IN LOVING MEMORY TO A PLAYWRIGHT THAT PRACTICED LAW IN LLANVIEW -- TWICE
ONI FAIDA LAMPLEY
Born Vera Ann Lampley
9/15/1959 - 4/28/2008
ONE LIFE TO LIVE Attorney Hallie Mitchell 1994
Prentice Little 1997
AS THE WORLD TURNS Nurse 1997
Dr. ___ Walters 2004
THE GUIDING LIGHT Jen from the Support Group 2006
and
IN OUR LIVES Janelle West Between 1981 - 1994
NYPD BLUE Reporter (2 Episodes) 1993
OZ Reverend Truman (2 Episodes) 1999; 2000
THIRD WATCH Ryan (2 Episodes) 2000; 2001
LAW AND ORDER: CRIMINAL INTENT Eunice Peterson (2 Episodes) 2005
+ United Nations Official (1) 2002
Television Special
LARRY KRAMER 1983
PILOTS/PROPOSALS
PHILLY HEAT Alyson Wardlaw 1995
movies
THE KEEPER Mrs. Grant 1995
MONEY TRAIN Dispatcher 1995
BULLET Attractive Black Woman 1996
LONE STAR Celie 1996
... FIRST DO NO HARM Martha Williams 1997 (Made for T. V.)
JUNGLE 2 JUNGLE Madeleine 1997
THE MISADVENTURES OF MARGARET Baroness 1998
THE BUMBLEBEE FLIES ANYWAY Nurse Bascam 1999
ADVICE FROM A CATERPILLAR Waitress 1999
THE GREEN ROOM 2000 (Made for T. V.)
DRAGONFLY Private Duty Nurse 2002
BROTHER TO BROTHER Evelyn 2004
STAY Daisy Waitress # 3 2005
CRAZY, SEXY CANCER 2007
Video Games
GRAND THEFT AUTO IV: Callista Brown 2008
GRAND THEFT AUTO IV: THE LOST AND THE DAMNED Callista Brown 2009
GRAND THEFT AUTO IV: THE BALLAD OF GAY TONY Callista Brown 2009
BROADWAY
MULE BONE 2/14/1991 - 4/14/1991 Understudy -- Bootsie; Mattie Clark; Sister Thomas
THE RIDE DOWN MOUNT MORGAN 4/9/2000 - 7/23/2000
THEATER
REBEL ARMIES DEEP INTO CHAD 1990 Round House Theatre
THE ILLUSION 1990 Round House Theatre
THE DESTINY OF ME 1992 Nurse Harriman Lucille Lortel Theatre
MAN, WOMAN, DINOSAUR 1992 Playwrights Horizons -- Judy Theater
FALSE ADMISSIONS 1994 Marton Hartford Stage
POLICE BOYS 1994 Playwrights Horizons -- New Theatre Wing
ZOOMAN AND THE SIGN 1994 Rachel Todd McGinn/Cazale Theater
MUD, RIVER, STONE 1997 Anna Cyllah Playwrights Horizons- Judy Theater
THE RIDE DOWN MOUNT MORGAN 1998 Nurse Logan Joseph Papp Public Theater -- Newman Theater
BIBLICAL PIECES 1999 Amsterdam, Netherlands
THE DARK KALAMAZOO 2002 Greenwich House, NYC
TWO TRAINS RUNNING
ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL
THE MISANTHROPE
PLAYWRIGHT
TOUGH TITTY A CANCER STORY
THE DARK KALAMAZOO
MIXED BABIES
TALKING SHOP
Family Ties
Parents -- Vina Louise Showers and Willie L. Lampley
Marriage -- Tommy Abney 1987 - 4/28/2008 (her death) 2 Children -- Oluwadamilola Showers Umi Abney and Adebayo Harvest Abney
From PLAYBILL
Oni Faida Lampley, Actress Who Was Also Award-Winning Playwright, Has Died at 49Oni Faida Lampley, the award-winning playwright of The Dark Kalamazoo, Mixed Babies and her personal illness-inspired Tough Titty, died April 28 after a battle with breast cancer, friends and colleagues reported.
