Annette O'Toole
Annette O'Toole was born in Houston, Texas, United States on April 1st, 1952 and is the TV Actress. At the age of 72, Annette O'Toole biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, movies, TV shows, and networth are available.
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Annette O'Toole (born April 1, 1952) is an American actress, dancer, and singer-songwriter.
She is probably best known for portraying Lisa Bridges in the TV series Nash Bridges, Beverly Marsh in the It miniseries, Lana Lang in Superman III, Elaine, the girlfriend of Nick Nolte's character in 48 Hrs., the leading role, Kathy, in the romantic-comedy Cross My Heart; and for portraying Martha Kent, the mother of Clark Kent, on the television series Smallville.
Personal life
O'Toole married actor Bill Geisslinger on April 8, 1983; they divorced in 1993. The couple had two daughters. O'Toole married Michael McKean in March 1999. She and McKean share a musical career.
Early life and career
Annette Toole was born in Houston, Texas, the niece of Dorothy Geraldine (née Niland) and William West Toole Jr. O'Toole's mother taught dance, and O'Toole began learning at the age of three. After her family migrated to Los Angeles when she was 13 years old, she began acting lessons. In 1967, she appeared on The Danny Kaye Show for the first time, then followed by guest appearances in shows including My Three Sons, The Virginian, Gunsmoke, Hawaii Five-O, and The Partridge Family.
In 1975 satire Smile, O'Toole's first big film appearance was as a jaded beauty pageant contestant; she was given the role after doing an impression of a "dead cockroach" at the audition. In 1977, she appeared as the tutor and girlfriend of Robby Benson's character in the college basketball thriller One on One. In the 1980 film Foolin' Around, she co-starred opposite Gary Busey. She appeared in Vanities' onstage production as well as in the television documentary Stand By Your Man, which chronicled Tammy Wynette's life. In 1982, she appeared in 48 Hrs as Nick Nolte's girlfriend for a brief period of time. She appeared in Cat People in 1986, later in 1983 she appeared Lana Lang (love interest to Clark Kent/Superman) and Ricky in Superman III.
She costarred with Barry Manilow in the CBS television film Copacabana, starring Lola La Mar to Manilow's Tony Starr in 1985. She appeared in the original Bridge to Terabithia in 1985 and 1985, and she also appeared in Strong Medicine's television version the following year. O'Toole, a romantic comedy in 1987, had a leading role opposite Martin Short.
O'Toole appeared in two ABC television mini-series in 1990. She portrayed Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy in Stephen King's epic horror film It, as well as In The Kennedys of Massachusetts, a nomination for Outstanding Lead Actress. She appeared in the 1992 NBC mini-series Jewels, based on the Danielle Steel novel of the same name.
Ellen Wells appeared in Desperate Justice in 1993. In 1995, she appeared as Cheryl Keeton in the 1995 Lifetime television film based on Ann Rule's true crime book Dead by Sunset. She appeared on television show Nash Bridges (1996) and starred in her own series The Huntress (2000) as a female bounty hunter. In 1997, O'Toole appeared in the television film Keeping the Promise.
O'Toole, who portrayed Lana Lang in Superman III, returned to the Superman mythos in the role of Martha Kent, Superman's adoptive mother, in the television series Smallville in October 2001. She remained part of the show's main cast, although she appeared in the background at times until the show's conclusion. On January 19, 2010, it was announced that O'Toole will be returning to Smallville for at least one episode.
In season 3 of the television show Lie to Me, O'Toole played Veronica, a middle-aged woman with a serious case of Alzheimer's. In March 2013, she appeared in Grey's Anatomy as a school teacher who finds out after surgery that she will die from cancer. Susan Emerson appeared in six episodes of Halt and Catch Fire, by O'Toole. In 'The Kill Floor' episode of the King mini-series 11.22.63, O'Toole returned to Stephen King as boarding house owner Edna Price. Hope McCrea appeared in the Netflix series Virgin River, and O'Toole played her role.
O'Toole can trace her writing career back to events after the September 11 attacks; as her husband Michael McKean explains, "Annette was stranded without an airline to carry her back to Los Angeles from Vancouver, where she films Smallville." So she slowed down to drive a rented car. On the long ride up there, the two of us assembled together, and she told me she had a tune in her head." The "tune in her head" became "Potato's in the Paddy Wagon," one of three songs written by the couple for A Mighty Wind, including the Oscar-nominated song "A Kiss at the End of the Rainbow."
O'Toole sang "What Could Be Better?
"for the 2004 Disney children's album A World of Happiness, she and her husband co-wrote a song for the Disney children's album A World of Happiness."The couple performed "Feinstein's at the Regency" in New York City from May to June 2005.
On July 7, 2007, O'Toole appeared as a backing singer for her husband's fictional band Spinal Tap at the London leg of the Live Earth festival. She has appeared on the band's 2009 Unwigged and Unplugged tour, as well as contributing to "Short and Sweet" on the 2009 Spinal Tap album Back from the Dead.
Dan Collins and Julianne Wick Davis produced CAP21's production of the new musical Southern Comfort, based on the Sundance award-winning documentary film.