Patti LuPone

Patti LuPone

Nacimiento : 1949-04-21, Northport, Long Island, New York, USA

Historia

Patti Ann LuPone (born April 21, 1949) is an American actress and singer, who is best known for her work in stage musicals. She has won two Grammy Awards, two Tony Awards, and two Olivier Awards. She is also a 2006 American Theater Hall of Fame inductee. On television, LuPone played Lady Bird Johnson in the 1987 TV movie, LBJ: The Early Years, starred in the drama series Life Goes On (1989–1993) and received Emmy Award nominations for the TV movie The Song Spinner (1995) and her guest role in the sitcom Frasier (1998). In the 1990s she had a recurring role as defense attorney Ruth Miller on Law & Order. She also had recurring roles in two Ryan Murphy FX series, the thriller American Horror Story: Coven (2013–2014) and the drama Pose (2019), as well as on Murphy's Hollywood on Netflix. She guest starred in Penny Dreadful (2014–2016) before returning in a lead role. She voices the character Yellow Diamond in the animated series Steven Universe (2013–2019) and its epilogue series Steven Universe Future (2019–2020). She also appeared on The CW comedy Crazy Ex-Girlfriend as Rabbi Shari (2017). LuPone appeared in the Oscar-winning films Witness (1985) and Driving Miss Daisy (1989) and also was featured in State and Main (2000), Parker (2013), and The Comedian (2016). LuPone has a mezzo-soprano vocal range, and she is famous for her strong/high "Broadway" belt singing voice. In a 2008 interview, she maintained that she was "an actor who sings", and thankful she "had a voice"

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Películas

Beau tiene miedo
Mona Wassermann
Beau es un hombre que tendrá que enfrentarse a sus miedos y paranoias al aventurarse en una épica odisea para llegar a casa de su controladora madre.
Patti LuPone: Songs From a Hat
Does anyone still wear a hat? Yes: three-time Tony Award-winner Patti LuPone. And her hat is filled with songs, both new and old. See Patti up close and unscripted as she sings and tells stories from her illustrious career—whatever she pulls from the hat. Filmed live at 54 Below on New Year's Day 2023.
La escuela del bien y del mal
Mrs. Deauville
Un grupo de jóvenes son llevados a una institución donde los entrenan para convertirse en héroes y villanos.
Keeping Company with Sondheim
Filmed over two years, this new documentary takes an exclusive inside look at Tony-winning director Marianne Elliott’s creative process of bringing a reimagined gender-swapped production of Stephen Sondheim and George Furth’s musical Company to Broadway during the COVID-19 pandemic. Featuring rehearsal and performance footage, plus new interviews with Elliott, Sondheim, Katrina Lenk, Patti LuPone and members of the original 1970 cast, the broadcast tells the story of the show’s Broadway debut in a city on the verge of bankruptcy to its reimagination 50 years later as both Broadway and New York City emerge from one of the greatest crises in contemporary history.
Cameron Mackintosh - The First 50 Years
Self
Archival footage provides a glimpse into the life of Cameron Mackintosh; the storied producer famous for Les Misérables, Phantom of the Opera, Cats and many more.
On Broadway
Self (archive footage)
An all-star cast tells the inside story of the Broadway theater, and how it came back from the brink thanks to innovative work, a new attention to inclusion and a sometimes uneasy balance between art and commerce. Legends of the stage and screen—including Helen Mirren, Christine Baranski, August Wilson, James Corden, Alec Baldwin, John Lithgow, Viola Davis, Hugh Jackman and Ian McKellen—take us behind the scenes of Broadway's most groundbreaking and beloved shows, from A Chorus Line to Hamilton. Iconic performances by Lin Manuel Miranda, Patti LuPone, Bernadette Peters, James Earl Jones and Mandy Patinkin lead the way on a hurly burly ride through Times Square, once again the main street of American show business in this documentary directed by Academy-Award nominee Oren Jacoby.
Patti LuPone: Live From the West Side
Herself
This concert features two-time Tony Award winner Patti LuPone. Streamed live from New York’s Shubert Virtual Studios at New World Stages, the show features a mix of Broadway show tunes and personal stories from the Patti's life.
