Mare Winningham was born on May 16, 1959. She is an American actress and singer.

Biography and Career

Mare Winningham was born in Phoenix, Arizona. She was grown up in Northridge, California. She has three brothers and one sister. Her father was the chairman of the Department of Physical Education at California State University and her mother was an English teacher and college counselor at Monroe High School.

In 1976, Winningham began her career as a singer, songwriter and sang the Beatles song Here, There, and Everywhere on The Gong Show. Later she signed an acting contract with Hollywood agent Meyer Mishkin and received her Screen Actor's Guild card for doing three lines in an episode of James at 15. Later in the year she was offered a role on Young Pioneers and Young Pio neers Christmas.

In 1980, Winningham was featured in Off the Minnesota Strip playing a young prostitute. She also won an Emmy Award for Best Supporting Actress In A Miniseries Or A Movie for her role in the critically acclaimed Amber Waves, a TV movie. In 1983, Winningham was nominated for a Canadian Genie Award for her work in the futuristic 1981 drama Threshold.

Later in 1984 she was appeared as Helen Keller in Helen Keller: The Miracle Continues. In 1985, Winningham achieved greater fame in St. Elmo's Fire as one of the original brat pack alumni. 1995 brought Georgia, a thoughtful character study of two sisters for which she earned Screen Actors Guild and Academy Award nominations.

Mare Winningham also recorded three albums, What Might Be in 1992 on the Bay Cities label, and in 1998, Lonesomers on the Razor and Tie label and lastly in 2007 Refuge Rock Sublime on the Craig & Co. label.

Firstly, Winningham married a Mexican American actor, A Martinez but that was ended within few months. Later she married Charles William Mapel, television technical advisor and they were divorced in 1996. In 2008, she married her manager, Jason Trucco, in Hollywood, California.

General Appearance:

Birth Name: Mary Megan Winningham
Birth: May 16, 1959

Why do we like Mare Winningham?

We like her because of her acting and singing.

Why is Mare Winningham Famous?

She is famous because of her great work as an actress and singer.

Mare Winningham Lists

	1959 births
	Living people
	American female singers
	American film actors
	American Jewish people
	American television actors
	Actors from Arizona
	Converts to Judaism from Roman Catholicism
	Emmy Award winners
	Independent Spirit Award winners
	People from Phoenix, Arizona
	People from the Greater Los Angeles Area

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Mare Winningham Pictures

 

Mare Winningham Movies
One Trick Pony Made in Heaven Shy People Miracle Mile Turner & Hooch Hard Promises Sexual Healing The War Wyatt Earp Georgia Bad Day on the Block The Adventures of Ociee Nash Dandelion Brothers Brotherhood of Poland, New Hampshire
Mare Winningham Filmography

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Category: Actresses  - ( Actresses Archive)

Date Added: 29 October '10

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