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Amy Madigan
Age: 59
Height: 5' 5 1/2"
Birth Place: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Born: Sep. 11th, 1950
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Amy Madigan's Main TV Roles
NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at
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BIOGRAPHY: In the 1960s, Amy attended St. Philip Neri grammar school and Aquinas High School, both in Chicago, where she performed in school plays, and was known as the school tomboy. In the early 1970s, Amy was featured in Playboy Magazine wearing only jelly, to promote her music band, "Jelly." Amy is the daughter of John Madigan (I), a media personality in Chicago, Illinois, who once hosted a Chicago TV show called "Standpoint." He last worked as the WBBM radio political editor and signed off with his signature, "News radio ssssssseventy-eight!"
TRIVIA:
- In The Dark Half, her character shares scenes with a character named "Alan Pangborn" (played by Michael Rooker). The character of Alan Pangborn returned in Needful Things, and this time was played by her real life husband, Ed Harris.
- Studied acting with 'Lee Strasberg' (qv).
- Sang and played piano in a rock band before she started acting. She was, for a time, the lead singer of the group Big Daddy.
- One child: Lily Dolores Harris was born 3 May 1993.
- Her father, 'John Madigan (I)' (qv), is a noted Chicago area lawyer who appeared on NBC's _"Meet the Press" (1947)_ (qv).
- Amy, along with husband 'Ed Harris (I)' (qv), were among a strong minority of attendees of the 2000 Acadamy Awards who refused to applaud during director 'Elia Kazan' (qv)'s acceptance of his honorary Oscar. They were protesting Kazan's contribution to the Hollywood blacklisting during the Cold War.
- She won a Drama Logue Award for starring the Los Angeles Theater Center production of "Stevie Wants To Play The Blues".
- She married 'Ed Harris (I)' (qv) after they worked together on the film _Places in the Heart (1984)_ (qv) in which they played a couple having an affair.
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