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Brenda Currin
- Department:Acting
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Biography:
Brenda Currin is an OBIE Award winning actress. Brenda's career began as Nancy Clutter in In Cold Blood. She went on to play Pooh Percy in The World According To Garp with Robin Williams, and appeared in Taps, Reds, and the cult classic C.H.U.D., among others. Brenda worked in the New York theater scene, on and Off Broadway for much of her adult life. She is acclaimed for her two one-person shows based on Eudora Welty's work, Sister and Miss Lexie and A Fire Was In My Head. eudoraweltyonstage.co . In 1990 Brenda left the theater to get a Master's degree in anthropology and then co-founded What Girls Know, a theater program for the healthy development of adolescent girls, which she directed in NYC and other parts of the country for the next 15 years. Since returning to acting, she has worked continually in New York, with concentration on the works of Tennessee Williams, Jane Bowles, Harper Lee, Horton Foote, and a new play, Mr. Toole (Vivian Neuwirth) as Thelma Toole. Brenda's recent film/TV work includes Gossamer Folds, Out Of Blue and Claws. She now resides in New Orleans.
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Acting and producing career
Acting
- 2025movie
Grounded in Love
as Beulah
- 2024movie
6 morts dans la nuit : « De sang-froid » – Truman Capote
as Self
- 2023movie
Daughter of the Bride
as Aunt Marci
- 2020movie
Gossamer Folds
as Maybelle
- 2019movie
Christmas Belles
as Maude
- 2019movie
Out of Blue
as Nancy the Waitress
- 1991movie
Diary of a Hitman
as Neighbor Lady
- 1990movie
Tales from the Darkside
as Sarah Kimble
- 1984movie
C.H.U.D.
as Francine the Landlady
- 1983movie
Trick or Treat
as Sarah Kimble
- 1983movie
Going Berserk
as Sal's Secretary
- 1982movie
The World According to Garp
as Pooh
- 1981movie
Reds
as Marjorie Jones
- 1967movie
In Cold Blood
as Nancy Clutter
- -tv
Gossip Girl
as Chairwoman Hartshorn
- -tv
The Scarlet Letter
as Goodie Ingles