Crouse, Lindsay

Lindsay Ann Crouse, born May 12, 1948 in New York to playwright Russell Crouse and Anna Erskine Crouse, is an American actress, dancer and teacher. After graduating with honors from Radcliffe College in 1970, Crouse formed her own dance-theatre company in Cambridge before returning to New York to study under Uta Hagen and Sanford Meisner. Her acting career has spanned all mediums including performances off and on Broadway in modern and classic works, television and film. In 1977 she married playwright David Mamet with whom she had two daughters before their divorce in 1990. Crouse's achievements in acting have garnered recognition with an Obie Award for Reunion, a Daytime Emmy nomination and an Acadamy Award nomination for her supporting work in Places in the Heart.

From the description of Lindsay Crouse papers, 1967-1987. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 706953711

From the guide to the Lindsay Crouse papers, 1967-1987., (Harvard Theatre Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University)