Janet Margolin
Janet Margolin (July 25, 1943 – December 17, 1993) was an American theater, television and film actress.
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| Born | July 25, 1943 New York City, U.S. |
| Died | December 17, 1993 (aged 50) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Resting place | Westwood Memorial Park |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | High School of Performing Arts |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1961–1993 |
| Spouse(s) | Jerry Brandt
(m. 1968; div. 1971) |
| Children | 2 |
Early life
Margolin was born in New York City, the daughter of Jewish parents Benjamin and Annette (née Lief) Margolin. Her father was a Russian-born accountant who founded the Nephrosis Foundation, now the Kidney Foundation of New York.
She attended the High School of Performing Arts. In 1961 at the age of 18, while a prop girl at the New York Shakespeare Festival, Margolin won a pivotal Broadway stage role as Anna in Morris West's Daughter of Silence.[1] The New York Times in reviewing the play listed her among leaders of "a fine cast" and said that "her Anna has a fragile, haunted dewiness."[2]
Career
In 1962, Margolin played her first movie role as the female lead in David and Lisa. She co-starred with Marlon Brando in 1965's Morituri and with Steve McQueen in the western Nevada Smith. She later played Wanda, the love interest of the lead character David Kolowitz, in the movie Enter Laughing (1967).
In Take the Money and Run (1969), she played the love interest of the bumbling thief played by Woody Allen, and in Annie Hall (1977), she played the social-climbing wife of Allen's character.
In 1979, Margolin co-starred with Roy Scheider in director Jonathan Demme's thriller Last Embrace.
Margolin's last film appearance was in Ghostbusters II in 1989, and her last television roles were as a killer in an episode of Murder, She Wrote ("Deadly Misunderstanding") and as a victim in Columbo: Murder in Malibu in 1990.
Personal life
Margolin died of ovarian cancer at the age of 50 on December 17, 1993, in Los Angeles, California. She was cremated and her ashes were placed in an urn garden at Westwood Memorial Park in Los Angeles. She and her husband actor/director Ted Wass had two children, Julian and Matilda.
Margolin frequently and erroneously has been identified as the sister of actor Stuart Margolin and director Arnold Margolin, though she acted alongside Stuart Margolin in the pilot episode of the TV series Lanigan's Rabbi, where they appeared as husband and wife. She was a friend of producer/actress Jennifer Salt, who had co-starred with Wass in the 1970s sitcom Soap.[3][4]
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1962 | David and Lisa | Lisa Brandt | |
| 1965 | The Greatest Story Ever Told | Mary of Bethany | |
| 1965 | Bus Riley's Back in Town | Judy | |
| 1965 | Morituri | Esther | Alternative title: Saboteur: Code Name Morituri |
| 1966 | The Eavesdropper | Inés | Alternative title: El ojo que espía |
| 1966 | Nevada Smith | Neesa | |
| 1967 | Enter Laughing | Wanda | |
| 1968 | Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell | Gia Campbell | |
| 1969 | Take the Money and Run | Louise | |
| 1973 | Your Three Minutes Are Up | Betty | |
| 1977 | Annie Hall | Robin | |
| 1979 | Last Embrace | Ellie Fabian | |
| 1988 | Distant Thunder | Barbara Lambert | |
| 1989 | Ghostbusters II | The Prosecutor |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1961 | The Edge of Night | Betty Morrissey | August 17, 1961 episode |
| 1962 | Ben Casey | Illyana Trivas | Episode: "Legacy from a Stranger" |
| 1962 | Alcoa Premiere | Barbara | Episode: "The Hands of Danofrio" |
| 1963 | East Side/West Side | Doris Arno | Episode: "You Can't Beat the System" |
| 1963 | The Defenders | Dinah Caldwell | Episode: "Old Lady Ironsides" |
| 1964 | Arrest and Trial | Helen Kazar | Episode: "A Circle of Strangers" |
| 1966 | Ten Blocks on the Camino Real | Esmerelda | TV movie |
| 1967 | Coronet Blue | Riva | Episode: "The Assassins" |
| 1971 | Medical Center | Terri Spencer | Episode: "Web of Darkness" |
| 1971 | The Young Lawyers | Celia Bradbury | Episode: "The Bradbury War" |
| 1971 | The Interns | Rose | Episode: "The Manly Arts" |
| 1971 | The Last Child | Karen Miller | TV movie |
| 1971 | Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law | Jan Herron | Episode: "The Forest and the Trees" |
| 1972 | The Mod Squad | Cathy | Episode: "Eyes of the Beholder" |
| 1972 | Family Flight | Carol Rutledge | TV movie |
| 1973-1975 | Police Story | Various | 3 episodes |
| 1974 | Pray for the Wildcats | Krissie Kincaid | TV movie |
| 1974 | Planet Earth | Harper-Smythe | TV movie |
| 1974 | Lucas Tanner | Zeta Alexander | Episode: "By the Numbers" |
| 1975 | The Wide World of Mystery | Susan Browning | Episode: "Please Call It Murder" |
| 1975 | Police Woman | Lisa Tibbett | Episode: "Pattern for Evil" |
| 1975 | S.W.A.T. | Emily | Episode: "Vigilante" |
| 1976 | Joe Forrester | Episode: "The Promised Land" | |
| 1976 | Serpico | Helena | Episode: "The Serbian Connection" |
| 1976-1977 | Lanigan's Rabbi | Miriam Small | 5 episodes |
| 1977 | Martinelli, Outside Man | Rosalie | TV movie |
| 1977 | Murder in Peyton Place | Betty Anderson Roerick | TV movie |
| 1977 | Sharon: Portrait of a Mistress | Carol | TV movie |
| 1977 | Starsky and Hutch | Dr. Judith Kaufman | 2 episodes |
| 1978 | The Eddie Capra Mysteries | Daniella | Episode: "Nightmare at Pendragon Castle" |
| 1979 | The Triangle Factory Fire Scandal | Rose | TV movie |
| 1980 | The Plutonium Incident | Judith Longden | TV movie |
| 1987 | Tonight's the Night | Chris | TV movie |
| 1990 | Murder C.O.D. | Maye Walsh | TV movie |
| 1990 | Columbo | Theresa Goren | Episode: "Murder In Malibu" |
| 1990 | Murder, She Wrote | Rita Garrison | Episode: "Deadly Misunderstanding" (final appearance) |
Awards and nominations
| Year | Award | Category | Title of work | Result |
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| 1962 | Tony Award | Best Featured Actress in a Play | Daughter of Silence | Nominated |
| 1962 | Theatre World Award | Daughter of Silence | Won | |
| 1962 | San Francisco International Film Festival | Best Actress | David and Lisa | Won |
| 1963 | Laurel Award | Top New Female Personality | 5th place | |
| 1963 | Golden Globe | Most Promising Newcomer - Female | David and Lisa | Nominated |
| 1964 | BAFTA Film Award | Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles | David and Lisa | Nominated |
References
- Calta, Louis (1961), "Prop Girl, 18, Wins a Broadway Lead," The New York Times, September 6, 1961, p. 41
- Taubman, Howard (1961), "The Theatre: 'Daughter of Silence,'", The New York Times, December 1, 1961, p. 28
- "Benjamin Margolin". New York Times. 29 July 1982. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
- "Janet Margolin, Film And TV Actress, 50". New York Times. 18 December 1993. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
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