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Maria Tucci

Born: 1941-06-19 • New York City, New York, USA

Tucci made her Broadway debut in 1963, in The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore. She has fourteen Broadway credits. Principal roles include Rose Delle Rose opposite Maureen Stapleton in the 1966 production of The Rose Tattoo by Tennessee Williams. In 1967, she starred as Alexandra Giddens in a revival of The Little Foxes by Lillian Hellman, with Anne Bancroft as her mother. In 1969, she was a replacement for Jane Alexander in The Great White Hope. In 1988, she starred in a revival of The Night of the Iguana as Hannah Jelkes. In 2009, she appeared in the production of Mary Stuart as Hanna.

Tucci began appearing in film in 1969. Her first credits were in Robert Frank's Me and My Brother and a CBS Playhouse production titled Shadow Game. She played Lisa in Sidney Lumet's 1983 film Daniel. In Gus Van Sant's 1995 film To Die For she portrayed Angela Maretto.

She was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play in 1967 for her performance in The Rose Tattoo. She played Koula in the 2015 mini-series The Slap. She also won an OBIE award for her performance as Phaedo in "Talk" by Carl Hancock Rux at the Joseph Papp Public Theater.

Filmography
Marcella poster
Marcella
2025 • Marcella Hazan (voice)
Turn Every Page - The Adventures of Robert Caro and Robert Gottlieb poster
Turn Every Page - The Adventures of Robert Caro and Robert Gottlieb
2022 • Self
Today's Man poster
Today's Man
2006 • Self
To Die For poster
To Die For
1995 • Angela Maretto
Sweet Nothing poster
Sweet Nothing
1995 • Monika's Mother
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Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
1989 • Self
Touch and Go poster
Touch and Go
1986 • Dee Dee
Daniel poster
Daniel
1983 • Lise Lewin
Enormous Changes at the Last Minute poster
Enormous Changes at the Last Minute
1983 • Alexandra
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The Land of Hope
1976 • Lea Gianni
Beyond the Horizon poster
Beyond the Horizon
1975 • Ruth Atkins
Shadow Game poster
Shadow Game
1969 • Carmen
Me and My Brother poster
Me and My Brother
1969