Linda purl bio biography

Linda Purl (born September 2, 1955) is an American actress.

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Linda Purl Biography

Date of Birth:
Sep 2, 1955Birth Place:
Greenwich, U.s.a., USA

Biography

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Broadway:The Adventures of Tom Sawyer; Getting and Spending.

Off-Broadway:Mr. Toole, The Baby Dance, Hallelujah, Hallelujah!.

Regional Theatre: (partial listing): Mame, A Streetcar Named Desire, A Glass Menagerie, The Little Foxes, The Children, Hedda Gabler, The Real Thing, Romeo and Juliet, The Merchant of Venice, The Diary of Anne Frank, The Tempest, The Road to Mecca (with Miss Julie Harris), A Doll’s House, Dinner with Friends (original production), The Year of Magical Thinking (13 venues), Hippolytus, Camille, Copenhagen, Love Letters, Beyond Therapy, Love Loss and What I Wore, Tenderly, The Children, Nora, Oliver, Grease, On a Clear Day, Three Penny Opera, The King and I (at such theatres as Long Wharf, Actors Theatre of Louisville, The Old Globe, Mark Taper, Santa Fe Opera, Cleveland Playhouse, Laguna Playhouse, Santa Barbara Ensemble Theatre Company, The Lensic Santa Fe, Berkeley Rep, Williamstown Theatre Festival – six seasons; The Other Palace London; Theatre Princesse Grace Monaco; Imperial Theatre Tokyo Japan) , 2022 UK tour of Catch Me If You Can; Teatro Niccolini Florence Italy. She has also performed at such theatres as the Rubicon Theatre Company, Westport Country Playhouse, and

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Linda Purl

Linda was born in Greenwich , Ct. and moved with her family as a child to Japan, where she was raised. There she trained and worked as an actress from the age of 11 under the awning of Toho Productions and at 15 moved to the US by way of the UK and studies there with LAMDA.

She’s known widely from her running television roles as Pam’s Mom, Helene Beasley on The Office; Ashley Pfister, Fonzie’s fiancee on Happy Days; Andy Griffith’s daughter, Charlene Matlock on Matlock; with recurring roles on Homeland, TrueBlood and General Hospital.

She has made over 45 made for TV movies, happily two stints on Broadway, three off-Broadway and has performed in over 50 regional theatres. Performances in the theatre internationally, include 22 venues with her partner Patrick Duffy on tour throughout the UK in 2022. She has recorded five solo CD’s and delights to do concerts as often as possible. Purl is the proud Mother of one son, Lucius Cary.