Debra Monk
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Debra Monk (born February 27, 1949) is an American actress, singer, and writer, best known for her performances on the Broadway stage. Monk has received a Tony Award and Emmy Awards. Monk was born in Middletown, Ohio. She was voted "best personality" by the graduating class at Wheaton High School in Silver Spring,Maryland. She graduated from Frostburg State University in 1973. In 1975, Monk received a Master of Fine Arts degree from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. Monk garnered first attention in theatrical circles as one of the co-writers and co-stars of the 1982 musical Pump Boys and Dinettes. She has won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for performance in Redwood Curtain (1993). She also was nominated an Tony Award for roles in Picnic (1994), Steel Pier (1997), and Curtains (2007). In 2000, she has won Obie Award for The Time of the Cuckoo. Monk has appeared in over 30 films as of early 1990s. She made her film debut in the movie version of Prelude to a Kiss, playing Aunt Dorothy. She later appeared in The Bridges of Madison County and The Devil's Advocate. On television, she has won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series for recurring performance as Katie Sipowicz in the ABC series, NYPD Blue. She also guest-starred on Law & Order, Desperate Housewives, The Closer, and Girls. Monk had a recurring roles in A Nero Wolfe Mystery (2001-2002), Grey's Anatomy (2006-2011), and Damages (2007-2012).
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The Gilded Age
as Armstrong
Standing Up, Falling Down
as Jeanie Rollins
Tell Me a Story
as Esther Thorn
New Amsterdam
as Karen Brantley
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
as Helen Dyer
Bull
as Sandy Harper
Drew
as Hannah Gruen
Crowded
as Linda
Blindspot
as Colonel Powers
Sneaky Pete
as Connie Persikof
Difficult People
as Bunny Tack
Madam Secretary
as Mary Lou Boris
This Is Where I Leave You
as Linda Callen
Mozart in the Jungle
as Betty Cragdale
The Brass Teapot
as Trudy
One for the Money
as Mrs. Plum
Good Luck Charlie, It's Christmas!
as Petunia
American Horror Story
as Virginia Harding
The Other Woman
as Laura Greenleaf
Hot in Cleveland
as Loretta
White Collar
as Mrs. Mitchell
The Good Wife
as Tracy Mintz
Glee
as Mrs. Schuester
The Great Buck Howard
as Doreen
The Savages
as Nancy Lachman
Damages
as Deniece Parsons
Notes from the Underbelly
as Andrew's Mom
Brothers and Sisters
as Alexandra Kirby
The Producers
as Lick Me-Bite Me
Ghost Whisperer
as Anne Sullivan
Dark Water
as Young Dahlia's Teacher
The Closer
as Mary Summers
Grey's Anatomy
as Louise O'Malley
Palindromes
as Mama Sunshine
Desperate Housewives
as Marcella
Eloise at Christmastime
as Maggie the Carriage Driver
Eloise at the Plaza
as Maggie the Carriage Driver
The Music Man
as Mrs. Paroo
Milwaukee, Minnesota
as Edna Burroghs
Plain Dirty
as Officer Avon
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Warden Pellis
Kristin
as Jeannie Yancey
A Nero Wolfe Mystery
as Rachel Bruner
A Nero Wolfe Mystery
as Mrs. Carlisle
A Nero Wolfe Mystery
as Madame Zorka
A Nero Wolfe Mystery
as Mrs. Yeager
Center Stage
as Nancy
My Favorite Broadway: The Leading Ladies
as Self - Performer
Knitwits Revisited
as Catherine (voice)
Bulworth
as Helen
Ellen Foster
as Aunt Nadine
The Devil's Advocate
as Pam Garrety
In & Out
as Mrs. Lester
Knitwits
as Catherine (voice)
Extreme Measures
as Dr. Judith Gruszynski
The First Wives Club
as Jilted Lover
The Substance of Fire
as Martha Hackett
Mrs. Winterbourne
as Lieutenant Ambrose
Bed of Roses
as Lewis' Mom
Reckless
as Therapist
New York News
as Unknown
Jeffrey
as Mom
The Bridges of Madison County
as Madge
Redwood Curtain
as Geneva, Laird's Sister
A Tribute to Stephen Sondheim
as Unknown
Quiz Show
as Kintner's Secretary
Fearless
as Alison
For Love or Money
as Mrs. Wegman
Frasier
as Nurse Karen
Prelude to a Kiss
as Aunt Dorothy
Assassins
as Sara Jane Moore
Law & Order
as Judge G. Proctor
Law & Order
as Kathleen O'Brien
Law & Order
as Dr. Madelyn Stahl
Women and Wallace
as Psychiatrist
American Playhouse
as Psychiatrist
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Geneva, Laird's Sister
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Aunt Nadine