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  Frances McDormand Photos - Frances McDormand News - Frances McDormand Information
Frances' first professional acting job was in Trinidad & Tobago, in a play by poet Derek Walcott, and was funded by the MacArther Foundation.
Frances was once roommates with actress Holly Hunter, in college.
Frances would like to try her hand at directing and producing, to enhance her relationship with the actors she works with.
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  Frances McDormand - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
McDormand was born in Chicago, Illinois, and was the youngest of three children adopted by Canadian parents Vernon McDormand (a Disciples of Christ minister) and Noreen.
In 1994, Joel and McDormand adopted a son from Paraguay, Pedro McDormand Coen.
Frances McDormand is an associate member of the experimental theater company The Wooster Group.
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 Any Old Actress // Mariel's Favorite Actresses [Frances McDormand]
Frances McDormand brings something to everything that she is in.
McDormand plays the free spirit rock producer Jane who lives in the California area where her son Sam (Christian Bale) and his girlfriend (Kate Beckinsale) come to visit expecting her to be gone so they can use her house.
McDormand doesn't have a lot of screentime but she makes the most of the time she has.
www.anyoldactress.com /francesmcdormand.html   (978 words)

  
 A grand 'Canyon' / Frances McDormand's appeal overshadows film's minor flaws
As a character actress, Frances McDormand has played a range of roles, but the common thread among them is a tremendous solidity.
McDormand may wear her face and body well, but it's her equanimity, her way of looking at people and taking in their essence, that make audiences want to draw close to her calm center.
McDormand truly takes on a glamour here, and that becomes significant, as much of "Laurel Canyon" turns on the seductive power of the lifestyle she embodies.
www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2003/03/14/DD56751.DTL&type=printable   (655 words)

  
 Frances McDormand
Adopted by a Canadian-born minister Vernon McDormand and his wife, Noreen, Frances McDormand was raised in Monessen, Pennsylvania.
She received her B.A. in Theater from Bethany College in West Virginia and attended Yale University's School of Drama, where she was awarded the Carol Dye prize for Excellence.
McDormand will always be remembered for her Academy Award-winning performance as Marge, the pregnant police chief in Fargo (1996), directed by her real life husband, Joel Coen.
www.tribute.ca /bio.asp?id=1499   (191 words)

  
 Entertainment Weekly -- Oscar Nominees Spotlight -- 02-21-01   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Which may partly explain the flair for sermonizing that Frances McDormand shows off in ''Almost Famous'' as Elaine Miller, an outraged early-'70s single mom determined to keep her 15-year-old aspiring-music-journalist son off drugs and on track to be a lawyer.
And in one of the strongest audience-pleasing scenes in the film, McDormand's hard-charging mom brings one of her son's interview subjects, a freewheeling rock star (Billy Crudup), quickly to heel -- over the phone, no less.
Crowe was equally impressed when, against his wishes, his own mom, Alice -- the inspiration for McDormand's character -- barged up to the actress on her first day of shooting.
www.ew.com /ew/oscar2001/spotlight/supactress_mcdormand.html   (401 words)

  
 Salon.com Sex | Shaving Mrs. Coen   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
And then, here was the real trouble, there was a shot of McDormand in her underwear that left you with the clear feeling that this woman hadn't been to the gym enough lately.
McDormand (and not many other directors get to use her), they're going to let her and us have fun.
Frances McDormand has more mischief in her than any handful of other actresses.
www.salon.com /sex/turn_on/2001/11/15/frances   (987 words)

  
 The woman who's always there - [Sunday Herald]
Frances McDormand met her husband Joel Coen when he cast her in his Ð and her Ð first film, Blood Simple, back in 1984, and they've been together ever since.
For years, they shared a house in LA with brother Ethan and writer/ director Sam Raimi Ð ÒIt was a bit like living in a men's dormitory,Ó she recalls Ð but now they live in New York with their adopted son, Pedro.
McDormand won a Best Actress Oscar for her performance in Joel and Ethan's Fargo in 1996 as dogged sheriff Marge Gunderson, below, tracking down a murderer while in the throes of morning sickness.
www.sundayherald.com /19357   (678 words)

  
 Frances McDormand   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
In 1984, McDormand made her film debut playing a somewhat dim-witted adulterous wife in the Coen brothers' Blood Simple, thus beginning an association that would culminate in her marriage to director Joel Coen during the same year.
In 1988, McDormand found her way back into the Hollywood spotlight, and won an Oscar nomination for her role as a Klan wife who testifies against a good ol' boy sheriff in Alan Parker's Mississippi Burning.
In 2001, McDormand could be seen playing a camped out version of film-noir's dames of old in Joel Coen's The Man Who Wasn't There, though her subsequent roles in 2002's Laurel Canyon and City By the Sea did not achieve the popular or critical success typical of her past endeavors.
www.djangomusic.com /actor_bio.asp?pid=P+47305   (390 words)

