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Mary Stuart Masterson
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Mary Stuart Masterson, born on 28 June 1966 in Manhattan, is an American actor, film producer, and film director who has also worked as a television actor. She was educated at New York University and has been active since 1975. Her parents are Carlin Glynn and Peter Masterson.
She has been married to Damon Santostefano and Jeremy Davidson, and received the Theatre World Award. She speaks English.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 2
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Film & TV
Acting · Los Angeles, California, USA
Mary Stuart Masterson (born June 28, 1966) is an American film, stage and television actress and director.
Known for
- The Senior — Eileen Flynt2025
- Five Nights at Freddy's — Aunt Jane2023
- Sid Is Dead — Kim Sandagger2023
- Isle of Hope — Victoria2022
- For Life — Anya Harrison2020
- Daniel Isn't Real — Claire2019
- Skin — Agent Jackie Marks2019
- As You Are — Karen2016
- Blindspot — Eleanor Hirst2015
- Touch — Beth Cooper2012
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 1,738
- Total plays
- 7,054
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Acclaimed film actress Mary Stuart Masterson is best known from "Benny & Joon," "Fried Green Tomatoes," "Some Kind of Wonderful," and "At Close Range," and was nominated for a Tony Award for the revival production of "Nine," alongside Antonio Banderas and Chita Rivera. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Mary+Stuart+Masterson">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- A new method of classifying prognostic comorbidity in longitudinal studies: Development and validation
· 1987 · cited 42,781x
- Reproducible, interactive, scalable and extensible microbiome data science using QIIME 2
· 2019 · cited 20,832x
- A global reference for human genetic variation
· 2015 · cited 17,756x
- The Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology (STROBE) statement: guidelines for reporting observational studies
· 2007 · cited 17,499x
- Comprehensive Integration of Single-Cell Data
· 2019 · cited 15,280x
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1966-06-28 ) June 28, 1966 (age 59) , Los Angeles, California, U.S.
- Alma mater
- New York University
- Occupations
- Actress, director
- Years active
- 1974–present
- Spouses
- George Carl Francisco, ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1990 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1992 ) Damon Santostefano , ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2000 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 2004 ) Jeremy Davidson , ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2006 )
- Parents
- Peter Masterson (father) Carlin Glynn (mother)
- Relatives
- Horton Foote (first cousin once removed)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Mary
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Manhattan
- Spouse
- Jeremy Davidson
- Father
- Peter Masterson
- Mother
- Carlin Glynn
- Occupation
- screenwriter
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Award
- Theatre World Award
- Image
- Mary Stuart Masterson by David Shankbone (cropped).jpg
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- Mary Stuart Masterson
- date of birth
- 1966-06-28
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- Mary Stuart Masterson
- related category
- Category:Films directed by Mary Stuart Masterson
- start of work period
- 1975-00-00
- writing language
- English language
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Encyclopedic overview
Mary Stuart Masterson (born June 28, 1966) is an American actress, producer, and director. After making her acting debut as a child in The Stepford Wives (1975), Masterson took a ten-year hiatus to focus on her education. Her early film roles include Heaven Help Us (1985), At Close Range (1986), Some Kind of Wonderful (1987), and Chances Are (1989). Her performance in the film Immediate Family (1989) won her the National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actress, and she earned additional praise for her roles in Fried Green Tomatoes (1991) and Benny & Joon (1993).
Masterson later shifted her focus to television projects, appearing in Kate Brasher (2001) which she also produced, Something the Lord Made (2004), Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2004–2007), Mercy (2010), NCIS (2017), Blindspot (2017–2019), and For Life (2020). She also performed in the Broadway revival of Nine (2003) for which she was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical, and directed The Cake Eaters (2007). She returned to mainstream film with As You Are (2017), and has since appeared in Skin (2018), Daniel Isn't Real (2019), and Five Nights at Freddy's (2023).
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