Lorinne Vozoff

Lorinne Vozoff (born Lorinne Dills) is an American actress, director, playwright, and acting teacher. She is the founder of Theatre Group Studio and the author of Changing Circumstances: An Acting Manual. Her work spans film, television, and stage. She has also been active in actor training and arts education for decades.

Early life and education Vozoff was born in Quincy, Illinois, to Margaret Mae (née Durbin) and Kenneth Eugene Dills. She graduated from St. Teresa High School in 1950. She studied at the University of Illinois and later at UCLA.

Career Vozoff has worked extensively as an actor, director, playwright, and teacher. She founded the Theatre Group Studio in Los Angeles in 1999 and authored the acting manual Changing Circumstances. Her stage credits include lead roles in Medea, Fefu and Her Friends, The Man of Destiny, The Jewish Wife, The Glass Menagerie, Private Lives, The Lion in Winter, Blithe Spirit, Escape from Happiness, and A Delicate Balance.

As a playwright, she wrote Speak to Me and What’s Mine, both of which were staged at Theatre for the New City in New York’s East Village. She has also written two novels, Enigma and Hidden Object.

Her film appearances include Shining Through, Impulse, Heart and Souls, and Irreconcilable Differences. On television, she has guest-starred in numerous series including Six Feet Under, Star Trek: Voyager, Party of Five, NYPD Blue, ER, L.A. Law, The Mentalist, American Horror Story, and Major Crimes.

Books and publications Changing Circumstances: An Acting Manual Enigma Hidden Object

Selected stage work

Title Role Venue / Production Company Director Life Masks Eleonora Duse Theatre for the New City, NYC Lorinne Vozoff / Eduardo Machado Oedipus Machina Tiresias Odyssey Theatre Ron Sossi The Assassination of Heinrich Reinebach Lily Theatre Group Studio Lorinne Vozoff Escape from Happiness Nora Open Fist Theatre Martha Demson Creditors Tekla Rose Theatre Lorinne Vozoff The Glass Menagerie Amanda Birmingham-Southern College Alan Litsey It Changes Every Year Sonia Naked Angels, Coast Playhouse Darrell Larson Homage That Follows Kaybee New Mexico Repertory, Santa Fe Mark Medoff Medea Medea Callboard Theatre John Allison Fefu and Her Friends Fefu Padua Hills and Pasadena Maria Irene Fornes

Selected filmography

Title Year Role Notes Shining Through 1992 Personnel Director Film Impulse 1990 Mrs. Russell Film Heart and Souls 1993 Mrs. Agnus Miller Film Irreconcilable Differences 1984 Judge Shalack Film Six Feet Under 2003 Jessica Wilcox TV series, 1 episode Star Trek: Voyager 2001 Irene Hansen TV series, 1 episode Party of Five 1996 Sister Anne TV series, 1 episode NYPD Blue 1994 Judge Feldman TV series, 1 episode ER 1996 Mrs. Lancer TV series, 1 episode Thirtysomething 1989 Ivy Dunbar TV series, 1 episode L.A. Law 1989–1992 Judge Roberta Harbin TV series, 8 episodes The Mentalist 2010 Lillian Matlock TV series, 1 episode American Horror Story 2011 Used Bookstore Owner TV series, 1 episode Major Crimes 2013 Mrs. Whitman TV series, 1 episode