Laurie Metcalf Biography
Laurie Metcalf born Laura Elizabeth Metcalf is an American actress. The receiver of several acting awards and nominations, she has won three Primetime Emmy Awards, and two Tony Awards, and has been nominated at the Golden Globe Awards and Academy Awards in her four-decade career.
Metcalf attended Illinois State University and earned her Bachelor of Arts in Theater in 1976. while at the university she met fellow students and went ahead to establish Chicago’s famed Steppenwolf Theater Company. she then started her professional career at Steppenwolf, of which she was a charter member.
Metcalf went to New York to appear in an off-Broadway Steppenwolf production of Balm in Gilead for which she received Obie Award for Actress in 1984. later on, she relocated to New York City and started to work in both film and theater.
Through June 2009, Metcalf starred with French Stewart in Justin Tanner’s play, Voice Lessons, in Hollywood before beginning rehearsals to play Kate Jerome in the Broadway revival of Neil Simon’s semi-autobiographical plays Brighton Beach Memoirs and Broadway Bound. The former production’s run, however, lasted for 9 performances in October 2009, while the latter was canceled prior to opening. voice lessons went on to three more runs- one Off-Broadway in May 2010, another in Hollywood in May 2011, and another in Chicago in May 2016.
In September 2010, Metcalf returned to Steppenwolf and starred in Lisa D’Amours’s play, Detroit. March 2011, she appeared Off-Broadway in The Other Place by Sharr White. She won the 2011 Lucille Lortel Award, for Outstanding Lead Actress, and the 2011 Obie Award, for Performance for The Other Place.
In 2012, Metcalf joined David Suchet in a West End production of Eugene O’Neill’s Long Day’s Journey into Night, for which she was nominated for the Evening Standard Theater Award for Best Actress. In October 2013, Metcalf performed with Jeff Goldblum in Domesticated, she was nominated for the 2014 Lucille Lortel Award, for Outstanding Lead Actress in a play.
Metcalf returned to Broadway in A Doll’s House, Part 2 by Lucas Hnath, which opened in April 2017. he received critical acclaim for her performance and earned nominations for the Tony Award for Actress in a Play, the Drama Desk Award, the Drama League Award for her distinguished performance, and the outer Critics Circle Actress, winning a Tony award.
She returned to Broadway in the 2018 revival of Three Tall Women. she won her consecutive Tony time for Best Featured Actress in a play.
Laurie Metcalf Age
Laurie was born June 16, 1955, in Carbondale, Illinois. She is 69 years old as of 2022. Metcalf celebrates her birthday on June 16 every year.
Laurie Metcalf Family
She is the oldest of three children of Libby (Mars), a librarian, and James Metcalf, a budget director.
Laurie Metcalf Husband
She has been married twice. Her first marriage was to Jeff Perry who is an actor and co-founding member of Steppenwolf Theater Company. Their relationship lasted for just nine years from 1983-1992. Had one daughter, Zoe Perry who is an actress and featured in many movies and TV series like Young Sheldon, The Family, and Roseann.
Laurie Metcalf Children
She is blessed with four children: Zoe Perry, Mae Akins Roth, Will Theron Roth, and Donovan Roth.
Laurie Metcalf Height
Metcalf 5ft 5 (165.1 cm).
Laurie Metcalf Movies
| Year |
Title | Role |
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2019 |
Toy Story 4 |
Mrs. Davis |
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2017 |
Lady Bird |
Marion McPherson |
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2010 |
Toy Story 3 |
Mrs. Davis |
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2008 |
Stop-Loss |
Mrs. Colson |
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2007 |
Meet the Robinsons |
Lucille Krunklehorn-Robinson |
|
Georgia Rule |
Paula Richards | |
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2006 |
Steel City |
Marianne Karn |
|
Beer League |
Mrs. DeVanzo | |
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2005 |
Fun with Dick and Jane |
Phyllis |
|
2002 |
Treasure Planet |
Sarah Hawkins |
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2000 |
Timecode |
Dava Adair |
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1999 |
Runaway Bride | Betty Trout |
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Toy Story 2 | Mrs. Davis | |
|
1998 |
Bulworth |
Mimi |
|
1997 |
U Turn |
Bus Station Clerk |
|
1997 |
Chicago Cab |
Female Ad Exec |
|
Scream 2 |
Debbie Salt / Mrs. Loomis | |
|
1996 |
Dear God |
Rebecca Frazen |
|
1995 |
Leaving Las Vegas |
Landlady |
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Toy Story |
Mrs. Davis | |
| 1994 |
The Secret Life of Houses |
Ann |
|
Blink |
Candice | |
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1993 |
A Dangerous Woman |
Anita Bell |
|
1992 |
Mistress | Rachel Landisman |
|
1991 |
JFK |
Susie Cox |
|
1990 |
Internal Affairs |
Amy Wallace |
|
Pacific Heights |
Stephanie MacDonald | |
|
1989 |
Uncle Buck |
Marcie Dahlgren-Frost |
|
1988 |
Candy Mountain |
Alice |
|
Stars and Bars |
Melissa | |
|
The Appointments of Dennis Jennings |
Emma | |
|
Miles from Home |
Exotic Dancer | |
|
1987 |
Making Mr. Right |
Sandy |
|
1985 |
Desperately Seeking Susan |
Leslie Glass |
| 1978 | A Wedding |
Maid |
