
Blair Brown
Known for Acting · 99 credits
- Born
- 1946-04-23 (age 80)
- Place of birth
- Washington, District of Columbia, USA
- Also known as
- Bonnie Blair Brown · Blaire Brown
Biography
Blair Brown (born April 23, 1946) is an American stage, film and television actress. For her role in Copenhagen, Brown won the 2000 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play. She was the leading actress in feature films such as Altered States (1980), Continental Divide (1981), and Strapless (1989), and she played the title character in the television comedy-drama The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd. Later supporting roles include Nina Sharp on Fringe and Judy King on Orange Is the New Black.
Known For
TV Shows (37)

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Defense Attorney Lynne Riff

Law & Order
1990
as Defense Attorney Virginia Masters

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self

Smallville
2001
as Rachel Dunleavy

CSI: Miami
2002
as Margie Winters

Person of Interest
2011
as Emma Blake

Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan
2018
as Director Sue Joyce

Frasier
1993
as Jill (voice)

ER
1994
as Dr. Vicki Ford

Elementary
2012
as Kate Durning

Fringe
2008
as Nina Sharp

Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee

Orange Is the New Black
2013
as Judy King

Great Performances
1971
as Lady Taezle

American Experience
1988
as Ellen Wilson (voice) / Narrator (voice)

Touched by an Angel
1994
as Mayor Victoria Lewis

The Rockford Files
1974
as Kate Flanders / Dep. DA Kate Doyle

Falling Skies
2011

The Affair
2014
as Dr. Gunderson

Kojak
1973
as Stella

Celebrity Ghost Stories
2009
as Self

Forever
2014
as Fawn Mahoney Ames

Family
1976
as Flora Jessup

Limitless
2015
as Marie Finch

The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd
1987
as Molly Dodd

American Playhouse
1982

The Comedy Factory
1985
as Valerie Arnold

Political Animals
2012
as Mrs. Berg

Captains and the Kings
1976
as Elizabeth Healey Hennessey

Feds
1997

Space
1985
as Penny Hardesty Pope

Wheels
1978
as Barbara Lipton

Benjamin Franklin
2002
as Jane Mecom

The Jewish Americans
2008
as Voices (voice)

Kennedy
1983
as Jacqueline Kennedy

A Season in Purgatory
1996
as Grace Bradley

Purple Playhouse
1973
as Mina
Movies (62)

Dogville
2003
as Mrs. Henson

Space Cowboys
2000
as Dr. Anne Caruthers

The Sentinel
2006
as National Security Advisor

Altered States
1980
as Emily Jessup

The Astronaut's Wife
1999
as Shelly McLaren

Passed Away
1992
as Amy Scanlan

Dogville Confessions
2004
as Self

Convictions
1997
as Zalinda Dorcheus

Griffin & Phoenix
2006
as Eve

The Choirboys
1977
as Kimberly Lyles

Dark Matter
2008
as Hildy

The Bad Seed
1985
as Christine Penmark

My Art
2016
as Mickey

First Born
2007
as Laura's Mother

Charlie Cobb: Nice Night for a Hanging
1977
as Charity

Loverboy
2005
as Jeanette Rawley
Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years
1977
as Anna Roosevelt

Strapless
1989
as Dr. Lillian Hempel

Stealing Home
1988
as Ginny Wyatt

A Season in Purgatory
1996
as Grace Bradley

Follow the Stars Home
2001
as Hannah Parker

Continental Divide
1981
as Nell Porter

The Good Policeman
1991
as Rebecca Karp

Hamlet
2000
as Gertrude

Majority Rule
1992
as Gen. Katherine Taylor

Andrew Jackson: Good, Evil & The Presidency
2007
as Margaret Bayard Smith (voice)

The Buddha
2010
as Narrator

The Gift of Love
1994
as Helen Porter

Hands of a Stranger
1987
as Diane Benton

The Paper Chase
1973
as Miss Farranti

The Ultimate Lie
1996
as Joan 'Joanie' McGrath

Extreme Close-Up
1990
as Margaret Toll

The Speed of Thought
2011
as Bridger

The Day My Parents Ran Away
1993
as Judy Miller

Those Secrets
1992
as Nellie Banesh

Moment of Truth: To Walk Again
1994
as Carol Keating

Dark Shadows
2005
as Elizabeth Collins Stoddard
Don't Touch
1985
as Joan Stewart

Woodrow Wilson
2002
as Self - voice

The Skin of Our Teeth
1983
as Sabina
Nobody's Girls: Five Women of the West
1995
as Narrator

A Flash of Green
1984
as Kat Hubble

One Trick Pony
1980
as Marion

The Child Stealer
1979
as Jan Rodman

The Massie Affair
2005
as Narrator (voice)

And I Alone Survived
1978
as Lauren Elder

The 3,000 Mile Chase
1977
as Rachel Kane

In His Life: The John Lennon Story
2000
as Mimi Smith

Rio Shannon
1993
as Elizabeth Cleary

Sister Aimee
2007
as Narrator (voice)

Emma Goldman: An Exceedingly Dangerous Woman
2004
as Narrator
Dracula
1973
as Mina

The Quinns
1977
as Millicent Priestley

A Little Night Music: Live from the Kennedy Center
2002
as Desiree Armfeldt

The School for Scandal
1975
as Lady Teazle

RFK
2004
as Narrator

Fringe: Access All Areas
2009
as Self

Brutalités amoureuses
1972

Young Dr. Freud
2002
as Narrator

Test Tube Babies
2006
as Narrator
The River Ran Red
1993
as Narrator

The Fall of Newt Gingrich
2000
as Self - Narrator (voice)
About Blair Brown
Blair Brown (born April 23, 1946) is an American stage, film and television actress. For her role in Copenhagen, Brown won the 2000 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play. She was the leading actress in feature films such as Altered States (1980), Continental Divide (1981), and Strapless (1989), and she played the title character in the television comedy-drama The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd. Later supporting roles include Nina Sharp on Fringe and Judy King on Orange Is the New Black. With 99 credits spanning from 1944 to 2018, Blair Brown has appeared in 62 films and 37 TV shows.
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Most Popular Blair Brown Movies
- Dogville (2003) — as Mrs. Henson
- Space Cowboys (2000) — as Dr. Anne Caruthers
- The Sentinel (2006) — as National Security Advisor
- Altered States (1980) — as Emily Jessup
- The Astronaut's Wife (1999) — as Shelly McLaren
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