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Agnes of God is a 1979 play by American playwright John Pielmeier which tells the story of a novice nun who gives birth but does not believe she has. After the child is found dead, a psychiatrist and the mother superior of the convent clash during the resulting investigation. The title is a pun on the Latin phrase Agnus Dei ("lamb of God").
Agnes of God is a 1985 American neo-noir mystery film directed by Norman Jewison and starring Jane Fonda, Anne Bancroft and Meg Tilly. It was written by John Pielmeier, based on his 1979 play of the same name. The plot is about a novice nun (Tilly) who gives birth and insists that the dead child was the result of a virginal conception. A ...
Agnes Robertson Moorehead (December 6, 1900 – April 30, 1974) was an American actress. In a career spanning five decades, her credits included work in radio, stage, film, and television. [ 1 ] Moorehead was the recipient of such accolades as a Primetime Emmy Award and two Golden Globe Awards , in addition to nominations for four Academy Awards .
Amanda Plummer – Agnes of God as Agnes. Judith Anderson – Medea as Nurse; Mia Dillon – Crimes of the Heart as Babe Botrelle; Mary Beth Hurt – Crimes of the Heart as Meg MaGrath; Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical; Cleavant Derricks – Dreamgirls as James "Thunder" Early
Meg Tilly (born Margaret Elizabeth Chan on February 14, 1960) [1] is an American-Canadian actress and writer. [2]For her role in the 1985 film Agnes of God, she won a Golden Globe Award and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
Maryann Plunkett is an American actress and singer.. Plunkett made her Broadway debut playing Sister Agnes in Agnes of God.In 1987, she won the Tony Award for Best Leading Actress in a Musical for her performance as Sally Smith in Me and My Girl. [1]
In 1984 she played the Mother Superior in a Dublin production of Agnes of God. She was also in a production of The Plough and the Stars in London in the 1990s, directed by her Abbey colleague Joe Dowling. [1] She wrote about meeting with Samuel Beckett in a 1990 article for Backstage. [2]
In 1969, Fleischer, then a senior editor at Ballantine Books, was invited to write a novelization of the biker film C.C. & Company.She accepted due to financial difficulties caused by her recent divorce, and published the book under the pseudonym Mike Roote, concerned that publishing under her own name would cause problems with her employers.