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Jeanmarie Simpson (born November 20, 1959) is an American theatre artist and peace activist best known for writing and playing the title role in the 2004 play A Single Woman, and its 2008 film adaptation, based on the life of first US Congresswoman, Jeannette Rankin.
- 3
- 1972–present
- Daniel Joseph Bishop (m. 1976)
- November 20, 1959 (age 63), Ray, Arizona, United States
Jeanmarie (Simpson) Bishop was born in rural Arizona in 1959. Her family moved to Toronto in 1970 and she fell in love with the theatre after seeing, with her 7th-grade class, the legendary production of Godspell. Shortly thereafter, she wrote and performed her first solo show in Toronto in 1972.
Mar 28, 2012 · Jeanmarie Simpson. This is the first in a series about an artist whose life was shaped by her childhood in the Ray-Kearny area. By CJ McKinney. When Jeanmarie Simpson was 12, she regaled her seventh grade classmates with a performance piece about the adventures of “My Fair Lady” heroine Eliza Doolittle on Christopher Columbus’ flagship.
Jeanmarie Simpson. Writer: A Single Woman. Jeanmarie Simpson was born in rural Arizona in 1959. Her family moved to Toronto in 1970 and she fell in love with the theatre after seeing, with her 7th grade class, the legendary production of Godspell (featuring Gilda Radner, Eugene Levy and Martin Short) at the Bayview Playhouse.
- January 1, 1
- 1.70 m
- Ray, Arizona, USA
- Writer, Actress, Director
Jeanmarie Simpson | New Play Exchange. Jeanmarie Simpson has been a working theatre artist since 1972 and has directed dozens of plays and musicals. She wrote and performed hundreds of times (including Off-Broadway) A Single Woman about Jeannette Rankin, the first US Congresswoman.
Artist Statement …a very wonderfully accomplished theatrical actress… brilliant! — Leonard Nimoy …a dedicated artist and remarkable woman.
May 10, 2019 · "Her story is an astonishing part of American history that has never been widely exposed," says Jeanmarie Simpson ,* actor and playwright of HERETIC, a one-woman performance about Dyer's life....
