Patti LuPone
Patti Ann LuPone (born April 21, 1949) is an American actress and singer, who is best known for her work in stage musicals. She has won two Grammy Awards, two Tony Awards, and two Olivier Awards. She is also a 2006 American Theater Hall of Fame inductee. On television, LuPone played Lady Bird Johnson in the 1987 TV movie, LBJ: The Early Years, starred in the drama series Life Goes On (1989–1993) and received Emmy Award nominations for the TV movie The Song Spinner (1995) and her guest role in the sitcom Frasier (1998). In the 1990s she had a recurring role as defense attorney Ruth Miller on Law & Order. She also had recurring roles in two Ryan Murphy FX series, the thriller American Horror Story: Coven (2013–2014) and the drama Pose (2019), as well as on Murphy's Hollywood on Netflix. She guest starred in Penny Dreadful (2014–2016) before returning in a lead role. She voices the character Yellow Diamond in the animated series Steven Universe (2013–2019) and its epilogue series Steven Universe Future (2019–2020). She also appeared on The CW comedy Crazy Ex-Girlfriend as Rabbi Shari (2017). LuPone appeared in the Oscar-winning films Witness (1985) and Driving Miss Daisy (1989) and also was featured in State and Main (2000), Parker (2013), and The Comedian (2016). LuPone has a mezzo-soprano vocal range, and she is famous for her strong/high "Broadway" belt singing voice. In a 2008 interview, she maintained that she was "an actor who sings", and thankful she "had a voice"
Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 15.837 |
Birthday | 1949-04-21 |
Place of Birth | Northport, Long Island, New York, USA |
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1989
Driving Miss Daisy
7.2/1577
The story of an old Jewish widow named Daisy Werthan and her relationship with her black chauffeur, Hoke. From an initial mere work relationship grew...
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Driving Miss Daisy
2001
Heist
6.3/535
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1979
1941
5.8/601
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2000
State and Main
6.292/221
A movie crew invades a small town whose residents are all too ready to give up their values for showbiz glitz.
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State and Main
2004
Broadway's Lost Treasures II
8/3
The annual Tony Award broadcast provides the only filmed record of Broadway's best for audiences to experience as if they were front-row-center on ope...
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Broadway's Lost Treasures II
1986
Wise Guys
5.3/104
Harry Valentini and Moe Dickstein are both errand boys for the Mob. When they lose $250,000, they are set up to kill each other. But they run off to A...
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Wise Guys
1985
Witness
7.1/1642
A sheltered Amish child is the sole witness of a brutal murder in a restroom at a Philadelphia train station, and he must be protected. The assignmen...
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Witness
2002
City by the Sea
5.75/342
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2021
Cameron Mackintosh - The First 50 Years
0/0
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1992
The Water Engine
4.3/3
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The Water Engine
2019
On Broadway
8.7/3
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1999
Just Looking
6/20
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2001
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street in Concert
7.2/16
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2011
Union Square
5/12
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2010
Sondheim! The Birthday Concert
8/5
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Fighting Back
5.6/14
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1999
The 24 Hour Woman
3/2
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The 24 Hour Woman
2011
Company
7.1/27
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Company
1992
Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall
9/4
This program features the music of Broadway composer Stephen Sondheim in a 1992 performance at Carnegie Hall. An American Musical Theatre writer for o...
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Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall
2002
Monday Night Mayhem
5.3/6
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Monday Night Mayhem
2022
Keeping Company with Sondheim
9/1
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Keeping Company with Sondheim
2002
The Making of Sweeney Todd at the San Francisco Symphony
9/1
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The Making of Sweeney Todd at the San Francisco Symphony
2022
The School for Good and Evil
7.1/1228
Best friends Sophie and Agatha navigate an enchanted school for young heroes and villains — and find themselves on opposing sides of the battle betwee...
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The School for Good and Evil
2020
Pose-a-Thon for Pride
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Bringing together the voices of "Pose" for stories, songs, and support of LGBTQ education, social change for sexual and gender minority people of colo...
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Pose-a-Thon for Pride
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The Time of Your Life
0/0
William Saroyan's Pulitzer Prize-winning play revolves around the denizens of a San Francisco bar in 1939. Lonely, lovelorn, weary or cynical, the cha...
