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Megan Mullally

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Actor b. 1958 On stage 19722014

Megan Mullally (born November 12, 1958) is an American actress, comedian and singer. She is best known for playing Karen Walker in the NBC sitcom Will & Grace (1998–2006, 2017–2020), for which she received eight Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series, winning twice, in 2000 and 2006. She also received nominations for numerous other accolades for her portrayal, including seven consecutive Screen Actors Guild Awards nominations for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series, winning three times, in 2001, 2002, and 2003, as well as receiving four Golden Globe Award nominations. From 2006 to 2007, Mullally hosted the talk show The…

On stage 5 productions, 42 years

1972 Grease Eden Theatre · Original · directed by Tom Moore 3,388 perf.
1994 Grease Eugene O'Neill Theatre · Revival · directed by Jeff Calhoun 1,505 perf.
1995 How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying Theatre not recorded · Revival 548 perf.
2007 Young Frankenstein Hilton Theatre · Original 485 perf.
2014 It's Only a Play Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre · Original · directed by Jack O'Brien 274 perf.

Each row is a staging this name appears in the cast list of, read from the production record rather than from the person record. The person record names works instead, and a work cannot say which run somebody was in — that is how Elaine Stritch ends up filed under Show Boat 1927 when she was in the 1994 revival. No row here says what part was played, because no cast list records it.

Worked with more than once12 names

Paul Castree 3 productions
Jessica Stone 3 productions
Susan Wood 2 productions
Sandra Purpuro 2 productions
Sam Harris 2 productions
Ricky Paull Goldin 2 productions
Paul 2 productions
Michelle Blakely 2 productions
Matthew Broderick 2 productions
Marcia Lewis 2 productions
Jason Opsahl 2 productions
Hunter Foster 2 productions

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.

Also credited on1 work

How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

These come off the person record, which names a work and not a production. So we can say this name is attached to the work and we cannot say which staging, or in what capacity. For a composer or a writer that is the whole career we hold; there is no cast list to find them in.

In the literature4 passages

  • Cast: Matthew Broderick, Megan Mullally, Jeff Blumenkrantz, Jonathan Freedmen, Victoria Clark, Luba Mason, Gerry Vichi, Lillias White, Ronn Carrollebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
  • Cast: Roger Bart, Sutton Foster, Shuler Hensley, Andrea Martin, Megan Mullally, Christopher Fitzgerald, Fred Applegate, Linda Mugleston, Jim Borstelmann, Paul Castreeebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
  • Young Frankenstein. Megan Mullally (Elizabeth) revels in the spotlight while Andrea Martin (Frau Blücher) and Christopher Fitzgerald (Igor) appear indifferent. (Joan Marcus)ebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
  • Jessica Stone, Sam Harris, Ricky Pauli Goldin, Megan Mullally, Hunter Foster in Greasetheatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1993-94 Season, v. 50 (Willis).txt

Passages naming this person, found by keyword across 178 books. A keyword match is not a biography, and a common name will pull in the wrong one.

What this page does not know

  • What this person played. No cast list we hold records a character against a performer.
  • Which of the credits above the roles on this record — actor — apply to. The roles sit on the person and never on a credit, so a director who also acted looks the same here as one who did not.

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