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Marsha Mason
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April 3, 1942 in St. Louis, MO
Biography:A former dancer and New York theater star, "Marsha Mason" never quite reached the heights of stardom suggested by her early film career. Still she remains a respected supporting and occasional leading Hollywood actress and has four Oscar nominations to prove it. In film, Mason started out playing bit parts. She also appeared on television in such series as Dr. Kildare. She had her first substantial film role in "Hot Rod Hulaballoo" (1966). Her first big break came after she traveled to San Francisco to appear in an American Conservatory Theater production of Private Lives directed by "Francis Ford Coppola". While on the West Coast she played a supporting role in "Paul Mazursky"'s "Blume in Love" (1973). It was her stage work, however, that led filmmaker "Mark Rydell" to cast her as a pregnant single mother who prostitutes herself in Seattle in "Cinderella Liberty" (1973). She beat out "Barbra... Full Biography
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Rebecca Gayheart, Marsha Mason, Delta Burke, Christine Ebersole, Frances Sternhagen and Lily Rabe
Rebecca Gayheart, Marsha Mason, Delta Burke, Christine Ebersole, Frances Sternhagen and Lily Rabe
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