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Blair Brown

Known for Smallville · Law & Order: Special Victims Unit · Fringe

Blair Brown (born April 23, 1946) is an American stage, film and television actress. For her role in Copenhagen, Brown won the 2000 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play. She was the leading actress in feature films such as Altered States (1980), Continental Divide (1981), and Strapless (1989), and she played the title character in the television comedy-drama The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd. Later supporting roles include…

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Born
Apr 23, 1946
Birthplace
Washington, District of Columbia, USA
Known For
Acting

Biography

Blair Brown (born April 23, 1946) is an American stage, film and television actress. For her role in Copenhagen, Brown won the 2000 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play. She was the leading actress in feature films such as Altered States (1980), Continental Divide (1981), and Strapless (1989), and she played the title character in the television comedy-drama The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd. Later supporting roles include Nina Sharp on Fringe and Judy King on Orange Is the New Black.

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Known For

TVSmallville
SmallvilleRachel Dunleavy · 2001
★ 8.2
TVLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit
Law & Order: Special Victims UnitDefense Attorney Lynne Riff · 1999
★ 8.0
TVFringe
FringeNina Sharp · 2008
★ 8.1
TVOrange Is the New Black
Orange Is the New BlackJudy King · 2013
★ 7.6
TVPerson of Interest
Person of InterestEmma Blake · 2011
★ 8.1
TVElementary
ElementaryKate Durning · 2012
★ 7.6
TVCSI: Miami
CSI: MiamiMargie Winters · 2002
★ 7.7
TVER
ERDr. Vicki Ford · 1994
★ 7.8

Filmography

Movies

Brutalités amoureuses
1972
D
DraculaMina
1973
The Paper ChaseMiss Farranti
1973
The School for ScandalLady Teazle
1975
Charlie Cobb: Nice Night for a HangingCharity
1977
EA
Eleanor and Franklin: The White House YearsAnna Roosevelt
1977
The 3,000 Mile ChaseRachel Kane
1977
The ChoirboysKimberly Lyles
1977
The QuinnsMillicent Priestley
1977
And I Alone SurvivedLauren Elder
1978
The Child StealerJan Rodman
1979
Altered StatesEmily Jessup
1980
One Trick PonyMarion
1980
Continental DivideNell Porter
1981
The Skin of Our TeethSabina
1983
A Flash of GreenKat Hubble
1984
Don't TouchJoan Stewart
1985
The Bad SeedChristine Penmark
1985
Hands of a StrangerDiane Benton
1987
Stealing HomeGinny Wyatt
1988
StraplessDr. Lillian Hempel
1989
Extreme Close-UpMargaret Toll
1990
The Good PolicemanRebecca Karp
1991
Majority RuleGen. Katherine Taylor
1992
Passed AwayAmy Scanlan
1992
Those SecretsNellie Banesh
1992
Rio ShannonElizabeth Cleary
1993
The Day My Parents Ran AwayJudy Miller
1993
TR
The River Ran RedNarrator
1993
Moment of Truth: To Walk AgainCarol Keating
1994
The Gift of LoveHelen Porter
1994
NG
Nobody's Girls: Five Women of the WestNarrator
1995
The Ultimate LieJoan 'Joanie' McGrath
1996
ConvictionsZalinda Dorcheus
1997
The Astronaut's WifeShelly McLaren
1999
HamletGertrude
2000
In His Life: The John Lennon StoryMimi Smith
2000
Space CowboysDr. Anne Caruthers
2000
The Fall of Newt GingrichSelf - Narrator (voice)
2000
Follow the Stars HomeHannah Parker
2001
A Little Night Music: Live from the Kennedy CenterDesiree Armfeldt
2002
Woodrow WilsonSelf - voice
2002
Young Dr. FreudNarrator
2002
DogvilleMrs. Henson
2003
Dogville ConfessionsSelf
2004
Emma Goldman: An Exceedingly Dangerous WomanNarrator
2004
RFNarrator
2004
Dark ShadowsElizabeth Collins Stoddard
2005
LoverboyJeanette Rawley
2005
ManderlayThanks
2005
The Massie AffairNarrator (voice)
2005
Griffin & PhoenixEve
2006
Test Tube BabiesNarrator
2006
The SentinelNational Security Advisor
2006
Andrew Jackson: Good, Evil & The PresidencyMargaret Bayard Smith (voice)
2007
First BornLaura's Mother
2007
Sister AimeeNarrator (voice)
2007
Dark MatterHildy
2008
Fringe: Access All AreasSelf
2009
The BuddhaNarrator
2010
The Speed of ThoughtBridger
2011
My ArtMickey
2016

Television

Golden Globe AwardsSelf - Nominee · 1 eps
1944
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf · 2 eps
1962
Great PerformancesLady Taezle · 1 eps
1971
KojakStella · 1 eps
1973
Purple PlayhouseMina · 1 eps
1973
The Rockford FilesKate Flanders / Dep. DA Kate Doyle · 1 eps
1974
Captains and the KingsElizabeth Healey Hennessey · 8 eps
1976
FamilyFlora Jessup · 1 eps
1976
WheelsBarbara Lipton · 5 eps
1978
American PlayhouseLilly Sabina · 1 eps
1982
American PlayhouseKat Hubble · 1 eps
1982
KennedyJacqueline Kennedy · 3 eps
1983
SpacePenny Hardesty Pope · 5 eps
1985
The Comedy FactoryValerie Arnold · 1 eps
1985
The Days and Nights of Molly DoddMolly Dodd · 65 eps
1987
American ExperienceEllen Wilson (voice) · 1 eps
1988
American ExperienceNarrator (voice) · 6 eps
1988
Law & OrderDefense Attorney Virginia Masters · 1 eps
1990
FrasierJill (voice) · 1 eps
1993
ERDr. Vicki Ford · 1 eps
1994
Touched by an AngelMayor Victoria Lewis · 1 eps
1994
A Season in PurgatoryGrace Bradley · 2 eps
1996
Feds6 eps
1997
Law & Order: Special Victims UnitDefense Attorney Lynne Riff · 2 eps
1999
SmallvilleRachel Dunleavy · 1 eps
2001
Benjamin FranklinJane Mecom · 3 eps
2002
CSI: MiamiMargie Winters · 1 eps
2002
FringeNina Sharp · 90 eps
2008
The Jewish AmericansVoices (voice) · 2 eps
2008
Celebrity Ghost StoriesSelf · 1 eps
2009
Falling Skies1 eps
2011
Person of InterestEmma Blake · 1 eps
2011
ElementaryKate Durning · 2 eps
2012
Political AnimalsMrs. Berg · 1 eps
2012
Orange Is the New BlackJudy King · 24 eps
2013
ForeverFawn Mahoney Ames · 1 eps
2014
The AffairDr. Gunderson · 1 eps
2014
LimitlessMarie Finch · 22 eps
2015
Tom Clancy's Jack RyanDirector Sue Joyce · 2 eps
2018

Photos

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