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- Birthday: 1953-09-25
- Born Place: Topeka, Kansas, U.S.
Jayne Houdyshell
Jayne Houdyshell is an American actress widely celebrated as a prolific character actor in theatre, film, and television, with a career spanning over four decades. Born on September 25, 1953, in Topeka, Kansas, she spent decades working in regional theaters across the US before making her Broadway debut in the musical A Wonderful Life in 2005. Her breakthrough came with the play Well, which earned her an Obie Award and her first Tony Award nomination in 2006. Houdyshell has received numerous accolades throughout her career, most notably winning the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play in 2016 for her acclaimed performance as Deirdre Blake in Stephen Karam's The Humans, a role she later reprised for the 2021 film adaptation. A five-time Tony Award nominee, her other nominations include roles in the revivals of Follies (2012) and The Music Man (2022), and the play A Doll's House, Part 2 (2017). On screen, she is known for supporting roles in films like Little Women and Downsizing, and for her memorable recurring television role as Bunny Folger on the hit Hulu comedy series, Only Murders in the Building, which earned her multiple Screen Actors Guild Award nominations for Outstanding Ensemble.
