Patti Ann LuPone is an American actress and singer, best known for her work in stage musicals. She is a two-time Grammy Award winner and a two-time Tony Award winner. She is also a 2006 American Theater Hall of Fame inductee. LuPone began her professional career with the The...
Northport High School, Guthrie Theater, Drama Division of The Juilliard School
Nationality
United States of America
Spouse
Matthew Johnston (m. 1988)
Children
Joshua Luke Johnston
Parents
Angela Louise, Orlando Joseph LuPone
Siblings
Robert LuPone, William LuPone
Nicknames
Patti Ann LuPone , Patti Lupone
Awards
Drama Desk Awards, Tony Awards (1980, 2008), Laurence Olivier Award - Best Actress in a Musical (1985, 1993), Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Solo Performance (1995), Grammy Awards for Best Classical Album/Best Opera Recording (2008), United Solo Theatre Festival - uAward (2011)
Nominations
Primetime Emmy Award, Daytime Emmy Award, Critics' Choice Television Award (2016)
Movies
"1941" (1979), "Fighting Back", "Witness", "Cat's Eye", "Wise Guys", "Driving Miss Daisy" (1989), "The 24-Hour Woman", "Summer of Sam"
TV Shows
"The Three Sisters" (1973), "Evita", "Anything Goes", "Sweeney Todd”, "Gypsy", "Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown", "Life Goes On" (1989-1993), "Patti LuPone on Broadway" (1995), "30 Rock", "American Horror Story: Coven", "Girls"
Star Sign
Taurus
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Quote
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[after snatching a cellphone during a performance] We work hard onstage to create a world that is being totally destroyed by a few rude, self-absorbed and inconsiderate audience members.
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I'm fairly tough on anybody who isn't there for the play. I'm very tough on people who are in it for the wrong reason. I'm very tough on people who don't remember that there's an audience out there paying a lot of money. The bottom line is that I love the theater. I realized when I came back [after an absence in L.A.] and put my foot on the boards, this is where I belong.
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I'm totally Italian, and it's a big personality. But I'm not a diva. If you could see the way I'm dressed in daily life, that's not a diva. Appearances are so not important to me.
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For a long time, I don't think people thought I was capable of comedy. I mean, I'm Italian, so crying has always been easy for me - our emotions are just underneath the skin. But I've always had a black sense of humor, and I've always been able to find humor in any situation.
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I knew before I knew anything else that my career was in Europe. I wanted a career there. I've always thought that was who I am and that what I look like belongs in Italy. I made a film there and I looked around and thought, 'God, I'm a beauty here. I mean, I'm really gorgeous here.'
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The audiences that inspire me are the ones that are not asleep.
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Fact
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She was nominated for a 2016 Joseph Jefferson (Equity) Award for Actress in a Principal Role in a Musical for "War Paint" at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago, Illinois.
Performing around the country in her one-woman shows "Matters of the Heart" and "Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda." [April 2003]
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Receiving critical and popular acclaim for her extraordinary portrayal of Rose in the quintessential Broadway musical "Gypsy," directed by the author, Arthur Laurents, at New York's City Center, the premiere engagement of Encores! Summer Stars. [July 2007]
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Starring on Broadway as "Mrs. Lovett" in John Doyle's revival of Stephen Sondheim's "Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street". [November 2005]
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Playing Mama Rose in the 2008 Broadway revival of "Gypsy". [March 2008]
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Performing "The Lady With the Torch" at Feinstein's at The Regency, New York City, conceived and directed by Scott Wittman, accompanied by Chris Fenwick, pianist. [November 2004]
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Was nominated for a Tony as Best Actress in a Musical for "Sweeney Todd" in 2006.
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Won a Tony for Best Actress in a Musical for "Gypsy" in 2007.
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Graduated from Juilliard's drama division
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Has one son, Joshua Luke Johnston, born November 21, 1990.
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Has recorded several solo discs including Patti LuPone Live!, Heatwave, Matters of the Heart, and the future release The Lady With a Torch. Patti can also be heard on other recordings such as Philadelphia Chickens, Grateful, Hey! Mr. Producer, Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall, and The Family Guy Live in Vegas.
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Won Broadway's 1980 Tony Award as Best Actress (Musical) for playing the title character, 'Eva Peron', in "Evita". She was also nominated as Best Actress (Featured Role - Musical) for "The Robber Bridegroom" in 1976 (a year that also saw her brother, Robert LuPone, earning a Tony nomination), and as Best Actress (Musical) for a revival of "Anything Goes" in 1988.
Performed as a teenager with her twin brothers William and Robert LuPone. They were billed as "The LuPone Trio."
