Bess Armstrong

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Bess Armstrong

Born	Elizabeth Key Armstrong December 11, 1953 (1953-12-11) (age 54) Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.

Bess Armstrong (born Elizabeth Key Armstrong on December 11, 1953) is an American film and television actress.

1 Biography
2 Filmography
3 References
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[edit] Biography

Armstrong was born in Baltimore, Maryland. She attended the Bryn Mawr School for Girls and Brown University, from which she graduated with a degrees in Latin and Theater. While at Bryn Mawr and Brown, Armstrong appeared in over one hundred stage plays. Armstrong's professional acting career began in 1975 with the Off-Off Broadway debut, Harmony House. In 1977, Armstrong made her television debut as Julia Peters on the CBS sitcom, On Our Own. In 1978 Armstrong starred opposite Richard Thomas in her first TV-movie Getting Married. This was followed by her first film on the big scree,The House of God in 1979. Armstrong continued to make several films for both the big and small screens in the 1980s. Notably, she appeared as the sympathetic new wife, Ginny Newley, in Alan Alda's comedy, The Four Seasons in 1981 and in 1984, she appeared in the hit TV miniseries Lace as Judy Hale, a magazine publisher and one of the three women Phoebe Cates rounds up in her quest for her mother. The 1990s brought Armstrong to her most well known role, Patty Chase, in the critically acclaimed dramatic series My So-Called Life. In 2008, Armstrong played Penelope Kendall in TV's Boston Legal. She played a woman accused of murdering her high-profile husband, and was acquitted after being represented by her attorney, Denny Crane (William Shatner). Armstrong remains active in films, television, and the stage.^[1]