By Kenneth Jones
May 02, 2008
As an actress, Ms. Lampley, who turned 49 on April 15, recently played Mrs. Breedlove in Hartford Stage's production of The Bluest Eye. She left the production early to have emergency surgery.
Ms. Lampley's Broadway acting credits included Mule Bone and The Ride Down Mt. Morgan. She acted in Off-Broadway's Mud, River, Stone for Playwrights Horizons, Zooman and the Sign at the McGinn-Cazale, The Destiny of Me at the Lortel and in the Public Theater's Ride Down Mt. Morgan prior to Broadway. She also had many regional theatre, TV and film credits. As is the case with many working actors in New York City, she appeared on all three "Law & Order" shows.
Her autobiographical solo play, The Dark Kalamazoo, was produced Off-Broadway by The Drama Dept. at Greenwich House Theatre in 2002. She also starred. The play tells of Lampley's first trip overseas at the age of 19 — to Africa, no less. Not surprisingly, she doesn't find what she expects to find in "The Motherland." She encounters racism, and is dubbed the Dark Kalamazoo, as she was attached to a student group from the Michigan city.
Ms. Lampley lived in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, with her husband Tommy Abney and sons Olu and Ade.
A college scholarship fund for her sons has been established at www.theonifund.com. What also lives on are her plays, which have been published. In 1991, she received the prestigious Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Play — the top playwriting honor in the Helen Hayes Awards in Washington, DC — for Mixed Babies, produced by the Washington Stage Guild.
In 2000 she was nominated for a second Charles MacArthur for The Dark Kalamazoo, which was first produced by the Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company in DC. Also in 1991, as an actress, she was Helen Hayes-nominated in the category of Outstanding Supporting Actress (Resident Production) for Rebel Armies Deep Into Chad.
As a member of Juilliard's playwriting program, Ms. Lampley earned a DeComte du Nouy Award for Mixed Babies.
In 2001 she was nominated for the Charlotte Cushman Award for Outstanding Leading Actress in a Play, in the Barrymore Awards in Philadelphia, for her turn in The Dark Kalamazoo by Freedom Repertory Theatre. Kevin Campbell won the Barrymore Award for that production's Outstanding Original Music.
Ms. Lampley also penned and performed Shame the Devil (2001) at a Carnegie Hall benefit called Artists for a Cure.
The 2003 play, Tough Titty, concerned her then seven-year struggle with breast cancer. Charles Randolph-Wright directed its premiere in 2005 at the Williamtown Theatre Festival. In it, a woman who is diagnosed with breast cancer tries to stay married, raise two small sons and endure poisonous treatments.
She was a 2006 Susan Smith Blackburn Finalist (for Tough Titty), and a recipient of the Boomerang Fund Grant, and the Helen Merrill Award.
At the time of her death, according to friends, she was writing a play on commission from Children's Theater Company in Minneapolis. She had recently found out that Magic Theatre in San Francisco will produce Tough Titty in 2009.
She was born Vera Lampley in Oklahoma City, OK. She still has family in Oklahoma. They were in attendance at a memorial at New Dramatists in Manhattan April 29.
Ms. Lampley earned a bachelor's degree at Oberlin College in Ohio, got her graduate acting degree at New York University and was in Juilliard's playwriting program.
In 2007 she participated in a three-week playwriting residency at the National Theatre in London. Her essays and articles were seen in such magazines as Mirabella, Self and ELLE. She was a founding member of the Drama Department and a Usual Suspect at New York Theatre Workshop.
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THE TOP TEN SHOW 2011 - 15
PodCast
DOCTOR WHO: THE MONTHLY ADVENTURES Dr. Lisa Zetterling 2015
movies
SEPTEMBER 11 (Segment: "India") Sylvia Franko 2002
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ENCHANTED Dancer 2007
HYDE PARK ON HUDSON Superstitious Maid 2011
LOVE AND OTHER ANXIETIES 2011
ON LETTING GO Nell 2013
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Music Video
THE STAVES: BLACK AND WHITE Patricia Harding
Video Games
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SOMA Catherine Chun 2015
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CYBERPUNK 2022: PHANTOM LIBERTY
THEATER
HAIR 1997 Jeanie The Studio Theatre Washington, D. C.
