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Brenda Currin

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Acting

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Female

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Brenda Currin

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.

Known For

Acting

2025Grounded in Loveas Beulah
20246 morts dans la nuit : « De sang-froid » – Truman Capoteas Self
2023Daughter of the Brideas Aunt Marci
2021Gossip Girlas Chairwoman Hartshorn
2020Gossamer Foldsas Maybelle
2019Christmas Bellesas Maude
2019Out of Blueas Nancy the Waitress
1991Diary of a Hitmanas Neighbor Lady
1990Tales from the Darksideas Sarah Kimble
1984C.H.U.D.as Francine the Landlady
1983Trick or Treatas Sarah Kimble
1983Going Berserkas Sal's Secretary
1982The World According to Garpas Pooh
1981Redsas Marjorie Jones
1979The Scarlet Letteras Goodie Ingles
1967In Cold Bloodas Nancy Clutter

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