Concetta Tomei
- Recitazione
- 30 dicembre 1945 · Kenosha, Wisconsin, USA
Biografia
Character actress Concetta Tomei was born on December 30, 1945, and raised in her hometown of Kenosha, Wisconsin, the only child of a policeman who was a talented artist on the sly. She came from a long line of educators and was likely drawn to that career at an influential age. She attended the University of Wisconsin at Madison, where she earned a Bachelor of Science degree in education. After teaching school in a Milwaukee suburb for four years, however, she abruptly quit to pursue her acting dream. She became a student of the famed Goodman School of Drama in Chicago where she received a another degree, a Bachelor of Fine Arts, in theater arts. She started her professional career on the stock and repertory stages and gathered a formidable list of early credits appearing in such plays as "A Streetcar Named Desire, "Candida," "Blithe Spirit" and "The Corn Is Green." She made her debut on Broadway replacing Carole Shelley in "The Elephant Man" playing the actress/grande dame Mrs. Kendal. She continued in her role when a subsequent tour went out starring David Bowie. Seeking on-camera experience, she moved out West in the 1980s and found plentiful work on TV with her all-controlling, severe-looking femmes, which culminated in the critically acclaimed Vietnam War drama China Beach (1988) in which she played a hard-as-nails major. She continued with a host of guest parts on "L.A. Law," "Murphy Brown," "Picket Fences" and "Wings," among many others. Not readily known for her film work, she has nevertheless offered occasional arch support (since 1991) in such pictures as Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead (1991), Twenty Bucks (1993), Out to Sea (1997) Deep Impact (1998), The Muse (1999) and View from the Top (2003). Another regular series TV role came with Providence (1999), in which she played a chain-smoking mom.
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Filmografia
- Elsbeth · Lorena Marchuk
- Going Home · Fay Hutton
- Space Force · Rep. Pitosi
- Stars in the House · In persona
- Abby's · Nemo
- Reach · Doris
- For Muriel · Elaine
- The Mick · Evelyn, Tippy Pemberton
- Veep - Vicepresidente incompetente · Connie DiBenedetto
- Cyrano de Bergerac · Roxane's Duenna
- The List · Ms. Fitch
- Ghost Whisperer - Presenze · Margaret
- Kitchen Confidential · Grace
- Weeds · Celia's Mother
- The Closer · Mrs. Rawley
- Numb3rs · Dr. Sarah Kemple
- Gone But Not Forgotten · Rita
- Second Time Around · Christia Muse
- Arrested Development - Ti presento i miei · Mrs. Livingston
- Cold Case - Delitti irrisolti · Violet Golding (2008)
- Nip/Tuck · Maureen Ayers
- Una hostess tra le nuvole · Mrs. Stewart
- Giudice Amy · Joanne Collins
- La dea del successo · Nurse Rennert
- Providence · Lynda Hansen
- The King of Queens · Joyce
- Hollywood Squares · In persona
- Deep Impact · Patricia Ruiz
- Gli impenitenti · Madge
- Lush Life
- Settimo cielo · Mrs. Hampton
- Murder One · Jeanette Rennick
- Star Trek: Voyager · Minister Odala
- Madman of the People · Delia Buckner
- Il tocco di un angelo · Kate Carpenter
- The Goodbye Bird · Victoria Van Borins
- Ellen · Professor Bass
- Sin and Redemption · Marina Preston
- Un detective in corsia · Sister Regina
- Un pezzo da 20 · Sam's Mother
- La famiglia Brock · Ellen McGrath
- The Burden of Proof · Clara Stern
- One Special Victory
- Civil Wars · ADA Antonia Lecari
- ...non dite a mamma che la babysitter è morta · Mom
- Wings · Sylvia
- Murphy Brown · Doris Dial
- China Beach: Pilot · Maj. Lila Garreau
- China Beach · Lila Garreau
- Max Headroom · Blank Dominique
- Vietnam missione Tonkin · Doyen Salsig
- The Betty Ford Story · Jan
- Agatha Christie: Delitto in tre atti · Janet Crisp
- Avvocati a Los Angeles · Susan Hauber
- Doubletake · Hazel Carter
- A cuore aperto · Elise Praeger
- Amy and the Angel · Mrs. Mixner
- Falcon Crest · Dr. Estelle Kramer
- Doctor Franken · Reporter