Kitty Winn
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Kitty Winn | |
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| Born | February 21, 1944 |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1969–1984 |
Kitty Winn (born February 21, 1944) is an award-winning American actress.
Early life and career
Winn was born in Washington, D.C. She spent much of her childhood time traveling to China, India and Japan.
She was in the American Conservatory Theater's first production of Tartuffe in 1967.[1]
She made her Broadway debut in 1969 in The Three Sisters, and won Best Actress at the 1971 Cannes Film Festival for her role opposite Al Pacino in The Panic in Needle Park. She also starred in New York's Shakespeare in the Park production of Hamlet. Winn also appeared in The Exorcist.
Her last film was Mirrors in 1978, in which she took the lead role of Marriane.
In the late 1970s, she was an Artist-in-Residence at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
Awards
Cannes Film Festival
| Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | The Panic in Needle Park | Best Actress | Won |
Trivia
- Listed as one of twelve "Promising New Actors of 1971" in John Willis' Screen World, Vol. 33.
- Member of the jury at the Berlin International Film Festival in 1976
- Her performance as Helen in The Panic in Needle Park (1971) is ranked #76 on Premiere Magazine's 100 Greatest Performances of All Time (2006).
- Step-granddaughter of General of the Army and Secretary of State George C. Marshall.
References
- ^ Stein, Ruthe, "Where are they now? Winn Traded Film for Family", San Francisco Chronicle, Sunday, August 1, 1999.
External links
- Kitty Winn at IMDb