The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America
Fluor
An all-star livestream benefit performance of scenes from Angels in America in support of amfAR’s Fund to Fight COVID-19.
Take Me to the World: A Sondheim 90th Birthday Celebration
Performer
Estrellas de Broadway brindan por Stephen Sondheim con un concierto único en la vida de Broadway vía internet.
Last Christmas
Joyce
Kate es una mujer joven que suele tomar siempre la decisión menos acertada. ¿Su último error? Haber aceptado un trabajo como elfo de Santa Claus en un centro comercial. Sin embargo, el destino la lleva a conocer a Tom, circunstancia que cambia por completo su vida. Para Kate, todo es demasiado bueno para ser cierto.
Steven Universe: La película
Yellow Diamond (voice)
Ambientada dos años después de los acontecimientos acaecidos en la quinta temporada, un Steven de 16 años se enfrenta a un mundo repleto de novedades. Aunque cree que su papel como guardián de la Tierra ya ha terminado, una nueva amenaza se cierne sobre Beach City, por lo que el joven héroe tendrá que enfrentarse a su mayor desafío hasta la fecha.
Cliffs of Freedom
Yia-Yia
Un coronel otomano y una campesina turca viven una historia de amor en el amanecer de la Guerra de la Independencia griega.
The Comedian
Florence Berkowitz
Jackie Burke, antaño una brillante estrella de la televisión, ha caído en el olvido y se ve obligado a aceptar todo tipo de trabajos, aunque no renuncia a recuperar algún día su pasado esplendor. Tras ser condenado a realizar trabajos comunitarios por golpear a una persona con un micrófono durante su última actuación, Jackie conoce a Harmony, una mujer que dará un giro a su vida.
Dinner with Family with Brett Gelman and Brett Gelman's Family
Patti LuPone
Brett Gelman throws his parents a dinner and show for their 40th anniversary.
Parker
Ascension
Parker es un ladrón con un código ético muy particular: solo roba a los ricos. Tras una operación, es traicionado por su equipo y dado por muerto. Entonces decide adoptar una nueva identidad; lo que se propone, con la ayuda de una hermosa mujer, es apoderarse del botín y que sus antiguos socios lamenten haberse cruzado en su camino.
Union Square
Lucia
Jenny decide abandonar su tumultosa familia en su búsqueda de una vida más ordenada. Sin embardo, recibirá una visita de su hermana Lucy justo en el momento en que se siente preparada para comprometerse con su novio de toda la vida.
Portraits in Dramatic Time
A series of 40 art films created by artist David Michalek featuring performances of theater artists and actors of all genres and nationalities both well-known and under-recognized.
Company
Joanne
Sigue la historia de cinco parejas a través de una persona común a todas: Robert, interpretado por Neil Patrick Harris. (FILMAFFINITY)
Sondheim! The Birthday Concert
Herself
Join us for a rousing celebration of the life and works of one of Broadway's greatest legends — the one and only Stephen Sondheim. For the master composer and lyricist's 80th birthday, many of musical theater's brightest stars gathered in March of 2010 to perform more than two dozen sensational numbers from Sondheim's illustrious career, and several of these enduring songs are performed by the original Broadway cast members. David Hyde Pierce hosts this magical event with Stephen Sondheim's longtime collaborator Paul Gemignani conducting the New York Philharmonic. Originally broadcast as an episode of the PBS series "Great Performances" (season 38, episode 2).
Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny
Leocadia Begbick
- Recorded live at Los Angeles Opera, 1 & 4 March 2007. Welcome to Mahagonny, where sin is "in" and love is always on sale. This Old West boomtown rises from the desert to become a razzle-dazzle mecca for lust, liberty, and the pursuit of pleasure. Cash is king, poverty is punishable by death, and anything worth doing is worth overdoing. Director John Doyle melds his Tony Award winning talent with the lyrics of influential playwright Bertolt Brecht and an incomparable score by Kurt Weill. The brilliant cast is led by superstars Audra McDonald, as the tart-with-a-heart `Jenny' and Patti LuPone, who portrays the town's feisty madam. Audra McDonald · Patti LuPone · Anthony Dean Griffey Robert Wörle · John Easterlin · Mel Ulrich Directed for Stage by John Doyle Chorus and Orchestra of the Los Angeles Opera James Conlon, conductor
Audra McDonald and Friends: Build a Bridge
Audra McDonald, already renowned for her virtuosity in classical and Broadway song, brings her talents to new genres by interpreting works of pop and contemporary composers, including pieces from her album Build a Bridge.
