Margo Martindale

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Margo Martindale
Born July 18, 1951 (1951-07-18) (age 60)
Jacksonville, Texas, U.S.
Occupation Actress
Years active 1987–present

Margo Martindale (born July 18, 1951) is an American stage, television and film actress. [1] In 2011, Martindale won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for her performance as Mags Bennett on Justified. She currently stars in the CBS series A Gifted Man.

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[edit] Early life

Margo Martindale was born July 18, 1951 in Jacksonville, Texas to parents William Everett and Margaret (Pruitt) Martindale.[2] In addition to owning and operating a lumber company in Jacksonville, her father was known as a champion dog handler in Texas and throughout the southern United States. Margo was the youngest of three children and only daughter.[3] Her oldest brother is professional golfer and golf course designer Billy Martindale. Middle child, brother Bobby Tim, died in 2004.[4] Margo Martindale participated in golf, cheerleading and drama while in school and was crowned "Football Sweetheart"[5] as well as "Miss Jacksonville High School 1969."[6] Following graduation from Jacksonville High School in 1969[7] Martindale attended Lon Morris College then transferred to the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. While at Michigan, she also did summer study at Harvard University, appearing onstage with future movie and TV stars Jonathan Frakes and Christopher Reeve[8]

[edit] Theater

In the early 1980s Margo Martindale worked for four years at the Actors Theatre of Louisville in Kentucky. While there she became good friends with fellow actress Kathy Bates[9] Margo Martindale made her Broadway debut in 2004 as Big Mama in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. Prior, she had starred in several Off-Broadway stage productions, most notably as Truvy in the 1987 production of Steel Magnolias.[10] Other Off-Broadway appearances include Always...Patsy Cline and The Sugar Bean Sisters.

[edit] Film

Her film roles include turns as Susan Sarandon's fellow nun in Dead Man Walking, and, again with Sarandon, in Lorenzo's Oil. She appeared as Leonardo DiCaprio's doctor in Marvin's Room; and as Hilary Swank's selfish mother in Million Dollar Baby. Other films include The Human Stain with Anthony Hopkins and Nicole Kidman, 28 Days with Sandra Bullock, Proof of Life with Russell Crowe and Meg Ryan and Practical Magic again with Nicole Kidman and Sandra Bullock. She was also featured in Paris, je t'aime, starring in the final segment directed by Alexander Payne. She played Mama Cox in the 2007 film Walk Hard and played Ruby, Miley Cyrus' maternal grandmother, in Hannah Montana: The Movie. Her most recent role was as Miss Elizabeth Ham in the movie Secretariat, starring Diane Lane.

[edit] Television

Margo Martindale in her Emmy-award winning role as Mags Bennett in the FX series Justified.

One of Martindale's first television roles came in the miniseries Lonesome Dove. A series of character and guest appearances followed in a wide diversiy of tv shows. Martindale played recurring character Camilla Figg on the first three seasons of Dexter and had a recurring role in the A&E courtroom drama 100 Centre Street with Alan Arkin. In 2007-2008, she had a recurring role as Nina Burns, a neighbor of the Malloy/"Rich" family in The Riches with Minnie Driver and Eddie Izzard.[11] Martindale joined the cast of Justified for the second season. She played the role of Mags Bennett,[12] matriarch of the Bennett crime family which controlled much of the drug activity in the fictional version of Harlan County, Kentucky.

[edit] Awards

  • 2004 -- Tony Award nomination for Best Featured Actress in a Play, for her Broadway debut performance, as Big Mama in a revival of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.[13][14]
  • 2011 -- Won Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series at the Critics' Choice Television Awards for her role as Mags Bennett in the FX drama Justified. In her acceptance speech Martindale said "Who said turning sixty was a bad thing" and "I'm so excited, and dead on this show," making reference to the self-inflicted demise of her character in the Justified season 2 finale.[15]
  • 2011 -- Emmy Award[16] for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for Justified. After learning of the nomination, Martindale told CNN she hoped that it would open up more doors for older women in Hollywood. "People really identify with this character [Mags Bennett] and I think it’s because it is a character that is powerful and older and extremely mean," said Martindale.[17]

[edit] Personal life

Margo Martindale has been married to musician Bill Boals since 1986. They have a daughter, Margaret, born in 1988.

