Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio Popular Actress Of Scarface

Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio is an American actress and singer. She was born on 17th November 1958, in Lombard, Illinois, USA. She is of Italian Descent and was born to Italian immigrants. She is most popularly known for her role of Maid Marian in the immensely successful movie Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves.

She was also nominated for Oscar for the movie The Color of Money in the category of Best Supporting Actress. The film has all time favorite heroes, Tom Cruise and Paul Newman. Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio was interested in acting right from her school days. As a teenager she took an active part in many school plays. She attended the University of Illinois and acted in the play Guys and Dolls.

She soon got deeply involved into movies and acting, she went to New York to work in the movies. In the year 1981, Mary Elizabeth Masterantonio acted in the play West Side Story. Her acting career took a sharp turn and commenced in the year 1983, with the cult movie Scarface, starring acting stalwart Al Pacino.

In 1985, she acted in the movie The Color of Money, which proved to be the most important movie of her career. Mary Elizabeth Masterantonio then went on to do a series of movies, which won her great acclaim and popularity like The Abyss and The January Man in 1989, Class Action and Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves in 1991.
It was during the time of making of The January Man; Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio got involved with the director Pat OConor and married him. She was also featured on small screen in the fourth season of a television drama Without a Trace. In the year 2000, she played the role of fishing boat captain in another of her famous movie The Perfect Storm.
Mary Elizabeth Masterantonio is also a very renowned singer. She has a very unmatched and unique cabaret style singing. Her singing is very aptly showcased in the movie Limbo. The film was released in 1999, and was directed by John Sayle. Mary was formally trained as an opera singer. At one time she wanted to pursue opera singing as her career.
She has been nominated for many Awards. Apart from Oscars, Mary Elizabeth Masterantonio was nominated in the year 2003, Tony Awards at Broadways as Best Supporting Actress (Musical) for portraying the role of Aldonza/Dulcinea in a revival of Man of La Mancha.
Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio had reportedly suffered a serious mental and emotional breakdown while shooting for the film The Abyss in 1989. This James Cameron film was plagued with problems during the shooting. Mary Elizabeth Masterantonio has been listed as one of the 12 Promising New Actors of 1986 in John Willis Screen World Vol. 38. She replaced Robin Wright Pean, for her most famous movie Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves. She has two children Jack and Declan. The family reportedly resides in London, England, UK at present. mary mastrantonio

Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio Popular Actress Of Scarface was written on July 05, 2008 posted in Celebrities and tag Celebrities. Wiki Pages on July 05, 2008

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