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| Date of birth: April 23, 1946 | | Blair's birth place: Washington D.C., USA | Eye color::Green
| | Height: 5' 8" (1.73 cm) | Blair's family: Son, Robert.
| | Education: Graduated from Canada's National Theater School in 1969. | Blair Brown mini-bio: According to Blair, her father, Milton Henry Brown, was career CIA. Her mother, Elizabeth Ann Brown, was a teacher. She originally intended to have a career in the medical field. Instead, she trained at Canada's National Theater School, graduating in 1969.
This attractive, redheaded leading lady began her stage career with the Canadian Stratford Shakespeare Festival. She then moved onto work with the New York Shakespeare Festival. It did not take long for Blair to move onto Hollywood.
Although her screen roles have been sporadic, Brown has proven to be a capable performer. She starred opposite William Hurt in "Altered States" (1980) and gave one of her best performances as a take-charge naturalist romanced by John Belushi in the overlooked "Continental Divide" (1981). Brown also amassed several notable TV credits, including the NBC miniseries "Captains and the Kings" (1976, opposite off-screen companion Richard Jordan, with whom she had a son, Robert) and in the title role of the popular series, "The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd".
In the mid-80s, Brown was romantically involved with British playwright-director David Hare who tailored the role of an American doctor living in London in "Strapless" (1989) for her. She subsequently starred in Hare's Broadway play "The Secret Rapture" (1989). Putting her family life first, the actress often worked in NYC on stage and in TV productions. After a seven-year absence, Brown returned to features with a supporting role in "The Astronaut's Wife" (1999) | | | |
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