NO. 11 (BLUE AND WHITE) 2002 McGinn/Cazale Theater
ORANGE. LEMON. EGG. CANARY 2003 Trilby Actors Theatre of Louisville
CRIMES OF THE HEART 2004 4th Street Y Theater NYC
BLACK COMEDY Carol Melkett 2007 Barrington Stage Company Pittsfield, MA
DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS 2009 Christine Colgate The Gateway Playhouse
THE DIARY OF A TEENAGE GIRL 2010 Kimmie 3LD Art and Technology Center
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FLASHBACK, ALEXIS' MOM
MIA MARTIN
10/19/1965 - Present
MARIENHOF Bettina Lindner 1996 - 98
GENERAL HOSPITAL Kristin Bergmann 2002
and
ANNA, SCHMIDT UND OSKAR Anna 1992 - 93
ALMENRAUSCH UND PULVERSCHNEE Rosi Gmeiner 1993
UNSERE SCHULE IST DIE BESTE Helga Zeuner 1995
movie
JOSEFINE Josefine (Young) 1989
UND TÄGLICH GRÜßT DER MARIENHOF 1996
DIE ZWILLINGSSCHWESTERN AUS TIROL Resi Gmeiner 1997 (Made for T. V.)
INTO THE ARMS OF STRANGERS: STORIES OF THE KINDERTRANSPORT 2000
VALKYRIE Minor Role 2008
THE DISSECTION OF THANKSGIVING Minor Role 2008
TOO COLD TO SWIM Sabine 2018
FROM MAGNUM TO THE SEVENTH FLOOR
PATRICK FRANCIS BISHOP
4/11/1958 - PresentGENERAL HOSPITAL Tey Se Chung Fall 1985
Dr. Yank Se Chung 9/4/1985 - 3/16/1987
and
MAGNUM, P. I. Pat/ Keoki 1981 - 84
@Wendy 's HUNTER CONNECTION A 3 - Fer
HUNTER "Dead on Target" Parts 1 & 2 Richard Wing 11/12 & 19/1988
"Honorable Profession" Richard Wing 12/15/1988
MISSION IMPOSSIBLE Prince Selmun (2 Episodes) 1989
MATCH GAME Contestant 2012
movies
BUDDY BUDDY Native 1981
WOMEN OF VALOR Captain Matome Nakayama 1986
HARD JUDGMENT Webster 1995
STARSHIP TROOPERS Engineering Officer 1997
A VOW TO CHERISH Executive # 2 1999
PICTURE OF JOSEPH 2008
Patrick Francis Bishop wants recognition
November 21, 1986 Jae-Ha Kim
By Jae-Ha Kim
Chicago Sun-Times
November 21, 1986
(LOS ANGELES) A lot of people are fooled by his name. Patrick Francis Bishop sounds about as American as you can get. But the Eurasian star of “General Hospital” considers himself more Asian than Caucasian.
“I think it’s the same for most kids of mixed marriages,” Bishop said. “If a person’s half black and half white, society tends to think of him or her as black.”
Bishop, who’s half Japanese and half Irish, co-stars in “Women of Valor,” a made-for-television movie that will air at 8 p.m. Sunday on WBBM-Channel 2. It stars Kristy McNichol and Susan Sarandon.
“One of my strong hopes as an actor is to break the gap between the Asian and the Caucasian,” Bishop said. “I’d like to go beyond the stereotype of the bucktoothed, servile cook or houseboy. There’s just so much more than that.
“In the movie, I play Capt. Nakayama. He was born and raised in San Francisco but went to school in Japan. The war breaks out, he gets inducted into the Japanese army, and has to fight against America. Nakayama isn’t trusted by the other soldiers because he was raised in America, but the Americans don’t trust him, either, because he’s Japanese. He’s a man of honor and he’s strong. But he’s confused as to where his allegiance lies. He’s a good character to play.”
