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Patti Lupone

Patti LuPone
Patti Lupone Drama League.jpg
LuPone at 2010 Drama League
Born Patti Ann LuPone
(1949-04-21) April 21, 1949 (age 67)
Northport, New York, United States
Residence Edisto Beach, South Carolina, United States
Education Guthrie Theater
Alma mater Juilliard School (BFA, 1972)
Occupation Actress, singer
Years active 1972–present
Spouse(s) Matthew Johnston (1988–present)
Children 1
Website pattilupone.net

Patti Ann LuPone (born April 21, 1949) is an American actress and singer, best known for her work in stage musicals. She is a two-time Grammy Award winner and a two-time Tony Award winner. She is also a 2006 American Theater Hall of Fame inductee.

LuPone began her professional career with The Acting Company in 1972 and made her Broadway debut in Three Sisters in 1973. She received the first of six (as of 2017) Tony Award nominations for the 1975 musical The Robber Bridegroom. She won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her role as Eva Perón in the 1979 original Broadway production of Evita. She played Fantine in the original London cast of Les Misérables and Moll in The Cradle Will Rock, winning the 1985 Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her work in both. She won a second Tony Award for her role as Rose in the 2008 Broadway revival of Gypsy.

Other stage musical performances include her Tony-nominated role as Reno Sweeney in the 1987 Broadway revival of Anything Goes, Olivier-nominated role as Norma Desmond in the 1993 original production of Sunset Boulevard in London, Tony-nominated role as Mrs. Lovett in the new 2005 Broadway production of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street and Tony-nominated role as Lucia in the 2010 original Broadway production of Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown. She also won two Grammy Awards for the recording of the 2007 Los Angeles Opera production of Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny in categories of Best Classical Album and Best Opera Recording.


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