Pamela Payton-Wright
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Pamela Payton-Wright (born Pamela Payton November 1, 1941 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is an American actress.
Payton-Wright graduated from the Birmingham-Southern College in 1963. She began her television career in 1972 as Rhonda on Corky. She later joined the cast of Another World in 1979 in the role of Hazel Parker, a role she played for one year.
Payton-Wright is an accomplished actress having appeared in numerous Broadway and Off-Broadway productions.
Following numerous film roles and television appearances, Payton-Wright joined the cast of the ABC soap opera, One Life to Live, in 1991, and was the first to play the role of Agatha "Addie" Cramer. She currently plays this part recurringly on the show.
Broadway
- The Show-Off
- Exit the King
- The Cherry Orchard
- Jimmy Shine
- The Crucible
- All Over Town
- The Glass Menagerie
- Romeo & Juliet
- M Butterfly
- The Night of the Iguana
- A Streetcar Named Desire
- Something Unspoken
- Mourning Becomes Electra (Drama Desk Award)
Off-Broadway
- The Effect of Gamma Rays... (Obie, Clarence Derwent Award, Variety Critics' Poll Citation)
- Jesse and the Bandit Queen (Obie Award)
- The Seagull
- Hamlet
- The Replacement
- Mrs. Warren's Profession
- Richard III
- Til the Rapture Comes
Film:
- In Dreams
- The Freshman
- My Little Girl
- Ironweed
- Starlight
- Going Tin Style
- Resurrection
- At the Dark End of the Street
- Corky
Television:
- The Prodigal (PBS)
- Brother to Dragons (PBS)
- Look Homeward Angel (Playhouse 90)
- The Adams Chronicles (PBS, Emmy Nomination)
- Law & Order (guest)
- Homicide (recurring)
- Spencer for Hire (guest)
- One Life to Live (recurring)
[edit] External links
- Pamela Payton-Wright at the Internet Movie Database
- Pamela Payton-Wright at the Internet Broadway Database
- Pamela Payton-Wright interview: Performance Working in the Theatre CUNY-TV video by the American Theatre Wing, September 1989
