MARY MCDONNELL
Mary McDonnell (Marilyn) is a two-time Oscar nominee. She received a Best Actress nomination for her performance
as a wheelchair-bound, acid-tongued soap-opera actress in Passion Fish; she also received a Best Supporting
Actress nomination for her performance as the white woman raised by the Sioux tribe in Dances With Wolves. Other
feature credits include Sneakers, Grand Canyon and Tiger Warsaw. She recently completed her latest film, Mariette
in Ecstasy. On television, Mary starred in the Showtime movie Woman Undone, and in the TNT adaptation of Arthur
Miller's The American Clock. On stage, she starred on Broadway in the title role of Wendy Wasserstein's Pulitzer
Prize-winning play The Heidi Chronicles. Her performance as the lead in Darrah Cloud's adaptation of Willa Cather's
Oh, Pioneers was filmed for American Playhouse and aired on PBS in 1991. She made her New York theater debut in Sam
Shepard's Pulitzer Prize-winning Buried Child and, in 1981, received an Obie for her performance in Emily Mann's
Still Life. Other stage credits include Savage in Limbo, All Night Long, Black Angel, A Weekend Near Madison and
Death of a Miner.
JUDD HIRSCH
Judd Hirsch (Julius) is probably best known for his role on the long running classic television series Taxi.
It was his portrayal of cabbie Alex Rieger that earned him two Emmy awards. He also won a Golden Globe for his
other series, Dear John. Judd's film credits include Ordinary People (for which he garnered an Academy Award
nomination), Without a Trace, The Goodbye People, and Running on Empty. In 1979, he originated the role of Matt
Friedman in Lanford Wilson's Pulitzer Prize-winning play Talley's Folly, which culminated in Tony, Drama Desk
and Obie awards.