Frances Hussey Sternhagen (born January , ) is an American actress;
she has appeared on- and off-Broadway, in movies, and on TV since the
s.Sternhagen was born in Washington, DC, the daughter of John M.
Sternhagen, a U.S. Tax Court judge, and Gertrude (née Hussey).
Sternhagen was educated at the Madeira and Potomac schools in McLean,
Virginia. At Vassar College, she was elected head of the Drama Club
"after silencing a giggling college crowd at a campus dining hall with
her interpretation of a scene from Richard II, playing none other than
Richard himself". She also studied at the Perry Mansfield School of
the Theatre, and New York City's Neighborhood Playhouse.Sternhagen
started her career teaching acting, singing, and dancing to school
children at Milton Academy in Massachusetts, and she first performed
in at a Bryn Mawr summer theater in The Glass Menagerie and Angel
Street. She went on to work at Washington's Arena Stage from â€", then
made her Broadway debut in as Miss T. Muse in The Skin of Our Teeth.
The same year, she had her off-Broadway debut in Thieves' Carnival"
and her TV debut in "The Great Bank Robbery" on "Omnibus" (CBS). By
the following year, she had won an off-Broadway Obie Award for
"Distinguished Performance (Actress)" in The Admirable Bashville(â€").
she has appeared on- and off-Broadway, in movies, and on TV since the
s.Sternhagen was born in Washington, DC, the daughter of John M.
Sternhagen, a U.S. Tax Court judge, and Gertrude (née Hussey).
Sternhagen was educated at the Madeira and Potomac schools in McLean,
Virginia. At Vassar College, she was elected head of the Drama Club
"after silencing a giggling college crowd at a campus dining hall with
her interpretation of a scene from Richard II, playing none other than
Richard himself". She also studied at the Perry Mansfield School of
the Theatre, and New York City's Neighborhood Playhouse.Sternhagen
started her career teaching acting, singing, and dancing to school
children at Milton Academy in Massachusetts, and she first performed
in at a Bryn Mawr summer theater in The Glass Menagerie and Angel
Street. She went on to work at Washington's Arena Stage from â€", then
made her Broadway debut in as Miss T. Muse in The Skin of Our Teeth.
The same year, she had her off-Broadway debut in Thieves' Carnival"
and her TV debut in "The Great Bank Robbery" on "Omnibus" (CBS). By
the following year, she had won an off-Broadway Obie Award for
"Distinguished Performance (Actress)" in The Admirable Bashville(â€").
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