Bess Armstrong Biography

Fast Facts

• Was nominated for a Saturn Award for Best Actress in 1984 for her role in "High Road to China․"
• Earned degrees in Latin and Theater at Brown University
• Appeared in over a hundred plays while studying at Bryn Mawr School for Girls and Brown University
• Her best-known role in the 1990s was as opinionated breadwinner Patty Chase on the series "My So-Called Life․"
• Has enjoyed a healthy career in film, on television and on stage
• Inherited a love of music from her parents and became a skilled violin player
• Her English teacher father directed her school plays when she was young