Name: Frances Sternhagen
Date of Birth: 13 January 1930 Widowed mother of 6 children. Graduated Vassar College. Nominated for Tony award, along with two other female cast members, as Best Featured Actress in a Play, for role in "Morning's At Seven", May 2002. Has won two Tony Awards: in 1974 as Best Supporting or Featured Actress (Dramatic) for "The Good Doctor," and in 1995 as Best Actress (Featured Role - Play) for a revival of "The Heiress." She has been nominated five other times: as Best Supporting or Featured Actress (Dramatic) in 1972 for a revival "The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window" and in 1975 for "Equus;" as Best Actress (Musical) in 1978 for "Angel;" as Best Actress (Play) in 1979 for "On Golden Pond;" and as Best Actress (Featured Role - Play) in 2002 for a revival of "Morning's at Seven." ... Best known to television audiences as playing Cliff's mother on "Cheers." She's the daughter of a U.S. tax court judge. Awarded the The Helen Hayes Tribute by the Helen Hayes Award Organization on April 16, 2007. Mother of actors Paul Carlin, Tony Carlin, and Amanda Carlin. Read more Frances Sternhagen movies (actor)User Comments |
