Dee Hoty

Dee Hoty is an American actress known for her work in musical theatre. Over the course of her career, she has appeared in numerous Broadway productions and earned three Tony Award nominations for Best Actress in a Musical, for The Will Rogers Follies, The Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public (1994), and Footloose (1999).

Biography A native of Lakewood, Ohio, Hoty grew up in Cleveland, where she was active in her church choir. During high school at Lakewood, she discovered musical theatre and made it her college major at Otterbein College.

Hoty moved to New York City in June 1977 and began to pursue a professional acting career. (Her brother, Tony Hoty was performing in Godspell around that time.) Her Broadway appearances include Shakespeare's Cabaret, The Five O'Clock Girl (Cora Wainwright), Me and My Girl (Jaqueline Carstone), City of Angels (Carla Haywood/Alaura Kingsley), The Will Rogers Follies (Betty Blake), The Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public (Mona Stangley), Footloose (Vi), and Mamma Mia! (Donna).

Of these appearances, she received Tony Award nominations for Footloose!, The Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public and The Will Rogers Follies as Best Actress in a Musical.

She received acclaim for the 1998 Paper Mill Playhouse (Milburn, New Jersey) production of Stephen Sondheim's Follies, playing the role of Phyllis Rogers Stone and recording a well-received cast album The Variety reviewer wrote: "Analyzing her options in 'Could I Leave You?,' Hoty turns the song into a marital slice-and-dice triumph. She is also divinely spicy in a sophisticated striptease, 'Ah, But Underneath.' " She played "Mrs. MacAfee" in the 2009 Roundabout Theatre revival of Bye Bye Birdie, Aunt Alicia in the 2015 Broadway revival of Lerner and Loewe’s Gigi, and Mama Murphy in the 2016 Broadway premiere of the Steve Martin and Edie Brickell musical Bright Star.

She has also appeared in several film and television productions including As the World Turns, Guiding Light, Models Inc., St. Elsewhere, The Equalizer, Spenser: For Hire, Ryan's Hope, Capital, Law & Order, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Untold West, and Harry and Walter Go to NY.

In 2013, Hoty was inducted into Cleveland Play House's Hall of Fame.

Theatre

+ Dee Hoty theatre credits Year Title Role Notes 1981 The Five O'Clock Girl Cora Wainwright Broadway 1981 Shakespeare's Cabaret Dee Broadway 1981 Barnum Chairy Barnum First US National Tour 1981 Ta-Dah! Performer Off-Off-Broadway 1985 Personals Claire Off-Broadway 1986 Me and My Girl Lady Jacqueline Carstone Broadway 1989 City of Angels Alaura Kingsley; Carla Haywood Broadway 1991 The Will Rogers Follies Betty Blake Broadway 1994 The Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public Mona Stangley Broadway 1998 Follies Phyllis Rogers Stone Paper Mill Playhouse 1998 Footloose Vi Moore Broadway 2003 Mamma Mia! Donna Sheridan Broadway; First US National Tour 2006 Doctor Dolittle Emma Fairfax US National Tour 2006 The Night of the Hunter Willa Harper New York 2009 Love, Loss, and What I Wore Performer Off-Broadway 2009 Bye Bye Birdie Mrs. MacAfee Broadway 2010 9 to 5: The Musical Violet Newstead First US National Tour 2015 Gigi Aunt Alicia Kennedy Center; Broadway 2016 Bright Star Mama Murphy Broadway

Filmography

Film

+ Year Title Role Notes 1976 Harry and Walter Go to New York Beauty no. 2 1991 Age Isn't Everything Actress 2008 The Understudy Diane Kinsman

Television

+ Year Title Role Notes 1983 An Uncommon Love Martha Lowrie TV movie 1984 St. Elsewhere Dr. Patricia Meldrum 2 episodes 1985 It's Your Move Terry Episode: "A Woman Is Just a Woman" 1985 The Equalizer Hostess Episode: "The Distant Fire" 1986 Spenser: For Hire Sarah Brown Episode: "One If by Land, Two If by Sea" 1991 Hi Honey, I'm Home! Elaine Duff Episode: "Pilot" 1991 The Will Rogers Follies Betty Blake TV movie 1991 As the World Turns Karen Martell Episodes from 1991 to 1992 1994 Models Inc. Gretchen Episode: "Ultimatums Are Us" 2006 Law & Order: Criminal Intent Mrs. Stevens Episode: "Blasters" 2008 Law & Order Judge H. Kifner 2 episodes 2012 Elementary Patsy Episode: "The Leviathan" 2013 Smash Director Episode: "The Nominations" 2014 Back to Reality Dr. Shruvnitz Episode: "The Way of the Future"2017NunsenseSr. Mary WilhelmSpin-off of the stage musical