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Meryl Streep Biography



Birth Name:

Mary Louise Streep

Date of Birth:

June 22, 1949

Birth Place:

Summit, NJ

Education:

Graduated from Vassar College and studied drama at Yale

Marriages:

Don Gummer (1978 - present)

Children:

Henry (son) - born in 1979
Mamie (daughter) - born in 1983
Grace (daughter) - born in 1986
Louisa (daughter) - born in 1991

Famous Romances:

John Cazale

Big Break:

First movie role in Julia

Starmaking Role:

Sophie Zawistowski in Sophie's Choice

Biggest Hit:

Out of Africa

Career Low:

She-Devil

Quintssential Quality:

Hollywood's Ultimate Actress



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Meryl Streep won an Academy Award for Sophie's Choice, but that was not her first acting award for work in a concentration camp themed movie. She won an Emmy for her work in which television mini-series?

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