Regina Baff is an American
actress
An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. ...
. She was nominated for a
Tony Award
The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Broadway Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award, recognizes excellence in live Broadway theatre. The awards are presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League at an annual ce ...
in 1974 for ''
Veronica's Room
''Veronica's Room'' is a theatrical play by Ira Levin (an author best known for '' Rosemary's Baby''), originally mounted in 1973. Because identifying the characters by name would spoil the plot of the play for audience members, printed prog ...
''.
Career
Regina Baff appeared in ''
The West Side Waltz
''The West Side Waltz'' is a play by Ernest Thompson.
The play focuses on Margaret Mary Elderdice, an aging, widowed pianist living in a dreary Upper West Side apartment, and her relationships with a prim, virginal violinist neighbor and the youn ...
'' with
Katharine Hepburn
Katharine Houghton Hepburn (May 12, 1907 – June 29, 2003) was an American actress whose Katharine Hepburn on screen and stage, career as a Golden Age of Hollywood, Hollywood leading lady spanned six decades. She was known for her headstrong ...
. She also appeared on film, starring in ''Below the Belt'' (1980) about lady wrestlers (not the porno movie by the same title) and ''
Road Movie
A road movie is a film genre, genre of film in which the main characters leave home on a road trip, typically altering the perspective from their everyday lives. Road movies often depict travel in the hinterlands, with the films exploring the the ...
'' (1974), a film by
Joseph Strick
Joseph Ezekiel Strick (July 6, 1923 – June 1, 2010) was an American director, producer and screenwriter.
Life and career
Born in the Greater Pittsburgh town of Braddock, Pennsylvania, Strick briefly attended UCLA, then enrolled in the U.S. Arm ...
about a truck hooker (not the Korean film by the same title). Her other films included ''
'' (1971), ''
The Paper Chase'' (1973), ''
The Great Gatsby
''The Great Gatsby'' () is a 1925 novel by American writer F. Scott Fitzgerald. Set in the Jazz Age on Long Island, near New York City, the novel depicts first-person narrator Nick Carraway's interactions with Jay Gatsby, a mysterious mi ...
'' (1974), ''
Butch and Sundance: The Early Days'' (1979) and ''
Escape from Alcatraz'' (1979). On television, she appeared in numerous
situation comedies
A sitcom (short for situation comedy or situational comedy) is a genre of comedy produced for radio and television, that centers on a recurring cast of characters as they navigate humorous situations within a consistent setting, such as a home ...
, including an episode of
''Taxi'' in which her character gave birth in the backseat of a
taxi
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.
Personal life
Regina Baff has a
Ph.D.
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in psychology, and is sister of
Ella Baff, former director of
Jacob's Pillow
Jacob's Pillow is a Dance studio, dance center, school and performance space located in Becket, Massachusetts, in the Berkshires. The facility itself was listed as a National Historic Landmark District in 2003.
History
The site of Jacob's Pi ...
.
[Anna Kisselgoff (August 15, 1999)]
"DANCE; At Jacob's Pillow, Scant Patience With the Pieties"
''The New York Times
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''
Filmography
References
External links
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American film actresses
American stage actresses
American television actresses
Living people
20th-century American actresses
Year of birth missing (living people)
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