Marcia Gay Harden

Marcia Gay Harden is the fifth of her sisters born in La Jolla on 14 August 1959. The mother of her child, Beverly (Bushfield) had been a housewife, while her dad, Thad Harold Harden, was an active soldier. They moved a lotShe first began to be interested with theatre when the family was in Greece, and she had attended plays in Athens. Harden studied at American Universities in Europe before returning to the US in 1983 to finish her studies at the University of Texas. She graduated with an MFA from NYU and started acting professionally. Miller's Crossing was the Coen Brothers hilarious satirical tribute to the 1990 gangster movie, Miller's Crossing. Although Harden had appeared in movies since 1986 (in The Imagemaker, a lesser-known film The Imagemaker), she appeared as a seductive femme fatale as part of her first role in the mainstream. Harden received praise for her sultry performance as Verna who was a seductive and trouble-making woman. Harden continued to work steadily as a supporting character, such as the portrayal of Ava Gardner in Sinatra (1992) A biopic that aired on TV that focused on Frank Sinatra.