But when Tom and Leo fall for the same woman (Marcia Gay Harden), an even more violent power struggle is set in motion. In college, Harden decided she would be an actress, earning her Bachelor's in theater. She grew up in Japan, Greece, Germany and various places about the United States, always the new kid in a new school in a new town. Marcia Gay Harden was raised in an itinerant military family. Each paid attendee will receive a hardcopy of Marcia’s memoir. When Italian mobsters threaten to undermine the rule of East Coast Irish mob boss Leo (Finney) and Tom, his right-hand man (Byrne), it begins a turf war. Executive summary: Verna in Miller's Crossing. The Seasons of My Mother is a beautifully rendered portrait of two lives –Marcia’s own, and that of her mother Beverly, an accomplished practitioner of ikebana, the art of Japanese flower arrangement, who struggles with Alzheimer’s disease.
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The television shows in which she has appeared include Law & Order: Special Victim’s Unit, The Newsroom, How to Get Away with Murder, and Code Black.Īcademy and Tony Award-winning actress Marcia Gay Harden takes on her most important role to date: gatekeeper of memories. Her films include Miller’s Crossing, The First Wives Club, Mystic River (for which she received a second Academy Award nomination), Into the Wild, Magic in the Moonlight, and Fifty Shades of Grey. In 2001 she won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Supporting Role for her portrayal of the painter Lee Krasner in Pollock, and in 2009 she won a Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for her portrayal of Veronica in Yasmina Reza’s God of Carnage. and vivid supporting performances from John Turturro and Marcia Gay Harden come together in a slice of pulp perfection that crackles. Marcia Gay Harden is one of the most celebrated actors of her generation. The new Criterion Collection version of Miller’s Crossing blends classic noir fiction with Joel and Ethan Coen’s trademark sparkling dialogue, off-beat characters, and violent action.