Bishop, 28, got a relatively late start in acting. Although he did some plays in school, he didn’t seriously think of pursuing acting as a career until he was 19. He studied with acting coaches and auditioned for every part he heard about.
Eventually, he did commercials for United Airlines and guest-starring roles on “Hawaiian Heat” and “Hawaii Five-O.” He landed minor parts in several feature films, the most memorable being Jack Lemmon’s “Buddy, Buddy” and Tom Selleck’s “Memories Are Forever.”
But until last year, when he joined “General Hospital” as Dr. Yank Se Chung, Bishop was best known to television viewers as Keoki, the bartender on “Magnum P.I.” When his character was sent off to prison, Bishop checked into the hospital.
“I’m happy with the changes my character’s going through on `General Hospital’ because he was kind of wishy-washy in the beginning,” Bishop said. “He has more of a sense of direction now. Yank has integrity and he has a variety of goals he’s working toward. The writers are trying to let him keep his ethnicity while showing that he’s still as American as the other actors.”
Bishop acknowledged that he has had better luck at getting parts than some of his full-blooded Asian colleagues because he looks like an airbrushed version of an Asian leading man.
“Asians know that I’m Eurasian, but most other people can’t tell if I’m full-blooded or not,” Bishop said. “It’s in the eyes of the beholder, I guess. I think that because I have some Caucasian characteristics – I’m tall, I have large eyes – it’s been harder for people to throw me into the busboy category, fortunately for me. That’s been a help to me in my career.
“Also, when I go to read for a role, people don’t know right away that I’ll have black hair and brown eyes because you can’t tell by my name what I am. I would love to play a part that was originally written for a white man, or a black man, and not necessarily a Chinese or Japanese man.”
Bishop has taken up the martial arts, partially because people expect him to know them but mainly because they help him concentrate. He swims, meditates, and sticks to his vegetarian diet.
Bishop said he must be mellowing because he was hyperactive as a child. His foster parents were in the military, so he lived all over Europe and the United States before they settled in Hawaii 16 years ago. While still in his teens, Bishop traveled on his own to India, Thailand, Australia, Malaysia and New Zealand.
“I went to a lot of third-world countries to learn,” Bishop said. “I didn’t just say, `OK, I’m going to travel.’ I was on a spiritual quest and I was searching to understand more about life.
“I almost died in India. I got very, very ill. I had tuberculosis, Bombay fever, hepatitis. . .you name it – I got it over there. I lived there for a year and I miraculously recovered with flying colors. That’s when I began to get into meditation and all. It was pretty unreal.”
Today, Bishop doesn’t have much time to travel and, if he gets sick, he has to nurse himself back to health so he won’t mess up the soap opera’s stringent shooting schedule.
“Like most actors, I want to do feature films,” Bishop said. “But a lot of great actors have come out of soaps. It’s a grueling experience, but it’s worth it. For myself, I hope to become like (Hong Kong-born actor) John Lone someday. And for my people, I hope that the exposure I’m getting will help other Asians get work in film and television. We’re an untapped resource.”
GH'S LATEST UNNECESSARY VILLAIN...
ANDREW HAWKES
Also Credited as Andy Hawkes
6/11/1966 - Present
PARTY OF FIVE Very Bad Poet 1996
THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS Thief 2014
GENERAL HOSPITAL W. S. B. Director Ross Cullum 1/14/2026 - Present
and
SIEGFRIED AND ROY: MASTERS OF THE IMPOSSIBLE Siegfried (V) 1996
24 Scott Evans (2 Episodes) 2006
THE DEFENDERS Detective Vincent Carvelli (2 Episodes) 2010
NCIS Metro P. D. Detective Dan Campbell (2 Episodes) 2015; 2016
CLEAR BLUE SKIES Paul 2017
PodCast
STAR WARS: RETURN OF THE JEDI THE ORIGINAL RADIO DRAMA (V) 1996
movies
VOICE FROM THE GRAVE Eric Sylvester 1996 (Made for T. V.)
