Marcia Gay Harden

Marcia Gay Harden is the third child of five brothers born to La Jolla on 14 August 1959. She was the daughter of Beverly (Bushfield) had been a homemaker and her father Thad Harold Harden, served an active soldier. She first developed an interest in the theatre when she lived with her family in Greece and attending plays in Athens. Harden began her college education in American universities in Europe before returning to the US to complete her studies in the University of Texas in 1983; went on to earn an MFA at NYU after which she started her career as an actor. Although she had acted in a movie from 1986 in the little-known The Imagemaker (1986), her first major role that was a part of a TV film work, was the hot, sultry woman fatale in her role in the Coen Brothers' cleverly offbeat homage to the gangster movie, Miller's Crossing (1990). Harden's stunning portrayal of Verna, an enigmatic, beautiful moll, earned her rave evaluations. Harden then worked in supporting characters. Harden was the lead character in Ava Gardner, a TV biopic on Frank Sinatra.