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She was a member of the very first class of the drama division at Juilliard. Other classmates included Kevin Kline (with whom she had an eight-year relationship in the 70s), David Ogden Stiers, and her future "Evita" co-star Mandy Patinkin.
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In 1994 she had surgery to remove nodes from her vocal cords.
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Is the first American actress to win an Olivier award in England for her performances in "Les Misérables" and "The Cradle Will Rock" in 1985
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Met husband Matthew Johnston in 1986 when both were working on the TV movie LBJ: The Early Years (1987). They married two years later on the stage of New York City's Vivian Beaumont Theater at Lincoln Center while Patti was performing in "Anything Goes". Their son, Joshua Luke Johnston, was born on November 21, 1990.
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Ms. LuPone volunteered at the Craft and Folk Art Museum (CAFAM) in Los Angeles (1999-2000)
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The name "Patti" is not shortened from or derived from Patricia, but rather from Ms. LuPone's mother's maiden name, which was "Patti".
Dinner with Family with Brett Gelman and Brett Gelman's Family
2015
TV Short
Patti LuPone
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
2015
TV Series
Lydia Lebasi
Girls
2014
TV Series
Patti LuPone
American Horror Story
2013-2014
TV Series
Joan Ramsey
People in New Jersey
2013
TV Movie
Rachel Levin
Parker
2013
Ascension
Army Wives
2012
TV Series
Ms. Galassini
30 Rock
2009-2012
TV Series
Sylvia Rossitano
The Miraculous Year
2011
TV Movie
Veronica
Union Square
2011
Lucia
Portraits in Dramatic Time
2011
Patti LuPone
Company
2011
Joanne
Glee
2011
TV Series
Patti LuPone
Open Books
2010
TV Movie
Roz
Great Performances
2005-2007
TV Series
Leocadia Begbick / The Old Lady
Ugly Betty
2007
TV Series
Mrs. Weiner
Live from Lincoln Center
2005
TV Series
Fosca
Oz
2003
TV Series
Stella Coffa
Cold Blooded
2003
Van Klerk
In-Laws
2003
TV Series
Rochelle Landis
City by the Sea
2002
Maggie (as Patti Lupone)
Monday Night Mayhem
2002
TV Movie
Emmy Cosell
Life at Five Feet
2002
TV Movie
Mrs. Marshack
The Victim
2001
Short
Sandy
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street in Concert
2001
TV Movie
Mrs. Lovett
Heist
2001
Betty Croft (as Patti Lupone)
Touched by an Angel
2001
TV Series
Alice Dupree
State and Main
2000
Sherry Bailey
Falcone
2000
TV Series
Francesca Gold
Just Looking
1999
Sylvia Levine Polinsky
Bonanno: A Godfather's Story
1999
TV Movie
Miss C. Canzinarra
Summer of Sam
1999
Helen
The 24 Hour Woman
1999
Joan Marshall
Encore! Encore!
1999
TV Series
Wine Critic
Family Brood
1998
TV Movie
Frasier
1993-1998
TV Series
Aunt Zora Crane / Pam
Law & Order
1996-1997
TV Series
Ruth Miller
Her Last Chance
1996
TV Movie
Joanna Saxen
Remember WENN
1996
TV Series
Grace Cavendish
The Song Spinner
1995
TV Movie
Zantalalia
Life Goes On
1989-1993
TV Series
Libby Thacher
Family Prayers
1993
Aunt Nan
The Water Engine
1992
TV Movie
Rita Lang
Driving Miss Daisy
1989
Florine Werthan (as Patti Lupone)
Un siciliano in Sicilia
1987
TV Mini-Series
Vincenzina
LBJ: The Early Years
1987
TV Movie
Claudia Alta 'Lady Bird' Taylor Johnson
Cowboy Joe
1987
TV Movie
Linda Tidmunk
Wise Guys
1986
Wanda Valentini
Witness
1985
Elaine
America's Musical Theater
1985
TV Series
Moll
Piaf
1984
TV Movie
Narrator
Fighting Back
1982/I
Lisa D'Angelo
1941
1979
Lydia Hedberg
King of the Gypsies
1978
uncredited
The Andros Targets
1977
TV Series
Sharon Walker
The Time of Your Life
1976
TV Movie
Kitty Duval
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
American Horror Story
2013
TV Series performer - 1 episode
The 66th Annual Tony Awards
2012
TV Movie documentary performer: "What If Life Were More Like Theatre?"
