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American actress Frances McDormand won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her turn as the sweet but smart local police chief Marge Gunderson in the Coen Brothers' 1996 film Fargo. She was also nominated for her leading role in 2005's North Country and for supporting roles in Mississippi Burning and Cameron Crowe's Almost Famous. Her film debut came in 1984 in the Coens' Blood Simple, and she married Joel Coen that same year.
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- Full name: Frances Louise McDormand
- Born: June 23, 1957
- Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois
- Adopted and raised outside Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Nominated in 1988 for a Tony Award for A Streetcar Named Desire
- Nominated for three additional Academy Awards for roles in Mississippi Burning, Almost Famous and North Country.
- Married to filmmaker Joel Coen
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@Julia_Bond | November 14, 2009 03:30 PM -
#FILM #REVIEW: 'MISS PETTIGREW LIVES FOR A DAY' (2008): http://tinyurl.com/yhye542 A gentle comedy with Frances McDormand. 8.3/10 #Movies
@Andys_Films_etc | November 14, 2009 03:26 PM -
watching _Miss Pettigrew Lives For a Day_. Frances McDormand is amazing, as usual. #fb
@SKEdman | November 14, 2009 03:37 AM -
Mood boost: watching Fargo on the treadmill at the gym. J'adore Frances McDormand & Coen Bros to no end. #fb
@ElizMcQuern | November 13, 2009 07:21 PM -
Yes, please. Or Tina Fey! RT @nerdliness: I hope Frances McDormand does the audio book for 'Going Rogue.'
@Wisenheimer | November 13, 2009 12:30 AM
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Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (Widescreen & Full Screen Edition) - $19.98
Academy Award® nominee Amy Adams (Enchanted) and Academy Award® winner Frances McDormand star in this charming comedy about finding a new life and a new love, all in one day. When Miss Pettigrew (McDormand) stumbles upon the chance to becom...
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An all-star cast, including George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Frances McDormand, Tilda Swinton and John Malkovich, come together in this outrageous spy comedy about murder, blackmail, sex addiction and physical fitness! When a disc filled with so...
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Frances McDormand Timeline
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- June 23, 1957: Born
- 1984: Blood Simple - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews
- 1987: Raising Arizona - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews
- 1988: Mississippi Burning - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews
- 1991: The Butcher's Wife - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews
- 1994: Short Cuts - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews
- 1996: Fargo - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews
- 1996: Primal Fear - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews
- 2000: Almost Famous - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews
- 2003: Something's Gotta Give - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews
- 2005: North Country - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews
- 2006: Friends with Money - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews
- 2008: Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews
- 2008: Burn After Reading - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews
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