Maureen Moore
Acting
Biography
Maureen Moore (born August 12, 1951 in Wallingford, Connecticut) is an American actress. She attended Carnegie Mellon University, majoring in theater and worked at the Great Lakes Shakespeare Festival. Debuting on Broadway in the 1974 revival of Gypsy as Dainty June, Moore has had a long career on stage, as well as appearing in some films and television. She has been cast in a number of major Broadway roles. Moore has notably carved out a niche as standby for the major stars on Broadway in such starring roles as Edie/Edith in Grey Gardens (for Christine Ebersole), Rose in Gypsy (for Bernadette Peters) and Norma Desmond in Sunset Boulevard (for Elaine Paige). On Broadway, Moore has appeared in leading roles (often as standby) in Grey Gardens (2006–07), The Threepenny Opera (2006), Gypsy (2003–04), Cabaret (musical), (1998–2004), Sunset Boulevard (1994–1997), Falsettos (1992–93), Jerome Robbins' Broadway (1989–90), Les Misérables (1987 - 03), Song and Dance (1985–86), Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up? (1982), The Moony Shapiro Songbook as dance captain (1981), Amadeus (1980–83), I Love My Wife (1977–79), and Gypsy (1974–75). Her Off-Broadway credits include First Lady Suite (1993), A Little Night Music at the New York City Opera as Countess Charlotte Malcolm (1990), and Unsung Cole (1977). She has also appeared in national tours including Falsettos in 1993 as Trina. In regional theatre she appeared in Al Jolson Tonight! at The Muny, St. Louis in August 1980, and with the Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera in 1976 in Oklahoma!, Shenandoah and George M! Moore voiced as the witch in the musical Into The Woods. On film, Moore began with the role of Elizabeth in The Goodbye Girl (1978) and appeared in Pope of Greenwich Village (1984) among others.
Known For
This acclaimed Emmy Award-winning anthology series features documentaries and a limited number of fiction films united by the creative freedom, artistic achievement and unflinching visions of their independent producers and featuring unforgettable stories about a unique individual, community or moment in history.
Independent Lens
After being dumped by her live-in boyfriend, an unemployed dancer and her 10-year-old daughter are reluctantly forced to live with a struggling off-Broadway actor.
The Goodbye Girl
Charlie and his troublesome cousin Paulie decide to steal $150000 in order to back a "sure thing" race horse that Paulie has inside information on. The aftermath of the robbery gets them into serious trouble with the local Mafia boss and the corrupt New York City police department.
The Pope of Greenwich Village
This program features the music of Broadway composer Stephen Sondheim in a 1992 performance at Carnegie Hall. An American Musical Theatre writer for over 40 years, Stephen Sondheim has created the scores for hits such as Passion, Assassins, Bounce, Into The Woods, Sunday In The Park With George, Merrily We Roll Along, Sweeney Todd and Pacific Overtures. Featuring: Liza Minnelli, Patti LuPone, Bernadette Peters, Glenn Close and many more.
Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall
Inspired by Ingmar Bergman's Smiles of a Summer Night, a tangled web of affairs is weaved around actress Desirée Armfeldt and the men who love her: lawyer Fredrik Egerman and Count Carl-Magnus Malcom. When Desirée's show travels through Fredrik's town, the estranged lovers' passion rekindles.
New York City Opera: A Little Night Music
A corrupt mayoress fakes a miracle to save her bankrupt town, and the romance between a rational nurse and an easygoing doctor caught in the chaos. A live concert held at Carnegie Hall in New York City as a benefit for the Gay Men's Health Crisis, with Angela Lansbury, who had starred in the original Broadway cast in her stage debut, as the narrator.