Tresa Hughes was an American

United States

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 stage, film

Film

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 and television

Television

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 actress. Hughes was nominated for Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play in 1961

15th Tony Awards

The 15th Annual Tony Awards took place on April 16, 1961 in the Waldorf-Astoria Grand Ballroom in New York City. The ceremony was broadcast on local television station WCBS-TV in New York City...

 for her role in The Devil's Advocate. Her film and television credits included Don Juan DeMarco

Don Juan DeMarco

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, Fame and Another World

Another World (TV series)

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Hughes debuted on Broadway in the 1959 production of The Miracle Worker

The Miracle Worker (play)

The Miracle Worker is a three-act play by William Gibson adapted from his 1957 Playhouse 90 teleplay of the same name. It is based on Helen Keller's autobiography The Story of My Life.-Plot:...

 as actress Annie Sullivan's understudy. She received a Tony Award

Tony Award

The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award, recognizes achievement in live Broadway theatre. The awards are presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League at an annual ceremony in New York City. The awards are given for Broadway...

 nomination during the next season in 1961 for The Devil's Advocate by Dore Schary

Dore Schary

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, but lost to Colleen Dewhurst

Colleen Dewhurst

Colleen Rose Dewhurst was a Canadian-American actress known for a while as "the Queen of Off-Broadway." In her autobiography, Dewhurst wrote: "I had moved so quickly from one Off-Broadway production to the next that I was known, at one point, as the 'Queen of Off-Broadway'...

. Hughes enjoyed a Broadway career which spanned more than thirty years. Her Broadway credits included Dear Me, The Sky is Falling in 1963, The Advocate in 1963, The Last Analysis in 1964, Spofford in 1967, The Man in the Glass Booth in 1968, Beggar on Horseback

Beggar on Horseback

Beggar on Horseback is a play by George S. Kaufman and Marc Connelly.A parody of the expressionistic parables that were popular at the time, it rails against the perils of trading one's artistic talents for commercial gain. At its core is Neil McRae, a poor, young classical composer...

in 1970, The Prisoner of Second Avenue

The Prisoner of Second Avenue

The Prisoner of Second Avenue is an American black comedy play by Neil Simon, later made into a film released in 1975.The play ran on Broadway from November 1971 until September 1973, with Peter Falk and Lee Grant starring as Mel and Edna Edison, and Vincent Gardenia as Mel's brother Harry. The...

in 1971, Golda in 1977, Tribute in 1978, The American Clock

The American Clock

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in 1980, Lolita in 1981, Woody Allen

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's The Floating Light Bulb

The Floating Light Bulb

The Floating Light Bulb is a 1981 Broadway play by Woody Allen. Semi-autobiographical, it focuses on a lower middle class family living in Canarsie, Brooklyn in 1945.-Plot:...

in 1981 and Cafe Crown in 1989.

Hughes' movie credits included roles in Fame in 1980, Bad Medicine

Bad Medicine (film)

Bad Medicine is a 1985 comedy film starring Steve Guttenberg, Alan Arkin, and Julie Hagerty. The film was written and directed by Harvey Miller, and was based on the novel Calling Dr. Horowitz, by Steven Horowitz, MD and Neil Offen....

in 1985, Grandma DeMarco in the 1995 film, Don Juan DeMarco

Don Juan DeMarco

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, starring Johnny Depp

Johnny Depp

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 and Marlon Brando

Marlon Brando

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, and A Fish in the Bathtub

A Fish in the Bathtub

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in 1999. Her televisions roles included NYPD Blue

NYPD Blue

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, Wonderland

Wonderland (TV series)

Wonderland was a short-lived and controversial 2000 ABC television drama directed by Peter Berg. It depicted daily life in a mental institution, from the perspectives of both the doctors and patients. Only two episodes aired on ABC during its original run in 2000...

, Ed

Ed (TV series)

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and several castings on Law & Order

Law & Order

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Tresa Hughes died on July 21, 2011, at the age of 81. She was survived by her daughter, Rebecca, and grandson, William. Hughes was a resident of New York City

New York City

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