Lisa Banes
American actress (1955–2021)
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Key Takeaways
- Lisa Lou Banes (July 9, 1955 – June 14, 2021) was an American actress known for more than 80 film and television roles, including as Marybeth Elliott, mother of Amy Elliott, in the 2014 film Gone Girl , as well as for stage appearances on Broadway and elsewhere.
- After acting professionally from the age of 15, she studied at the Juilliard School in New York City in the 1970s.
- In 1980, she played Alison Porter in the Roundabout Theatre's production of John Osborne's Look Back in Anger and won a Theatre World Award for her performance.
- Barrie's The Admirable Crichton , at the Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven, Connecticut, a New York Times critic, Mel Gussow, praised the "panache" with which as Lady Mary she transformed into "a kind of Jane of the jungle".
Lisa Lou Banes (July 9, 1955 – June 14, 2021) was an American actress known for more than 80 film and television roles, including as Marybeth Elliott, mother of Amy Elliott, in the 2014 film Gone Girl, as well as for stage appearances on Broadway and elsewhere.
Early life and education
Banes was born in Chagrin Falls, Ohio, the daughter of Ken Banes, an advertiser, and Mary Lou (Shalenhamer) Banes, a model, and raised in Colorado Springs, where she attended Cheyenne Mountain High School. After acting professionally from the age of 15, she studied at the Juilliard School in New York City in the 1970s.
Career
Stage
Banes found quick success on the New York stage. In 1980, she played Alison Porter in the Roundabout Theatre's production of John Osborne's Look Back in Anger and won a Theatre World Award for her performance. In 1981, in James M. Barrie's The Admirable Crichton, at the Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven, Connecticut, a New York Times critic, Mel Gussow, praised the "panache" with which as Lady Mary she transformed into "a kind of Jane of the jungle". She subsequently had lead roles in Wendy Kesselman's My Sister in This House, in Chekhov's Three Sisters, and was nominated for a Drama Desk Award for her role in Wendy Wasserstein's Isn't It Romantic in 1984.
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