Janet Margolin

Janet Margolin (born July 25, 1943 in New York City , † December 17, 1993 in Los Angeles , California ) was an American actress .

life and career

Margolin studied performing arts in New York and earned a Tony Award nomination at the age of 18 in 1962 for her portrayal of a mentally disturbed teenager in the Broadway play Daughter of Silence . This success led to Margolin's film debut with a comparable role in Frank Perry's drama David and Lisa , for which she was nominated for the Golden Globe for Best Young Actress in 1963 . In 1965 she played the Jewish woman Esther Levy in the world war film Morituri . In 1969 she was Woody Allen's partner in his early comedy Woody the Unlucky Raven . She later engaged Allen again for a small part in his hit film Der Stadtneurotiker (1977).

Despite consistently excellent reviews, Janet Margolin's breakthrough as a star failed to appear. She appeared primarily in television roles. One of her most famous films was Jonathan Demme of Alfred Hitchcock -inspired thriller Deadly Embrace (1979). Her last appearance on the big screen was in 1989 in Ghostbusters II .

Janet Margolin died of ovarian cancer at the age of 50 . She left behind her husband, actor and director Ted Wass ( Blossom ) , with whom she was married for a second time, and two children.

Filmography

• 1961: The Edge of Night (TV series, episode)
• 1962: Ben Casey (TV series, an episode)
• 1962: Alcoa Premiere (TV series, an episode)
• 1962: David and Lisa (David and Lisa)
• 1963: East Side / West Side (TV series, an episode)
• 1963: Preston & Preston ( The Defenders , TV series, episode)
• 1964: Arrest and Trial (TV series, episode)
• 1965: The Greatest Story Ever Told (The Greatest Story Ever Told)
• 1965: Resist If You Can (Bus Riley's Back in Town)
• 1965: Morituri
• 1966: Nevada Smith
• 1966: El ojo de la cerradura
• 1966: Ten Blocks on the Camino Real (TV movie)
• 1967: His big appearance (Enter Laughing)
• 1967: The Secret of the Blue Crown ( Coronet Blue , TV series, an episode)
• 1968: Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell
• 1969: Woody the unlucky fellow (Take the Money and Run)
• 1971: Medical Center (TV series, episode)
• 1971: The Young Lawyers ( The Young Lawyers , television series, one episode)
• 1971: The Interns (TV series, episode)
• 1971: The Last Child (TV movie)
• 1971: Owen Marshall - Defense Attorney ( Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law , TV series, an episode)
• 1972: Twen-Police (TV series, one episode)
• 1972: Start into the Unknown ( Family Flight , TV movie)
• 1973: Your Three Minutes Are Up
• 1973–1975: Police Story (TV series, three episodes)
• 1974: Pray for the Wildcats (TV movie)
• 1974: Planet Earth (TV movie)
• 1974: Lucas Tanner (TV series, an episode)
• 1975: The Wide World of Mystery (TV series, episode)
• 1975: Makeup and Guns ( Police Woman , TV series, an episode)
• 1975: The Bad Five ( SWAT , TV series, an episode)
• 1976: Joe Forrester (TV series, an episode)
• 1976: Serpico (TV series, an episode)
• 1976–1977: Lanigan's Rabbi (TV series, five episodes)
• 1977: Martinelli, Outside Man (TV movie)
• 1977: The Urban Neurotic (Annie Hall)
• 1977: Murder in Peyton Place (TV movie)
• 1977: Sharon: Portrait of a Mistress (TV movie)
• 1977: Starsky & Hutch (TV series, two episodes)
• 1978: The Eddie Capra Mysteries (TV series, episode)
• 1979: Feuerfalle ( The Triangle Factory Fire Scandal , TV movie)
• 1979: Deadly Embrace (Last Embrace)
• 1980: Das Plutonium Syndrom ( The Plutonium Incident , TV movie)
• 1987: Tonight's the Night (TV movie)
• 1988: Distant Thunder
• 1989: Ghostbusters II
• 1990: Columbo (TV series, an episode)
• 1990: Cash for Killing (TV movie)
• 1990: Murder is Her Hobby ( Murder, She Wrote , TV series, an episode)

Web links

• Janet Margolin in theInternet Movie Database(English)
• Janet Margolin in the Internet Broadway Database (English)
• Janet Margolin in the German dubbing file

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Entry at filmreference.com