KOUNTERFEIT Tommy "Hopscotch" Hopkins 1996
DOGTOWN Brad Bradley 1997
SINBAD: THE BATTLE OF THE DARK KNIGHTS Cussler 1998
THE HUNTER'S MOON Jack 1999
INTERCEPTOR FORCE Morgan 1999
DYING ON THE EDGE Ricky 2001
CONTAGION Daniels 2002
WYATT EARP'S REVENGE Livery Man 2012
NOTHING IN LOS ANGELES Tom 2013
THE LIGHT Dan Valesquez 2015
SHOW BUSINESS Arthur Krimp 2016
GYLT Paul 2016
KAJILLIONAIRE Man Pumping Gas 2020
FINDING FAITH Cedric 2025
Video Games
CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS 2010
CALL OF THE DEAD Frustrated Zombie 2011
CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS 2: Mark McKnight 2012
CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS 3 2015
CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS 4 2018
THEATER
CAMELOT 1988 Page Theatre Virginia
COLE 1988 Ensemble Wayside Theatre
DESIRE UNDER THE ELMS 1988 Ensemble Wayside Theatre
POSSESSED FOR ROMANCE 1988 Jefferson Wayside Theatre
THE HOUNDS OF THE BASKERVILLES (World Premiere) 1988 Clayton Wayside Theatre
OWNERS 1992 Buffalo Theatre Ensemble
INCIDENT AT VICHY (Concert Staging) 2002 German Major L. A. Theatre Works
BUG 2007 Jerry Gross LATC
BANG THE DRUM SLOWLY Sir Goldman;; Sir Thomas; Detective Rogers LATC
HELLCAB Tamarind Theater
PICASSO IN THELAPIN AGILE Pablo Picasso
KILLER JOE Killer Joe Cooper Buffalo Theatre
NEVER COME MORNING Bruno; Lefty Bicek Prop Theatre
COPS AND FRIENDS OF COPS
THE GOOD STENO
MURDER IN THE FIRST
THE ART OF SUCCESS
BLACK AND BLUE
UNCERTAIN HOUR
ROMEO AND JULIE
Marriage -- Sasha Hawkes 2 Children -- Emma and Jackson
HER BROTHER ALSO APPEARED IN DAYTIME
RUTH WHITE
Also Credited as Bessie Bookbinder
4/24/1914 - 12/3/1969
CAPTAIN VIDEO AND HIS VIDEO RANGERS Mrs. Bullfinch 10/20/1952
ONE WOMAN'S EXPERIENCE (ONE WOMAN'S STORY)
"Send My Love" Unknown Role 1952
TRUE STORY
"?" Unknown Role 10/15/1960
THE DOCTORS AND THE NURSES Miss Halpern 1962
Sally Carroll 1965
and
HANDS OF MYSTERY 1949 - 52
MISTER PEEPERS Mrs. Murchison (2 Episodes) 1953
LAMP UNTO MY FEET 1955 - 59
movies
EDGE OF THE CITY Katherine Nordmann 1957
THE NUN'S STORY Mother Marcella -- (School of Medicine) 1959
LULLABY Mother 1960 (Made for T. V.)
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD Mrs. Dubose 1962
LITTLE MOON OF ALBAN Shelah Mangan 1964 (Made for T. V.)
BABY THE RAIN MUST FALL Miss Clara 1965
A RAGE TO LIVE Mrs. Bannon 1965
CAST A GIANT SHADOW Mrs. Chaisson 1966
UP THE DOWN STAIRCASE Beatrice Schacter 1967
THE TIGER MAKES OUT Mrs. Kelly 1967
JOHNNY BELINDA Aggie McDonald 1967 (Made for T. V.)
NO WAY TO TREAT A LADY Mrs. Himmel 1968
HANG 'EM HIGH Madame "Peaches" Sophie 1968
A LOVELY WAY TO DIE Cook 1968
CHARLEY Mrs. Apple 1968
LET ME HEAR YOU WHISPER Helen 1969 (Made for T. V.)
