Dee Hoty (born August 16, 1952) is an American actress known for her work in

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. Over the course of her career, she has appeared in numerous Broadway productions and earned three

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nominations for Best Actress in a Musical, for ''

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'' (1991), '' The Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public'' (1994), and '' Footloose'' (1999).

Biography

A native of

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, Hoty grew up in

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, where she was active in her church choir. During high school at Lakewood, she discovered musical theatre and made it her college major at Otterbein College. Hoty moved to

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in June 1977 and began to pursue a professional acting career. (Her brother, Tony Hoty was performing in

Godspell ''Godspell'' is a musical in two acts with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and a book by John-Michael Tebelak. The show is structured as a series of parables, primarily based on the Gospel of Matthew, interspersed with music mostly set t ...

around that time.) Her Broadway appearances include ''Shakespeare's Cabaret'', '' The Five O'Clock Girl'' (Cora Wainwright), ''

Me and My Girl ''Me and My Girl'' is a musical with music by Noel Gay and its original book and lyrics by Douglas Furber and L. Arthur Rose. The story, set in the late 1930s, tells of an unapologetically unrefined Cockney gentleman named Bill Snibson, wh ...

'' (Jaqueline Carstone), '' City of Angels'' (Carla Haywood/Alaura Kingsley), ''

'' (Betty Blake), '' The Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public'' (Mona Stangley), '' Footloose'' (Vi), and '' Mamma Mia!'' (Donna). Of these appearances, she received

nominations for ''Footloose!'', ''The Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public'' and ''The Will Rogers Follies'' as Best Actress in a Musical. She received acclaim for the 1998 Paper Mill Playhouse (Milburn, New Jersey) production of Stephen Sondheim's '' Follies'', playing the role of Phyllis Rogers Stone and recording a well-received cast album The ''Variety'' reviewer wrote: "Analyzing her options in 'Could I Leave You?,' Hoty turns the song into a marital slice-and-dice triumph. She is also divinely spicy in a sophisticated striptease, 'Ah, But Underneath.' " She played "Mrs. MacAfee" in the 2009 Roundabout Theatre revival of '' Bye Bye Birdie'', Aunt Alicia in the 2015 Broadway revival of Lerner and Loewe’s '' Gigi'',Viagas, Robert and Gioia, Michael.
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playbill.com, June 9, 2015. and Mama Murphy in the 2016 Broadway premiere of the

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and Edie Brickell musical '' Bright Star''. She has also appeared in several film and television productions including ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Models Inc.'', ''

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'', '' The Equalizer'', '' Spenser: For Hire'', ''

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'', ''Capital'', ''

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'', '' Law & Order: Criminal Intent'', ''Untold West'', and ''Harry and Walter Go to NY''. In 2013, Hoty was inducted into

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's Hall of Fame.

Theatre

Filmography

Film

Television

References

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hoty, Dee American film actresses American musical theatre actresses American television actresses Otterbein University alumni Actors from Lakewood, Ohio 1952 births Living people 21st-century American women