  
 The religion of Frances McDormand, actress   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Frances McDormand, daughter of a Benton, Penn., Disciples couple, recently won the voted Oscar award for best actress.
The movie was directed by McDormand's husband, Joel Coen, and produced by her brother-in-law, Ethan Coen.
Frances McDormand is the daughter of the Rev. Vernon and Noreen McDormand.
www.adherents.com /people/pm/Frances_McDormand.html   (251 words)

  
 Fametracker :: The Fame Audit :: Frances McDormand   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
This was the case in 1997, when Frances McDormand won the Best Actress Oscar for playing Marge Gunderson in Fargo.
And Frances McDormand's Best Actress win -- even amid a field of deserving winners -- was one of the high points of the evening.
Best of all, Frances McDormand's Oscar win was neither the flame setting off her career immolation, nor the catalyst for an audience backlash.
www.fametracker.com /fame_audit/mcdormand_frances.shtml   (884 words)

  
 Zap2it.com - Movie news - Frances McDormand
This is McDormand's third nomination for an Academy Award.
The 43 year-old won a Best Actress Oscar for her unforgettable role of the local Sheriff who cracks a bloody murder case, in 1996's Fargo and was a nominee for best supporting actress in 1988 for Mississippi Burning.
McDormand also appeared as a cocaine snorting assistant D.A. in several episodes of Hill Street Blues.
www.zap2it.com /movies/news/story/0,1259,---5482,00.html   (189 words)

  
 McDormand, Frances --  Britannica Student Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Although she had previously appeared in numerous stage and screen productions, it was her role in the film ‘Fargo' (1996) that garnered character actress Frances McDormand her greatest critical and popular notice.
A young lecturer and educator, Frances Willard, joined the movement and soon became famous for her work, particularly in building the Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU).
The American social reformer Frances Wright was born in Dundee, Scotland, on Sept. 6, 1795.
www.britannica.com /ebi/article-9312418   (557 words)

  
 Interview: FRANCES McDORMAND - Interview   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
And so it is with Frances McDormand, who portrayed Elaine Miller, the character based on my own mother, Alice, in the movie.
I hadn't seen Frances since a brief stint on the looping stage months earlier, so this was an excuse to reunite with one of my favorite actresses.
Frances wheeled into the parking lot of Norm's Restaurant [in Santa Monica, California] at exactly 7:45 RM., fresh from the set of the Untitled Barber Movie, the new film project being directed by her husband, Joel, and his brother, Ethan Coen.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1285/is_10_30/ai_66675859   (1388 words)

  
 Agence France Presse French: Berlinale: l'actrice américaine Frances McDormand présidente du jury@ HighBeam ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Berlinale: l'actrice américaine Frances McDormand présidente du jury
L'Américaine Frances McDormand, actrice fétiche des frères Coen, présidera le jury international du 54e Festival du film de Berlin, ont annoncé lundi les organisateurs.
Frances McDormand, récompensée par un Oscar en 1997...
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 frances mcdormand DVD film. Tous les films avec frances mcdormand en DVD. Acteur frances mcdormand
Avec : Michael Douglas, Tobey Maguire, Frances McDormand, Katie Holmes, Robert Downey Jr.
Avec : Charlize Theron, Frances McDormand, Marton Csokas,
Avec : Woody Harrelson, Charlize Theron, Frances McDormand, Sean Bean, Richard Jenkins, Sissy Spacek, Michelle Monaghan, Jeremy Renner, Rusty Schwimmer,
www.cinehome.com /frances-mcdormand-dvd-film.html   (235 words)

  
 SPLICEDwire | "Laurel Canyon" review (2003) Lisa Cholodenko, Frances McDormand, Christian Bale
Jane, the party-hardy, pushing-50 mom, is played with flaky roach-clip laissez-faire by the droll Frances McDormand -- who is the only person in the cast using her own accent.
As he's being driven to live conservatively by a burning desire to be nothing like his mother, she's discovering a mild cache of wild oats she never knew she had.
McDormand is especially good, exposing the selfish shortsightedness of her character's free spirit while maintaining a suppressed insecurity beneath it all.
www.splicedonline.com /03reviews/laurelcanyon.html   (486 words)

  
 McDormand on 'Class' docket   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
McDormand is in negotiations to join Theron in the Warner Bros. Pictures drama "Class Action." The Oscar winners are currently teamed up on "Aeon Flux" for MTV/Paramount Pictures.
Pending a deal, McDormand would play the role of Glory, a tough but tender iron miner who befriends and mentors Theron's character, Josie, a harassed mine worker who becomes the key plaintiff in the case.
McDormand's recent credits include "Catwoman," "City by the Sea" and "Something's Gotta Give." She is repped by Endeavor and Frank Frattaroli at Artists Independent Network.
www.hollywoodreporter.com /thr/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000576314   (166 words)

  
 Frances McDormand Joins "Aeon Flux" - Movie News - Empire Movies
Frances McDormand will co-star with Charlize Theron in Paramount Pictures' big-screen live-action adaptation of the futuristic MTV toon series "Aeon Flux", to be directed by Karyn Kusama ("Girlfight").
McDormand will portray the Handler in the film, produced by MTV Films along with Valhalla Productions, in association with Lakeshore Entertainment.
The acrobatic title character is the top operative in an underground rebellion, but when sent on a mission to kill the government's leader, she uncovers a secret making her question if she's on the right side.
www.empiremovies.com /news.php?id=47   (224 words)

