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Patti Ann LuPone (born April 21, 1949) is an American actress and singer, best known for her work in stage musicals. She is a two-time Grammy Award winner and a two-time Tony Award winner. She is also a 2006 American Theater Hall of Fame inductee.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Theater Hall of Fame honors August Wilson, seven others )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Tony Awards past winners )〕 LuPone began her professional career with The Acting Company in 1972 and made her Broadway debut in ''Three Sisters'' in 1973. She received the first of six (as of 2014) Tony Award nominations for the 1975 musical ''The Robber Bridegroom''. She won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her role as Eva Perón in the 1979 original Broadway production of ''Evita''. She played Fantine in the original London cast of ''Les Misérables'' and Moll in ''The Cradle Will Rock'', winning the 1985 Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her work in both. Other stage musical performances include her Tony nominated role as Reno Sweeney in the 1987 revival of ''Anything Goes'', her Olivier nominated role as Norma Desmond in the 1993 original production of ''Sunset Boulevard'' in London, her Tony nominated role as Mrs. Lovett in the 2005 production of ''Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street'', her Tony Award winning role as Mama Rose in the 2007 revival of ''Gypsy'', and her Tony nominated role as Lucia in the 2010 original production of ''Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown''. She starred alongside Audra McDonald in the 2007 Los Angeles Opera production of ''Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny'' and won two Grammy Awards for the 2008 recording, for Best Classical Album and Best Opera Recording. On television, she starred in the drama series ''Life Goes On'' (1989-1993) and received Emmy Award nominations for the TV Movie ''The Song Spinner'' (1995) and for her guest role in the sitcom ''Frasier'' (1998). She also had a role in the third season of the FX thriller series ''American Horror Story: Coven'' (2013-2014). Her films include ''Witness'' (1985), ''Driving Miss Daisy'' (1989), ''State and Main'' (2000) and ''Parker'' (2013). ==Early life and training== LuPone was born in Northport, New York, on Long Island, the daughter of Angela Louise (née Patti), a college library administrator, and Orlando Joseph LuPone, a school administrator. Her great-grand-aunt was the celebrated 19th-century opera singer Adelina Patti. Her older brother Robert LuPone is an actor, dancer, and director who originated the role of Zach the director in ''A Chorus Line.'' LuPone was part of the first graduating class of Juilliard's Drama Division (1968–1972: ''Group 1''),〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Patti LuPone: Theatre Chronology )〕 which also included actors Kevin Kline and David Ogden Stiers.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Kevin Kline Biography )〕 She graduated from Juilliard in 1972 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Patti LuPone」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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