Patti LuPone
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- April 21, 1949 (age 77)
- Birthplace
- Northport, Long Island, New York, USA
Biography
Patti Ann LuPone (born April 21, 1949) is an American actress and singer. After starting her professional career with The Acting Company in 1972, she soon gained acclaim for her leading performances on the Broadway and West End stage. Known for playing bold, resilient women in musical theatre, she has received numerous accolades, including three Tony Awards, two Laurence Olivier Awards and two Grammy Awards. She was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame in 2006. She made her Broadway debut in Three Sisters in 1973. She went on to receive three Tony Awards: two for Best Actress in a Musical for her roles as Eva Perón in Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber's Evita (1980) and Rose in Gypsy (2008) and one for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for playing Joanne in the Stephen Sondheim revival Company(2022). She was Tony-nominated for The Robber Bridegroom (1975), Anything Goes (1988), Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street(2006), Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (2010), and War Paint (2017). For her performances on the West End stage, she received two Laurence Olivier Awards: one for Best Actress in a Musical for her performances as Fantine in the original London cast of Les Misérables and Moll in The Cradle Will Rock in 1985, and the second for Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Musical for Company in 2019. She was nominated for her role as Norma Desmond in Sunset Boulevard in 1993. She has two Grammy Awards for the recording of the 2007 Los Angeles Opera production of Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny. On television, she starred in the drama series Life Goes On (1989–1993). She is a two-time Emmy Award Nominee for The Song Spinner (1995) and Frasier (1998). She acted in three Ryan Murphy series: American Horror Story (2013–2014, 2022), Pose (2019), and Hollywood (2020). She also acted in Oz (2003), Will & Grace (2005), 30 Rock (2009–2012), Glee (2011), Girls (2014) Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (2017), Steven Universe (2016–2019), Penny Dreadful (2014–2016), Agatha All Along (2024), And Just Like That... (2025), The Artist (2025), Palm Royale (2025) and Elsbeth (2026). LuPone's film roles include 1941 (1979), Witness (1985), Driving Miss Daisy(1989), Summer of Sam (1999), State and Main (2000), Heist (2001), and Beau Is Afraid (2023). Description above from the Wikipedia article Debra Jo Rupp, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Filmography
Broadway: The Next Generation
Movie · as Self
August
Movie
TOVAH
Movie · as Self
Kevin
TV · as Patti LuPony (voice) · 3 eps
The Artist
TV · as Rosie Morsch · 6 eps
Actors on Actors: Broadway
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Good Hang with Amy Poehler
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Agatha All Along
Movie · as Self - Lilia Calderu
Agatha All Along
TV · as Lilia Calderu · 9 eps
Hot Ones Versus
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Palm Royale
TV · as Marjorie Merriweather Post · 3 eps
Elsbeth
TV · as Ruby Lane · 1 ep
Patti LuPone: Songs From a Hat
Movie
Finally Home: Making Beau is Afraid
Movie · as Self
Beau Is Afraid
Movie · as Mona Wassermann
Keeping Company with Sondheim
Movie · as Self / Joanne
The School for Good and Evil
Movie · as Mrs. Deauville
Cameron Mackintosh - The First 50 Years
Movie · as Self
Show of Titles
Movie · as "Anything Goes" Performer
And Just Like That…
TV · as Gianna 'Gia' Amato · 3 eps
Pose-a-Thon for Pride
Movie · as Self
Patti LuPone: Live From the West Side
Movie · as Herself
The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America
Movie · as Fluor
Penny Dreadful: City of Angels
TV · as Vocalist · 1 ep
Hollywood
TV · as Avis Amberg · 7 eps
On Broadway
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Cliffs of Freedom
Movie · as Yia-Yia
