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Patti LuPone: Biography

Patti Lupone
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  • Birth Place: Northport, NY
  • Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 04/21/1949, Taurus
  • Profession: Actor; singer
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Patti LuPone Fast Facts:
  • Named for great-great-aunt and opera soprano Adelina Patti.
  • Made stage debut tap dancing at the age of four and later performed with her teenage twin brothers as The LuPone Trio.
  • Breakout role was her Tony Award-winning performance of Eva Peron in Andrew Lloyd Webber's smash hit Evita in 1979.
  • Became the first American actress to win an Olivier Award (she received it for creating the role of Fantine in the Royal Shakespeare Company production of Les Miserables).
  • Met husband Matthew while working on the TV movie LBJ: The Early Years in 1986 and married him on the stage of the Vivian Beaumont Theater at Lincoln Center two years later.
  • Originated the role of Norma Desmond in the London production of Lloyd Webber's musical Sunset Boulevard and was under contract to transfer to Broadway; but when the composer plucked Glenn Close from the Los Angeles production to open the show in New York, LuPone threatened to sue and won close to $1 million.
  • Stopped the show and broke character near the end of her Tony Award-winning run in Gypsy to chastise an audience member who was taking photographs during the performance.
  • Patti LuPone Relationships:
  • Angela Louise LuPone - Mother
  • Joshua Luke Johnston - Son
  • Kevin Kline - Ex-significant Other
  • Matthew Johnston - Husband
  • Orlando Joseph LuPone - Father
  • Robert LuPone - Brother
  • William LuPone - Brother
  • Patti LuPone Awards:
  • 1976 Tony: Actress (Featured Role--Musical) - Nominee
  • 2008 Tony: Actress (Musical) - Winner
  • 2006 Tony: Actress (Musical) - Nominee
  • 2008 Grammy: Best Classical Album - Winner
  • 2008 Grammy: Best Opera Recording - Winner
  • 1980 Tony: Actress (Musical) - Winner
  • 1988 Tony: Actress (Musical) - Nominee
  • 1998 Emmy: Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series - Nominee
  • College:
  • The Juilliard School, New York, NY (BFA in Drama, 1972)
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