Biography
Lindsay Ann Crouse is an American actress. She was born on 12 May 1948 in New York City and is the daughter of playwright and librettist Russel Crouse. She graduated from Radcliffe College and made her Broadway debut in the 1972 revival of Much Ado About Nothing.
Crouse first appeared in film in 1976 in All the President's Men. She received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Places in the Heart (1984). She played the lead in House of Games (1987), directed by her then-husband David Mamet. Her other film credits include Slap Shot (1977), The Verdict (1982), Prefontaine (1997) and The Insider (1999), in which she played Sharon Tiller.
In 1996 she received a Daytime Emmy Award nomination for an episode of CBS Schoolbreak Special. She is also a Grammy Award nominee.
