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Brenda Currin

Brenda Currin is an OBIE Award winning actress. Brenda's career began as Nancy Clutter in In Cold Blood. She went on to play Pooh Percy in The World According To Garp with Robin Williams, and appeared in Taps, Reds, and the cult classic C.H.U.D., among others. Brenda worked in the New York theater scene, on and Off Broadway for much of her adult life. She is acclaimed for her two one-person shows based on Eudora Welty's work, Sister and Miss Lexie and A Fire Was In My Head. eudoraweltyonstage.co . In 1990 Brenda left the theater to get a Master's degree in anthropology and then co-founded What Girls Know, a theater program for the healthy development of adolescent girls, which she directed in NYC and other parts of the country for the next 15 years. Since returning to acting, she has worked continually in New York, with concentration on the works of Tennessee Williams, Jane Bowles, Harper Lee, Horton Foote, and a new play, Mr. Toole (Vivian Neuwirth) as Thelma Toole. Brenda's recent film/TV work includes Gossamer Folds, Out Of Blue and Claws. She now resides in New Orleans.


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Movie/TV Credits:
14
First Appeared:
In the movie In Cold Blood 1967-12-15
Latest Project:
Movie Daughter of the Bride 2023-02-03
Known For
Poster of Daughter of the Bride
Poster of Gossip Girl
Poster of Gossamer Folds
Poster of Christmas Belles
Filmography
Movie Daughter of the Bride Aunt Marci 2023-02-03
Series Gossip Girl Chairwoman Hartshorn 2021-07-08
Movie Gossamer Folds Maybelle 2020-09-17
Movie Christmas Belles Maude 2019-11-23
Movie Out of Blue Nancy the Waitress 2019-03-22
Movie Diary of a Hitman Neighbor Lady 1991-11-20
Movie Tales from the Darkside Sarah Kimble 1990-11-29
Series Tales from the Darkside Sarah Kimble 1984-09-30
Movie C.H.U.D. Francine the Landlady 1984-08-31
Movie Going Berserk Sal's Secretary 1983-09-30
Movie The World According to Garp Pooh 1982-08-13
Movie Reds Marjorie Jones 1981-12-25
Series The Scarlet Letter Goodie Ingles 1979-03-03
Movie In Cold Blood Nancy Clutter 1967-12-15