Grace McKeaney

Grace McKeaney is an American television writer, playwright, educator, and actor.

She attended Northwestern University and starred as Blanche DuBois in A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams. She obtained an MFA in playwriting from the Yale School of Drama. While working on her degree at Yale, she was playwright-in-residence at Evanston Repertory Theatre, and her one-act farce, Fits and Starts, a "soap-opera satire", was performed by the Womyn's Theatre in Seattle in 1978.[1]

In Baltimore, she was a teacher to elementary and junior high classes. She also taught a course in playwriting at Northwestern University.[2]

Even though she has written television episodes of Roseanne,[3] St. Elsewhere,[2][3] The Client, The Hoop Life and The Education of Max Bickford, she considers herself primarily a playwright.[2]

McKeaney plays a supporting role, 'The Goat Lady,' in 2016 cult thriller "Bender,"[4] directed by John Alexander.[5]

She married actor John Getz in 1987. They divorced in 1996. They have one child together, Hannah Getz, a cinematographer.[6]

References

  1. ^ Dragovich, Debra (1978-09-29). "Fits and Starts: Harassed Heroine". Seattle Gay News. p. 5. Retrieved 2023-05-31 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ a b c Klein, Alvin (1988-02-28). "THEATER; Teaching Explored in 2 Plays". The New York Times. Retrieved 2020-04-13.
  3. ^ a b Brownfield, Paul. "101 Best Written TV Series 71 ROSEANNE - TIE". Writers Guild of America West. Retrieved 2020-04-14.
  4. ^ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5338770/
  5. ^ https://www.cjonline.com/story/entertainment/local/2017/07/24/kansas-film-about-notorious-bender-family-serial-killers/16535234007/
  6. ^ Biles, Jan (2013-08-17). "Filming wraps up for movie about Bender family". The Topeka Capital-Journal. Retrieved 2020-04-13.


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