Marsha Mason

American actress (born 1942)

Film & TV

St. Louis, Missouri, USA

Marsha Mason (born April 3, 1942) is an American actress and theater director. She received four Academy Award nominations as Best Actress for her performances in Cinderella Liberty, The Goodbye Girl, Chapter Two, and Only When I Laugh. She is also known for starring in the 1986 film Heartbreak Ridge. Mason was married for ten years (1973–1983) to the playwright and screenwriter Neil Simon, who…

Known for

Holiday Touchdown: A Bears Love Story — Darlene2026
SEGAL — Self2025
Stars in the House — Self2020
Grace and Frankie — Arlene2015
Madam Secretary — Kinsey Sherman2014
Across Grace Alley — Grandmother2013
The Middle — Pat Spence2009
The Good Wife — Judge Louisa Page2009
Lipstick Jungle — Lorraine Lipman2008
Army Wives — Charlotte Meade2007

via TMDB

Key facts

Born: ( 1942-04-03 ) April 3, 1942 (age 84) , St. Louis , Missouri , U.S.
Occupations: Actress, director
Years active: 1966–present
Spouses: Gary Campbell, ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1965 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1970 ) Neil Simon , ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1973 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1983 )

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Family name: Mason
Gender: female
Citizenship: United States
Place of birth: St. Louis
Spouse: Neil Simon
Occupation: voice actor
Educated at: HB Studio
Languages spoken: English language
Award: Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Image: Marsha Mason at Dialogue ONE (cropped).jpg

Show 5 more facts

Commons category: Marsha Mason
date of birth: 1942-04-03
nominated for: Academy Award for Best Actress
start of work period: 1966-00-00
social media followers: 1338

Sources (6)

via Wikidata · CC0

~9 min read

Encyclopedic overview

Marsha Mason (born April 3, 1942) is an American actress and theatre director. She has been nominated four times for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performances in Cinderella Liberty (1973), The Goodbye Girl (1977), Chapter Two (1979), and Only When I Laugh (1981). The first two also won her Golden Globe Awards. She was married for 10 years (1973–1983) to the playwright and screenwriter Neil Simon, who wrote all but the first film cited above, in addition to several others in which she starred.

Mason's film debut was in the 1966 film Hot Rod Hullabaloo. Her other films include Blume in Love (1973), The Cheap Detective (1978), Max Dugan Returns (1983), Heartbreak Ridge (1986), Stella (1990) and Drop Dead Fred (1991). On television, she appeared in the soap opera Love of Life (1971–72) and received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for her recurring role on the sitcom Frasier (1997–98).

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Marsha Mason” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.