Elizabeth Franz
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Elizabeth Franz (born Elizabeth Frankovich on June 18, 1941 in Akron, Ohio) is an American actor of stage and television.
On the stage, Franz has won a Tony Award, for her role as Linda Loman in the 1999 production of Death of a Salesman, as well as an Obie Award, for her role in the 1980 off-Broadway production Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All for You. Franz has also been nominated two other times for a Tony Award (for 1983's Brighton Beach Memoirs and 2002's Morning's at Seven). In 2004 and 2005, Franz appeared at the Royal National Theatre in London, in the Sam Shepard play Buried Child.
On television, Franz is most notably a character actor. She became best known for her role as the villainess Alma Rudder on the soap opera Another World, which she portrayed from 1982 to 1983, while she was performing Brighton Beach Memoirs on Broadway. She also played the role of Helen Wendall on As the World Turns from 1994 to 1995, and guest-starred in several episodes of Roseanne, as free-spirited beauty salon owner Marsha. In 2005 Ms Franz won the Best Actress Award from the NYC Home Film Festival for her appearance in the short film The Readerwritten and directed by Duncan M. Rogers
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| NAME | Franz, Elizabeth |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Frankovich, Elizabeth |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | American actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 18, 1941 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Akron, Ohio |
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