Maureen Anderman is a retired American actress best known for her work on the stage. She has appeared in eighteen Broadway shows over the last four decades earning several Drama Desk Award and Tony Award nominations.
Career Anderman made her Broadway debut as Bianca in the 1970 revival of Othello. Two years later she won a Theater World Award for her portrayal of Ruth in Moonchildren. In 1975 she was nominated for a Drama Desk Award for her performance of Sarah in Edward Albee's Seascape. Her other Broadway credits during the 1970s include An Evening With Richard Nixon and... (1972), The Last of Mrs. Lincoln (1973), Hamlet (1975), and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1976). She began working in television during the 1970s, appearing in guest roles on television series such as Kojak (1976) and The Andros Targets (1977), as well as numerous TV movies.
In 1980, Anderman was nominated for a Tony Award for her portrayal of Carol in The Lady from Dubuque. She remained active on Broadway throughout the 1980s appearing in The Man Who Came to Dinner (1980), Macbeth (1981), You Can't Take It with You (1983–1984), Benefactors (1985–1986), and Social Security (1987).
She remained active in television appearing on several programs, including Another World, Search for Tomorrow (where she played evil manager, Sylvie DesCartes), St. Elsewhere, The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd, and The Equalizer. She also starred in the 1983 film adaptation of Erich Segal's Man, Woman and Child.
Anderman's career slowed down during the 1990s as she chose to focus on her family. She did, however, appear in episodes of One Life to Live (as Nora Hanen's psychiatrist sister, Susannah Hanen, 1995), Law & Order and Homicide: Life on the Street (in the crossover episode, "Baby, It's You," as the evil Gayle Janaway, 1997), and Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2003). She appeared in the film Final (2001). In 2007, Anderman returned to Broadway as the cover artist for Vanessa Redgrave in The Year of Magical Thinking.
Throughout her career Anderman has been active in Off-Broadway and regional theater productions. Off Broadway she appeared in Passion Play and Kenneth Lonergan's The Waverly Gallery among others. Her regional credits include Third, Rabbit Hole and The Sisters Rosensweig (Huntington Theatre), The Waverly Gallery (Williamstown Theatre Festival); First Lady (Yale Repertory Theatre); Listening, Moon for the Misbegotten, Tartuffe (Hartford Stage), Betrayal (Long Wharf Theatre), and Noël Coward in Two Keys (Berkshire Theatre Festival), among many others.Biography at Huntington TheatrePlaybill Biography
Personal life Anderman is married to actor Frank Converse. They have two children.
Filmography
Film +YearTitleRoleNotes1979The Seduction of Joe TynanJoe's Secretary1983Man, Woman and ChildMargo2001FinalSupervisor2014NOW: In the Wings on a World StageDuchess of York
Television YearTitleRoleNotes1976The Adams ChroniclesMary Cathering Hellen2 episodes1976KojakAssistant D.A. LockmanEpisode: "Where Do You Go When You Have Nowhere to Go?"1977The Andros TargetsArlene MandelEpisode: "The Treatment Succeeded But the Patient Died"1978, 1984Great PerformancesAlice Sycamore2 episodes1980Once Upon a FamilyJanet DemerjianTelevision film1980King CrabBetty1980Another WorldLady Belton2 episodes1981Every Stray Dog and KidWriterTelevision film1981Search for TomorrowSylvie Descartes9 episodes1982NurseDr. Lydia StevensEpisode: "Hands of Gold"1982The Devlin ConnectionArleneEpisode: "Of Nuns and Other Black Birds"1982St. ElsewhereDenise WhitehillEpisode: "Down's Syndrome"1982MacbethLady MacbethTelevision film1983Cocaine and Blue EyesLilian Anatole1985Spenser: For HireEllenEpisode: "Blood Money"1985The EqualizerEleanor Griffith Episode: "The Lock Box"1986ABC Afterschool SpecialMrs. BixbyEpisode: "Getting Even: A Wimp's Revenge"1986As the World TurnsDr. Audrey Samuels2 episodes1987–1988The EqualizerPete O'Phelan1987–1991The Days and Nights of Molly DoddNina Shapiro15 episodes1992, 1997Law & OrderGayle Janaway / Sharon Styger2 episodes1995One Life to LiveSusannah HanenEpisode #1.69961997Homicide: Life on the StreetGayle JanawayEpisode: "Baby, It's You"2003Law & Order: Criminal IntentAbigailEpisode: "Undaunted Mettle"
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