Lisa Eichhorn was born on February 4,1952 and is an American actress, writer and producer.
24 Facts About Lisa Eichhorn
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Lisa Eichhorn made her film debut in 1979 in the John Schlesinger film Yanks, for which she received two Golden Globe nominations.
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Lisa Warren Eichhorn was born in Glens Falls, New York, on February 4,1952, to Dorothy Elizabeth Golly and Frank Warren Eichhorn, and shortly thereafter moved to Westbury, Long Island, with her older brother and two half-sisters.
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In 1958, the family moved to Reading, Pennsylvania, where Eichhorn later attended Mt.
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Lisa Eichhorn began college at Queen's University at Kingston, Ontario, taking a wide range of subjects.
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Lisa Eichhorn quickly realized that her passion was drama and English, and these subjects became her focus.
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Lisa Eichhorn left Ontario after two years to study at St Peter's College, Oxford, on a year-long Rotary International Ambassadorial Scholarship, though this was not as an admitted member of the university in Statu Pupillari.
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In December 1977, Lisa Eichhorn met with John Schlesinger for the role of Lancashire shop-girl Jean Moreton in his wartime romance, Yanks.
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Lisa Eichhorn convinced him she was British and he gave her a screen test and, subsequently, the part.
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Lisa Eichhorn won two Golden Globe nominations for her performance in Yanks: Best Actress and Best New Star.
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The day after filming wrapped on Yanks, Lisa Eichhorn flew to Boston to play Gertrude Wentworth in Merchant-Ivory's The Europeans, for which she won a BAFTA nomination for Best Supporting Actress.
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In 1980, Lisa Eichhorn was cast opposite Gene Hackman in the low-budget Universal feature, All Night Long.
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In 1984, Lisa Eichhorn starred in Golden Boy at the Royal National Theatre, London.
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Lisa Eichhorn made her New York theatre debut opposite Nathan Lane in The Common Pursuit in 1986, while playing Elizabeth Carlyle on All My Children for a year.
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Lisa Eichhorn was invited to be a Life Member of the Actors Studio in 1988.
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Lisa Eichhorn shot the film Moon 44 for Roland Emmerich in Germany, then began a fruitful association with the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester, England, in Alex Finlayson's award-winning Winding the Ball, under the direction of Greg Hersov.
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In 1990, Lisa Eichhorn made her Broadway debut at the Belasco Theatre in The Speed of Darkness, with Len Cariou, Stephen Lang and Robert Sean Leonard.
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Lisa Eichhorn went on to star opposite Sada Thompson and Justin Kirk in Any Given Day at the Longacre Theatre, and in the film A Modern Affair opposite Stanley Tucci.
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In 1996, Lisa Eichhorn returned to Los Angeles for her daughter's high school career.
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Lisa Eichhorn starred in two more Hersov-Finlayson collaborations at the Royal Exchange Manchester: Tobaccoland and Misfits, in which she played Marilyn Monroe.
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Lisa Eichhorn returned to New York in 2000 to do a variety of theatre, television and teaching.
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In 2003, Lisa Eichhorn moved back to London to pursue writing and producing.
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In London, Lisa Eichhorn worked in theatre and television.
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In 2007, Lisa Eichhorn produced and co-wrote Defenders of Riga, which was the official Latvian film entry to the 2009 Academy Awards.