8.0
TV
Acting
Maria Tucci
- Born
- (age 85)
- Birthplace
- New York City, New York, USA
- Credits
- 26 titles
Biography
Tucci made her Broadway debut in 1963, in The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore. She has fourteen Broadway credits. Principal roles include Rose Delle Rose opposite Maureen Stapleton in the 1966 production of The Rose Tattoo by Tennessee Williams. In 1967, she starred as Alexandra Giddens in a revival of The Little Foxes by Lillian Hellman, with Anne Bancroft as her mother. In 1969, she was a replacement for Jane Alexander in The Great White Hope. In 1988, she starred in a revival of The Night of the Iguana as Hannah Jelkes. In 2009, she appeared in the production of Mary Stuart as Hanna.
Tucci began appearing in film in 1969. Her first credits were in Robert Frank's Me and My Brother and a CBS Playhouse production titled Shadow Game. She played Lisa in Sidney Lumet's 1983 film Daniel. In Gus Van Sant's 1995 film To Die For she portrayed Angela Maretto.
She was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play in 1967 for her performance in The Rose Tattoo. She played Koula in the 2015 mini-series The Slap. She also won an OBIE award for her performance as Phaedo in "Talk" by Carl Hancock Rux at the Joseph Papp Public Theater.
Signature work
Known For
8.0
TV
7.7
TV
American Horror Stories
6.6
Movie
To Die For
7.3
TV
Law & Order
7.0
TV
Spin City
8.0
TV
Third Watch
7.3
TV
Kojak
6.6
Movie
Daniel
5.9
TV
The Slap
7.0
TV
Monsters
6.1
TV
Great Performances
6.4
Movie
Touch and Go
6.5
TV
ABC Afterschool Special
6.4
Movie
Sweet Nothing
6.6
TV
American Playhouse
6.5
Movie
Me and My Brother
4.6
Movie
Enormous Changes at the Last Minute
6.0
Movie
Shadow Game
Acting credits 26
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Marcella Film | Marcella Hazan (voice) |
| 2022 | Turn Every Page - The Adventures of Robert Caro and Robert Gottlieb Film | Self |
| 2021 | American Horror Stories TV | Dr. Krystal (1 ep) |
| 2015 | The Slap TV | Koula (8 ep) |
| 2006 | Today's Man Film | Self |
| 1999 | Third Watch TV | Civita Tanzi (1 ep) |
| 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit TV | Anne Briggs (1 ep) |
| 1996 | Spin City TV | Mrs. Paterno (1 ep) |
| 1995 | To Die For Film | Angela Maretto |
| 1995 | Sweet Nothing Film | Monika's Mother |
| 1990 | Law & Order TV | Helen Brolin (6 ep) |
| 1989 | Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre Film | Self |
| 1988 | Tattingers TV | (1 ep) |
| 1988 | Monsters TV | Mamma (1 ep) |
| 1986 | Touch and Go Film | Dee Dee |
| 1983 | Daniel Film | Lise Lewin |
| 1983 | Enormous Changes at the Last Minute Film | Alexandra |
| 1982 | American Playhouse TV | Priscilla Hiss (4 ep) |
| 1976 | The Land of Hope Film | Lea Gianni |
| 1975 | Beyond the Horizon Film | Ruth Atkins |
| 1973 | Kojak TV | The Psychiatrist (1 ep) |
| 1972 | ABC Afterschool Special TV | Marie Mills (1 ep) |
| 1971 | Great Performances TV | Ruth Atkins (1 ep) |
| 1969 | Shadow Game Film | Carmen |
| 1969 | Me and My Brother Film | |
| 1966 | CBS Playhouse TV | Carmen (1 ep) |