half of the bewildered working-class couple that hires dissolute lawyer Paul Newman. Her subsequent credits included "Oh, God! You Devil" (1984), "Highlander" (1986), and "Once Around" (1991). Hart made the transition to TV series regular playing chief operating nurse Camille Shutt on the ambitious medical drama "Chicago Hope" (CBS, 1994-96). Her character was also the estranged wife of a brilliant neurosurgeon portrayed by Adam Arkin.

Partners

Husband

Philip Casnoff. starred as Frank Sinatra in the miniseries "Sinatra" (CBS, 1992); starred in the detective drama "Under Suspicion" (CBS, 1994-95)

Career Milestones

Made Broadway debut playing role of Jill in Peter Shaffer's "Equus"

Raised in New Jersey, New York, Colorado, and Delaware

1981

TV-movie debut, "Kent State"

1982

Feature debut, a supporting role in "The Verdict", starring Paul Newman

1983

Performed on Broadway in the play, "Passion"; received a Tony nomination as Featured Actress in a Play

1986

Cast opposite Christopher Lambert in the film, "Highlander"

1994

Debut as a series regular, "Chicago Hope" (CBS); played role of Camille Shutt; role reduced to recurring as of 1996-97 season; left the series in 1998

1994

Played recurring role of Dr. Sandra Buerring on two episodes of the CBS drama, "The Road Home"

1999

Played Danny Bonaduce's mother in the ABC TV movie, "Come On, Get Happy: The Partridge Family Story"

2002

Co-starred with Jennifer Aniston in "The Good Girl"

2003

Guest-starred in three episodes of the HBO prison series, "Oz"

2006

Appeared in three episodes of the NBC drama, "Medium"

2006

Cast in director Terry Zwigoff's "Art School Confidential"

2007

Played Mandy Moore's mother in the comedy, "License to Wed"