Brenda Currin star of In Cold Blood | CHUD | The World According to Garp
| TAPS | Reds
Amber does it again! The amazing Brenda Currin and Amber chat this week, and Brenda shares so many stories you won't believe it! She has had an incredible career and worked with so many heavy hitters in the industry. AND she continues to act and work on other projects. Find out what they are, and hear the stories she says she rarely tells!
Brenda Currin grew up in North Carolina. She began her career portraying Nancy Clutter in the film of In Cold Blood. Other films include The World According to Garp (Pooh Percy), Taps, Reds, and the cult classic C.H.U.D. More recently: Daughter of the Bride and Gossamer
Folds. Brenda’s extensive theater work is acclaimed for Sister and Miss Lexie adapted from
Eudora Welty's stories with director/writer
David Kaplan, My Sister in this House (OBIE Award), In the Summer House, many Tennessee Williams play: Suddenly Last Summer, Something Unspoken, Orpheus Descending, The Rose Tattoo and The Glass Menagerie where she played Amanda Wingfield in St. Louis at the actual site where Williams based the play. Her TV work includes Claws, Gossip Girl and Wu-Tang, An American Saga. Brenda co-founded What Girls Know, a theatre program for adolescent girls. She is a member of Houses on the Moon, theater dedicated to amplifying unheard voices. She told her own story in gUN COUNTRY, and worked with trans teenagers and their families to create