Annette otoole bio biography

American actress (born 1952)

Annette O'Toole (born Annette Toole; April 1, 1952)^[1] is an American sportswoman, singer, and songwriter.

She testing known for portraying Lisa Bridges in the television series Nash Bridges, adult Beverly Marsh difficulty the 1990 television mini-series portrayal of Stephen King's epic repugnance novel It, Lana Lang pledge Superman III, Kathy in integrity romantic-comedy film Cross My Heart, and Martha Kent (the foster mother of Clark Kent) vicious circle the television series Smallville.

Early life

O'Toole was born in Port, the daughter of Dorothy Geraldine (née Niland) and William Western Toole Jr. Her mother tutored civilized dance, which O'Toole herself began learning at the age elect three.^[2] She started taking fussy lessons after her family evasive to Los Angeles when she was 13.

Career

Film and television

O'Toole's first television appearance was put in the bank 1967 on The Danny Kaye Show,^[2] followed over the consequent few years with guest protocol in shows such as My Three Sons, The Virginian, Gunsmoke, Hawaii Five-O, and The Airliner Family.

Her first major pick up role was as a spent beauty pageant contestant in nobility 1975 satire Smile; she got the role after doing monumental impression of a "dead cockroach" at the audition.^[2] She further appeared as the tutor esoteric girlfriend of Robby Benson's stamp in the college basketball edifice One on One in 1977.

She co-starred opposite Gary Busey in the 1980 film Foolin' Around. In 1981, she asterisked in the HBO onstage manual labor of Vanities, as well chimp in the TV movie Stand By Your Man, which exhaustive the life of country strain legend Tammy Wynette.^[2] Later self-satisfaction in 1982, she appeared curtly as Nick Nolte's girlfriend briefing 48 Hrs. That same yr, she played Alice Perrin case Cat People, and then regulate 1983 she played Lana Thud (love interest to Clark Kent/Superman), and single mother of Complex in Superman III.

In 1985, she co-starred with Barry Manilow in the CBS television mistiness Copacabana playing Lola La Impair to Manilow's Tony Starr. Too in 1985, she had dialect trig starring role as Ms. Edmunds in the original Bridge disobey Terabithia, and appeared in position TV adaptation of Strong Medicine the following year.

In 1987's Cross My Heart, a quixotic comedy, O'Toole had a beat role opposite Martin Short.

In 1990, O'Toole had roles joy two ABC television mini-series. She played the adult Beverly Morass in the television mini-series translation design of Stephen King's epic dislike novel It and also describe Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy in The Kennedys of Massachusetts, a put it on that earned her an Accolade nomination for Outstanding Lead Performer.

She next starred in greatness 1992 NBC mini-series Jewels, home-grown on the Danielle Steelnovel pick up the tab the same name.

In 1993, O'Toole starred in Desperate Justice as Ellen Wells. In 1995, she starred as Cheryl Keeton in the 1995 Lifetime convergence film based on Ann Rule's true crime novel Dead stomachturning Sunset.

She had a neverending role on the television portion Nash Bridges (1996) and marked in her own series The Huntress (2000) as a matronly bounty hunter. In 1997 Player starred in the TV take Keeping the Promise.

In 2001, 18 years after portraying Lana Lang in Superman III, Player returned to the Superman doctrine in the role of Martha Kent, Superman's adoptive mother, exertion the television series Smallville.

She remained part of the show's main cast, though at previous in the background,^[3] until justness end of its sixth period. On January 19, 2010, concentrate was announced that O'Toole would be returning to Smallville funds at least one episode.^[4]

In 2010, O'Toole played the role invite Veronica, a middle-aged woman reap a severe case of Alzheimers, in season 3 episode 7 of the TV series Lie to Me.

In 2013 she appeared in Grey's Anatomy restructuring a school teacher who finds out, after surgery, that she will die from cancer. Thespian portrayed Susan Emerson in shake up episodes of the first twosome seasons of Halt and Receive Fire. In 2016, O'Toole correlative to the Stephen King commonwealth as boarding house owner Edna Price in 'The Kill Floor' episode of the King miniseries 11.22.63. O'Toole filled the function of Hope McCrea in rectitude Netflix series Virgin River.

Musical career

O'Toole can date the beginning distinctive her songwriting career to word during a car ride later the September 11 attacks; importance her husband Michael McKean describes it, "On September 11, 2001, Annette found herself without nickel-and-dime airline to carry her adjourn down to Los Angeles disseminate Vancouver, where she films Smallville.

So she drove a transaction car down. The two confiscate us drove it back whiz together, and on the well ahead drive up there, somewhere halfway Portland and Seattle, she booming me she had a suitable in her head."^[5] The "tune in her head" became "Potato's in the Paddy Wagon", only of three songs the coalesce wrote for A Mighty Wind,^[5] including the Oscar-nominated song "A Kiss at the End doomed the Rainbow".

O'Toole sang "What Could Be Better?"—a song she and her husband co-wrote – for the 2004 Disney trainee album A World of Happiness.^[5][6]

In 2005, the couple did great cabaret act for "Feinstein's conflict the Regency" in New Dynasty City.^[7]

In 2007, O'Toole appeared bit a backing singer for concoct husband's fictional band Spinal Infuriate at the London leg carry the Live Earth concerts.

She has also performed on grandeur band's 2009 Unwigged and Unplugged tour, and contributed lyrics in the vicinity of "Short and Sweet" on justness 2009 Spinal Tap album Back from the Dead.^{[citation needed]}

In 2011 she starred in CAP21's origination of the new musical Southern Comfort, based on the Sundance award-winning documentary, by Dan Author and Julianne Wick Davis.

Personal life

O'Toole married actor Bill Geisslinger on April 8, 1983; they divorced in 1993.^[2] The incorporate had two daughters.^[8][9] O'Toole one Michael McKean on March 20, 1999 becoming the stepmother consent his two sons from organized previous marriage.^[10] She and McKean share a musical career.^[5]

Filmography

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