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Patti LuPone: Biography

Patti Lupone

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 4 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 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; 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; 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:
Orlando Joseph LuPone - Father
Angela Louise LuPone - Mother
Kevin Kline - Ex-significant Other
Joshua Luke Johnston - Son
Robert LuPone - Brother
Matthew Johnston - Husband
William LuPone - Brother
Patti LuPone Awards:
2011 Tony: Actress (Featured Role--Musical) - Nominee
1998 Emmy: Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series - Nominee
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
College:
The Juilliard School, New York, NY (BFA in Drama, 1972)

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Ron Silver, William Finn, Patti Lupone Ron Galella/WireImage.com

30 Rock, Susan Sarandon, Judah Friedlander, Patti LuPone Ali Goldstein/NBC

30 Rock, Judah Friedlander, Patti LuPone Ali Goldstein/NBC

30 Rock, Judah Friedlander, Alec Baldwin, Patti LuPone Jessica Miglio/NBC

30 Rock, Alec Baldwin, Patti LuPone Jessica Miglio/NBC

Ugly Betty, Michael Urie, Patti LuPone Scott Garfield/ABC

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