Film and Television Work
Among LuPone’s film credits are Fighting Back, Witness, Just Looking, The Victim, Summer of Sam, Driving Miss Daisy, King of the Gypsies, 1941, Wise Guys, Nancy Savoca's The 24 Hour Woman and Savoca's Union Square (in post-production, late 2010), Family Prayers, and City by the Sea. She has also worked with playwright David Mamet on The Water Engine, the critically acclaimed State and Main, and Heist.
In 2011, the feature film Union Square, co-written and directed by the Sundance Film Festival's Grand Jury Award Winner, Nancy Savoca, is being premiered at the Toronto Film Festival. In it, Patti co-stars with Mira Sorvino, Tammy Blanchard, Mike Doyle, Michael Rispoli and Daphne Rubin-Vega.
She played Lady Bird Johnson in the TV movie, LBJ: The Early Years (1987).
LuPone played Libby Thatcher on the television drama Life Goes On, which ran on ABC from 1989 to 1993.
In the 1990s she had a recurring role as defense attorney Ruth Miller on Law & Order. She has twice been nominated for an Emmy Award: for the TV movie The Song Spinner (1995, Daytime Emmy Award nominee), and for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series on Frasier in 1998. She had a cameo as herself on a 1998 episode of Saturday Night Live hosted by Kelsey Grammer.
LuPone’s TV work also includes a recurring role on the last season of HBO’s series Oz (2003). She appeared as herself on a February 2005 episode of Will & Grace. She also appeared on the series Ugly Betty in March 2007 as the mother of Marc St. James (played by Michael Urie). Lupone has an recurring guest role as Frank Rossitano's mother on 30 Rock. LuPone appeared as herself in the season two finale of the television series Glee.
LuPone will guest star on Army wives on July 8, 2012, and reunite with fellow guest star Kellie Martin as her mother once again.
LuPone has been announced as joining the cast of the upcoming 2012 film Parker, an action-thriller.
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