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Born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Wilson attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City, then studied with Sanford Meisner at the Neighborhood Playhouse. She made her Broadway debut in Picnic in 1953. Her stage credits include The Good Woman of Sezuan, Sticks and Bones, Uncle Vanya, Threepenny Opera, The Importance of Being Earnest, Morning's at Seven, You Can't Take It with You, Ah, Wilderness!, and A Delicate Balance. Nickname: Location of Grand Rapids within Kent County, Michigan Coordinates: Country United States State Michigan County Kent  - Mayor George Heartwell Area    - City 45. ... The American Academy of Dramatic Arts (AADA) is a fully accredited two-year conservatory with campuses located at 120 Madison Avenue in New York City (in a landmark building designed by famed architect Stanford White as the original Colony Club) and 1336 North La Brea Avenue in Hollywood (in a... New York, NY redirects here. ... Sanford Meisner (August 31, 1905-February 2nd, 1997) was an actor and acting coach well known for the Meisner technique. ... The Neighborhood Playhouse is an actor training school in New York City, generally associated with the Meisner technique of Sanford Meisner. ... Broadway theatre[1] is often considered the highest professional form of theatre in the United States. ... Picnic is a 1953 play by William Inge. ... < die gute Person des i>The von Sezuan, auch bekannt als die gute Frau von Setzuan, ist ein Spiel durch [ [ Deutschland|Deutscher ] ] [ [ playwright ] ], [ [ Dichter ] ], Theater [ [ Kritiker ] ] und [ [ Theoretiker ] ] [ [ Bertolt Brecht ] ]. Es wurde innen [ [ 1943 ] ] w�hrend der Autor in tempor�rem self-imposed politischem exile innen lebte [ [ die Vereinigten Staaten... Anton Chekhov (left) and Maxim Gorky in Yalta. ... The Threepenny Opera (Die Dreigroschenoper) was a revolutionary piece of musical theatre written by the German dramatist Bertolt Brecht in collaboration with the composer Kurt Weill in 1928. ... The Importance of Being Earnest The Importance of Being Earnest is a play by Oscar Wilde, a comedy of manners in either three or four acts (depending on edition) inspired by W. S. Gilberts Engaged. ... Poster for the 2002 Broadway revival Mornings at Seven is a play by Paul Osborn. ... You Cant Take It with You is a 1938 Academy Award winning film directed by Frank Capra. ... Ah, Wilderness! is a play by Eugene ONeill, and has the distinction of being the only true comedy he would ever write. ... A Delicate Balance is a play by Edward Albee was first produced in New York at the Martin Beck Theatre on September 12, 1966, and was revived at the Plymouth Theatre on April 21, 1996. ...

Wilson made her screen debut reprising her stage role in the 1955 film adaptation of Picnic. Additional credits include The Goddess, A Child Is Waiting, The Birds, The Graduate, Catch-22, The Prisoner of Second Avenue, 9 to 5, Grace Quigley, Regarding Henry, The Addams Family, and Quiz Show. DVD cover for the 1955 film, showing stars William Holden and Kim Novak Picnic is a 1955 Cinemascope color film which tells the story of an ex-college football star turned drifter who arrives in a small Kansas town on Labor Day and is drawn to a girl whos... The Goddess is a 1958 Columbia Pictures motion picture starring Kim Stanley and Lloyd Bridges. ... Category: ... The Birds (1963) is a horror film by Alfred Hitchcock, loosely based on the short story The Birds (ISBN 0-582-41798-8) by Daphne du Maurier. ... The Graduate is a 1967 film directed by Mike Nichols based on the novel of the same name by Charles Webb. ... Catch-22 is a 1970 film, adapted from the book of the same name by Joseph Heller. ... The Prisoner of Second Avenue is an American comedic (somewhat of a black comedy) play that ran on Broadway from November 1971 until September 1973. ... 9 to 5 is a phrase which refers to the time (9:00AM to 5:00PM, or 0900h - 1700h) at which some office employees work each day, usually from Monday to Friday. ... Grace Quigley, also titled The Ultimate Solution of Grace Quigley, is a 1984 film starring Katharine Hepburn and Nick Nolte. ... Regarding Henry is a film by Mike Nichols featuring Harrison Ford and Annette Bening. ... The Addams Family is an Academy Award-nominated comedy film based on the popular characters, The Addams Family, created by cartoonist Charles Addams. ... Quiz Show is a 1994 film which tells the true story of the Twenty One quiz show scandal of the 1950s. ...

Wilson's television credits include such early anthology series as Kraft Television Theatre, The United States Steel Hour, and Armstrong Circle Theatre. She was a regular on the primetime drama East Side/West Side and sitcom Doc and has appeared in Dark Shadows, Another World, All in the Family, Murder, She Wrote, and Law & Order: Criminal Intent. ANThology is the first major label album by Alien Ant Farm. ... It has been suggested that Kraft Television Theater be merged into this article or section. ... The United States Steel Hour was an American television show that aired from 1953 to 1955 on ABC, and from 1955 to 1963 on CBS. Like its radio predecessor of the same name, it was a live dramatic anthology program, airing episodes in a theatrical format. ... Armstrong Circle Theatre was an anthology drama television series which ran from 1950 to 1957 on NBC, and then until 1963 on CBS. It alternated weekly with The U. S. Steel Hour. ... PrimeTime is a television newsmagazine from ABC News. ... This does not cite its references or sources. ... East Side/West Side was an hour-long American television drama starring George C. Scott, Elizabeth Wilson, and Cicely Tyson. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Doc was a TV show starring Billy Ray Cyrus as a Dr. Clint Doc Cassidy, a Montana doctor who takes a job in a New York medical clinic. ... Dark Shadows was a Gothic television soap opera that originally aired weekdays on the ABC television network, from June 27, 1966 to April 2, 1971. ... Another World is a book by Pat Barker. ... All in the Family is a popular and acclaimed American situation comedy that was originally broadcast on the CBS television network from January 12, 1971 until April 8, 1979, when the final original episode aired. ... Jessica in the Murder, She Wrote episode The Cemetery Vote Murder, She Wrote is a long-running television mystery series starring Angela Lansbury as mystery writer and amateur detective Jessica Fletcher. ... Law & Order: Criminal Intent is a United States crime drama television series that began in 2001. ...

Awards and nominations

• 1957 BAFTA Film Award for Most Promising Newcomer (Patterns, nominee)
• 1972 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play (Sticks and Bones, winner)
• 1976 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical (Threepenny Opera, nominee)
• 1980 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Ensemble Performance (Morning's at Seven, winner)
• 1985 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play (Salonika, nominee)
• 1987 Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Special (Nutcracker: Money, Madness & Murder, nominee)

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External links

• Internet Broadway Database listing
• Internet Movie Database listing