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Conversation: Joe Donahue with actors Chris Cooper and Marianne Leone
Marianne Leone, actress, writer and advocate for disabled children, is the author of Five-Dog Epiphany: How a Quintet of Badass Bichons Retrieved Our Joy (Sep. 2024)— a tribute to the rescue dogs who helped her and husband Chris Cooper rediscover happiness after the tragic loss of their son Jesse, who died in 2005 at age 17 from complications of cerebral palsy. An actress in many films, including The Thin Blue Line (1988), True Love (1989), Goodfellas (1990), and The Three Stooges (2012), Leone is best-known for her recurring role in the hit series The Sopranos as the mother of mobster Christopher Moltisanti.
Chris Cooper earned an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for his role as backwoods “orchid poacher” John Laroche in the 2002 film, Adaptation, based on The Orchid Thief by Susan Orlean. Cooper collaborates frequently with celebrated filmmaker and Schenectady native John Sayles, appearing in Matewan (1987), City of Hope (1991), Lone Star (1996), Silver City (2004) and Amigo (2010). Other credits include American Beauty (1999), Seabiscuit (2003), Capote (2005), Syriana (2005), The Kingdom (2007), Where the Wild Things Are (2009), A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (2019), and Little Women (2019). On TV, he starred as Sheriff July Johnson in the widely acclaimed 1989 miniseries, Lonesome Dove.
Monday, September 16
7:30 p.m. Conversation/Q&A with WAMC’s Joe Donahue
Page Hall - University at Albany Downtown Campus
135 Western Avenue, Albany NY 12203
Free and open to the public
https://www.nyswritersinstitute.org/marianneleoneandchriscooper
Major support for The Creative Life is provided by the University at Albany Foundation.
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