Maryann Plunkett | |
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Born | c. 1953 (age 63–64) Lowell, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1982–present |
Spouse(s) | Jay O. Sanders (October 1, 1991–present) |
Children | Jamie Sanders |
Maryann Plunkett (born c. 1953) is an American actress. Plunkett has performed on the stage both on Broadway and Off-Broadway. She has appeared in all of the Richard Nelson Apple Family Plays.
Plunkett graduated from the University of New Hampshire, and was a founding member of Portland Stage repertory company in Maine.
She appeared on Broadway as Bernadette Peters' replacement as "Dot" in Sunday in the Park with George in 1985. In 1987 she won the Tony Award for Best Leading Actress in a Musical for her performance as "Sally Smith" in Me and My Girl.
She appeared in the 1991 Broadway revival of Arthur Miller's The Crucible, in which she played Elizabeth Proctor opposite Martin Sheen as John Proctor, in an all-star cast including Michael York and Fritz Weaver. She was part of the Tony Randall National Actors Theatre company, and performed in their production of Saint Joan by Shaw in 1993 on Broadway. She performed in the National Actors Theatre productions of A Little Hotel on the Side by Georges Feydeau and Maurice Desvallières on Broadway in 1992, and in The Seagull by Anton Chekov in 1992.
Plunkett has appeared in film in Breaking the Silence and on television as guest star on Star Trek: The Next Generation and Law & Order.