Marsha Norman

Nacimiento : 1947-09-21, Louisville, Kentucky, USA

Películas

El color púrpura
Musical
Adaptación musical de la novela de Alice Walker sobre las luchas de toda la vida de una mujer afroamericana que vive en el sur a principios del siglo XX.
The Secret Garden: The Musical
Lyricist
Come spirit, come charm, and join us for a magical experience as we present a behind the scenes look at The Secret Garden. This 2018 workshop, originally presented for top Broadway professionals and theatre owners, features a new revision of the musical reimagined by the original creators.
The Secret Garden: The Musical
Writer
Come spirit, come charm, and join us for a magical experience as we present a behind the scenes look at The Secret Garden. This 2018 workshop, originally presented for top Broadway professionals and theatre owners, features a new revision of the musical reimagined by the original creators.
The Color Purple in Concert
Writer
Marsha Norman’s poetic and powerful script along with the magnificent songs by Brenda Russell, Allee Willis and Stephen Bray celebrate life, love and the strength to stand up for who you are and what you believe in. This unforgettable story set in racially divided Southern America is staged by the team behind Curve Leicester's 2019 production.
Samantha: An American Girl Holiday
Teleplay
Kindhearted Samantha Parkington's world starts to change the day Nellie O'Malley walks into her life. Nellie, her father, and her two little sisters have moved in next door to be servants for the Ryland family. Though they come from completely different backgrounds, Samantha and Nellie become fast friends. The girls turn to each other in happiness and sorrow, adventure and danger.
Custody of the Heart
Teleplay
A househusband (Martin Donovan) serves his wife (Lorraine Bracco) with divorce papers and charges her with being an unfit mother.
La vida de Audrey Hepburn
Writer
Película realizada para la televisión que narra la biografía de la famosa actriz (interpretada por Jennifer Love Hewitt) y que nos revela entre otras cosas su infancia en Holanda durante la ocupación nazi y su ascendente carrera como estrella de Broadway cuando trabajó en Gigi, que ya entonces la convirtió en la gran sensación. Sus grandes amores como William Holden (Gabriel Macht), su conflictivo matrimonio con Mel Ferrer (Eric McCormack) o la búsqueda incesante de su padre (Keir Dullea), un colaborador durante la guerra. Protagonista de películas como "Desayuno con Diamantes", "Vacaciones en Roma" o "Sabrina", Audrey Hepburn no lo tuvo fácil para convertirse en la estrella más importante del mundo, ganar un Oscar a la mejor actriz y ser la musa para más de un diseñador. (FILMAFFINITY)
A Cooler Climate
Teleplay
Iris is broke after her divorce and takes a job working as a housekeeper for a wealthy woman named Paula. When Paula and her husband separate, an unlikely friendship blossoms between the women.
Getting Out
Author
Breaking out of prison with a child in her womb and a dream of a normal existence, Arlene Holsclaw (Rebecca De Mornay) resolves to get a job and lead a good, Christian life. But the ghosts from her past -- including an ex-boyfriend (Rob Knepper) who wants to pimp her out and a sadistic mother (Ellen Burstyn) who plots to take away Arlene's baby -- have other plans. This made-for-TV drama is based on Marsha Norman's off-Broadway play.
Face of a Stranger
Writer
After the death of her husband, Pat learns that he gambled away all of their savings and that she's now destitute. She may even have to leave their apartment. Much to the embarrassment of her daughter Tina, who wants to marry a rich snob, she helps the homeless Dollie, who lives in a cardboard box near her building, and they become friends
Buenas noches, madre
Screenplay
Jessie es una mujer de mediana edad cuya vida es una pesadilla: la epilepsia la incapacita para conservar cualquier trabajo, tiene un hijo drogadicto y su matrimonio es un fracaso. Un día, antes de acostarse, le confiesa a su madre que ha decidido quitarse la vida.
Buenas noches, madre
Writer
Jessie es una mujer de mediana edad cuya vida es una pesadilla: la epilepsia la incapacita para conservar cualquier trabajo, tiene un hijo drogadicto y su matrimonio es un fracaso. Un día, antes de acostarse, le confiesa a su madre que ha decidido quitarse la vida.
The Laundromat
Writer
Two lonely women coincide at midnight in a laundromat, where they reveal their secrets.