Janet Margolin

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

Life and career

Margolin studied in New York Performing Arts and earned a 18 -year-old in 1962, a Tony Award nomination for her portrayal of a mentally disturbed teenager in the Broadway stage play Daughter of Silence. This success led to Margolins film debut with a comparable role in Frank Perry's David and Lisa film drama, for which she was nominated for the 1963 Golden Globe Award for Best Young Actress. In 1965 she starred in the World War II film Morituri the Jewess Esther Levy. In 1969 she was Woody Allen's comedy partner in the earlier Woody, the unlucky. Allen hired her again later for a small part in his success Strip The city euro sufferers (1977).

Despite consistently excellent reviews remained Janet Margolins breakthrough from a star. She performed primarily in television roles in appearance. One of her most famous movies was Jonathan Demme's Alfred Hitchcock -inspired thriller Deadly Embrace (1979). Your last appearance on the screen they had in 1989 in Ghostbusters II

Janet Margolin died 50 years old in ovarian cancer. She left behind her husband, the actor and director Ted Wass ( Blossom ), with whom she was married to his second wife, and two children together.