Passion (Live from Lincoln Center)
Fosca
Passion is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and a book by James Lapine. The story was adapted from Ettore Scola's film Passione d'Amore. Central themes include love, sex, obsession, illness, passion, beauty, power and manipulation. Set in 19th century Italy, the plot concerns a young soldier and the changes in him brought about by the obsessive love of Fosca, his Colonel's homely, ailing cousin.
Candide
The Old Lady
Leonard Bernstein's brilliant comic operetta comes to dazzling new life under the guidance of director Lonny Price (A Class Act). Based on the classic Voltaire tale of an innocent young man's journey through a life filled with colorful characters and unexpected life lessons, this tune-filled frolic features Tony Award-winners Patti LuPone and Kristin Chenoweth heading a dazzling cast with Paul Groves, Stanford Olsen, Sir Thomas Allen and the Westminster Symphonic Choir. The impeccable score (with lyrics by luminaries including Lillian Hellman, Dorothy Parker, Stephen Sondheim, Richard Wilbur and John La Touche) includes a host of delightful songs such as "Life Is Happiness Indeed," "It Must Be So," "You Were Dead, You Know" and "Make Our Garden Grow." Now enjoy this all-new production of a musical comedy favorite with Broadway's top stars!
Broadway's Lost Treasures II
Reno Sweeney (segment "Anything Goes")
The annual Tony Award broadcast provides the only filmed record of Broadway's best for audiences to experience as if they were front-row-center on opening night. This second compilation of great musical moments from the Tonys features another dazzling array of stars and performances. Hosts Lauren Bacall, Bebe Neuwirth, Brian Stokes Mitchell and Jerry Orbach introduce these one-of-a-kind performances and share their personal Broadway and Tony memories.
Broadway's Lost Treasures
Eva Perón (segment "Evita")
The golden age of the annual Tony Awards ceremony lasted from 1967 to 1986 — the period during which Alexander H. Cohen and his wife, Hildy Parks, were the producers of the show. This film offers a compilation of performances from Tony Award broadcasts during those years. They are presented with color-corrected footage and digitally re-mastered sound.
Condenado
Maggie
Vincent LaMarca (De Niro) es un detective de homicidios de Nueva York con una impecable hoja de servicios. Es un hombre íntegro que considera que el cumplimiento de la ley está por encima de todo. Pero, de repente, se encuentra investigando un caso, en el que el principal sospechoso es su hijo Joey (James Franco), con el que apenas tiene contacto desde que se divorció de su madre. Vincent lleva una vida solitaria y procura que ni su novia (Frances McDormand) ni su mejor amigo (George Dzunda) interfieran en su trabajo. Durante la investigación, descubre hasta qué punto los conflictos familiares y su incapacidad para ser un buen padre han contribuido a desviar a Joey del camino recto.
The Making of Sweeney Todd at the San Francisco Symphony
Self
Documental sobre el montaje del concierto de la obra Sweeney Todd en 2001 con la Orquesta Sinfónica de San Francisco, Patti LuPone, George Hearn y Neil Patrick Harris.
Monday Night Mayhem
Emmy Cosell
The early years of a television sports powerhouse are chronicled as ABC becomes a player in the NFL coverage by putting their full resources into a major showcase. Executive Roone Arledge (John Heard) recruits former Dallas Cowboys quarterback 'Dandy' Don Meredith (Brad Beyer), along with Keith Jackson (Shuler Hensley), and the combative Howard Cosell (John Turturro) as commentators for the broadcasts, which become funny, odd trio events to millions of viewers. Jackson departs the show after the first year to take over the network's focus on college football, and former New York Giants star Frank Gifford (Kevin Anderson) takes his place, ruffling Cosell's feathers. Then things get really crazy!
