Andie MacDowell


Andie MacDowell

Andie MacDowell (born April 21, 1958) is an American actress and former model. She was born Rosalie Anderson MacDowell in Gaffney, South Carolina, one of four daughters in a reportedly unhappy home.

MacDowell dropped out of Winthrop College as a sophomore in 1978, and signed with the Elite Model agency. She appeared in print and televion advertisements for the cosmetic and haircare company L'Oreal, a job she continued even after she got her first job as an actress. A series of television commercials for Calvin Klein drew attention to her and led in 1984 to her film debut in Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes, a role in which her lines were rerecorded by Glenn Close. In 1985, she had a small part in St. Elmo's Fire, but her film career seemed to have stalled.

Four years later, in 1989, she hit her professional stride. Director Steven Soderbergh cast her in the independent film Sex, Lies, and Videotape; her performance earned her several award nominations and led to a series of starring roles in films such as Green Card, The Object of Beauty, and Short Cuts. As of 2004, her biggest successes were in the box office hits Groundhog Day and Four Weddings and a Funeral.

MacDowell was married between 1986 and 1999 to former model and rancher Paul Qualley; the couple have a son and two daughters. In 2001, she married Atlanta, Georgia businessman Rhett Hartzog.

Filmography

  • Tara Road (2005) (filming)
  • Beauty Shop (2005) (filming)
  • Riding the Bus with My Sister (2005)
  • The Last Sign (2004)
  • Ginostra (2002)
  • Crush (2001)
  • Town & Country (2001)
  • Harrison's Flowers (2000)
  • Reaching Normal (1999)
  • The Muse (1999)
  • Muppets From Space (1999)
  • Just the Ticket (aka Gary & Linda) (1999)
  • Shadrach (1998)
  • The End of Violence (1997)
  • Michael (1996)
  • Multiplicity (1996)
  • Unstrung Heroes (1995)
  • Bad Girls (1994)
  • Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994)
  • Short Cuts (1993)
  • Ruby Cairo (1993)
  • Groundhog Day (1993)
  • The Player (1992)
  • Hudson Hawk (1991)
  • The Object of Beauty (1991)
  • Green Card (1990)
  • Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989)
  • St. Elmo's Fire (1985)
  • Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984)

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In 2001, she married Atlanta, Georgia businessman Rhett Hartzog. Una Merkel has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for her contributions to Motion Pictures, at 6230 Hollywood Boulevard. MacDowell was married between 1986 and 1999 to former model and rancher Paul Qualley; the couple have a son and two daughters. She died in Los Angeles, California. Director Steven Soderbergh cast her in the independent film Sex, Lies, and Videotape; her performance earned her several award nominations and led to a series of starring roles in films such as Green Card, The Object of Beauty, and Short Cuts. As of 2004, her biggest successes were in the box office hits Groundhog Day and Four Weddings and a Funeral. Her final film role was in the 1966 Elvis Presley film Spinout. Four years later, in 1989, she hit her professional stride. She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Summer and Smoke (1961).

Elmo's Fire, but her film career seemed to have stalled. She made a comeback as a middle aged woman playing mothers and maiden aunts, and in 1956 won a Tony Award for her role in The Ponder Heart. In 1985, she had a small part in St. Her career went into decline during the 1940s and although she continued working it was in less prestigious productions. A series of television commercials for Calvin Klein drew attention to her and led in 1984 to her film debut in Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes, a role in which her lines were rerecorded by Glenn Close. She played Ann Rutledge in the 1930 film Abraham Lincoln and during the 1930s became a popular second lead in a number of films, usually playing the wisecracking best friend of the heroine. She appeared in print and televion advertisements for the cosmetic and haircare company L'Oreal, a job she continued even after she got her first job as an actress. She returned to Hollywood and achieved her greatest success with the advent of "talkies".

MacDowell dropped out of Winthrop College as a sophomore in 1978, and signed with the Elite Model agency. She appeared in several films during the silent era but spent most of her time in New York working on Broadway. She was born Rosalie Anderson MacDowell in Gaffney, South Carolina, one of four daughters in a reportedly unhappy home. Born in Covington, Kentucky, Merkel resembled the popular actress Lillian Gish, and her resemblance allowed her to enter films in 1920 as Gish's double in the film Way Down East. Andie MacDowell (born April 21, 1958) is an American actress and former model. Una Merkel (December 10, 1903 – January 2, 1986) was an American film actress. Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984).

Elmo's Fire (1985). St. Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989). Green Card (1990).

The Object of Beauty (1991). Hudson Hawk (1991). The Player (1992). Groundhog Day (1993).

Ruby Cairo (1993). Short Cuts (1993). Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994). Bad Girls (1994).

Unstrung Heroes (1995). Multiplicity (1996). Michael (1996). The End of Violence (1997).

Shadrach (1998). Just the Ticket (aka Gary & Linda) (1999). Muppets From Space (1999). The Muse (1999).

Reaching Normal (1999). Harrison's Flowers (2000). Town & Country (2001). Crush (2001).

Ginostra (2002). The Last Sign (2004). Riding the Bus with My Sister (2005). Beauty Shop (2005) (filming).

Tara Road (2005) (filming).