| Patricia Wettig | |
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 Wettig at the Emmys, September 1989 |
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| Born | December 4, 1951 Cincinnati, Ohio, USA |
| Spouse(s) | Ken Olin (1982-present) |
Patricia Wettig (born December 4, 1951) is an Emmy-award winning American actress and playwright. "December 4th" redirects here For the song by Jay-Z, see December 4th (song. Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Ken Olin (born July 30, 1954) is an American Actor, director and producer. "December 4th" redirects here For the song by Jay-Z, see December 4th (song. Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January The United States of America —commonly referred to as the An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works A playwright, also known as a dramatist, is a person who writes dramatic literature or Drama.
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Biography
Personal life
Wettig, one of three sisters, was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, the daughter of Florence (née Morlock) and Clifford Neal Wettig, a college basketball coach. Basketball is a team Sport in which two teams of five active players each try to score points against one another by propelling a ball through a 10 feet (3 m [1] She attended Ohio Wesleyan University and graduated from Temple University in 1975. She recently returned to her studies, receiving an M. F. A. in playwriting from Smith College in 2001; a field which she is now concentrating on. Smith College is a private, independent women's liberal arts college located in Northampton Massachusetts. Wettig is married to actor and producer Ken Olin; they have two children, Clifford (b. Ken Olin (born July 30, 1954) is an American Actor, director and producer. 1983) and Roxanne (b. Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) 1986). Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar)
Career
Although Wettig has acted in a number of films (including City Slickers, Guilty by Suspicion, and The Langoliers), she is best known for her work on television. City Slickers is a 1991 Academy Award -winning Comedy Film directed by Ron Underwood and starring Billy Crystal Guilty by Suspicion is a 1991 film about the Hollywood blacklist and associated activities stemming from McCarthyism and the House Un-American The Langoliers is one of four novellas published in the Stephen King book Four Past Midnight in 1990. In particular, she received critical acclaim (and a number of awards) for her role as Nancy Weston on ABC's thirtysomething. The American Broadcasting Company ( ABC) is an American Television network. Thirtysomething is an American Television drama about a group of Baby boomers in their thirties She also portrayed Joanne McFadden on the television program St. Elsewhere. St Elsewhere is a US Drama series that originally ran on NBC from October 26, 1982 to May 25, 1988. In addition, Wettig appeared in a number of popular television programs during the 1980s and 1990s including L.A. Law, Frasier, Hill Street Blues, and Remington Steele. LA Law is an American television Legal drama that ran from 1986 to 1994. Frasier is an American sitcom, a Spin-off of Cheers starring Kelsey Grammer as Hill Street Blues is a serial Police drama that was first aired on NBC in 1981 and ran for 146 episodes on primetime into 1987 Remington Steele is an American television series produced by MTM Enterprises and first broadcast on the NBC network from 1982
Wettig is a featured cast member in the series Brothers & Sisters, which debuted in September 2006, where she portrays the Walker family's patriarch's mistress, Holly Harper. Brothers & Sisters is an American Dramatic television series which centers around the Upper-middle class Walker family and their lives in September 2006 was marked by a controversy surrounding statements made by Pope Benedict XVI regarding Islam, during the same week as the fifth anniversary Holly Harper is a fictional character on the primetime show Brothers & Sisters. Wettig also had the recurring role of CIA psychotherapist Dr. near as long as it used to be several months ago It has been actively summarized and split into sub-articles and there is a dynamic talk page discussion of all Psychotherapy is an Interpersonal, relational intervention used by trained psychotherapists to aid clients in problems of living Judy Barnett on Alias, which was produced and directed by her husband and former thirtysomething co-star Ken Olin. Alias is an American " Spy-fi " television series created by J Ken Olin (born July 30, 1954) is an American Actor, director and producer. Before joining Brothers & Sisters, she played the fictional Vice President Caroline Reynolds on the 2005 Fox television drama, Prison Break. __FORCETOC__ For the Vice President of the United States, their roles and other information see Vice President of the United States. Caroline Reynolds is a Fictional character from the American Television series Prison Break, played by Patricia Wettig. Prison Break is an American action / Serial drama television series that premiered on the Fox Broadcasting Company on August 29 2005
Awards
- 1991: Golden Globe Award - Best Performance by an Actress in a TV-Series (Thirtysomething) (tie)
- 1991: Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series (Thirtysomething)
- 1990: Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series (Thirtysomething)
- 1988: Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series (Thirtysomething)
References
External links
| Awards | ||
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| Preceded by Angela Lansbury for Murder, She Wrote |
Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Drama Series 1990 for thirtysomething co-awardee with Sharon Gless for The Trials of Rosie O'Neill |
Succeeded by Angela Lansbury for Murder, She Wrote |
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