MIDNIGHT COWBOY Sally Buck 1969
THE REIVERS Miss Reba 1969
THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS Mrs. Popper 1971
BROADWAY
THE OFFICE Never Opened The Princess
THE IVY GREEN 4/5/1949 Martha Tripham
THE PONDER HEART 2/16/1956 - 6/23/1956 Teacake Magee
THE HAPPIEST MILLIONAIRE 11/20/1956 - 7/13/1957 Mrs. Benjamin Duke
RASHOMON 1/27/1957 - 6/13/1959 Mother
THE WARM PENINSULA 10/20/1959 - 1/2/1960 Iris Floria
BIG FISH, LITTLE FISH 3/15/1961 - 6/10/1961 Edith Maitland
LORD PENGO 11/19/1962 - 4/20/1963 Primrose Drury
BAREFOOT IN THE PARK 10/23/1963 - 6/25/1967 Replacement -- Mrs. Banks 6/29/1964 - 7/18/1964
ABSENCE OF CELLO 9/21/1964 - 1/4/1965 Celia Pilgrim
MALCOLM 1/11/1966 - 1/15/1966 Madame Girard
LITTLE MURDERS 4/25/1967 - 4/29/1967 Marjorie Newquist
THE BIRTHDAY PARTY 10/3/1967 - 1/20/1968 Meg ****** TONY AWARD NOMINEE - BEST FEATURED ACTRESS IN A PLAY
BOX/QUOTATIONS FROM CHAIRMAN MAO TSE-TUNG 9/30/1968 - 10/26/1968
BOX -- Voice
THEATER
???A NIGHT OF DRAMA-DANCING-MUSIC (World Premiere) 1930 The Neighborhood Playhouse
A BILL OF DIVORCEMENT 1947 Hester Fairfield Olney Maryland
THE HEIRESS 1949 Bug Bucks County Playhouse
THE SILVER WHISTLE 1950 Bucks County Playhouse
LIGHT OF THE SKY 1950 Bucks County Playhouse
THE VELVET GLOVE 1950 Bucks County Playhouse
GOODBYE, MY FANCY 1950 Ellen Griswold Bucks County Playhouse
COME BACK, LITTLE SHEBA 1951 Lola Bucks County Playhouse
MISS MABEL 1951 Mrs. Wilson Bucks County Playhouse
THE ANIMAL KINGDOM 1951 Grace Macomber Bucks County Playhouse
SUSPECT 1951 Goudie McIntyre Bucks County Playhouse
ALICE IN WONDERLAND 1951 The Movie Queen Bucks County Playhouse
OUR TOWN 1953 Mrs. Soames Bucks County Playhouse
GLAD TIDINGS 1953 Mrs MacDonald Bucks County Playhouse
OLD ACQUAINTANCE 1953 Mildred Bucks County Playhouse
THE GLASS MENAGERIE 1953 Amanda Wingfield Bucks County Playhouse
MEET THE WIFE 1953 Bucks County Playhouse
THE LITTLE FOXES 1953 Birdie Hubbard Bucks County Playhouse
THE LITTLE FOXES 1955 Birdie Hubbard Bucks County Playhouse
THE HAPPIEST MILLIONAIRE 1956 Mrs. Benjamin Duke Hanna Theatre Cleveland
MAIDENS AND MISTRESSES AT HOME AT THE ZOO 1958 Isabella Theatre De Lys
HAPPY DAYS (Beckett) 1961 Winnie Cherry Lane Theatre
DOUBLE TALK 1964 Sarah; Sarah the Sax Theatre DeLys
HAPPY DAYS 1965 Winnie Cherry Lane Theatre
AMERICA HURRAH 1966 Motel Keeper's Voice Pocket Theatre
WHISPER TO ME
Family Ties
Parents -- Charles Vincent White, Sr. and Jane Gibbons
Siblings -- Mary Cecile White; Genevieve White; Richard Francis White; Charles White
RUTH WHITE, 55, OF STAGE AND TV; Actress Who Won Emmy in 'Little Moon of Alban' Dies
PERTH AMBOY, N. J., Dec. 3 -Ruth White, a character actress who played dozens of roles on Broadway, in the movies and on television, died this evening of cancer at Perth Amboy General Hospital. She was 55 years old. A funeral mass will be offered Monday at 11 A.M. at St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church here.
