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Known For
Acting
Birthday
December 30, 1945
Place of Birth
Kenosha, Wisconsin, USA
Concetta Tomei
1.1 Popularity
Biography
Character actress Concetta Tomei was born on December 30, 1945, and raised in her hometown of Kenosha, Wisconsin, the only child of a policeman who was a talented artist on the sly. She came from a long line of educators and was likely drawn to that career at an influential age. She attended the University of Wisconsin at Madison, where she earned a Bachelor of Science degree in education. After teaching school in a Milwaukee suburb for four years, however, she abruptly quit to pursue her acting dream. She became a student of the famed Goodman School of Drama in Chicago where she received a another degree, a Bachelor of Fine Arts, in theater arts. She started her professional career on the stock and repertory stages and gathered a formidable list of early credits appearing in such plays as "A Streetcar Named Desire, "Candida," "Blithe Spirit" and "The Corn Is Green." She made her debut on Broadway replacing Carole Shelley in "The Elephant Man" playing the actress/grande dame Mrs. Kendal. She continued in her role when a subsequent tour went out starring David Bowie. Seeking on-camera experience, she moved out West in the 1980s and found plentiful work on TV with her all-controlling, severe-looking femmes, which culminated in the critically acclaimed Vietnam War drama China Beach (1988) in which she played a hard-as-nails major. She continued with a host of guest parts on "L.A. Law," "Murphy Brown," "Picket Fences" and "Wings," among many others. Not readily known for her film work, she has nevertheless offered occasional arch support (since 1991) in such pictures as Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead (1991), Twenty Bucks (1993), Out to Sea (1997) Deep Impact (1998), The Muse (1999) and View from the Top (2003). Another regular series TV role came with Providence (1999), in which she played a chain-smoking mom.
Known For
Credits
Going Home
as Fay Hutton
2022
0.0
Space Force
as Rep. Pitosi
2020
6.5
Stars in the House
as Self
2020
0.0
Abby's
as Nemo
2019
6.9
Reach
as Doris
2018
5.6
For Muriel
as Elaine
2018
0.0
The Mick
as Evelyn
2017
7.2
The Mick
as Tippy Pemberton
2017
7.2
Veep
as Connie DiBenedetto
2012
7.5
Cyrano de Bergerac
as Roxane's Duenna
2008
6.4
The List
as Ms. Fitch
2007
3.5
Ghost Whisperer
as Margaret
2005
8.1
Kitchen Confidential
as Grace
2005
6.7
Weeds
as Celia's Mother
2005
7.5
The Closer
as Mrs. Rawley
2005
7.9
Numb3rs
as Dr. Sarah Kemple
2005
7.0
Gone But Not Forgotten
as Rita
2005
4.9
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Second Time Around
as Christia Muse
2004
0.0
Arrested Development
as Mrs. Livingston
2003
7.9
Cold Case
as Violet Golding (2008)
2003
7.8
Nip/Tuck
as Maureen Ayers
2003
7.2
View from the Top
as Mrs. Stewart
2003
5.6
Judging Amy
as Joanne Collins
1999
7.5
The Muse
as Nurse Rennert
1999
5.2
Providence
as Lynda Hansen
1999
6.5
The King of Queens
as Joyce
1998
7.1
Deep Impact
as Patricia Ruiz
1998
6.2
Lush Life
1996
6.5
7th Heaven
as Mrs. Hampton
1996
6.4
Murder One
as Jeanette Rennick
1995
7.8
Star Trek: Voyager
as Minister Odala
1995
7.8
Madman of the People
as Delia Buckner
1994
6.0
Touched by an Angel
as Kate Carpenter
1994
7.2
The Goodbye Bird
as Victoria Van Borins
1994
4.5
Ellen
as Professor Bass
1994
6.1
🎬
Sin and Redemption
as Marina Preston
1994
4.0
🎬
Sin & Redemption
as Marina Preston
1994
0.0
Diagnosis: Murder
as Sister Regina
1993
7.1
Twenty Bucks
as Sam's Mother
1993
5.7
Picket Fences
as Ellen McGrath
1992
7.4
The Burden of Proof
as Clara Stern
1992
3.4
One Special Victory
1991
0.0
Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead
as Mom
1991
6.1
Wings
as Sylvia
1990
6.9
Murphy Brown
as Doris Dial
1988
6.4
China Beach
as Lila Garreau
1988
7.4
China Beach: Pilot
as Maj. Lila Garreau
1988
0.0
Max Headroom
as Blank Dominique
1987
6.8
In Love and War
as Doyen Salsig
1987
4.0
The Betty Ford Story
as Jan
1987
0.0
Murder in Three Acts
as Janet Crisp
1986
5.7
L.A. Law
as Susan Hauber
1986
7.0
Doubletake
as Hazel Carter
1985
4.5
St. Elsewhere
as Elise Praeger
1982
5.6
Amy and the Angel
as Mrs. Mixner
1982
5.5
Falcon Crest
as Dr. Estelle Kramer
1981
5.5