[edit] Filmography

[edit] Movies

[edit] Television

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.filmreference.com/film/78/Margo-Martindale.html
  2. ^ "Bobby Tim Martindale". 2004-07-18. http://www.ladytexian.com/txpanola/obits/2004/RosewoodParkCem_MartindaleBT.txt. Retrieved 2011-11-01. 
  3. ^ Martindale "Martindale Family is Family of Champions". The Cherokeean newspaper, Rusk, Texas.. 1965-09-09. http://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth150617/m1/9/zoom/?q=Margo Martindale. Retrieved 2011-09-28. 
  4. ^ "Bobby Tim Martindale". 2004-07-18. http://www.ladytexian.com/txpanola/obits/2004/RosewoodParkCem_MartindaleBT.txt. Retrieved 2011-11-01. 
  5. ^ "Margo Martindale". BuddyTV. 2009. http://www.buddytv.com/info/margo-martindale-info.aspx. Retrieved 2011-07-14. 
  6. ^ "Jacksonville's Margo Martindale wins Emmy for TV show 'Justified'". 2011-09-21. http://www.thecherokeean.com/news/2011-09-21/Front_Page/Jacksonvilles_Margo_Martindale_wins_Emmy_for_TV_sh.html. Retrieved 2011-09-28. 
  7. ^ "Margo Martindale biography". Yahoo.com/Movies. 2011. http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800280993/bio. Retrieved 2011-07-14. 
  8. ^ "Jacksonville's Margo Martindale wins Emmy for TV show 'Justified'". 2011-09-21. http://www.thecherokeean.com/news/2011-09-21/Front_Page/Jacksonvilles_Margo_Martindale_wins_Emmy_for_TV_sh.html. Retrieved 2011-09-28. 
  9. ^ "Justified star Margo Martindale on Mags Bennett". AOLTV.com. 2011-03-30. http://www.aoltv.com/2011/03/30/justified-margo-martindale-interview/. Retrieved 2011-07-14. 
  10. ^ The New York Times. http://theater.nytimes.com/mem/theater/treview.html?res=9B0DE1D7123DF934A15750C0A961948260. 
  11. ^ http://www.daemonstv.com/2008/03/16/interview-eddie-izzard-minnie-driver-the-riches-fx/
  12. ^ "Justified First Look: Margo Martindale Is Raylan's New Nemesis". TVGuide.com. http://www.tvguide.com/News/Justified-Margo-Martindale-1026309.aspx. Retrieved December 2, 2010. 
  13. ^ "List of nominees for 2004 Tony Awards". USA Today. May 11, 2004. http://www.usatoday.com/life/theater/news/2004-05-10-tony-nods_x.htm. 
  14. ^ The New York Times. http://theater.nytimes.com/mem/theater/treview.html?id=1077011420529&html_title=&tols_title=&byline=&fid=NONE. 
  15. ^ "Showclips:Margo Martindale Wins Award". TV Guide.com. 2011-06-24. http://video.tvguide.com/Show+Clips/Margo+Martindale+Wins+Award+For+Best+Supporting+Actress/7338717?autoplay=true. 
  16. ^ Margo Martindale Emmy Award Winner
  17. ^ "A birthday surprise for Justified actress Martindale". The Marquee Blog, CNN. 2011-07-14. http://marquee.blogs.cnn.com/2011/07/14/a-birthday-surprise-for-justified-actress-martindale/. Retrieved 2011-07-14. 
  18. ^ Mo at IMDB

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