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Brown's television acting debut was on PBS in 1975. She appeared in the Guthrie staging of The School for Scandal.
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Brown is on the board of People for the American Way and served with Christopher Reeve as co-president of The Creative Coalition, an educational and advocacy group made up of people in the entertainment industry.
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Blair's first Broadway appearance was in Secret Rapture.
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Blair's first film appearance was as Miss Farranti in The Paper Chase in 1973. However, her "official" career in films came four years later with The Choirboys.
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She has narrated more than 50 documentary films and has recorded at least 15 audiobooks. Brown has also hosted The Poet's Voice for NPR and the Unterberg Poetry Center.
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Blair won Broadway's 2000 Tony Awards as Best Actress for her role in Copenhagen.
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Esquire Magazine labeled her 'The Thinking Man's Bombshell.'
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Blair is 5 feet 8 inches tall. Which is approx. 1.73cm
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Blair was nominated 5 years in a row for the Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series, in The Days And Nights Of Molly Dodd, but never won.