Elizabeth Berridge

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Actress Elizabeth Berridge, or Beth, was born May 2, 1962 in Mamaroneck, New York. She was encouraged to pursue a performing career by Molly McCarthy, an acting coach who lived across the street, after seeing Elizabeth play Snoopy in the fifth grade. She graduated from Mamaroneck High School, the same high school where fellow actors Matt and Kevin Dillon, Michael O'Keefe, Dan Futterman, Jill Novick, Jennifer Bransford, and Bronson Picket attended. She studied acting at the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute.

Elizabeth has strong roots in the theatre, having graced the stage in New York, Los Angeles, and London. In 1986, she received a Drama Desk Award nomination for Best Featured Actress in A Play for Wrestlers as well as for her role in Cruise Control, a part written specifically for her. In 1989, she was nominated for the San Diego Critics Award and won the Dramalogue Award for Best Lead Actress for Lulu at the La Jolla Playhouse in Southern California.

Elizabeth's first film role was in the psycho-drama Natural Enemies (1979), in which she portrayed Hal Holbrook's ill-fated daughter. Among her numerous film credits are starring roles in The Funhouse, Amadeus, Five Corners and When the Party's Over.

On TV, Elizabeth was a long time cast member of the spin-off Texas from ABC's hit soap opera Another World and later in her career The John Larroquette Show. She has also guest-starred on a number of series including The Equalizer, Leg Work, Miami Vice, True Stories, and One of the Boys.

In March 2001, Elizabeth married fellow actor, and Broke Even co-star, Kevin Corrigan and currently lives in Los Angeles.

[edit] Miscellanea

  • Once was Helen Hunt's roommate. According to an interview with Ms. Hunt, she first met her Mad About You co-star Paul Reiser at a dinner party hosted by Elizabeth, who also happened to be a friend of Reiser's wife, Paula.
  • Replaced actress Meg Tilly in Amadeus (1984), as Constanze Mozart.
  • Had long term relationship with actor David Newsom in the early 90's.
  • In 1996, during her summer hiatus from shooting The John Larroquette Show, Elizabeth headed to New York City and appeared in two plays. One of these plays was the adaptation Tartuffe, Born Again at the Circle in the Square, as part of the theatre's 45th anniversary celebration.
  • She contributed to the executive-producing debut of former co-star Sandra Bullock, a short film titled Mailman.
  • In 1998 Elizabeth, along with Jake Johannson, was set to participate in a reading of James Morrison's Being Frank, a play about "sexual dysfunction, incest, and child abuse" to benefit RAINN (Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network). The project was expected to be held at the Stella Adler Theatre in Hollywood but was put on hold.
  • Elizabeth has been a host of the Eddie Awards, the "Academy Awards" of film and television editing.

[edit] Filmography

  1. Break a Leg (2005) .... NY Girl
  2. Grounded for Life - Crazy (2005), Pictures of Willy (2004), and Love Child (2001) TV Episodes .... Amy
  3. Yes, Dear - Shirley Cooks with Love (2004) TV Episode .... Wedding guest on videotape
  4. Hidalgo (2004) .... Annie Oakley
  5. Still Standing - Still Changing (2003) TV Episode .... Sandy Hartwick
  6. When Billie Beat Bobby (2001) (TV) .... Rosie Casals
  7. Buffalo Soldiers (2001)...Liz Berman
  8. Broke Even (2000) .... Leslie
  9. Payback (1999) (uncredited) .... Hooker in Bar
  10. Touched by an Angel - The Trigger (1998) TV Episode .... Holly
  11. The John Larroquette Show (1993-1996) TV Series .... Officer Eve Eggers
  12. The Powers That Be Charlotte (1992) TV Series .... Charlotte
  13. When the Party's Over (1992) .... Frankie
  14. Montana (1990) (TV) .... Lavetta
  15. The Equalizer - Endgame (1989) TV Episode .... Susan Wilhite
  16. Miami Vice - The Lost Madonna (1989) TV Episode .... Julia Scianti
  17. Home Fires Burning (1989) (TV) .... Francine Tibbetts
  18. Leg Work - Peaches (????) TV Episode .... Peaches
  19. Five Corners (1987) .... Melanie
  20. Smooth Talk (1985) .... June
  21. Silence of the Heart (1984) (TV) .... Penny Jacobs
  22. Amadeus (1984) .... Constanze Mozart
  23. Texas (1980-1982) TV Series .... Allison Linden
  24. The Funhouse (1981) .... Amy Harper
  25. Natural Enemies (1979) .... Sheila Steward

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