# Josie de Guzman

Josie de Guzman, also known as Jossie de Guzman, is an American actress and singer of Puerto Rican descent, best known for work in the theatre.

## Career

Josie de Guzman graduated from the Academia del Perpetuo Socorro. After studying at the Boston Conservatory of Music, Guzman made her Broadway debut in 1978 as Lidia in the original production of Elizabeth Swados's Runaways. She returned to Broadway the following year to portray Gia Campbell in the original production of Joseph Stein and Alan Jay Lerner's Carmelina.
In 1980 she was handpicked by Leonard Bernstein to portray Maria in the 1980 revival of West Side Story for which she received her first Tony Award nomination. She returned to Broadway in 1992 to portray Sarah Brown in Jerry Zaks's critically acclaimed revival of Frank Loesser's Guys and Dolls with Nathan Lane, Peter Gallagher, and Faith Prince. For her performance she earned a second Tony Award nomination. The recording of the cast album was filmed for broadcast on PBS's Great Performances. She is currently a member of the Acting Company of the Alley Theatre in Houston, Texas.
Although Guzman's career has been in theatre, she has occasionally performed on television and in films. Her television credits include The Tenth Month (1979), Miami Vice (1984), Reading Rainbow (1998), and Third Watch (2002). Her film credits include F/X (1986)

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1986 | F/X | Marisa Velez | |
| 1991 | F/X2 | Marisa Velez | |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1979 | The Tenth Month | Iliana | Television film |
| 1983 | Guiding Light | Anita | — |
| 1984 | Miami Vice | Maria Rivera | Episode: "Brother's Keeper" |
| 1984 | The Cosby Show | Mrs. Ramos | Episode: "How Ugly Is He?" |
| 1998 | Reading Rainbow | — | Episode: "Saturday Sancocho" |
| 2002 | Third Watch | Alicia | Episode: "The Unforgiven" |

## Stage

| Year | Title | Role(s) | Notes |
| 1978 | Runaways | Lidia | Broadway (debut) Also provided translations and original material in Spanish |
| 1979 | Carmelina | Gia Campbell | Broadway |
| 1980 | West Side Story | Maria | Broadway |
| 1991 | Fuente Ovejuna | Laurencia | Shakespeare Theatre at the Folger |
| 1991 | Nick & Nora | Maria Valdez | Broadway |
| 1992 | Guys and Dolls | Sarah Brown | Broadway |
| 1997 | Carmen | Carmen | Court Theatre (Chicago) |
| 2001 | The Music Man | Marian Paroo | Cherry County Playhouse |
| 2003 | Diosa | Amber | Hartford Stage |
| 2004 | Nine | Luisa | North Shore Music Theatre |
| 2009 | The Man Who Came to Dinner | Maggie Cutler | Alley Theatre |
| 2009 | Rock 'n' Roll | Esme | Alley Theatre |
| 2010 | Mrs. Mannerly | Mrs. Mannerly | Alley Theatre |
| 2011 | August: Osage County | Barbara Fordham | Alley Theatre |
| 2011 | And Then There Were None | Vera Claythorne | Alley Theatre |
| 2012 | The Seagull | Arkadina | Alley Theatre |
| 2012 | Noises Off | Belinda Blair | Alley Theatre |
| 2012 | Black Coffee | Barbara Armory | Alley Theatre |
| 2012 | Death of a Salesman | Linda Loman | Alley Theatre |
| 2013 | Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the Suicide Club | Club Secretary | Alley Theatre |
| 2013 | The Hollow | Lady Lucy | Alley Theatre |
| 2013 | You Can't Take It with You | Penelope Sycamore | Alley Theatre |
| 2014 | Communicating Doors | Ruella | Alley Theatre |
| 2014 | Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike | Masha | Alley Theatre |
| 2014 | A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story of Christmas | Spirit of Christmas Past | Alley Theatre |
| 2015 | All My Sons | Kate Keller | Alley Theatre |
| 2015 | The Other Place | Juliana | Alley Theatre |
| 2016 | The Nether | Detective Morris | Alley Theatre |
| 2016 | Agatha Christie's Spider's Web | Clarissa Hailsham-Brown | Alley Theatre |
| 2016 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Hippolyta, Titania | Alley Theatre |