A Familiar Talent
When Ruth White made her Broadway debut in 1949 in the short-lived "The Ivy Green,' Brooks Atkinson wrote in The New York Times that "as the family servant, Ruth White is excellent, substituting real character for the usual character acting in such parts.” Miss White became accustomed to such praise, and accustomed to playing character parts. She never became a star, but by appearing in dozens of plays, movies and television shows, her face and talent became familiar to millions. On Broadway she appeared opposite Charles Boyer in "Lord Pengo"; she was a Philadelphia grande dame in "The Happiest Millionaire," and she was Jason Robard's mistress in "Big Fish, Little Fish," for which she won a Drama Critics Circle Award. She won an Emmy award for her role as the mother on television's "Little Moon of Alban." Her movies included "Up the Down Staircase,” “To Kill a Mockingbird," "The Nun's Story," "Midnight Cowboy" and the yet unreleased "The Rivers" and "The Pursuit of Happiness," the last of which she completed shortly before she entered the hospital.
Ruth Catherine White, born April 24, 1914, into a family that had been in Perth Amboy for more than 150 years, was the daughter of Charles V. and Jane Gibbons White. She attended St. Mary's High School in her hometown and was graduated from Douglass College in New Brunswick, N. J. From 1938 to 1940 she studied acting with Maria Ouspenskaya in New York.
An 85-Minute Monologue
During the 1940's Miss White appeared in stock productions in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, and from 1945 to 1956 she was a resident actress at the Bucks County Playhouse. Her first important Broadway role was that of Teacake McGee, a spinster, in "The Ponder Heart," in 1956. Miss White liked to appear in off-beat plays, and one of her biggest successes was the Off Broadway production of Samuel Beckett's "Happy Days," in 1961. The play was an 85-minute tour de force for Miss White. She spoke almost without interruption-except for a few grunts from the only other performer, a man, and throughout the play she had to sit up to her waist or neck in a mound of sand. Howard Taubman of The Times said, "She plays Winnie with heartrending pathos." The role won Miss White an Obie award as best Off. Broadway actress of the season. Miss White's most recent Broadway play was Harold Pinter's "The Birthday Party," in which she starred as the landlady, in 1967. Her recorded voice was heard in "Box," one of two Edward Albee plays presented together last year, and as the motel-keeper in "America Hurrah." Miss White, who never married, had an apartment at 888 Eighth Avenue, but when she was not appearing on the stage or in films, she shared the family home at 193 Front Street, Perth Amboy, with a sister, Mrs. Genevieve White Driscoll. She is also survived by two brothers, Richard and Charles V. White, an actor now appearing in "The Front Page” revival on Broadway. Both live in Perth Amboy.
"BADDERLY BABE"
ANNA GARDUNO
Also Credited as Anna Garduna; Anna Gray Garduno
11/22/1959 - Present
ABC AFTERSCHOOL SPECIALS "She Drinks a Little" Sherrie Bergman 1981
ALL MY CHILDREN Lisa 1990
ONE LIFE TO LIVE Gloria Mundy 1990
FELICITY Waitress 1999
and
JAMES AT 16 First Girl 1978
