# Pamela Payton-Wright

Pamela Payton-Wright (November 1, 1941 – December 14, 2019) was an American actress.

## Life and work

After graduating from Tuscaloosa High School, Payton-Wright graduated from Birmingham–Southern College in 1963. She began her film career in 1972 as Rhonda on Corky. She later joined the cast of Another World in 1979 in the role of Hazel Parker, a role she played for one year.
Payton-Wright appeared in numerous Broadway and Off-Broadway productions, notably receiving praise for her portrayal of Laura Wingfield in the 1976 production of The Glass Menagerie. Following numerous film roles and television appearances, Payton-Wright joined the cast of the ABC soap opera, One Life to Live, in 1991, and was the first to play the role of sweet natured, but simple-minded Agatha "Addie" Cramer. She played this part recurringly on the show.
She died on December 14, 2019, in Harmony, Pennsylvania, aged 78, from undisclosed causes.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role |
| 1972 | Corky | Rhonda |
| 1979 | Going in Style | Kathy |
| 1980 | Resurrection | Margaret |
| 1981 | The Dark End of the Street | Mary Ann |
| 1986 | My Little Girl | Delly Bettinger |
| 1987 | Ironweed | Mother |
| 1988 | Starlight: A Musical Movie | |
| 1990 | The Freshman | Liz Armstrong |
| 1993 | Me and Veronica | Agnes |
| 1999 | In Dreams | Ethel |
| 2004 | Saving Face | Dr. Morgan |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1969 | NET Playhouse | Electra | "The Prodigal" |
| 1971 | Cannon | Ginger | "Fool's Gold" |
| 1971 | Mannix | Lisa Stabler | "Murder Times Three" |
| 1971 | Medical Center | Jessie | "Idolmaker" |
| 1972 | Medical Center | Lori | "Cycle of Peril" |
| 1972 | Young Dr. Kildare | Ruth | "Deaf Heart" |
| 1972 | Gunsmoke | Emma Donavan | "Yankton" |
| 1972 | Bonanza | Zeena Harris | "Search in Limbo" |
| 1972 | Look Homeward, Angel | Laura James | TV film |
| 1973 | ABC's Wide World of Entertainment | Rosalind | "The Haunting of Rosalind" |
| 1974 | Movin' On | Francie Simms | "Grit" |
| 1975 | Great Performances | Laetitia Lewis | "Brother to Dragons" |
| 1976 | The Adams Chronicles | Louisa Adams | TV miniseries |
| 1979–80 | Another World | Hazel Parker | TV series |
| 1987 | Spenser: For Hire | Karen Fuller | "I Confess" |
| 1991–2012 | One Life to Live | Addie Cramer | Recurring role |
| 1993 | Law & Order | Katherine McKinnon | "Pride and Joy" |
| 1994–1997 | Homicide: Life on the Street | Sister Magdalena Weber | "Nearer My God to Thee", "Fits Like a Glove", "Extreme Unction", "Kaddish" |
| 1999 | Law & Order | Vivian McBride | "Sideshow" |

## Theater
### Broadway

| Year | Title | Role |
| 1967–68 | The Show Off | Amy |
| 1968 | Exit the King | Juliette |
| 1968 | The Cherry Orchard | Anya |
| 1968–69 | Jimmy Shine | Constance Fry |
| 1972 | The Crucible | Abigail Williams |
| 1972 | Mourning Becomes Electra | Lavinia Mannon |
| 1974–75 | All Over Town | Millie |
| 1975–76 | The Glass Menagerie | The Daughter |
| 1977 | Romeo and Juliet | Juliet |
| 1988 | A Streetcar Named Desire | Blanche Du Bois |
| 1988 | The Night of the Iguana | Miss Judith Fellowes |
| 1988–1990 | M. Butterfly | Helga |
| 1995 | Garden District | Grace |
| 2003 | Long Day's Journey into Night | Mary Cavan Tyrone |

### Off-Broadway

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1970 | The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds | Tillie | Mercer Arts Center |
| 1975 | Jesse and the Bandit Queen | Belle | Joseph Papp Public Theater/Susan Stein Shiva Theater |
| 1980 | The Seagull | Mash | Joseph Papp Public Theater/Newman Theater |
| 1982 | Don Juan | Dona Elvire | Delacorte Theater |
| 1984 | Young Playwrights Festival | Mary | Joseph Papp Public Theater/Martinson Theater |
| 1998 | Richard III | Margaret | Theater at St. Clement's Church |
| 1998 | Richard II | Margaret | Theater at St. Clement's Church |
| 1998 | Til the Rapture Comes Home | Althea Dale | Delacorte Theater |
| 2000 | What You Get and What You Expect | Louise Erkenter | New York Theatre Workshop |
| 2003 | Fifth of July | Sally Friedman | Peter Norton Space |
| 2003 | Duet | Eleonora Duse | Greenwich Street Theatre |
| 2004 | The Day Emily Married | | 59E59 Theater A |
| 2006 | Indian Blood | Eddie's Grandmother | 59E59 Theater A |
| 2008 | Some Americans Abroad | Harriet Baldwin | Second Stage Theatre |
| 2009 | Vieux Carré | Carrie | Theater 80 St. Marks |
| 2009 | The Orphans' Home Cycle Part I | Mrs. Coons | Peter Norton Space |
| 2009 | The Orphans' Home Cycle Part II | Sarah Vaughn / Ruth Amos | Peter Norton Space |
| 2010 | The Orphans' Home Cycle Part III | Inez (Thornton) Kirby | Peter Norton Space |