The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts
2011
TV Movie performer: "Come Rain or Come Shine"
The 65th Annual Tony Awards
2011
TV Special performer: "Side By Side"
Great Performances
1993-2010
TV Series performer - 5 episodes
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
2010
TV Series performer - 1 episode
30 Rock
2010
TV Series performer - 1 episode
The 62nd Annual Tony Awards
2008
TV Special performer: "Everything's Coming Up Roses"
The 60th Annual Tony Awards
2006
TV Special performer: "The Ballad of Sweeney Todd/The Worst Pies in London/My Friends"
Will & Grace
2005
TV Series performer - 1 episode
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street in Concert
2001
TV Movie performer: "The Worst Pies In London", "Poor Thing", "My Friends", "Pirelli's Miracle Elexir", "Wait", "A Little Priest", "God, That's Good!", "By the Sea", "Not While I'm Around", "Parlor Songs"
State and Main
2000
performer: "The Song of the Old Mill"
The 52nd Annual Tony Awards
1998
TV Special performer: "Broadway Divas", "Don't Cry For Me Argentina"
Life Goes On
1989
TV Series performer: "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da"
The 42nd Annual Tony Awards
1988
TV Special performer: "Anything Goes"
The 35th Annual Tony Awards
1981
TV Special performer: "Buenos Aires"
The 34th Annual Tony Awards
1980
TV Special performer: "Dice Are Rolling", "A New Argentina"
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
2016
Documentary filming
Herself
Broadway: The Next Generation
2016
Documentary filming
Herself
Good Morning America
2015
TV Series
Herself - Guest
Home & Family
2015
TV Series
Herself
The 67th Annual Tony Awards
2013
TV Movie documentary
Herself - Presenter: Best Revival of a Musical
Masterclass
2013
TV Series
Herself
Watch What Happens: Live
2013
TV Series
Herself
The 66th Annual Tony Awards
2012
TV Movie documentary
Herself - Performer & Presenter: Best Revival of a Musical
The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts
2011
TV Movie
Herself - Performer
The 65th Annual Tony Awards
2011
TV Special
Herself - Performer & Nominee: Best Featured Actress in a Musical
Show People with Paul Wontorek
2011
TV Series
Herself - Guest
Great Performances
1993-2010
TV Series
Herself - Performer
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
2010
TV Series
Herself - Guest
The View
2008-2010
TV Series
Herself - Guest
CBS Cares
2009
TV Series
Herself
The 62nd Annual Tony Awards
2008
TV Special
Herself - Winner: Best Leading Actress in a Musical & Performer
Broadway Beat
2008
TV Series
Herself
The 61st Annual Tony Awards
2007
TV Special
Herself - Presenter
Live from Lincoln Center
2006
TV Series
Herself - Performer
Breakfast with the Arts
2005-2006
TV Series
Herself
The 60th Annual Tony Awards
2006
TV Special
Herself - Performer & Nominee: Best Actress in a Musical
Jack Mitchell: My Life Is Black and White
2006
Documentary
Herself
51st Annual Drama Desk Awards
2006
TV Special
Herself
Between Two Worlds: The Making of 'Witness'
2005
Video documentary
Herself
50th Annual Drama Desk Awards
2005
TV Special
Herself - Presenter
Will & Grace
2005
TV Series
Herself
The Tony Danza Show
2004
TV Series
Herself - Guest
Intimate Portrait
2002
TV Series documentary
Herself
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996-2001
TV Series
Herself - Guest
Saturday Night Live
1998
TV Series
Herself
The 52nd Annual Tony Awards
1998
TV Special
Herself - Performer
An Evening with Patti LuPone
1997
TV Movie
Herself
Gloria Swanson: The Greatest Star
1997
TV Movie documentary
Herself
In a New Light: A Call to Action in the War Against AIDS
1992
TV Movie documentary
Herself
The 46th Annual Tony Awards
1992
TV Special
Herself - Presenter: Best Original Score
The 13th Annual CableACE Awards
1992
TV Special
Herself
The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts
1991
TV Special
Herself
The 47th Annual Golden Globe Awards
1990
TV Special
Herself - Presenter
Grammy Living Legends
1989
TV Movie
Herself
The 42nd Annual Tony Awards
1988
TV Special
Herself - Performer & Nominee: Best Leading Actress in a Musical
Today
1985
TV Series
Herself - Guest
Starfest: The Stars Salute Public Television
1983
TV Special
Herself
The 35th Annual Tony Awards
1981
TV Special
Herself - Performer
Command Performance: The Stars Salute the President
1981
TV Special documentary
The 23rd Annual Grammy Awards
1981
TV Special
Herself
The 34th Annual Tony Awards
1980
TV Special
Herself - Performer & Winner: Best Actress in a Musical
New York, New York
1980
TV Series
Herself
The 22nd Annual Grammy Awards
1980
TV Special
Herself
The 30th Annual Tony Awards
1976
TV Special
Herself - Nominee: Best Featured Actress in a Musical
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