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Mare Winningham
Age
54
Birthday
May. 16th, 1959
Born in
Phoenix, Arizona, USA
Height
5' 6"
Mare Winningham's Main TV Roles
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Main Movie Roles2008 - Swing Vote2004 - Dandelion 1994 - The War 1994 - Wyatt Earp 1989 - Miracle Mile 1989 - Turner & Hooch 1987 - Made in Heaven 1985 - St. Elmo's Fire 1980 - One Trick Pony |
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TRIVIA:
- Children: Riley Mapel (1981-2005), Patrick "Paddy" Mapel and Jack Mapel (b. 1985), Calla Louise Mapel (b. 1987), and Happy Atticus Mapel (born 1988).
- Oldest child, son Riley Mapel, committed suicide on August 14, 2005.
- She is the oldest member of the Brat Pack.
- She played a virgin in the movie _St. Elmo's Fire (1985)_ (qv) while she was pregnant.
- Though born an Irish Catholic, in 2000, Winningham felt her spiritual life was lacking, and, based on a recommendation from a friend, in November 2001, she signed up for a class given by Rabbi Neal Wienberg at the University of Judaism in Los Angeles, California. On March 3, 2003, she converted to Judaism and became a member of two Conservative synagogues, Temple Beth Am in Los Angeles and Temple Knesset Israel in Hollywood, California.
- Winningham was raised in Northridge, California, with three brothers and one sister. Her father was the Chairman of the Department of Physical Education at California State University, Northridge (CSUN), and her mother was an English teacher and college counselor at a local high school. She credits her first interest in acting to seeing an interview with 'Kym Karath' (qv) (who played Gretl in _The Sound of Music (1965)_ (qv)) on 'Art Linkletter' (qv)'s television show _"House Party" (1952)_ (qv) when she was five or six years old.
- She is also a folk singer-songwriter with a couple of albums.
- She, 'Kate Winslet' (qv) and 'Vanessa Redgrave' (qv) are the only actresses nominated for an Academy Award in the Best Supporting Actress category for playing the title role in a movie. Redgrave won the Oscar for the character Julia in _Julia (1977)_ (qv), Winslet was nominated for _Iris (2001/I)_ (qv) and Winningham was nominated for the character Georgia in _Georgia (1995)_ (qv).
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