After graduating from the ballet school in 1967, she earned a theater degree at the University of Hawaii. She then landed a part in a Milos Forman movie, “Taking Off,” whose screenwriters included John Guare. I was making $74, one dollar less than unemployment.”The payoff came when Ms. Moore and her husband, the producer Grant Tinker, saw Ms. Engel in that play in Los Angeles. Ms. Engel also had recurring roles on “Jennifer Slept Here” in the 1980s and “Coach” in the 1990s, among other shows. Ms. Engel was in the original Broadway cast of “The Drowsy Chaperone” in 2006, playing a dotty woman named Mrs. Tottendale.

Source: New York Times April 15, 2019 23:52 UTC