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{{Short description|Canadian actress}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Cara Duff-MacCormick
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|December 12, 1944}}
| birth_place = [[Woodstock, Ontario]], Canada
| education = [[American Academy of Dramatic Arts]]
| occupation = Actress
}}

'''Cara Duff-MacCormick''' (born December 12, 1944) is a Canadian actress, predominantly in the theatre.

==Early life and education==
Born in [[Woodstock, Ontario]], Duff-MacCormick studied acting at the [[American Academy of Dramatic Arts]] in New York City.

== Career ==
Duff-MacCormick made her professional debut [[Off-Broadway]] in December 1969 at the [[Cherry Lane Theatre]] as Faith Detweiler in Harold J. Chapler's ''Love Your Crooked Neighbor''.

She made her Broadway debut as Shelly in [[Michael Weller]]'s ''[[Moonchildren]]'' in 1972, a role she had performed the year before at the [[Arena Stage]] in 1971.<ref>{{cite web|author=Mel Gussow|url=https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F00B15F93B5C1A7493C4AB178AD95F458785F9&scp=2&sq=Cara+Duff-MacCormick&st=p|title=Review of ''Moonchildren''|publisher=Select.nytimes.com|date=November 26, 1971|accessdate=January 8, 2012}}</ref> For this performance the actress won a [[Theatre World Award]] and garnered a [[Tony Award]] nomination.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theatreworldawards.org/award.html|title=Theatre World Awards|publisher=Theatre World Awards|accessdate=January 8, 2012}}</ref> Because Duff-MacCormick was performing in a production at the [[Wayside Theatre]] when she won the Theatre World Award, her mother accepted the award on her behalf.<ref name=cara>{{cite news | title=Wayside Actess Receives Theater World Award | work=The Northern Virginia Daily | date=June 22, 1972 | pages=14}}</ref>

The following year she returned to Broadway to portray Clare in [[Tennessee Williams]]'s play ''[[Out Cry]]'' at the [[Lyceum Theatre (Broadway)|Lyceum Theatre]]<ref>{{cite web|last=Gussow|first=Mel|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1973/03/11/archives/catharsis-for-tennessee-williams-catharsis-for-williams.html?sq=Cara+Duff-MacCormick&scp=4&st=p |title=Review of ''Out Cry''|publisher=Select.nytimes.com|date=March 11, 1973|accessdate=January 8, 2012}}</ref> and played Nina in [[Anton Chekhov]]'s ''[[The Seagull]]'' at the [[McCarter Theatre]] in [[Princeton, New Jersey]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Clive Barnes|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1973/10/08/archives/the-theater-chekhovs-the-seagull-new-english-version-staged-in.html?sq=Cara+Duff-MacCormick&scp=6&st=p|title=Review of ''The Seagull''|publisher=Select.nytimes.com|date=October 8, 1973|accessdate=January 8, 2012}}</ref> In 1975, she won an [[Obie Award]] for her performance in ''[[Craig's Wife]]''.

In 1976, Duff-MacCormick was nominated for a [[Drama Desk Award]] for her portrayal of Julia Craven in [[George Bernard Shaw]]'s ''[[The Philanderer]]'' with the [[Roundabout Theatre Company]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Barnes|first=Clive|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1976/09/30/archives/stage-roundabout-gives-attractive-version-of-tired-philanderer.html?sq=Cara+Duff-MacCormick&scp=9&st=p|title=Review of ''The Philanderer''|publisher=Select.nytimes.com|date=September 30, 1976|accessdate=January 8, 2012}}</ref> That same year she also played Helen in [[Kevin O'Morrison]]'s ''Ladyhouse Blues'' at the [[Marymount Manhattan|Marymount Manhattan Theatre]]<ref>{{cite web|last=Barnes|first=Clive|url=https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F20D12FA395B167493C6A9178AD95F428785F9&scp=11&sq=Cara+Duff-MacCormick&st=p|title=Review of ''Ladyhouse Blues''|publisher=Select.nytimes.com|date=November 4, 1976|accessdate=January 8, 2012}}</ref> and played Tammy Ulrich in the film ''[[All the President's Men (film)|All the President's Men]]''.<ref name="imdb"/>