El último golpe
Betty Croft
Al jefe de una banda de atracadores de joyerías (Gene Hackman), un mafioso muy amigo suyo (Danny de Vito) le encarga un gran golpe. Pero, a pesar de su larga amistad, el mafioso envía a su sobrino para supervisar el plan, que ha sido meticulosamente preparado, y para evitar que alguien se escape con el botín.
Live from Lincoln Center: Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street - In Concert with the New York Philharmonic
Nellie Lovett
Una espléndida actuación de concierto de la obra maestra musical de Sondheim, Sweeney Todd, protagonizada por las leyendas de Broadway, Patti LuPone y George Hearn, con la Sinfonía de San Francisco dirigida por Rob Fisher.
The Victim
Sandy
She's the bar floozy, he's the stranger. She tries to pick him up but for some reason, he's not game.
Cold Blooded
Van Klerk
A serial murderer of teenage girls is loose, and working the case are a possibly corrupt detective Lou Miles a probably corrupt chief inspector Brodsky and his "favorite snitch." Dark personal histories and current politics mix to get the ambitious DA and her investigator involved.
State and Main
Sherry Bailey
No pudiendo rodar en New Hampshire, el director de cine Walt Price decide trasladarse a una pequeña ciudad, en el estado de Vermont, al enterarse de que allí hay un viejo molino, elemento indispensable para la película. Todo parece perfecto: los vecinos están ansiosos por participar como figurantes y mezclarse con lo más brillante de Hollywood.
Just Looking
Sylvia Levine Polinsky
It's 1955. Lenny is a 14-year old boy who is totally fascinated by sex. He is too scared to "do it," so he dedicates his summer to seeing two other people do it. Easier said than done. Caught in the act of spying, his mother and stepfather ship him off to spend the summer with his aunt and uncle in "the country" -- Queens. His plan looks like a bust and his summer seems destined for boredom, until he meets a whole new group of friends -- young teens who have a "sex club."
Bonanno. El poder de la mafia
Miss C. Canzinarra
Ésta es la historia real de Joseph Bonanno, uno de los padrinos más legendarios de la mafia americana. Su vida inspiró a Mario Puzzo para crear a Don Vito Corleone, el protagonista de su célebre novela El Padrino. Joseph es hijo de la mafia. Su propio padre, Salvatore, decide su apadrinamiento por el líder de la familia rival. De este modo, pone fin a una guerra sangrienta y sella el destino de su hijo recién nacido. Años más tarde, gracias a la ayuda de un amigo de la familia, conseguirá entrar ilegalmente en los Estados Unidos, donde empezará a hacer fortuna con el comercio ilegal de alcohol durante La Prohibición. Será entonces cuando acceda a la protección de Salvatore Maranzano, uno de los jefes de la mafia, del que se convertirá en mano derecha.
Nadie está a salvo de Sam
Helen
La ciudad de Nueva York se ve invadida por una gran ola de calor, mientras se ve sacudida por los crímenes de un asesino en serie al que la prensa amarilla ha bautizado como "El hijo de Sam". Cuando un jefe mafioso ofrece una recompensa por su captura, unos vecinos del Bronx que están convencidos de que el asesino es de su barrio, hacen una lista de los sospechosos.
Mujer las 24 horas
Joan Marshall
Como productora de un programa matinal en la televisión local de Nueva York, Grace comprende la verdadera dificultad de combinar la vida profesional con las necesidades personales, lo mismo que les ocurre a las mujeres que forman mayoritariamente su audiencia. Su programa inspira y ayuda a cientos de espectadoras todos los días. Su bien planificada existencia se tambalea cuando se queda embarazada de repente, y todo el mundo a su alrededor hace del asunto el centro de un debate público, incluido su marido, presentador del programa y aspirante a actor para quien el nacimiento del bebé puede suponer un obstáculo en su carrera cinematográfica en alza. Grace está confusa por el desmadre mediático que está suponiendo su inminente maternidad y no sabe qué hacer con su vida. La última palabra la tendrán los índices de audiencia. (FILMAFFINITY)
An Evening with Patti LuPone
Herself
"An Evening with Patti LuPone" es un concierto grabado en vivo desde el McCallum Theatre en E.E.U.U.
Her Last Chance
Joanna Saxen
Drug adict teen gets out of rehab only to be accused of her boyfriend's death.