  
 Variety.com - Award Central 2006  - Frances McDormand
That helmer Niki CaroNiki Caro visualized Frances McDormand to play alongside star Charlize TheronCharlize Theron in the pic isn't surprising, as McDormand has been on that cold and icy road before.
McDormand's Oscar-winning performance as Marge Gunderson in 1996's "Fargo""Fargo" forged the template on how to play Upper Midwest.
Getting McDormand to play the part took some coaxing on behalf of Caro, a KiwiKiwi helmer who was upping her game after her breakout pic, "Whale Rider." "It took a little bit of effort to get her in this movie.
www.variety.com /ac2006_article/VR1117934374?nav=actress&categoryid=1997   (515 words)

  
 Frances McDormand   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
In `Laurel Canyon,' Frances McDormand is no homebody.
Film: She's gotta have it; Frances McDormand pops up in a new documentary about the lack of roles for older women.
L'actrice américaine Frances McDormand le 2 décembre à New York L'Américaine Frances McDormand, actrice fétiche des frères.
www.infoplease.com /ipea/A0196546.html   (287 words)

  
 Aeon Flux - Starring Actress Frances McDormand   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Based on the MTV animated series created by Peter Chung, Aeon Flux is set 400 years in the future, when disease has wiped out the majority of the earth's population except for one walled, protected city-state, Bregna, ruled by a congress of scientists.
When Aeon is sent on a mission to kill a government leader, she uncovers a world of secrets.
Stay posted to the official site of the movie, which also stars actress Francis McDormand, for trailers, updates, photos and more.
aeonflux.com /frances_mcdormand.html   (105 words)

  
 Frances McDormand @ Filmbug
McDormand's telefilm credits include Martha Coolidge's Crazy in Love, Tommy Lee Jones' The Good Old Boys, Kathy Bates' Talking With..
McDormand studied acting at the Yale School of Drama.
Currently, McDormand resides in New York with her husband Joel Coen and son Pedro.
www.filmbug.com /db/741   (374 words)

  
 Blood Simple, The Directors' Cut (1984/2000): Frances McDormand, Dan Hedaya, M. Emmet Walsh, John Getz - PopMatters ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
And down here, you're on your own." The film's repeated images of the abandoned oil pumps and desolate fields surrounding Austin are a fitting backdrop to this moody tale of a cheating wife and her jealous, murderous husband.
As Abby, McDormand is alternately coy and oblivious, a seemingly carefree soul with a strong instinct for self-preservation.
Abby changes from damsel-in-distress to an empowered, gun-toting woman during the film, all the while exuding a kind of bewildered charm that allows the audience to feel both pity and admiration for her.
www.popmatters.com /film/reviews/b/blood-simple.shtml   (1210 words)

  
 Frances McDormand, tous les films avec Frances McDormand
Avec : Steve Buscemi, Frances McDormand, Peter Stormare, Harve Presnell, William H. Macy
Avec : Gene Hackman, Frances McDormand, Michael Rooker, Brad Dourif, Willem Dafoe
Avec : Frances McDormand, Kate Beckinsale, Natascha McElhone, Alessandro Nivola, Christian Bale
www.locafilm.com /acteur/507/frances-mcdormand.html   (513 words)

  
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Frances McDormand Picture from 2002 City by the Sea
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 Frances McDormand
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 Frances McDormand Headlines Far Away at NYTW, Broadway.com Buzz
McDormand, best known for her film work, earned a 1988 Best Actress in a Play Tony Award nomination for her performance in A Streetcar Named Desire.
In addition to her stage work, McDormand is an Oscar-winning Hollywood actress.
McDormand can currently be seen on the big screen in City by the Sea.
www.broadway.com /gen/Buzz_Story.aspx?CI=20350   (367 words)

  
 IGN: A Look at Frances McDormand in Laurel Canyon
And that's what Frances McDormand does in Laurel Canyon, a film written and directed by Lisa Cholodenko (High Art).
McDormand stars as Jane, a '60s-era holdover record producer who mentors a Radiohead-sounding band.
She wants the band's CD completed with heart and on time, and she wants the lead singer, Ian (played by Alessandro Nivola – Jurassic Park III), in bed.
filmforce.ign.com /articles/371/371380p1.html   (276 words)

  
 AbsoluteNow: Frances McDormand photos - FRANCES McDORMAND (left) & KATE HUDSON at the 73rd Annual Academy Awards in Los ...
AbsoluteNow: Frances McDormand photos - FRANCES McDORMAND (left) & KATE HUDSON at the 73rd Annual Academy Awards in Los Angeles.
FRANCES McDORMAND (left) & KATE HUDSON at the 73rd Annual Academy Awards in Los Angeles.
22FEB97: Fargo star FRANCES McDORMAND & Shine star GEOFFREY RUSH with their Screen Actors Guild Awards for Favorite Actress & Actor in a Lead Role in a Movie.
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