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Full Name
  
Marilyn Miller

Role
  
Actress

Name
  
Marilyn Chris

Years active
  
1963–present

Occupation
  
actress


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Born
  
May 19, 1938 (age 85) (
1938-05-19
)
Brooklyn, New York, U.S.

Other names
  
Marilyn Chris-Wallace, Marilyn Chris

Spouse
  
Lee Wallace (m. 1975), Ric Mancini (m. 1967–1975)

Children
  
Paul Christopoulos Wallace

Awards
  
Obie Award for Performance

Movies
  
The Honeymoon Killers, Strike Force, Love with the Proper Stranger, Altered Minds, Waltzing Anna

Similar People
  
Leonard Kastle, Lee Wallace, Robert Mulligan, Galt MacDermot, Tom O'Horgan

Marilyn Chris


Marilyn Chris (born May 19, 1938, Brooklyn, New York) is an American actress, possibly best known as Wanda Webb Wolek on the ABC soap opera, One Life to Live.

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Career

With appearances on television shows such as NBC's Law & Order and Fame, she is known by longtime soap fans as Wanda Wolek #1 on the ABC soap opera, One Life to Live, a role she played from 1972 through 1976, and from 1980 through 1994. Earlier in her career she played Edie Hoffman on the ABC soap opera All My Children.

She has appeared in such films as Love With The Proper Stranger (1963), The People Next Door (1970), The Honeymoon Killers (1970), The Black Marble (1980), and Trees Lounge (1996). She has also appeared on and off-Broadway, and has directed for the theater. She received an Obie Award and a Drama Desk Award and an Outer Critics Circle and a Variety Critics Poll for her performance in Kaddish, directed by Robert Kalfin at the Chelsea Theater Center.

Personal life

She has been married to her second husband, actor Lee Wallace, since December 14, 1975; the couple has one child.

Filmography

Actress
2013
Altered Minds as
Elizabeth Robbins
2009
Comfortable Distance (Short) as
Helen
2009
Law & Order: Criminal Intent (TV Series)
- Family Values (2009)
2006
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series) as
Dora Hovis
- Cage (2006) - Dora Hovis
2006
Waltzing Anna as
Mrs. Chadwick
2005
Lucky (Short) as
Ruth
2005
The Great New Wonderful as
Phyllis
2003
Oz (TV Series) as
Oppenheimer
- Exeunt Omnes (2003) - Oppenheimer
2001
Deadline (TV Series) as
Rona Friedman
- The First Commandment (2001) - Rona Friedman
2000
The Bookie's Lament (Short) as
Carmel
1999
Third Watch (TV Series) as
Rena
- Modern Designs for Better Living (1999) - Rena
1994
Law & Order (TV Series) as
Gayatri Devi / Mrs. Capetti / Mary Perella
- DWB (1998) - Gayatri Devi
- Bitter Fruit (1995) - Mrs. Capetti
- White Rabbit (1994) - Mary Perella
1997
Joe Torre: Curveballs Along the Way (TV Movie) as
Rae Torre
1997
The Deli as
Rosie (as Marilyn Cris)
1996
Trees Lounge as
Josie Basilio
1995
New York News (TV Series)
- Past Imperfect
1973
One Life to Live (TV Series) as
Wanda Webb Wolek #1
- A day after the birth of Joe & Vikki's new baby (1976) - Wanda Webb Wolek #1
1989
Histoires d'Amérique: Food, Family and Philosophy
1986
Fame (TV Series) as
Sylvia
- A Different Drummer (1986) - Sylvia
1984
A Doctor's Story (TV Movie) as
Anne Wickes
1981
Kent State (TV Movie) as
Mrs. Scheuer
1980
The Secret War of Jackie's Girls (TV Movie) as
Mabel
1980
Loving Couples as
Sally
1980
The Black Marble as
Mavis Skinner
1979
Backstairs at the White House (TV Mini Series) as
Diane Clare
- Episode #1.4 (1979) - Diane Clare
1979
Kaz (TV Series)
- The Stalking Man (1979)
1979
Family (TV Series) as
Miss Grey
- Moment of Truth (1979) - Miss Grey
1979
Some Kind of Miracle (TV Movie) as
Harriet
1978
Barney Miller (TV Series) as
Ruth Whittney
- The Harris Incident (1978) - Ruth Whittney
1977
Rafferty (TV Series) as
Callie
- The Wild Child (1977) - Callie
1977
Looking Up as
Rose Lander
1976
Love in the Hamptons (Video short) as
Mother
1975
Strike Force (TV Movie) as
Faye Stone
1974
Rhinoceros as
Mrs. Bingham
1971
Dan August (TV Series) as
Waitress
- The Worst Crime (1971) - Waitress
1970
Hawaii Five-O (TV Series) as
Dorothy Owens
- Paniolo (1970) - Dorothy Owens
1970
The People Next Door as
Discotheque Waitress
1970
The Honeymoon Killers as
Myrtle Young
1970
All My Children (TV Series) as
Edie Hoffman (1972)
1969
John and Mary as
The Film Director's Wife
1968
N.Y.P.D. (TV Series) as
the Second Girl / Mrs. Baxter
- The Love Hustle (1968) - the Second Girl
- Last Port of Call (1968) - Mrs. Baxter
1963
Love with the Proper Stranger as
Gina
Miscellaneous
1973
Scarecrow (voice - uncredited)
Self
2015
Love Letters: Tony Lo Bianco, Marilyn Chris and Stan Warnow on 'The Honeymoon Killers' (Documentary short) as
Self

References

Marilyn Chris Wikipedia


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