Marissa Jaret Winokur

On stage 2 productions, 8 years

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Worked with more than once2 names

Both names in the same cast list, more than once. It is not evidence of a partnership — a long-running company puts the same forty people together every night — but it is where one would start looking.

In the literature8 passages

• Yes, but it works the other way around, too. As 2002 began, Marissa Jaret Winokur’s big claim to fame was for appearing in the Oscar-winning American Beauty. That doesn’t seem to be so bad a credit on the face of it, but she was hardly the star. Her character was known as “Mr. Smiley’s Counter Girl,” a lass who worked the drive-through wi…ebooks/Filichia, Peter/B007L4OWCU EBOK - Peter Filichia.txt
• Cast: Marissa Jaret Winokur, Harvey Fierstein, Laura Bell Bundy, Mary Bond Davis, Kerry Butler, Linda Hart, Jackie Hoffman, Matthew Morrison, Corey Reynolds, Clarke Thorell, Joel Vig, Danelle Eugenia Wilson, Dick Latessaebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
• Hairspray is based on John Waters’s 1988 film, which is set in 1962 Baltimore. “Good Morning Baltimore,” sings chunky Tracy Turnblat (Marissa Jaret Winokur) as she goes off to school, because she is so happy with everything. After school she races home with her friend Penny (Kerry Butler) to see “The Corny Collins Show” (Baltimore’s answe…ebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
• “On the stage, an actress needs bigger hair and more eye makeup. That’s half the battle.”—MARISSA JARET WINOKUR (Hairspray )ebooks/Hadleigh, Boze/Broadway Babylon - Boze Hadleigh.txt
• On a side note, I did Grease! years ago with Marissa Jaret Winokur and I am super proud that she's on Dancing with the Stars . Well, cut to, she's desperate to stay on that show and just sent me an email asking me to beg my friends to vote for her! The best part is, you don't even have to watch the show! You can listen to your CD of Hairs…ebooks/Rudetsky, Seth/Seth's Broadway Diary, Volume 1_ Part 2 - Seth Rudetsky.txt
• ( CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS PAGE) Cast Tracy Turnblad Marissa Jaret Winokur Corny Collins Clarke Thorell Amber Von Tussle Laura Bell Bundy Brad Peter Matthew Smith Tammy Hollie Howard Fender John Hill Brenda Jennifer Gambatesetheatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 2002-03 Season, v. 59 (Willis).txt

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