Steven Universe: The Movie
Movie · as Yellow Diamond (voice)
Last Christmas
Movie · as Joyce
Steven Universe Future
TV · as Yellow Diamond (voice) · 2 eps
Steven Universe: Heart of the Crystal Gems
Movie · as Yellow Diamond
POSE
TV · as Frederica Norman · 4 eps
The Comedian
Movie · as Florence Berkowitz
Dinner with Family with Brett Gelman and Brett Gelman's Family
Movie · as Patti LuPone
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Penny Dreadful
TV · as Joan Clayton, Dr. Seward · 1 ep
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV · as Self · 1 ep
BoJack Horseman
TV · as Mimi Stilton (voice) · 1 ep
Parker
Movie · as Ascension
Mom
TV · as Rita · 1 ep
Steven Universe
TV · as Yellow Diamond (voice) · 8 eps
Union Square
Movie · as Lucia
Company
Movie · as Joanne
Portraits in Dramatic Time
Movie
American Horror Story
TV · as Kathy Pizazz, Joan Ramsey · 10 eps
Sondheim! The Birthday Concert
Movie · as Self
Masterclass
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
TV · as Self - Guest · 6 eps
Glee
TV · as Patti LuPone · 1 ep
Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny
Movie · as Leocadia Begbick
Army Wives
TV · as Ms. Galassini · 1 ep
Audra McDonald and Friends: Build a Bridge
Movie
30 Rock
TV · as Sylvia Rossitano · 3 eps
Ugly Betty
TV · as Mrs. Weiner · 1 ep
Passion
Movie · as Fosca
Candide
Movie · as The Old Lady
Broadway's Lost Treasures II
Movie · as Reno Sweeney (segment "Anything Goes")
The Tony Danza Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Broadway's Lost Treasures
Movie · as Eva Perón (segment "Evita")
City by the Sea
Movie · as Maggie
Monday Night Mayhem
Movie · as Emmy Cosell
The Making of Sweeney Todd at the San Francisco Symphony
Movie · as Self
A Little Night Music: Ravinia Festival Concert
Movie · as Desiree Armfeldt
In-Laws
TV · 1 ep
Heist
Movie · as Betty Croft
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street in Concert
Movie · as Nellie Lovett
The Victim
Movie · as Sandy
State and Main
Movie · as Sherry Bailey
Cold Blooded
Movie · as Van Klerk
Just Looking
Movie · as Sylvia Levine Polinsky
The 24 Hour Woman
Movie · as Joan Marshall
Bonanno: A Godfather's Story
Movie · as Miss C. Canzinarra
Summer of Sam
Movie · as Helen
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV · as Lydia Lebasi · 1 ep
Will & Grace
TV · as Patti LuPone · 1 ep
An Evening with Patti LuPone
Movie · as Herself
The View
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Her Last Chance
Movie · as Joanna Saxen
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Remember WENN
TV · as Grace Cavendish · 1 ep
The Song Spinner
Movie · as Zantalalia
Touched by an Angel
TV · as Alice Dupree · 1 ep
Family Prayers
Movie · as Aunt Nan
Frasier
TV · as Zora Crane · 2 eps
The Water Engine
Movie · as Rita Lang
Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall
Movie · as Self
Sunset Boulevard: Live at the Sydmonton Festival
Movie · as Norma Desmond
Law & Order
TV · as Ruth Miller · 2 eps
Driving Miss Daisy
Movie · as Florine Werthan
Life Goes On
TV · as Elizabeth 'Libby' Thacher · 83 eps
The Simpsons
TV · as Cheryl Monroe (voice) · 1 ep
LBJ: The Early Years
Movie · as Claudia Alta 'Lady Bird' Taylor Johnson
Wise Guys
Movie · as Wanda Valentini
Witness
Movie · as Elaine
The Cradle Will Rock
Movie · as Moll / Mr. Mister’s Daughter
Love Cycle: A Soap Operetta
Movie · as Rachel Burston
Starfest: The Stars Salute Public Television 1983
Movie
Fighting Back
Movie · as Lisa D'Angelo
Command Performance: The Stars Salute the President
Movie · as Self
1941
Movie · as Lydia Hedberg
CBS News Sunday Morning
TV · as Self · 1 ep
King of the Gypsies
Movie · as (uncredited)
The Andros Targets
TV · as Sharon Walker · 2 eps
The Time of Your Life
Movie · as Kitty Duval
Live from Lincoln Center
TV · as Fosca · 1 ep
Saturday Night Live
TV · as Self (uncredited) · 1 ep
Great Performances
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Grammys
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Tony Awards
TV · as Self - Performer, Self - Winner, Self - Nominee · 1 ep