Kathleen Effie Widdoes was born on March 21,1939 and is an American actress.
54 Facts About Kathleen Widdoes
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Kathleen Widdoes is known for playing the role of Emma Snyder on the CBS Daytime soap opera As the World Turns.
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Kathleen Widdoes received a Daytime Emmy nomination for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series in 1994.
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Kathleen Widdoes has been nominated for a Tony Award and a Drama Desk Award.
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Kathleen Widdoes has won two Obie Awards and a Lucille Lortel Award.
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Kathleen Widdoes has appeared in films, including The Group, The Sea Gull, and Courage Under Fire.
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Kathleen Widdoes was born on March 21,1939 in Wilmington, Delaware.
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Kathleen Widdoes is the oldest of six siblings, all raised by their mother.
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Kathleen Widdoes has said that her father ran away from the family when she was very young.
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Kathleen Widdoes had never studied acting, but she began to land roles.
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Kathleen Widdoes played Teusret in the original Broadway production of The Firstborn.
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Kathleen Widdoes performed in Arthur Miller's A View from the Bridge.
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Kathleen Widdoes played a Tourist in the original Broadway production of The World of Suzie Wong.
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On television, Kathleen Widdoes was cast as Jill Malone on the NBC soap opera Young Doctor Malone, playing the role from 1958 to 1959.
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Kathleen Widdoes performed in Richard II, A Midsummer Night's Dream, and Romeo and Juliet at the New York Shakespeare Festival in 1961.
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Kathleen Widdoes appeared in The Tempest for the NYSF in 1962.
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Kathleen Widdoes had a singing role in the musical We Take the Town, but she heard through the dressing room wall that she was going to be fired, so she gave her notice that she was leaving.
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Kathleen Widdoes appeared in The Maids at the Aldana Theatre in November 1963, co-starring with Lee Grant.
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Kathleen Widdoes spent 1964 in Paris, studying at the Sorbonne on a Fulbright scholarship.
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Kathleen Widdoes made her film debut as Helena Davison in The Group, directed by Sidney Lumet.
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Kathleen Widdoes played Tina in the television film A Bell for Adano, co-starring with John Forsythe.
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Kathleen Widdoes played Wilma in the film Petulia, co-starring with Julie Christie.
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Kathleen Widdoes played Masha in a film adaptation of Chekhov's The Sea Gull, directed again by Sidney Lumet.
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Kathleen Widdoes played Leslie in the film Savages, directed by James Ivory.
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Kathleen Widdoes shared nude scenes with her co-star, Sam Waterston, and she posed for nude photos in Playboy to promote the movie.
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In June 1972, Kathleen Widdoes played Polly Peachum in The Beggar's Opera at the McAlpin Rooftop Theatre.
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Kathleen Widdoes starred as Beatrice in a New York Shakespeare Festival production of Much Ado About Nothing.
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Kathleen Widdoes appeared in the television film The Return of Charlie Chan.
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In June 1973, Kathleen Widdoes played Rosalind in As You Like It at the Delacorte Theater.
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Kathleen Widdoes played Margaret in the television film Punch and Jody, co-starring with Glenn Ford.
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Kathleen Widdoes played Mariana in Measure for Measure at the Stratford Festival.
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Kathleen Widdoes returned to Broadway, playing Cecily in a revival of The Importance of Being Earnest.
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Kathleen Widdoes was cast as Rose Perrini on the NBC soap opera Another World, playing the role from 1978 to 1980.
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Kathleen Widdoes guest starred on Secrets of Midland Heights and Nurse.
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Kathleen Widdoes starred as author Edith Wharton in Edith Wharton: Looking Back, an episode of the PBS series Great Performances.
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Kathleen Widdoes played Mrs Alving in a production of Ghosts for the American Repertory Theater.
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Kathleen Widdoes appeared in the film I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can.
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In December 1982, Kathleen Widdoes played Gertrude in Hamlet at The Public Theater.
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Kathleen Widdoes appeared as Blanche Morton in the original Broadway production of Brighton Beach Memoirs.
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Kathleen Widdoes was cast in the contract role of Emma Snyder on the CBS soap opera As the World Turns, first airing in July 1985.
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Kathleen Widdoes appeared in the television film Mafia Princess, co-starring with Susan Lucci.
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Kathleen Widdoes was nominated again in the same category in 1987.
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In May 1990, Kathleen Widdoes played Margaret in The Tower of Evil for the Classic Stage Company.
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In July 1991, Kathleen Widdoes played Jan Kirkland in Man in his Underwear at the Williamstown Theatre Festival.
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Kathleen Widdoes starred as Gertrude in a Broadway revival of Hamlet.
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Kathleen Widdoes was switched to recurring status at ATWT in 1995.
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In February 1995, Kathleen Widdoes played Nora Culligan in The Truth-Teller for the Circle Repertory Company.
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Kathleen Widdoes played Geraldine Walden in the film Courage Under Fire, co-starring with Denzel Washington.
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Kathleen Widdoes appeared as Frankie in the comedy film Hi-Life.
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Kathleen Widdoes starred in Long Day's Journey into Night at the American Conservatory Theater.
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In March and April 2002, Kathleen Widdoes starred in Franny's Way at The Atlantic Theatre.
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Kathleen Widdoes won the Lucille Lortel Award for her performance.
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Kathleen Widdoes made her last appearance on the show in June 2010.
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In 1961, Kathleen Widdoes met actor Richard Jordan when they played the lead roles in a Shakespeare Festival production of Romeo and Juliet.