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Meryl Streep
Age: 60
Height: 5' 6"
Birth Place: Summit, New Jersey, USA
Born: Jun. 22nd, 1949
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BIOGRAPHY: Considered by many movie reviewers to be the greatest living film actress, Meryl Streep has been nominated for the Academy Award an astonishing 15 times, and has won it twice. Born Mary Louise Streep in 1949 in Summit, New Jersey, Meryl's early performing ambitions leaned toward the opera. She became interested in acting while a student at Vassar and upon graduation she enrolled in the Yale School of Drama. She gave an outstanding performance in her first film role, Julia (1977), and the next year she was nominated for her first Oscar for her role in The Deer Hunter (1978). She went on to win the Academy Award for her performances in Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) and Sophie's Choice (1982), in which she gave a heart-wrenching portrayal of an inmate mother in a Nazi death camp.
A perfectionist in her craft and meticulous and painstaking in her preparation for her roles, Meryl turned out a string of highly acclaimed performances over the next 10 years in great films like Silkwood (1983); Out of Africa (1985); Ironweed (1987); and Evil Angels (1988). Her career declined slightly in the early 1990s as a result of her inability to find suitable parts, but she shot back to the top in 1995 with her performance as Clint Eastwood's married lover in The Bridges of Madison County (1995) and as the prodigal daughter in Marvin's Room (1996). In 1998 she made her first venture into the area of producing, and was the executive producer for the moving ...First Do No Harm (1997) (TV). A realist when she talks about her future years in film, she remarked that "...no matter what happens, my work will stand..."
TRIVIA:
- The children's TV series _"Sesame Street" (1969)_ (qv) has featured a character named "Meryl Sheep" in her honor.
- She left her just-claimed Oscar for _Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)_ (qv) on the back of a toilet during the 1979 festivities.
- Friend of 'Jill Clayburgh' (qv). First met in their roles as mothers.
- Holds the record as the female actor with the most Golden Globe wins, with six wins. 'Jack Nicholson' (qv) is the male actor with the most wins, also at six.
- Listed as one of twelve "Promising New Actors of 1977" in John Willis' Screen World, Vol. 29.
- (October 1997) Ranked #24 in Empire (UK) magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list.
- Good friends with actor 'Jim Carrey' (qv).
- She attended 'Natasha Richardson (I)' (qv)'s funeral along with husband 'Don Gummer' (qv).
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