The Song Spinner
Zantalalia
In an isolated, snow-covered country known as the Water Land, the town of Shandrilan remains the quietest place in the world because its "Hush Law" prohibits noise of any kind, including music. Enter the exiled gypsy Zantalalia (Patti LuPone), who returns determined to pass her singing secrets on to ten-year-old Aurora (Meredith Henderson), an action that will get the girl in trouble with Captain Nizzle of the dreaded Noise Police. John Neville completes the cast of this colorful family fantasy.
Family Prayers
Aunt Nan
This coming of age story set in the 1960s takes a look at the effects of a couple's break-up on a sensitive, thirteen year old Jewish boy in the 1960s.
The Water Engine
Rita Lang
In the 1930s, Charles Lang invents an engine that runs using water for fuel. But when he tries to get it patented, he is first offered a ridiculously low amount. When he refuses, he is suddenly several people are pressuring him to sell. The big oil companies don't want the competition. Now he has to try and keep them from getting his idea, and somehow get it published.
Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall
Self
This program features the music of Broadway composer Stephen Sondheim in a 1992 performance at Carnegie Hall. An American Musical Theatre writer for over 40 years, Stephen Sondheim has created the scores for hits such as Passion, Assassins, Bounce, Into The Woods, Sunday In The Park With George, Merrily We Roll Along, Sweeney Todd and Pacific Overtures. Featuring: Liza Minnelli, Patti LuPone, Bernadette Peters, Glenn Close and many more.
Paseando a Miss Daisy
Florine Werthan
Miss Daisy (Jessica Tandy), una antipática profesora jubilada de 72 años, decide comprarse un coche. Su hijo (Dan Aykroyd), temiendo un posible caos circulatorio o, peor aún, un accidente, contrata a un chófer negro (Morgan Freeman) para que conduzca el vehículo. Al principio, la anciana y el tranquilo conductor no se llevan demasiado bien.
LBJ: The Early Years
Claudia Alta 'Lady Bird' Taylor Johnson
LBJ: The Early Years was a television movie that appeared on the NBC network in February 1987, depicting the life of former President of the United States Lyndon B. Johnson from 1934 until 1973. Actor Randy Quaid won a Golden Globe award for his portrayal of Johnson.
Dos tipos geniales
Wanda Valentini
Dos bribones intentan engañar a su jefe, pero éste, que es mucho más listo de lo que ellos piensan, les tiende una trampa contratándolos para que se maten el uno al otro.
Único testigo
Elaine
En su primer viaje a Philadelphia, Samuel Lap, un niño de una comunidad "amish", presencia por casualidad el brutal asesinato de un hombre. John Book (Harrison Ford) será el policía encargado de protegerles, a él y a su madre, de quienes quieren eliminar al niño sea como sea. Cuando Book se entera de que el asesinato está relacionado con una trama de corrupción en el seno de la policía, decide refugiarse en el poblado amish.
Piaf
Narrator
Piaf is a play by Pam Gems that focuses on the life and career of French chanteuse Edith Piaf. This biographical drama with music portrays the singer in as a self-destructive, promiscuous alcoholic and junkie who, in one controversial scene, urinates in public.
Love Cycle: A Soap Operetta
Rachel Burston
Un fantasma busca venganza en una lavandería.
Fighting Back
Lisa D'Angelo
An Italian deli owner forms a vigilante group to rid his Philadelphia neighborhood of street punks.
1941
Lydia Hedberg
La histeria colectiva se apodera de los habitantes de las costas de California en los días posteriores al ataque japonés contra Pearl Harbor. Un submarino nipón se ha extraviado y la población teme una invasión.
The Time of Your Life
Kitty Duval
William Saroyan's Pulitzer Prize-winning play revolves around the denizens of a San Francisco bar in 1939. Lonely, lovelorn, weary or cynical, the characters drift in and out of the bar and each other's lives, giving voice to Saroyan's philosophies as they randomly comment about the impending world war, the beauty of art, and traditional notions of good and evil. At least one of the relationships stands a chance of enduring: a brawny innocent named Tom is falling in love with a vulnerable young prostitute named Kitty. Saroyan himself is heard reciting the play's prologue.