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Brenda Currin

Brenda Currin

Brenda Currin is an OBIE Award winning actress. Brenda's career began as Nancy Clutter in In Cold Blood. She went on to play Pooh Percy in The World According To Garp with Robin Williams, and appeared in Taps, Reds, and the cult classic C.H.U.D., among others. Brenda worked in the New York theater scene, on and Off Broadway for much of her adult life. She is acclaimed for her two one-person shows based on Eudora Welty's work, Sister and Miss Lexie and A Fire Was In My Head. eudoraweltyonstage.co . In 1990 Brenda left the theater to get a Master's degree in anthropology and then co-founded What Girls Know, a theater program for the healthy development of adolescent girls, which she directed in NYC and other parts of the country for the next 15 years. Since returning to acting, she has worked continually in New York, with concentration on the works of Tennessee Williams, Jane Bowles, Harper Lee, Horton Foote, and a new play, Mr. Toole (Vivian Neuwirth) as Thelma Toole. Brenda's recent film/TV work includes Gossamer Folds, Out Of Blue and Claws. She now resides in New Orleans.

Filmography
Grounded in Love poster
Grounded in Love
2025 • Beulah
6 morts dans la nuit : « De sang-froid » – Truman Capote poster
6 morts dans la nuit : « De sang-froid » – Truman Capote
2024 • Self
Daughter of the Bride poster
Daughter of the Bride
2023 • Aunt Marci
Gossamer Folds poster
Gossamer Folds
2020 • Maybelle
Christmas Belles poster
Christmas Belles
2019 • Maude
Out of Blue poster
Out of Blue
2019 • Nancy the Waitress
Diary of a Hitman poster
Diary of a Hitman
1991 • Neighbor Lady
Tales from the Darkside poster
Tales from the Darkside
1990 • Sarah Kimble
C.H.U.D. poster
C.H.U.D.
1984 • Francine the Landlady
Trick or Treat poster
Trick or Treat
1983 • Sarah Kimble
Going Berserk poster
Going Berserk
1983 • Sal's Secretary
The World According to Garp poster
The World According to Garp
1982 • Pooh
Reds poster
Reds
1981 • Marjorie Jones
In Cold Blood poster
In Cold Blood
1967 • Nancy Clutter