Patti LuPone
Biography
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
Florine Werthan
Driving Miss Daisy
Betty Croft
Heist
Lydia Hedberg
1941
Sherry Bailey
State and Main
Reno Sweeney (segment "Anything Goes")
Broadway's Lost Treasures II
Wanda Valentini
Wise Guys
Elaine
Witness
Maggie
City by the Sea
Self
Cameron Mackintosh - The First 50 Years
Rita Lang
The Water Engine
Self (archive footage)
On Broadway
Sylvia Levine Polinsky
Just Looking
Nellie Lovett
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street in Concert
Lucia
Union Square
Self
Sondheim! The Birthday Concert
Lisa D'Angelo
Fighting Back
Joan Marshall
The 24 Hour Woman
Joanne
Company
Self
Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall
Emmy Cosell
Monday Night Mayhem
Self / Joanne
Keeping Company with Sondheim
Self
The Making of Sweeney Todd at the San Francisco Symphony
Mrs. Deauville
The School for Good and Evil
Pose-a-Thon for Pride
Kitty Duval
The Time of Your Life
Claudia Alta 'Lady Bird' Taylor Johnson
LBJ: The Early Years
Ascension
Parker
Miss C. Canzinarra
Bonanno: A Godfather's Story
Sandy
The Victim
Zantalalia
The Song Spinner
Leocadia Begbick
Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny
Patti LuPone
Dinner with Family with Brett Gelman and Brett Gelman's Family
Self
Broadway: The Next Generation
Patti LuPone: Songs From a Hat
Portraits in Dramatic Time
Fosca
Passion
Herself
An Evening with Patti LuPone
Aunt Nan
Family Prayers
Self
Finally Home: Making Beau is Afraid
Florence Berkowitz
The Comedian
Moll / Mr. Mister’s Daughter
The Cradle Will Rock
The Old Lady
Candide
Helen
Summer of Sam
Yia-Yia
Cliffs of Freedom
Eva Perón (segment "Evita")
Broadway's Lost Treasures
Joanna Saxen
Her Last Chance
Yellow Diamond (voice)
Steven Universe: The Movie
Joyce
Last Christmas
Audra McDonald and Friends: Build a Bridge
Van Klerk
Cold Blooded
Rachel Burston
Love Cycle: A Soap Operetta
Herself
Patti LuPone: Live From the West Side
Fluor
The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America
Mona Wassermann
Beau Is Afraid
Self - Lilia Calderu
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Agatha All Along
"Anything Goes" Performer
Show of Titles
Helena Rubinstein
War Paint
Lucía
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
Norma Desmond
Sunset Boulevard: Live at the Sydmonton Festival
Veronica
The Miraculous Year
Yellow Diamond
Steven Universe: Heart of the Crystal Gems
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
61
Gender
Female
Birthday
1949-04-21
Place of Birth
Northport, Long Island, New York, USA
Also Known As
پتی لوپون