Concetta Tomei

Born: 1945-12-30

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.


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View from the Top

as Mrs. Stewart
Released: 2003-03-21

No one thought Donna would go very far. But when she sets her sights on becoming a first-class...

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Deep Impact

as Patricia Ruiz
Released: 1998-05-08

A seven-mile-wide space rock is hurtling toward Earth, threatening to obliterate the planet....

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Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead

as Mom
Released: 1991-06-07

Sue Ellen Crandell is a teenager eagerly awaiting her mother's summer-long absence. While the...

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The Muse

as Nurse Rennert
Released: 1999-01-05

With his career on the skids, a Hollywood screenwriter enlists the aid of a modern-day muse, who...

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Amy and the Angel

as Mrs. Mixner
Released: 1982-09-22

Amy, a depressed seventeen year old high school girl, is visited by her guardian angel Oliver...

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In Love and War

as Doyen Salsig
Released: 1987-03-16

This movie is an account of US Navy Commander James Stockdale's 8 year imprisonment in North...

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Murder in Three Acts

as Janet Crisp
Released: 1986-10-01

In Acapulco, Hercule Poirot attends a dinner party in which one of the guests clutches his...

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Twenty Bucks

as Sam's Mother
Released: 1993-10-21

A story about the life of a twenty dollar bill as it weaves in and out of the various lives of...

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Gone But Not Forgotten

as Rita
Released: 2005-01-01

An Oregon woman vanishes. In her wake remains a single black rose & a note reading gone but not...

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Cyrano de Bergerac

as Roxane's Duenna
Released: 2008-12-26

The charismatic swordsman-poet helps another woo the woman he loves.

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The Betty Ford Story

as Jan
Released: 1987-03-02

This biographical film was based on the book The Times of My Life written by Chris Chase and...

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The List

as Ms. Fitch
Released: 2007-05-05

Ever been dumped? In front of 20,000 people at a stadium, on live television!? LEWIS BOND, a...

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Doubletake

as Hazel Carter
Released: 1985-11-24

Two corpses are found in different locations with their heads severed and exchanged. Frank Janek...

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Reach

as Doris
Released: 2018-10-19

A socially awkward band geek, Steven Turano, is planning on killing himself. However, when...

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One Special Victory

as uncredited
Released: 1991-12-08

A fact-based story, John Larroquette plays a hotshot executive that ends up in court over a...

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China Beach: Pilot

as Maj. Lila Garreau
Released: 1988-04-26

The feature-length pilot for the popular tv series. In 1967, the people of the 510th Evac...

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For Muriel

as Elaine
Released: 2018-03-02

Elaine and Helen, two older ladies, and their younger friend Jenn plot a bank robbery. Because...

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Star Trek: Voyager

as Minister Odala
First aired: 1995-01-16

Pulled to the far side of the galaxy, where the Federation is 75 years away at maximum warp...

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Ghost Whisperer

as Margaret
First aired: 2005-09-23

Newlywed Melinda Gordon tries to help the dead communicate with loved ones, but sometimes the...

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Falcon Crest

as Dr. Estelle Kramer
First aired: 1981-12-04

Falcon Crest is an American primetime television soap opera which aired on the CBS network for...

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The Closer

as Mrs. Rawley
First aired: 2005-06-13

Deputy Police Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson transfers from Atlanta to LA to head up a special unit...

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Diagnosis: Murder

as Sister Regina
First aired: 1993-10-29

Dr. Mark Sloan is a good-natured, offbeat physician who is called upon to solve murders.

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Cold Case

as Violet Golding (2008)
First aired: 2003-09-28

The Philadelphia homicide squad's lone female detective finds her calling when she is assigned...

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The King of Queens

as Joyce
First aired: 1998-09-21

Life’s good for deliveryman Doug Heffernan, until his newly widowed father-in-law, Arthur, moves...

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Weeds

as Celia's Mother
First aired: 2005-08-07

After the unexpected death of her husband, a suburban mom resorts to selling weed to support her...

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Arrested Development

as Mrs. Livingston
First aired: 2003-11-02

The story of a wealthy family that lost everything, and the one son who had no choice but to...

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Numb3rs

as Dr. Sarah Kemple
First aired: 2005-01-23

Inspired by actual cases and experiences, Numb3rs depicts the confluence of police work and...

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Judging Amy

as Joanne Collins
First aired: 1999-09-19

Judging Amy is an American television drama that was telecast from September 19, 1999, through...

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L.A. Law

as Susan Hauber
First aired: 1986-09-15

L.A. Law is an American television legal drama series that ran for eight seasons on NBC from...

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Wings

as Sylvia
First aired: 1990-04-19

Brothers Brian and Joe Hackett attempt to run an airline on the New England island of Nantucket...

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Veep

as Connie DiBenedetto
First aired: 2012-04-22

A look into American politics, revolving around former Senator Selina Meyer who finds being Vice...

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Touched by an Angel

as Kate Carpenter
First aired: 1994-09-21

Monica, an angel, is tasked with bringing guidance and messages from God to various people who...

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Space Force

as Rep. Pitosi
First aired: 2020-05-29

A four-star general begrudgingly teams up with an eccentric scientist to get the U.S. military's...

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Murder One

as Jeanette Rennick
First aired: 1995-09-20

Theodore 'Teddy' Hoffman is a highly-regarded defense attorney in a prestigious Los Angeles law...

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7th Heaven

as Mrs. Hampton
First aired: 1996-08-26

Reverend Eric Camden and his wife Annie have always had their hands full caring for seven...

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Ellen

as Professor Bass
First aired: 1994-03-29

Ellen is an American television sitcom that aired on the ABC network from March 29, 1994 to July...

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Providence

as Lynda Hansen
First aired: 1999-01-08

Providence is an American television drama series.

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The Mick

as Evelyn
First aired: 2017-01-01

Mackenzie "Mickey" Murphy is a hard-living, foul-mouthed, cigarette-smoking woman who moves to...

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The Mick

as Tippy Pemberton
First aired: 2017-01-01

Mackenzie "Mickey" Murphy is a hard-living, foul-mouthed, cigarette-smoking woman who moves to...

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Murphy Brown

as Doris Dial
First aired: 1988-11-14

Murphy Brown (Candice Bergen) is a recovering alcoholic who returns to the fictional...

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Stars in the House

as Self
First aired: 2020-03-16

In the wake of the Coronavirus pandemic and theatres across the world closing their curtains...

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China Beach

as Lila Garreau
First aired: 1988-04-26

Dateline: November 1967. Within klicks of Danang, Vietnam, sits a U.S. Army base, bar and...

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The Max Headroom Show

as Blank Dominique
First aired: 1987-03-31

Max Headroom is a British-produced American satirical science fiction television series by...

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The Max Headroom Show

as uncredited
First aired: 1987-03-31

Max Headroom is a British-produced American satirical science fiction television series by...

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Abby's

as Nemo
First aired: 2019-03-28

The best bar in San Diego is an unlicensed, makeshift bar nestled in Abby's backyard. There are...

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Madman of the People

as Delia Buckner
First aired: 1994-09-22

Madman of the People is an American sitcom that aired on NBC from 1994 to 1995. It was scheduled...

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Lush Life

as uncredited
First aired: 1996-09-09

Lush Life is an American sitcom that aired in September 1996 on Fox. The series stars Lori Petty...

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The Burden of Proof

as Clara Stern
First aired: 1992-02-09

The Burden of Proof is a 1992 television miniseries based on the novel of the same name by Scott...

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