Character actress Concetta Tomei was born on December 30, 1945, and raised in her hometown of Kenosha, Wisconsin, the only child of a policeman who was a talented artist on the sly. She came from a long line of educators and was likely drawn to that career at an influential age. She attended the University of Wisconsin at Madison, where she earned a Bachelor of Science degree in education. After teaching school in a Milwaukee suburb for four years, however, she abruptly quit to pursue her acting dream. She became a student of the famed Goodman School of Drama in Chicago where she received a another degree, a Bachelor of Fine Arts, in theater arts. She started her professional career on the stock and repertory stages and gathered a formidable list of early credits appearing in such plays as "A Streetcar Named Desire, "Candida," "Blithe Spirit" and "The Corn Is Green." She made her debut on Broadway replacing Carole Shelley in "The Elephant Man" playing the actress/grande dame Mrs. Kendal. She continued in her role when a subsequent tour went out starring David Bowie. Seeking on-camera experience, she moved out West in the 1980s and found plentiful work on TV with her all-controlling, severe-looking femmes, which culminated in the critically acclaimed Vietnam War drama China Beach (1988) in which she played a hard-as-nails major. She continued with a host of guest parts on "L.A. Law," "Murphy Brown," "Picket Fences" and "Wings," among many others. Not readily known for her film work, she has nevertheless offered occasional arch support (since 1991) in such pictures as Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead (1991), Twenty Bucks (1993), Out to Sea (1997) Deep Impact (1998), The Muse (1999) and View from the Top (2003). Another regular series TV role came with Providence (1999), in which she played a chain-smoking mom.

Фільмографія

• Елсбет — Lorena Marchuk
• Going Home — Fay Hutton
• Космічні сили — Rep. Pitosi
• Abby's — Nemo
• 2018For Muriel — Elaine
• 2018Reach — Doris
• Мік — Evelyn, Tippy Pemberton
• Віцепрезидент — Connie DiBenedetto
• 2008Cyrano de Bergerac — Roxane's Duenna
• 2007The List — Ms. Fitch
• 2005Gone But Not Forgotten — Rita
• Kitchen Confidential — Grace
• The Closer — Mrs. Rawley
• Косяки — Celia's Mother
• Та, що говорить з привидами — Margaret
• Числа — Dr. Sarah Kemple
• Second Time Around — Christia Muse
• Cold Case — Violet Golding (2008)
• 2003Вид згори кращий — Mrs. Stewart
• Затримка в розвитку — Mrs. Livingston
• Підтяжка / Пластика — Maureen Ayers
• Judging Amy — Joanne Collins
• Providence — Lynda Hansen
• 1999The Muse — Nurse Rennert
• 1998Зіткнення з безоднею — Patricia Ruiz
• Король Квінзу — Joyce
• 1997Out to Sea — Madge
• Lush Life
• Сьомі небеса — Mrs. Hampton
• Murder One — Jeanette Rennick
• Зоряний шлях: Вояджер — Minister Odala
• Ellen — Professor Bass
• Madman of the People — Delia Buckner
• 1994Sin and Redemption — Marina Preston
• 1994The Goodbye Bird — Victoria Van Borins
• Touched by an Angel — Kate Carpenter
• Diagnosis: Murder — Sister Regina
• 1993Twenty Bucks — Sam's Mother
• Picket Fences — Ellen McGrath
• The Burden of Proof — Clara Stern
• Civil Wars
• 1991One Special Victory
• 1991Ні слова мамі про смерть няні — Mom
• Wings — Sylvia
• China Beach — Lila Garreau
• 1988China Beach: Pilot — Maj. Lila Garreau
• Murphy Brown — Doris Dial
• 1987In Love and War — Doyen Salsig
• Max Headroom — Blank Dominique
• 1987The Betty Ford Story — Jan
• L.A. Law — Susan Hauber
• 1986Murder in Three Acts — Janet Crisp
• 1985Doubletake — Hazel Carter
• 1982Amy and the Angel — Mrs. Mixner
• Сент Елсвер — Elise Praeger
• Falcon Crest — Dr. Estelle Kramer

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• Stars in the House — Self
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