In 1977, she starred in [[Albert Innaurato]]'s ''Earthworms'' at [[Playwrights Horizons]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Gussow|first=Mel|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1977/05/27/archives/stage-earth-worms-innauratos-grand-opera.html?sq=Cara+Duff-MacCormick&scp=12&st=p|title=Review of ''Earthworms''|publisher=Select.nytimes.com|date=May 27, 1977|accessdate=January 8, 2012}}</ref> In 1978 she portrayed the role of Hakon's wife in [[Henrik Ibsen|Ibsen]]'s ''[[The Pretenders (play)|The Pretenders]]'' alongside [[Randall Duk Kim]] and [[Stephen Lang (actor)|Stephen Lang]] at the [[Guthrie Theater|Guthrie Theater, Minneapolis]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Eder|first=Richard|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1978/07/24/archives/stage-ibsen-at-the-guthrie-struggle-for-crown.html?sq=Cara+Duff-MacCormick&scp=14&st=p|title=Review of ''The Pretenders''|publisher=Select.nytimes.com|date=July 24, 1978|accessdate=January 8, 2012}}</ref> That same year she played Agafya Tikhonovna in [[Nikolai Gogol]]'s ''[[Marriage (play)|Marriage]]'', also at the Guthrie Theatre.<ref>{{cite web|last=Eder|first=Richard|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1978/11/14/archives/theater-marriage-the-hidden-menace.html?sq=Cara+Duff-MacCormick&scp=16&st=p|title=Review of ''Marriage''|publisher=Select.nytimes.com|date=November 14, 1978|accessdate=January 8, 2012}}</ref>

She appeared frequently at [[the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis]] during the 1970s, including portraying the roles of Mrs. Sullen in [[George Farquhar]]'s ''[[The Beaux' Stratagem]]'' (1976),<ref>{{cite web |title=The Beaux Strategem: Production History Detail |url=http://www.repstl.org/productionhistory/detail/the_beaux_strategem/ |website=Repertory Theatre of St. Louis |accessdate=2019-11-21 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071025134253/http://www.repstl.org/productionhistory/detail/the_beaux_strategem/ |archivedate=2007-10-25 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Bananas in [[John Guare]]'s ''[[The House of Blue Leaves]]'' (1977),<ref>{{cite web |title=The House of Blue Leaves: Production History Detail |url=http://www.repstl.org/productionhistory/detail/the_house_of_blue_leaves/ |website=Repertory Theatre of St. Louis |accessdate=2019-11-21 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071025054638/http://www.repstl.org/productionhistory/detail/the_house_of_blue_leaves/ |archivedate=2007-10-25 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Judith Anderson in [[George Bernard Shaw|Shaw]]'s ''[[The Devil's Disciple (play)|The Devil's Disciple]]'' (1977)<ref>{{cite web |title=The Devil's Disciple: Production History Detail |url=http://www.repstl.org/productionhistory/detail/the_devils_disciple/ |website=Repertory Theatre of St. Louis |accessdate=2019-11-21 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071025135259/http://www.repstl.org/productionhistory/detail/the_devils_disciple/ |archivedate=2007-10-25 |url-status=dead}}</ref> and Sister Rita in ''[[The Runner Stumbles]]'' (1978).<ref>{{cite web |title=The Runner Stumbles: Production History Detail |url=http://www.repstl.org/productionhistory/detail/the_runner_stumbles/ |website=Repertory Theatre of St. Louis |accessdate=2019-11-21 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071025135400/http://www.repstl.org/productionhistory/detail/the_runner_stumbles/ |archivedate=2007-10-25 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 1980, Duff-MacCormick played Monique in [[Michel Tremblay]]'s ''Bonjour, La, Bonjour'' at the Marymount Manhattan Theatre alongside [[Veronica Castang]] and [[Dianne Wiest]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Rich|first=Frank|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1980/10/14/archives/theater-bonjour-la-bonjour-recounts-a-prodigals-return-smothered-by.html?sq=Cara+Duff-MacCormick&scp=18&st=p|title=Review of ''Bonjour, La, Bonjour''|publisher=Select.nytimes.com|date=October 14, 1980|accessdate=January 8, 2012}}</ref> The following year she returned to Broadway to appear in [[Eddie Lawrence]]'s ''Animals'' at the [[Latin Quarter (nightclub)#Broadway theatre|Princess Theatre]]. In 1982 she played Peggy Grant in a revival of ''[[The Front Page]]''<ref>[http://theater2.nytimes.com/mem/theater/treview.html?res=9E04EED81F38F933A25755C0A964948260&scp=9&sq=Cara+Duff-MacCormick&st=nyt ''New York Times'', June 10, 1982]</ref> and the following year played Carrie in Paul Kember's ''[[Not Quite Jerusalem]]'', both at the [[Long Wharf Theater]].<ref>[http://theater2.nytimes.com/mem/theater/treview.html?res=9E04E1D61438F936A15751C1A965948260&scp=7&sq=Cara+Duff-MacCormick&st=nyt ''New York Times'' review of ''Not Quite Jerusalem''], December 25, 1983.</ref>

