Brenda Currin

Brenda Currin is an OBIE Award winning actress Brendas career began as Nancy Clutter in In Cold Blood She went on to play Pooh Percy in The World According To Garp with Robin Williams and appeared in Taps Reds and the cult classic CHUD among others Brenda worked in the New York theater scene on and Off Broadway for much of her adult life She is acclaimed for her two oneperson shows based on Eudora Weltys work Sister and Miss Lexie and A Fire Was In My Head eudoraweltyonstageco In 1990 Brenda left the theater to get a Masters degree in anthropology and then cofounded What Girls Know a theater program for the healthy development of adolescent girls which she directed in NYC and other parts of the country for the next 15 years Since returning to acting she has worked continually in New York with concentration on the works of Tennessee Williams Jane Bowles Harper Lee Horton Foote and a new play Mr Toole Vivian Neuwirth as Thelma Toole Brendas recent filmTV work includes Gossamer Folds Out Of Blue and Claws She now resides in New Orleans