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Following graduation in 1969, [9] she attended Lon Morris College, then transferred to the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. While at Michigan, she attended summer courses at Harvard University, appearing onstage with future movie and TV stars Jonathan Frakes and Christopher Reeve. [8] Career. 1980–2010.
Margo attended Lon Marris College, and later transferred to University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, and did a summer study at Harvard University. She made her film debut appearance in Days of Thunder (1990) , she played the minor role of Donna.
- Actress
- July 18, 1951
Margo attended Lon Marris College, and later transferred to University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, and did a summer study at Harvard University. She made her film debut appearance in Days of Thunder (1990) , she played the minor role of Donna.
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- Jacksonville, Texas, USA
- Margo Martindale's role call. Margo Martindale has won multiple Emmys and gone from America's favorite what's-her-name to a bona fide beloved star. Ahead of the release of her 2016 film The Hollars, EW sat down with the Texas-accented, infectiously upbeat actress to talk about 10 of her best roles.
- Lorenzo's Oil (1992) Martindale played a grieving mother in this affecting drama by director George Miller. It was her first of three movies costarring Susan Sarandon (Dead Man Walking and Twilight — no, not that one — followed), but didn't propel Martindale's career in the way she'd hoped.
- Nobody's Fool (1994) "You're either my favorite little sister," director Robert Benton told Martindale, "or my favorite older daughter." He cast her as a small-town bartender who wisecracks with Paul Newman in this effervescent comedy.
- Million Dollar Baby (2004) Martindale had auditioned for multiple Clint Eastwood films before getting hired to play the cruel mother of Hilary Swank's Maggie in this Best Picture Oscar winner.
Following graduation from Jacksonville High School in 1969, Martindale attended Lon Morris College, then transferred to the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. While at Michigan, she also did summer study at Harvard University, appearing onstage with future movie and TV stars Jonathan Frakes and Christopher Reeve.
Sep 28, 2009 · A standout in roles earthy, empathetic and hardboiled, Emmy-winning Margo Martindale made herself one of the most distinctive character actors of the 1990s and early 2000s. Wielding a dulcet Texan lilt, Martindale carved a niche as a New York stage actor before securing her footing in feature films as the mother of a chronically ill boy in.
Feb 15, 2017 · MARTINDALE: It was a Methodist school in my hometown that happened to be the best little acting, theater department in the state of Texas: Lon Morris College. A teacher took an interest in me and helped me along the way.
