Concetta Tomei
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- December 30, 1945 (age 80)
- Birthplace
- Kenosha, Wisconsin, USA
Biography
Character actress Concetta Tomei was born on December 30, 1945, and raised in her hometown of Kenosha, Wisconsin, the only child of a policeman who was a talented artist on the sly. She came from a long line of educators and was likely drawn to that career at an influential age. She attended the University of Wisconsin at Madison, where she earned a Bachelor of Science degree in education. After teaching school in a Milwaukee suburb for four years, however, she abruptly quit to pursue her acting dream. She became a student of the famed Goodman School of Drama in Chicago where she received a another degree, a Bachelor of Fine Arts, in theater arts. She started her professional career on the stock and repertory stages and gathered a formidable list of early credits appearing in such plays as "A Streetcar Named Desire, "Candida," "Blithe Spirit" and "The Corn Is Green." She made her debut on Broadway replacing Carole Shelley in "The Elephant Man" playing the actress/grande dame Mrs. Kendal. She continued in her role when a subsequent tour went out starring David Bowie. Seeking on-camera experience, she moved out West in the 1980s and found plentiful work on TV with her all-controlling, severe-looking femmes, which culminated in the critically acclaimed Vietnam War drama China Beach (1988) in which she played a hard-as-nails major. She continued with a host of guest parts on "L.A. Law," "Murphy Brown," "Picket Fences" and "Wings," among many others. Not readily known for her film work, she has nevertheless offered occasional arch support (since 1991) in such pictures as Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead (1991), Twenty Bucks (1993), Out to Sea (1997) Deep Impact (1998), The Muse (1999) and View from the Top (2003). Another regular series TV role came with Providence (1999), in which she played a chain-smoking mom.
Known For
Filmography
Elsbeth
TV · as Lorena Marchuk · 1 ep
Going Home
TV · as Fay Hutton · 1 ep
Stars in the House
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Space Force
TV · as Rep. Pitosi · 2 eps
Abby's
TV · as Nemo · 1 ep
Reach
Movie · as Doris
For Muriel
Movie · as Elaine
The Mick
TV · as Evelyn, Tippy Pemberton · 1 ep
Veep
TV · as Connie DiBenedetto · 1 ep
Cyrano de Bergerac
Movie · as Roxane's Duenna
The List
Movie · as Ms. Fitch
Gone but Not Forgotten
Movie · as Rita
Ghost Whisperer
TV · as Margaret · 1 ep
Weeds
TV · as Celia's Mother · 1 ep
The Closer
TV · as Mrs. Rawley · 1 ep
Numb3rs
TV · as Dr. Sarah Kemple · 1 ep
Kitchen Confidential
TV · as Grace · 1 ep
Second Time Around
TV · as Christia Muse · 1 ep
View from the Top
Movie · as Mrs. Stewart
Cold Case
TV · as Violet Golding (2008) · 1 ep
Arrested Development
TV · as Mrs. Livingston · 1 ep
Nip/Tuck
TV · as Maureen Ayers · 1 ep
The Muse
Movie · as Nurse Rennert
Judging Amy
TV · as Joanne Collins · 2 eps
Providence
TV · as Lynda Hansen · 96 eps
Deep Impact
Movie · as Patricia Ruiz
The King of Queens
TV · as Joyce · 1 ep
Hollywood Squares
TV · as Self - Panelist · 5 eps
Out to Sea
Movie · as Madge
7th Heaven
TV · as Mrs. Hampton · 1 ep
Lush Life
TV · 2 eps
Star Trek: Voyager
TV · as Minister Odala · 1 ep
Murder One
TV · as Jeanette Rennick · 1 ep
Sin and Redemption
Movie · as Marina Preston
The Goodbye Bird
Movie · as Victoria Van Borins
Madman of the People
TV · as Delia Buckner · 16 eps
Ellen
TV · as Professor Bass · 1 ep
Touched by an Angel
TV · as Kate Carpenter · 1 ep
Twenty Bucks
Movie · as Sam's Mother
Diagnosis: Murder
TV · as Sister Regina · 1 ep
The Burden of Proof
TV · as Clara Stern · 2 eps
Picket Fences
TV · as Ellen McGrath · 4 eps
One Special Victory
Movie
Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead
Movie · as Mom
Civil Wars
TV · as ADA Antonia Lecari · 1 ep
Wings
TV · as Sylvia · 2 eps
China Beach: Pilot
Movie · as Maj. Lila Garreau
China Beach
TV · as Lila Garreau · 64 eps
Murphy Brown
TV · as Doris Dial · 1 ep
In Love and War
Movie · as Doyen Salsig
The Betty Ford Story
Movie · as Jan
Max Headroom
TV · as Blank Dominique · 14 eps
Murder in Three Acts
Movie · as Janet Crisp
L.A. Law
TV · as Susan Hauber · 5 eps
Doubletake
Movie · as Hazel Carter
Amy and the Angel
Movie · as Mrs. Mixner
St. Elsewhere
TV · as Elise Praeger · 1 ep
Falcon Crest
TV · as Dr. Estelle Kramer · 6 eps
Doctor Franken
Movie · as Reporter