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Birth Name:Madeleine Stowe Mora
Famous As: Actress
Date of Birth: August 18, 1958
Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, USA
Height: 5' 8
Nationality: American

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Madeleine Stowe

Madeleine Stowe in 2002
Born Madeleine Mora Stowe
August 18, 1958 (1958-08-18) (age 51)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation Actress
Years active 1978–2009
Spouse(s) Brian Benben (1982–present) 2 children

Madeleine Stowe (born August 18, 1958) is an American actress.

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Early life

Stowe, the eldest of three sisters, was born Madeleine Mora Stowe12 in Eagle Rock, a suburb of Los Angeles. Her mother, Mireya (née Mora), immigrated from Costa Rica and came from a prominent family, and her father, Robert Stowe, a civil engineer, was a native of Oregon.234 Stowe's father suffered from multiple sclerosis.5

At the age of ten, Stowe began taking piano lessons with the aim of becoming a concert pianist — and also as a way of not having to socialize with other kids. Her Russian-born music teacher Sergei Tarnowsky had faith in her, teaching her from his deathbed. But when he died at the age of 96, she quit ("I just felt it was time to not be by myself anymore") — and at 18 she went on her first date.6 She then studied cinema and journalism at the University of Southern California. Not overly interested in her classes, Stowe volunteered to do performances at the Solaris, a Beverly Hills theater, where a movie agent saw her in a play and got her several offers of appearances in TV and films.

Career

For nearly fifteen years Stowe appeared mostly in minor or supporting roles in movies and on TV. A few of her performances from this period became well-known to the public, as in Stakeout (1987), where she played with Richard Dreyfuss, and Revenge, (1990), which co-starred Kevin Costner. In 1991, she appeared topless in a supporting role as the wife of Kurt Russell in the gritty crime drama, Unlawful Entry. In 1992 Stowe finally landed a leading role in a high-profile film, playing the part of Cora Munro in The Last of the Mohicans, which also starred Daniel Day-Lewis.

The next year, director Robert Altman cast Stowe in Short Cuts, in which she gave one of her most acclaimed screen performances as the wife of a compulsive lying and adulterous police officer played by Tim Robbins. The following year, Madeleine was a blind musician in the thriller Blink, co-starring Aidan Quinn. (Fourteen years earlier, she had a guest role as a blind painter in Little House on the Prairie).7 The year after that, she was a sympathetic psychiatrist in the science-fiction movie Twelve Monkeys. Stowe postponed her acting career in 1996 to concentrate on motherhood. In 1998, she came back with The Proposition. Then The General's Daughter in 1999.

She most recently appeared in the Jeff Goldblum detective drama Raines on NBC, a 2007 mid-season replacement. The series was canceled after two months.

Personal life

Stowe has been married to actor Brian Benben since 1982, whom she met when they acted in a TV film the previous year. The couple have a daughter, May (born 1996) and a son. They spend spare time on the ranch they own in Texas.

In 2008, Stowe travelled to Haiti and helped found Artists For Peace And Justice. She is on the advisory board.

In December 2007, she endorsed and campaigned for John Edwards in the 2008 U.S. presidential election.8

Filmography

Film
Year Film Role Other notes
1981 Gangster Wars Ruth Lasker
1987 Stakeout Maria McGuire
1989 Tropical Snow Marina
Worth Winning Veronica Briskow
1990 Revenge Miryea Mendez
The Two Jakes Lillian Bodine
1991 Closet Land Victim
1992 Unlawful Entry Karen Carr
The Last of the Mohicans Cora Munro
1993 Another Stakeout Maria Uncredited Role
Short Cuts Sherri Shepard
1994 Blink Emma Brody
China Moon Rachel Munro
Bad Girls Cody Zamora
1995 Twelve Monkeys Kathryn Railly
1998 The Proposition Eleanor Barret
Playing by Heart Gracie
1999 The General's Daughter Warr. Off. Sara Sunhill
2002 Impostor Maya Olham
We Were Soldiers Julia Moore
Avenging Angelo Jennifer Barrett Allieghieri
2003 Octane Senga Wilson
Television
Year Title Role Notes
1978 Baretta Anna Episode: The Marker
The Amazing Spider-Man Maria Calderon Episode: Escort to Danger
The Nativity Mary ABC TV-Movie
The Deerslayer Hetty Hutter NBC TV-Movie
1979 Barnaby Jones Diane Episode: School of Terror
1980 Beulah Land Selma Kendrick Davis CBS Miniseries
Little House on the Prairie Annie Crane Episode: Portrait of Love
1981 Trapper John, M.D. Cassie Episode: Creepy Time Gal
The Gangster Chronicles Ruth Lasker NBC Miniseries
1984 Amazons Dr. Sharon Fields ABC TV-Movie
1986 Blood & Orchids Hester Ashley Murdoch CBS TV-Movie
2002 The Magnificent Ambersons Isabel Amberson Minafer A&E Network TV-Movie
2005 Saving Milly Milly CBS TV-Movie
2006 Southern Comfort Charlotte Unsold TV-Pilot
2007 Raines Dr. Samantha Kohl 6 episodes
2009 The Christmas Hope Patricia Addison Lifetime Television TV-Movie

Awards and nominations

ALMA Awards

  • 2000: Nominated, "Outstanding Actress in a Feature Film" - The General's Daughter

Saturn Awards

  • 1996: Nominated, "Best Actress" - Twelve Monkeys

Blockbuster Entertainment Awards

  • 2000: Nominated, "Favorite Supporting Actress in a Suspense" - The General's Daughter

Golden Globe Awards

  • 1994: Won, "Best Ensemble Cast" - Short Cuts (shared w/castmembers)

Imagen Foundation Awards

  • 2005: Won, "Best Television Actress" - Saving Milly

National Society of Film Critics Awards

  • 1994: Won, "Best Actress in a Genre Motion Picture" - Twelve Monkeys

Venice Film Festival Awards

  • 1993: Won, "Best Ensemble Cast" - Short Cuts (shared w/castmembers)

References

  1. ^ According to the State of California. California Birth Index, 1905-1995. Center for Health Statistics, California Department of Health Services, Sacramento, California. At Ancestry.com
  2. ^ a b Madeleine Stowe Biography
  3. ^ Down-to-earth actress Madeline Stowe co-stars in '12 Monkeys'
  4. ^ Search Results
  5. ^ MOVIES The Trip to Bankable After a series of supporting roles, Madeleine Stowe has finally achieved name-above-the-title star status. And all it took was 15 years of paying dues and speaking her mind-and one big hit in `Last of the Mohicans'
  6. ^ WHAT DRIVES MADELEINE STOW UP THE WALL?
  7. ^ "Little House on the Prairie" Portrait of Love (1980) - Full cast and crew
  8. ^ Political Punch

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