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Brenda Currin

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Brenda Currin is an OBIE Award winning actress. Brenda's career began as Nancy Clutter in In Cold Blood. She went on to play Pooh Percy in The World According To Garp with Robin Williams, and appeared in Taps, Reds, and the cult classic C.H.U.D., among others. Brenda worked in the New York theater scene, on and Off Broadway for much of her adult life. She is acclaimed for her two one-person shows based on Eudora Welty's work, Sister and Miss Lexie and A Fire Was In My Head. eudoraweltyonstage.co . In 1990 Brenda left the theater to get a Master's degree in anthropology and then co-founded What Girls Know, a theater program for the healthy development of adolescent girls, which she directed in NYC and other parts of the country for the next 15 years. Since returning to acting, she has worked continually in New York, with concentration on the works of Tennessee Williams, Jane Bowles, Harper Lee, Horton Foote, and a new play, Mr. Toole (Vivian Neuwirth) as Thelma Toole. Brenda's recent film/TV work includes Gossamer Folds, Out Of Blue and Claws. She now resides in New Orleans.

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Year Title Role
2025 Grounded in Love MOVIE Beulah
2024 6 morts dans la nuit : ยซ De sang-froid ยป โ€“ Truman Capote MOVIE Self
2023 Daughter of the Bride MOVIE Aunt Marci
2021 Gossip Girl TV Chairwoman Hartshorn
2020 Gossamer Folds MOVIE Maybelle
2019 Christmas Belles MOVIE Maude
2019 Out of Blue MOVIE Nancy the Waitress
1991 Diary of a Hitman MOVIE Neighbor Lady
1990 Tales from the Darkside MOVIE Sarah Kimble
1984 C.H.U.D. MOVIE Francine the Landlady

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