In 1985, she appeared Off-Broadway at the American Theater Exchange as Claire in [[Heather McDonald]]'s ''Faulkner's Bicycle''<ref>[http://theater2.nytimes.com/mem/theater/treview.html?res=9906E7D81239F935A25755C0A963948260&scp=5&sq=Cara+Duff-MacCormick&st=nyt ''New York Times'', June 16, 1986]</ref> and she appeared at the [[Actors Theatre of Louisville]] as Carolyn Rose in [[Lee Blessing]]'s ''War of the Roses'', followed by a portrayal of Barbara Mears in Tom Strelich's ''Neon Psalms'' at the [[American Place Theatre]] in 1986.<ref>[http://theater2.nytimes.com/mem/theater/treview.html?res=9A0DE1DE1239F930A15753C1A960948260&scp=4&sq=Cara+Duff-MacCormick&st=nyt ''New York Times'', October 23, 1986]</ref>

In 1987, she appeared at the Hartford Stage as Barbara in [[A. R. Gurney]]'s ''[[Children (play)|Children]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/02/01/nyregion/theater-gurney-s-children-in-hartford.html?sq=Cara+Duff-MacCormick&scp=3&st=nyt|title=Review of A. R. Gurney's play, ''Children''|work=New York Times|date=February 1, 1987|accessdate=January 8, 2012}}</ref> She returned to the Playwrights Horizons in 1989 to perform the role of Natalie Bauer Lechner in [[Albert Innaurato]]'s ''Gus and Al''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/02/28/theater/review-theater-innaurato-befriends-mahler-in-gus-and-al.html?sq=Cara+Duff-MacCormick&scp=2&st=nyt|title=Review of ''Gus and Al''|work=New York Times|date=February 28, 1989|accessdate=January 8, 2012}}</ref>

In 1992, she played [[Isabella of France|Queen Isabella]] in [[Christopher Marlowe]]'s ''[[Edward II (play)|Edward II]]'' at the [[Yale Repertory Theatre]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/04/05/nyregion/theater-edward-the-second-at-yale-rep.html?sq=Cara+Duff-MacCormick&scp=1&st=nyt|title=Review of ''Edward II''|work=New York Times|date=April 5, 1992|accessdate=January 8, 2012}}</ref> That same year she appeared in a guest-starring role on ''[[Law & Order]]'' in the episode "Point of View".<ref name="imdb">{{IMDb name|0240422}}</ref>

== Filmography ==

=== Film ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+
!Year
!Title
!Role
!Notes
|-
|1976
|[[All the President's Men (film)|''All the President's Men'']]
|Tammy Ulrich
|Uncredited
|-
|1978
|''[[Rush It]]''
|Extra Cast
|
|-
|1979
|''A Pleasure Doing Business''
|Filing lady
|
|}

=== Television ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year
!Title
!Role
!Notes
|-
|1992
|''[[Law & Order]]''
|Maggie Duff
|Episode: "Point of View"
|}

==References==
{{reflist|colwidth=30em}}

==External links==
*{{IBDB name}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070910232708/http://www.lortel.org/LLA_archive/index.cfm?search_by=people&first=Cara&middle=&last=Duff%2DMacCormick Cara Duff-MacCormick profile], Internet Off-Broadway Database; accessed May 12, 2014.

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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Actresses from Ontario]]
[[Category:American Academy of Dramatic Arts alumni]]
[[Category:Canadian film actresses]]
[[Category:Canadian stage actresses]]
[[Category:Canadian television actresses]]
[[Category:Obie Award recipients]]
[[Category:People from Woodstock, Ontario]]
[[Category:Theatre World Award winners]]
[[Category:1944 births]]

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