American actress

Mary-Louise Parker

Mary-Louise Parker is an American actress. After making her Broadway debut as Rita in Craig Lucas's Prelude to a Kiss in 1990, Parker came to prominence for film roles in Grand Canyon (1991), Fried Green Tomatoes (1991), The Client (1994), Bullets Over Broadway (1994), A Place for Annie (1994), Boys on the Side (1995), The Portrait of a Lady (1996), and The Maker (1997). Among stage and independent film appearances thereafter, Parker received the 2001 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for her portrayal of Catherine Llewellyn in David Auburn's Proof, among other accolades. Between 2001 and 2006, she recurred as Amy Gardner in the NBC television series The West Wing, for which she was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series in 2002.

Born

1964

August 2

Died

Living

Era

1960s

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Mary-Louise, in brief

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Key dates

1964 Born

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What else happened on this day, through history

-338 A Macedonian army led by Philip II defeated the combined forces of Athens and Thebes in the Battle of Chaeronea, securing Macedonian hegemony in Greece and the Aegean.
-216 The Carthaginian army led by Hannibal defeats a numerically superior Roman army at the Battle of Cannae.
-49 Caesar, who marched to Spain earlier in the year, leaving Marcus Antonius in charge of Italy, defeats Pompey's general Afranius and Petreius in Ilerda (Lerida) north of the Ebro river.
461 Majorian is arrested near Tortona (northern Italy) and deposed by the Suebian general Ricimer as puppet emperor.

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The world in 1964

When Mary-Louise arrived

april 1 The British Admiralty, War Office and Air Ministry are replaced by a unified Defence Council of the United Kingdom.
april 11 Brazilian Marshal Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco is elected president by the National Congress.
april 13 At the Academy Awards, Sidney Poitier becomes the first African-American man to win the Best Actor award for the 1963 film Lilies of the Field.
april 17 Jerrie Mock completes the first around-the-world airplane flight by a woman. Her solo flight in the Spirit of Columbus, which took 29+1⁄2 days, took off and landed at the Port Columbus International Airport in Ohio.

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Same-day contemporaries

Also born on August 2

Anthony Payne 1936–2021 English composer (born 1936) Bertha Lutz 1894–1976 Brazilian feminist and scientist (died 1976) Carroll O'Connor 1924–2001 American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2001) Cr1TiKaL 1994– American YouTuber and streamer David Hart Smith 1985– Canadian wrestler Donnie Munro 1953– Scottish singer and guitarist Elisha Gray 1835–1901 American businessman, co-founded Western Electric (died 1901) Grady Sizemore 1982– American baseball player Helen Morgan 1900–1941 American actress and singer (died 1941)

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1964

Abhisit Vejjajiva 1964– English-Thai economist and politician, 27th Prime Minister of Thailand Andrew Bartlett 1964– Australian social worker and politician Andy Serkis 1964– English actor and director Đặng Thân 1964– Vietnamese writer and poet Arlie Petters 1964– Belizean-American mathematical physicist and academic Azmin Ali 1964– Malaysian mathematician and politician Brian Adams 1964–2007 American wrestler (died 2007) Bridget Fonda 1964– American actress Calista Flockhart 1964– American actress

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