Cherry Jones Biography (1956-)

Born November 21, 1956, in Paris, TN; father, a flower shop owner; mother, ahigh school teacher. Addresses: Agent: The Gersh Agency, 232 N. CanonDr., Beverly Hills, CA 90210.

Nationality: American
Gender: Female
Occupation: Actress
Birth Details: November 21, 1956; Paris, Tennessee

Famous Works

CREDITS
Stage Appearances
Rosalind, As You Like It, American Repertory Theatre, Cambridge, MA, 1980
Dorcas, The Winter's Tale, Helen Owen Carey Playhouse, Brooklyn, NY, 1980
Millicent, He and She, BAM Playhouse, 1980
A Midsummer Night's Dream, American Repertory Theatre, 1981
Irina, Three Sisters, American Repertory Theatre, 1983
The Boys from Syracuse, American Repertory Theatre, 1983
Liz, The Philanthropist, Manhattan Theatre Club, New York City, 1983
Kitty Chase, The Ballad of Soapy Smith, New York Shakespeare Festival, Public/Newman Theatre, New York City, 1984
Love's Labour's Lost, American Repertory Theatre, 1984
Sally Bowles, I Am a Camera, American Jewish Theatre, 1984
Cecily Cardew, The Importance of Being Earnest, Samuel Beckett Theatre, 1985
Lynne, Steppin' Out, John Golden Theatre, New York City, 1987
Sara Littlefield, Claptrap, Manhattan Theatre Club, 1987
Dorine, Tartuffe, Portland Stage Company, Portland, ME, 1987
Fran, Big Time: Scenes from a Service Economy, American Theatre Exchange, Joyce Theatre, New York City, 1988
Lady Macbeth, Macbeth, Mark Hellinger Theatre, New York City, 1988
Light Shining in Buckinghamshire, Perry Street Theatre, New York City, 1991
Liz, Our Country's Good, Nederlander Theatre, New York City, 1991
Anna, the sister, The Baltimore Waltz, Circle Repertory Theatre, 1992
The Heiress, Lincoln Center, New York City, c. 1995.
The Night of the Iguana, Roundabout Theater, New York City, 1996

Necessary Targets, Helen Hayes Theatre, New York City, 1996
Mabel Tidings Bigelow, Pride's Crossing, Old Globe Theater, then Mitzi E. Newhouse Theatre, New York City, 1997
Psyche, New York Philharmonic, Lincoln Center, 1998
A Moon for the Misbegotten, Goodman Theatre, Chicago, IL, then Walter Kerr Theater, New York City, 2000
Also appeared as Viola, Twelfth Night, American Repertory Theatre;title role, Major Barbara, American Repertory Theatre; Sganarelle, American Repertory Theatre; The Journey of the Fifth Horse, American Repertory Theatre; Ghosts, American Repertory Theatre; The School for Scandal, American Repertory Theatre; Baby with the Bath Water, American Repertory Theatre; The Caucasian Chalk Circle, American Repertory Theatre; Angels in America; Macbeth; The Good Person of Setzuan; The Seagull; Goodnight Desdemona/Goodmorning Juliet; Mastergate, American Repertory Theatre; And Baby Makes Seven.
Film Appearances
Ginger McDonald, The Big Town (also known as The Arm), Columbia, 1987
Cindy Montgomery, Light of Day (also known as Born in the U.S.A.), Tri-Star, 1987
Patty, HouseSitter, 1992
Mother, Polio Water, 1995
Lucy, the maid, Julian Po (also known as The Tears of Julian Po), Fine Line Features, 1997
Voice of Annie Adams Fields, Out of the Past, Unapix Entertainment, 1998
Liz Hammond, The Horse Whisperer, Buena Vista, 1998
Hallie Flanagan, Cradle Will Rock, Buena Vista, 1999
Pamela Duncan, Erin Brockovich, Universal, 2000
Edie Bailey, The Perfect Storm, Warner Bros., 2000
Television Appearances
Movies
Tina Crawford, Alex: The Life of a Child, ABC, 1986
Mimi Barnes, Murder in a Small Town, Arts and Entertainment, 1999
Mimi Barnes, The Lady in Question, Arts and Entertainment, 1999
Lizbeth Studevant, Cora Unashamed, PBS, 2000
Sandy Cataldi, What Makes a Family, Lifetime, 2000
Miniseries
Voices, Jazz, PBS, 2001
Pilots
Secretary, O'Malley, NBC, 1983
Janice Eaton, Adam's Apple, CBS, 1986
Episodic
Tracy Kincaid, "Sleepless Dream," Spenser: For Hire, 1987
RECORDINGS
Taped Readings
Prime Cut, BDD Audio, 1999

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Books

Newsmakers 1999, Gale Group, 1999

Periodicals

New York Times, May 26, 1991, p. H5

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