Elaine Stritch (born February 2, 1926) is an American actress and vocalist, best known for her performance of "The Ladies Who Lunch" in Company, her 2001 one-woman show Elaine Stritch at Liberty, and most recently for her role as Jack Donaghy's mother Colleen on NBC's 30 Rock.
Stritch was born in Detroit, Michigan, the daughter of Mildred (née Jobe), a homemaker, and George Joseph Stritch, an executive with B.F. Goodrich. Her family was wealthy a...
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Elaine Stritch (born February 2, 1926) is an American actress and vocalist, best known for her performance of "The Ladies Who Lunch" in Company, her 2001 one-woman show Elaine Stritch at Liberty, and most recently for her role as Jack Donaghy's mother Colleen on NBC's 30 Rock.
Stritch was born in Detroit, Michigan, the daughter of Mildred (née Jobe), a homemaker, and George Joseph Stritch, an executive with B.F. Goodrich. Her family was wealthy and devoutly Roman Catholic. Stritch's father was of Irish descent and her mother was of Welsh descent. Stritch is a cousin of Samuel Cardinal Stritch, the former Roman Catholic Archbishop of Chicago.
Stritch trained at the Dramatic Workshop of the New School for Social Research in New York City under Erwin Piscator; other students at the Dramatic Workshop at this time included Marlon Brando and Bea Arthur.
Stritch made her stage debut in 1944. However, her Broadway debut came in the revue Angel in the Wings. Stritch was also understudy to...
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