Debra Monk
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Debra Monk (born February 27, 1949) is an American actress, singer, and writer, best known for her performances on the Broadway stage. Monk has received a Tony Award and Emmy Awards. Monk was born in Middletown, Ohio. She was voted "best personality" by the graduating class at Wheaton High School in Silver Spring,Maryland. She graduated from Frostburg State University in 1973. In 1975, Monk received a Master of Fine Arts degree from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. Monk garnered first attention in theatrical circles as one of the co-writers and co-stars of the 1982 musical Pump Boys and Dinettes. She has won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for performance in Redwood Curtain (1993). She also was nominated an Tony Award for roles in Picnic (1994), Steel Pier (1997), and Curtains (2007). In 2000, she has won Obie Award for The Time of the Cuckoo. Monk has appeared in over 30 films as of early 1990s. She made her film debut in the movie version of Prelude to a Kiss, playing Aunt Dorothy. She later appeared in The Bridges of Madison County and The Devil's Advocate. On television, she has won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series for recurring performance as Katie Sipowicz in the ABC series, NYPD Blue. She also guest-starred on Law & Order, Desperate Housewives, The Closer, and Girls. Monk had a recurring roles in A Nero Wolfe Mystery (2001-2002), Grey's Anatomy (2006-2011), and Damages (2007-2012).
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- 2022 · The Gilded Age as Armstrong
- 2020 · Standing Up, Falling Down as Jeanie Rollins
- 2018 · Tell Me a Story as Esther Thorn
- 2018 · New Amsterdam as Karen Brantley
- 2017 · The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel as Helen Dyer
- 2016 · Bull as Sandy Harper
- 2016 · Demolition as Davis' Mom
- 2016 · Crowded as Linda
- 2015 · Blindspot as Colonel Powers
- 2015 · Sneaky Pete as Connie Persikof
- 2014 · This Is Where I Leave You as Linda Callen
- 2014 · Mozart in the Jungle as Betty Cragdale
- 2012 · The Brass Teapot as Trudy
- 2012 · One for the Money as Mrs. Plum
- 2011 · Good Luck Charlie, It's Christmas! as Petunia
- 2011 · American Horror Story as Virginia Harding
- 2010 · The Other Woman as Laura Greenleaf
- 2010 · Hot in Cleveland as Loretta
- 2010 · Good Luck Charlie as Petunia
- 2009 · White Collar as Mrs. Mitchell
- 2009 · The Good Wife as Tracy Mintz
- 2009 · Glee as Mrs. Schuester
- 2008 · The Great Buck Howard as Doreen
- 2007 · The Savages as Nancy Lachman
- 2007 · Damages as
- 2007 · Damages as Deniece Parsons
- 2006 · Brothers and Sisters as Alexandra Kirby
- 2005 · The Producers as Lick Me-Bite Me
- 2005 · Ghost Whisperer as Anne Sullivan
- 2005 · Dark Water as Young Dahlia's Teacher
- 2005 · The Closer as Mary Summers
- 2005 · Grey's Anatomy as Louise O'Malley
- 2005 · Palindromes as Mama Sunshine
- 2004 · Desperate Housewives as Marcella
- 2003 · Eloise at Christmastime as Maggie the Carriage Driver
- 2003 · Eloise at the Plaza as Maggie the Carriage Driver
- 2003 · The Music Man as Mrs. Paroo
- 2003 · Milwaukee, Minnesota as Edna Burroghs
- 2003 · Plain Dirty as Officer Avon
- 2001 · Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Warden Pellis
- 2001 · Kristin as Jeannie Yancey
- 2001 · A Nero Wolfe Mystery as Rachel Bruner
- 2000 · Center Stage as Nancy
- 1999 · My Favorite Broadway: The Leading Ladies as Self - Performer
- 1999 · Knitwits Revisited as Catherine
- 1998 · Ellen Foster as Aunt Nadine
- 1998 · Bulworth as Helen
- 1998 · LateLine as
- 1997 · The Devil's Advocate as Pam Garrety
- 1997 · In & Out as Mrs. Lester
- 1997 · Knitwits as Catherine
- 1996 · Extreme Measures as Dr. Judith Gruszynski
- 1996 · The First Wives Club as Jilted Lover
- 1996 · The Substance of Fire as Martha Hackett
- 1996 · Mrs. Winterbourne as Lieutenant Ambrose
- 1996 · Bed of Roses as Lewis' Mom
- 1995 · Reckless as Therapist
- 1995 · New York News as
- 1995 · Jeffrey as Mom
- 1995 · The Bridges of Madison County as Madge
- 1995 · Redwood Curtain as Geneva, Laird's Sister
- 1994 · Quiz Show as Kintner's Secretary
- 1993 · Fearless as Alison
- 1993 · For Love or Money as Mrs. Wegman
- 1993 · Frasier as Nurse Karen
- 1992 · Prelude to a Kiss as Aunt Dorothy
- 1990 · Law & Order as Judge G. Proctor
- 1990 · Law & Order as Kathleen O'Brien
- 1990 · Law & Order as Dr. Madelyn Stahl
- 1951 · Hallmark Hall of Fame as Geneva, Laird's Sister
- 1951 · Hallmark Hall of Fame as Aunt Nadine