Her other television credits include a lead role in Nickelodeon's TV movie "Tiny Christmas", multiple guest starring roles, and ABC's pilot "Damaged Goods." Greene, who thrives on being challenged professionally, has demonstrated versatility in her transition from children's comedic acting to adult drama in ABC's "A Million Little Things", now in its second season. Greene has been nominated three times for a Kids Choice Award for Favorite Female TV Star for her portrayal of Dawn on the Nickelodeon series. After a few years training in theater, traveling with an improv troupe, she was cast in a lead role in Nickelodeon's comedy series "Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn" which ran for four seasons. She got her start in theater at age seven, specializing in comedic projects. Growing up she was drawn to everything related to the performing arts. This page uses Creative Commons Licensed content from Wikipedia ( view authors).Lizzy Greene was discovered in 2013 at a talent workshop in her hometown of Dallas. They have two adult daughters.Īppearances A Million Little Things: Season 2 Since 1986, she has been married to British-born American actor Nick Ullett. O'Hara was married to August Dorr Watkins, an interior designer and former actor, from 1968 until their 1974 divorce. In 2019, O'Hara was cast as Enid on A Million Little Things. More recently, O'Hara guest starred on Grey's Anatomy, Transparent, The Mindy Project, 9-1-1, Chicago Fire and American Housewife, among others. ![]() She also had roles in the 2009 film, Extract, and the 2010 horror film, Devil. O'Hara had a recurring role as Doug Heffernan's mother, Janet Heffernan, on the 1998–2007 sitcom The King of Queens. She has also made appearances over the years on various TV game shows. She also had guest roles on television series such as Kojak, Charlie's Angels, Quinn Martin's Tales of the Unexpected, Barney Miller, Law & Order, The X-Files, Beverly Hills, 90210, NYPD Blue, ER, CHiPs, House M.D., Boston Legal, Reba, Six Feet Under, and Big Love. She was part of the ensemble cast for the first season of The Facts of Life and the entire run of My Sister Sam. She later worked in movies such as Career Opportunities, A Mother's Prayer, Mystic River, Matchstick Men, Extract and Devil. O'Hara graduated to television, both in series and made-for-TV features, including starring roles in Brinks: The Great Robbery, The Return of the World's Greatest Detective, Blind Ambition and Blinded by the Light with Kristy McNichol. By the mid-1970s, Edith O'Hara was running the 13th Street Theatre in Greenwich Village (a major venue for off-off-Broadway and children's theater), and her brother Jack was in London, playing guitar and bass and singing with the band Eggs Over Easy, pioneering the pub rock scene in England. In 1970, O'Hara succeeded her younger sister, Jill (who had been nominated for a Tony Award) in the musical Promises, Promises. In 1964, O'Hara appeared on Broadway in the dramatic play Dylan at the Plymouth Theatre opposite Sir Alec Guinness, and in 1969 appeared in the musical The Fig Leaves Are Falling at the Broadhurst Theatre with Dorothy Loudon. O'Hara spent a year at Carnegie Tech (now part of Carnegie-Mellon University) in Pittsburgh and a summer playing in stock theater, and then came to New York to study with Lee Strasberg and Sanford Meisner. Edith O'Hara directed a children's theater in Warren, Pennsylvania, where the two daughters occasionally acted. ![]() O'Hara, her singer/actress younger sister Jill O'Hara, and her singer/guitarist brother Jack O'Hara, grew up amid their mother's pursuit of a theatrical career. O'Hara, was a salesman, and her mother, Edith (née Hopkins), was a journalist and drama teacher, who founded and continues to run the storied 13th Street Repertory Company in New York City. O'Hara was born on Februin Sonora, California.
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