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Name: Nancy Travis
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Date of Birth:
September 21, 1961
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Place of Birth:
New York, New York, USA
Mini-bio:
Nancy Travis lived in Baltimore and Boston before returning to her
birthplace to study drama at New York University. Her first job out of
school was with New York's American Jewish Theater, after wh...( read more)ich she hit the
road, joining the national tour of Neil Simon's "Brighton Beach Memoirs."
She has maintained a connection to the stage throughout her career. A
founding member of the New York-based off-Broadway theater company Naked
Angels, she appeared in their production of Frank Pugliese's play "Aven-U
Boys, " as well as "King of Connecticut" with Frances McDormand. She also
performed in the Broadway run of the award-winning play "I'm Not Rappaport"
with Cleavon Little and Judd Hirsch. More recently, she appeared in Athol
Fugard's "My Children, My Africa," which the author directed at the La Jolla
Playhouse. No stranger to television, Travis starred with Peter Gallagher
and Isabella Rossellini in the Tom Cruise-directed segment of the Showtime
anthology series "Fallen Angels" (1993).