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The Time of Your Life
1987
LBJ: The Early Years
7.5/4
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LBJ: The Early Years
1999
Bonanno: A Godfather's Story
3.8/5
The true life story of mafia boss Joesph Bonanno. The story spans from Bonanno's early beginings in Italy, to his conquests in America.
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Bonanno: A Godfather's Story
2013
Parker
6/3011
A thief with a unique code of professional ethics is double-crossed by his crew and left for dead. Assuming a new disguise and forming an unlikely all...
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Parker
2001
The Victim
0/0
She's the bar floozy, he's the stranger. She tries to pick him up but for some reason, he's not game.
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The Victim
1995
The Song Spinner
0/0
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The Song Spinner
2007
Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny
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- Recorded live at Los Angeles Opera, 1 & 4 March 2007. Welcome to Mahagonny, where sin is "in" and love is always on sale. This Old West boomtown ri...
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Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny
2015
Dinner with Family with Brett Gelman and Brett Gelman's Family
6/1
Brett Gelman throws his parents a dinner and show for their 40th anniversary.
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Dinner with Family with Brett Gelman and Brett Gelman's Family
2017
Broadway: The Next Generation
10/1
A look at the past, present and future of the Great White Way.
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Broadway: The Next Generation
2023
Patti LuPone: Songs From a Hat
0/0
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Patti LuPone: Songs From a Hat
2011
Portraits in Dramatic Time
8/1
A series of 40 art films created by artist David Michalek featuring performances of theater artists and actors of all genres and nationalities both we...
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Portraits in Dramatic Time
2005
Passion
0/0
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Passion
1997
An Evening with Patti LuPone
10/1
Taped in January 1997 at the McCallum Theatre in the Palm Desert Resort hotel in Palm Springs, CA., includes sensational renditions of "Don't Cry for...
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1993
Family Prayers
5.7/3
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2023
Finally Home: Making Beau is Afraid
10/2
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Finally Home: Making Beau is Afraid
2016
The Comedian
5.7/152
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The Comedian
1985
The Cradle Will Rock
0/0
A filmed version of the 1985 revival of the Marc Blitzstein musical. This revival was filmed at the Old Vic, with former members of The Acting Company...
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The Cradle Will Rock
2005
Candide
7/5
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1999
Summer of Sam
6.46/452
During the summer of 1977, a killer known as the Son of Sam keeps all of New York City on edge with a series of brutal murders.
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Summer of Sam
2019
Cliffs of Freedom
7.3/17
The timeless story of an ill-fated romance between a young Greek village girl and a conflicted Turkish officer during the dawn of the Greek War for In...
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Cliffs of Freedom
2003
Broadway's Lost Treasures
5.6/4
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Her Last Chance
6/3
Drug adict teen gets out of rehab only to be accused of her boyfriend's death.
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Her Last Chance
2019
Steven Universe: The Movie
8.2/775
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Steven Universe: The Movie
2019
Last Christmas
7.2/2335
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Last Christmas
2006
Audra McDonald and Friends: Build a Bridge
10/1
Audra McDonald, already renowned for her virtuosity in classical and Broadway song, brings her talents to new genres by interpreting works of pop and...
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Audra McDonald and Friends: Build a Bridge
2000
Cold Blooded
4.3/3
A serial murderer of teenage girls is loose, and working the case are a possibly corrupt detective Lou Miles a probably corrupt chief inspector Brodsk...
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Cold Blooded
1984
Love Cycle: A Soap Operetta
0/0
A ghost appears from a laundromat dryer seeking vengeance against her husband for leaving her for another woman.
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Love Cycle: A Soap Operetta
2020
Take Me to the World: A Sondheim 90th Birthday Celebration
7.6/8
To celebrate the 90th birthday of Broadway songwriting great Stephen Sondheim, an A-list group of performers sing songs of inspiration from his songbo...
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2020
Patti LuPone: Live From the West Side
0/0
This concert features two-time Tony Award winner Patti LuPone. Streamed live from New York’s Shubert Virtual Studios at New World Stages, the show fea...
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Patti LuPone: Live From the West Side
2020
The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America
10/2
An all-star livestream benefit performance of scenes from Angels in America in support of amfAR’s Fund to Fight COVID-19.
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Beau Is Afraid
6.763/992
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2024
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Agatha All Along
9/1
Join Kathryn Hahn, Aubrey Plaza, Joe Locke, and more as they invite viewers behind-the-scenes of Agatha All Along.
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