Amy Wright
Amy Wright (born April 15, 1950 in Chicago , Illinois ) is an American actress .
Life and accomplishments
Wright studied at Beloit College and worked intermittently as a teacher. She quit and moved to New York City to build a career as an actress. There she made her debut at the Sanctuary Theater in 1975 and worked with Rip Torn.
Her first film role played Wright in the drama Not a Pretty Picture from 1976. In the western drama Heartland (1979) she played one of the bigger roles on the side of Rip Torn and Conchata Ferrell . In the comedy Stardust Memories (1980) she was seen at the side of Woody Allen , in the same year she appeared next to John Savage , David Morse and Diana Scarwid in a larger role in the drama Max's Bar by Richard Donner .
In the drama The Journeys of Mr. Leary (1988) Wright starred on the side of William Hurt , Kathleen Turner and Geena Davis . In the film comedy Die Erbschleicher (1990) she played the role of Lurlene , who fights for inheritance with her siblings Orville ( Beau Bridges ), Evalita ( Beverly D'Angelo ) and Sara Lee ( Tess Harper ).
Wright was married to her fellow actor Rip Torn from 1989 until his death in 2019 , and the couple have two daughters.
Filmography (selection)
- 1976: Not a Pretty Picture
- 1978: Girlfriends
- 1978: Those Who Go Through Hell (The Deer Hunter)
- 1979: Four crazy guys - We can all make it, nobody can make us (Breaking Away)
- 1979: Amityville Horror (The Amityville Horror)
- 1979: Heartland
- 1979: Wise Blood (Wise Blood)
- 1980: Stardust Memories
- 1980: Max's Bar (Inside Moves)
- 1985 BEER ( Beer )
- 1986: Off Beat - Let the cops dance (Off Beat)
- 1988: Telephone Terror (The Telephone)
- 1988: Sarah and Sam (Crossing Delancey)
- 1988: The Travels of Mr. Leary (The Accidental Tourist)
- 1989: Miss Firecracker
- 1990: Die Erbschleicher (Daddy's Dyin '... Who's Got the Will?)
- 1991: A Heartfelt Affair (Love Hurts)
- 1991: My Wife's Man (Hard Promises)
- 1991: Deceived (Deceived)
- 1995: The Scarlet Letter (The Scarlet Letter)
- 1995: Tom and Huck (Tom and Huck)
- 1999: Day and an Arabian Knight (short film)
- 2001: Besotted
- 2002: Winning Girls Through Psychic Mind Control
- 2004: Messengers
- 2006: The Good Shepherd (The Good Shepherd)
- 2008: Synecdoche, New York
- 2010: Please Give
Web links
- Amy Wright in theInternet Movie Database(English)
- Amy Wright in the Internet Broadway Database (English)
- Amy Wright on the Internet Off-Broadway Database
- Amy Wright in the German dubbing file
Individual evidence
- ^ A b biography in the IMDb , accessed on February 27, 2008
- ↑ Entry at filmreference.com
- ↑ Rip Torn, Emmy-winning star of "The Larry Sanders Show," has died at age 88. Retrieved September 2, 2019 (American English).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wright, Amy |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | US-american actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 15, 1950 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Chicago , Illinois , United States |