Laurie Metcalf TV Shows
|
Year |
Title |
Role |
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2018–present |
The Conners |
Jackie Harris |
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2018 |
American Dad! |
Elizabeth Hadley |
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Supergirl |
Mary McGowan | |
|
2017 |
Portlandia |
Jill |
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Playing House |
Leslie Rollins | |
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The Accidental Wolf |
Ram | |
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2016 |
Horace and Pete |
Sarah |
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2014–15 |
The McCarthys |
Marjorie McCarthy |
|
2014 |
Tim & Eric’s Bedtime Stories |
Gabrielle |
|
2013–15 |
Getting On |
Jenna James |
|
2013 |
The Goodwin Games |
Dr. Richland |
|
2009 |
The Farm |
Warden Margaret Elder |
|
2008–09 |
Easy Money |
Bobette Buffkin |
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2007–present |
The Big Bang Theory |
Mary Cooper |
|
2007 |
The Virgin of Akron, Ohio |
Lydia |
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Raines |
Alice Brody | |
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2006 |
Monk |
Cora |
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Grey’s Anatomy |
Beatrice Carver | |
|
Desperate Housewives |
Carolyn Bigsby | |
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My Boys |
Aunt Phyllis | |
|
2005 |
Without a Trace |
Susan Hopkins |
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2004 |
Malcolm in the Middle |
Susan |
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Frasier |
Nanny G | |
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Absolutely Fabulous |
Crystalline | |
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2003 |
Phil at the Gate |
Teddy Duffy |
|
Charlie Lawrence |
Sarah Dolecek | |
|
2002 |
Two Families |
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2000–11 |
God, the Devil and Bob |
Donna Allman |
|
1999–2001 |
The Norm Show |
Laurie Freeman |
|
1999 |
Balloon Farm |
Casey Johnson |
|
1998 |
Always Outnumbered |
Halley Grimes |
|
The Long Island Incident |
Carolyn McCarthy | |
|
3rd Rock from the Sun |
Jennifer Ravelli | |
|
1997 |
King of the Hill |
Cissy Cobb |
|
The Eddie Files |
Special Agent Hicks | |
|
Life with Louie |
Miss Kinney | |
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Dharma & Greg |
Spyder | |
|
1995–96 |
Duckman |
Various |
|
1988–97, 2018 |
Roseanne |
Jackie Harris |
|
1988 |
Saturday Night Live |
“Laurie Has A Story” |
|
1986 |
The Equalizer |
Theresa |
|
1985 |
The Execution of Raymond Graham |
Carol Graham |
|
1981 |
Saturday Night Live |
Weekend Update Reporter |
Laurie Metcalf Net Worth
Metcalf has an estimated net worth of $14 million dollars.
Laurie Metcalf Awards
Metcalf played the role of Jackie Harris On Roseann for which she won three Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a comedy series.
Laurie Metcalf Big Bang Theory
Mensa-fied best friends and roommates Leonard and Sheldon, physicists who work at the California Institute of Technology, may be able to tell everybody more than they want to know about quantum physics, but getting through most basic social situations, especially ones involving women, totally baffles them. How lucky, then, that babelicious waitress/aspiring actress Penny moves in next door. Frequently seen hanging out with Leonard and Sheldon are friends and fellow Caltech scientists Wolowitz and Koothrappali. Will worlds collide? Does Einstein theorize in the woods?
First episode date: 24 September 2007
Theme song: Big Bang Theory Theme
Laurie Metcalf Young
She plays this poor young thing that comes to the big city and hangs out at this greasy spoon diner where the play is set—is talking about her once boyfriend who is an albino.
Laurie Metcalf Uncle Buck
It is a comedy film, Laurie stars Marcie Dahlgren-Frost in it.
When Cindy (Elaine Bromka) and her husband, Bob (Garrett M. Brown), have to leave town for a family emergency, there is only one person available to babysit for their three kids: Bob’s lazy, carefree brother, Buck (John Candy). While he immediately gets along with the two younger children (Gaby Hoffman, Macaulay Culkin), Buck must change his bachelor’s lifestyle if he wants to be a responsible caregiver for the angst-filled teenager, Tia (Jean Louisa Kelly).
Initial release: 16 August 1989 (USA)
Director: John Hughes
Laurie Metcalf Desperate Housewives
She portrayed the role of Carolyn Bigsby on Desperate Housewives.
Laurie Metcalf Grey’s Anatomy
She played the role of Beatrice, a woman who lies to her daughter about the severity of her cancer diagnosis.
Laurie Metcalf Plastic Surgery
She did her plastic surgery and looked much younger than her age. she looked like a 15-18-year-old yet she was in her 60s.
Laurie Metcalf Mae Akins Roth
Mae Akins Roth, Laurie Metcalf, and Zoe Perry attended Miscast 2018 Honors Laurie Metcalf at Hammerstein Ballroom on March 26, 2018, in New York City.
Laurie Metcalf Lesbian
She played a role of a lesbian in the film Lady Bird. Starred as Marion McPherson.
Laurie Metcalf Snl
she was featured on the April 11 1981 episode which makes her the shortest-tenured actor to appear in the SNL cast, except for Emily Prager, who was also credited for that episode but not appeared at al