EIGHT IS ENOUGH Rona 1979
MISTER MERLIN Teenager 1981 - 82
TONDE BUURIN Harley Hoover 1994 - 96
DIGIMON ADVENTURES Palmon; Tanemon (V) 1999 - 2000
DIGIMON ADVENTURE 02 Palmon (V) 2000 - 01
KIOKA Kioka (V)
movies
UNDERDOGS
STEELTOWN Alma (Guest) 1979
HE'S FIRED, SHE'S HIRED Woman on Pay Phone 1984
THE DRIFTER Matty 1988
TRUST ME Woman in Sandals 1989
MAD DOG COLE Rosie 1992
DIGIMON ADVENTURE Little Boy 1 A (E) 1999
THE NEXT BIG THING Coffee Shop Waitress 2000
DIGIMON ADVENTURE: OUR WAR GAME Palmon; Yasuko (Aunt Bea) (E) 2000
DIGIMON ADVENTURE 02: HURRICANE TOUCHDOWN! THE GOLDEN DIGIMENTALS Little Boy 3 B (E) 2000
DIGIMON: THE MOVIE Boy # 2; Palmon; Aunt Bea 2000
JAKE AND DAXTER: OUTTAKES Keisa (V) 2003
THE LAST RUN Hostess 2004
WHEN DARKNESS CAME: THE MAKING OF "THE MIST" 2008
THE MIST: TAMING THE BEAST: THE MAKING OF SCENE 35 2008
DIGIMON ADVENTURE TRI. PART 1: Reunion Palmon (E) 2015
DIGIMON ADVENTURE TRI. PART 2: Determination Palmon; Tanemon (E) 2016
DIGIMON ADVENTURE TRI. PART 3: Confession Palmon (E) 2016
DIGIMON ADVENTURE TRI. PART 4: Loss Tanemon; Palmon (E) 2017
GOLD STAR Maria 2017
DIGIMON ADVENTURE TRI. PART 6: Future Palmon; Tanemon (E) 2018
DIGIMON ADVENTURE TRI. LAST EVOLUTION Palmon (E) 2020
Upcoming
THE CLUTTERBUCKS Carlotta Birch TBA Post Production
RED LINING Housewife Radio Voice TBA Completed
Video Games
CRASH BASH Coco Bandicoot 2000
JAK AND DAXTER: THE PRECURSOR LEGACY Keira 2001
JAK II Keira 2003
THEATER
THE MARRIAGE PROPOSAL
THE QUICK CHANGE ROOM
ROSEMARY AND GEORGE
MODRIGLIANI
THE ORCHESTRA
FAMILY CREST
FATHER WAS A PECULIAR MAN
DADDY MEETS DURGA
SPATIAL RELATIONS
VAUDEVILLE
EPITAPH FOR GEORGE DILLON
QUOTE THE RAVEN
IKEY IKEY NYE NYE NYE
DINED AT ALICE'S RESTAURANT
JOSEPH BOLEY
2/3/1901 - 9/22/1970
Also Credited as Joe Boley
RADIO
Announcer for various radio stations.
TELEVISION
TRUE STORY
"?" Mike Cassidy 6/18/1960
LOVE IS A MANY SPLENDORED THING Charlie 1970
and
OUR AMERICAN HERITAGE NOT IN VAIN
SHOW OF THE WEEK: MOVIE STAR
movies
BUTTERFIELD 8 Messenger 1960
ALICE'S RESTAURANT Woody 1969
HUSBANDS Minister 1970
BROADWAY
TOO LATE THE PHALAROPE 10/1/1956 - 11/10/1956Matthew "Kappie" Kaplan
THEATER
THE BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE 1956 Dan Hillboy Theater East
PALE HORSE, PALE RIDER 1957 Danny Dickerson Jan Hus Playhouse
ELECTRA (Kennedy Adaptation) 1958 Peasant Jan Hus Playhouse
AND THE WIND BLOWS 4/28/1959 Nbo Jango St. Mark's Playhouse
MARY MARY 1967 Melville Holyrod Productions Parker Playhouse
A CALCULATED RISK Jonathan Travis Paper Mill Playhouse
CAREER ANGEL Priest Blackfriars Theater
CITY OF KINGS Brother Ferando Blackfriars Theater
AS YOU LIKE IT Adam La Mama Experimental Theater
HADRIAN VII Cardinal-Archdeacon Parker Playhouse & Coconut Grove Playhouse
IN CASE OF ACCIDENT Unknown role Eastside Playhouse
UNCLE VANYA Serebryakov Purdue Experimental Theater & Charles Playhouse
OF MICE AND MEN Candy Purdue Professional Theater
THE HOSTAGE Chaplain The Playhouse in the Park
CRYSTAL AND FOX McAlpin Rooftop Theater
TOBACCO ROAD Jeeter Theatre Atlanta
ROYAL HUNT Miguel Estete
IN CASE OF ACCIDENT Eastside Playhouse
Big thanks for extra info from @jam6242
@Paul Raven @Bright Eyes @Vee
More in an hour or so...
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