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Truly superb . . . the script (Lizzie Borden Live) is fascinating. Jill Dalton is an astonishingly talented actress\u2013she changes her mood and characters in a split second. \u00a0The play should get the Pulitzer.<\/p>\n

Charles Alexander, writer – Time Magazine<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

JILL DALTON<\/b><\/h2>\n

is an award-winning actor and playwright.\u00a0Her plays WHISTLE-BLOWER<\/strong> and COLLATERAL DAMAGE<\/strong> were both semi-finalists in the Eugene O\u2019Neill National Playwrights Conference.<\/b><\/p>\n

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Sedona, AZ doing “Lizzie Borden Live” c. 2008<\/p><\/div>\n

Her solo play, LIZZIE BORDEN LIVE<\/b>\u00a0was commissioned by the East Lynne Theater Company in Cape May, NJ, where it had its world premiere (August 2007), and a successful and critically acclaimed five-week run. The play was directed by Jack McCullough and Tony and 4-time Emmy-winning Orchestrator and Composer, Larry Hochman, did original music for the piece. \u00a0Ms. Dalton won the 2007 JACOBY AWARD<\/b>\u00a0for her portrayal of Lizzie. The play subsequently toured: Fall River, MA, Providence, RI, Sedona, AZ, and NYC.<\/p>\n

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Lizzie Borden – Photo by Gene Egan c. 2008<\/p><\/div>\n

Jill guest-starred as Betsy Kirkland in Dick Wolf’s FBI<\/strong> and played Beverly (Richard Clark\u2019s secretary in the White House) in\u00a0THE LOOMING TOWER<\/b>\u00a0(Hulu) starring Jeff Daniels. \u00a0She was Anna Banana in the commercial THE LAST LOVE LETTER, <\/b>and Madeline Brewer\u2019s (Orange Is the New Black\/The Handmaid\u2019s Tale) older self\u00a0in the psychological thriller,\u00a0BRAID<\/b>\u00a0(2018 Tribeca Film Festival). She can currently be seen as Mrs. Pratt in the Netflix film, THINGS HEARD & SEEN,\u00a0<\/strong>starring Amanda Seyfried, James Norton, and Rhea Seehorn.<\/p>\n

She played two grieving mothers on LAW & ORDER<\/strong> (Megan Goddard & Roberta Miller), Tony Shalhoub\u2019s (John Mack) assistant in the HBO film, TOO BIG TO<\/b> FAIL<\/b>, starring William Hurt, and consulted with Mr. Hurt for ten weeks on his portrayal of Hank Paulson. She also played a 12-step member in RACHEL GETTING MARRIED<\/b> directed by Jonathan Demme, Mrs. Cuba Gooding Jr. on SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE,<\/strong> and a Trader in Oliver Stone\u2019s WALL STREET<\/b>.<\/p>\n

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Father Uxbridge Wants to Marry \u00a9 Mariana Cook 1980<\/p><\/div>\n

Jill spent ten years on the soaps culminating in the part of prosecuting attorney, Alyse Brenner, on ANOTHER WORLD<\/strong>. \u00a0Jill is also a veteran of Off-Off-Broadway and in another life, she was a stand-up comedian and won the MARY JO COMEDY SHOW AWARD<\/b> for the best new female up-and-comer.<\/p>\n

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Mary Jo Comedy Show Award c. 1995<\/p><\/div>\n

Prior to coming to New York, she was an Artist-in-Residence with the Metropolitan Arts Council in Greenville, S.C. where she founded HOMEMADE MIME,<\/b>\u00a0a mime troupe that toured the Southeast and Puerto Rico, and was funded in part by grants from the South Carolina Arts Commission, the Metropolitan Arts Council, and the National Endowment for the Arts.<\/p>\n

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c. 1976<\/p><\/div>\n

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Magpie c. 2018<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

An Army brat, Jill was born in Tokyo, Japan, spent three of her high school years in Germany, and lived on military bases throughout the South.<\/p>\n

Her memoir, MY LIFE IN THE TRENCHES OF SHOW BUSINESS: Escape to New York – Act I,<\/strong><\/a> is available on Amazon. Jill resides in New York City with her cat, Magpie.<\/p>\n

. . . creative entitlement simply means you are allowed to be here, and that–merely by being here–you are allowed to have a voice and a vision of your own.<\/p>\n

Elizabeth Gilbert<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n

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