Betty Buckley
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Vanessa Bell Calloway
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You Might Know Her From Shameless, One of Them Days, Coming to America, Coming 2 America, Harriet, Bebe’s Kids, Saints & Sinners, Daylight, the original cast of Dreamgirls on Broadway, and What’s Love Got To Do With It? We talked to Vanessa about her full-circle Tina Turner moment from the “What’s Love Got to Do With It?” music video to the Angela Bassett-led biopic; playing Tina’s Ikette-turned-bestie Jackie; and the stunt gone wrong in the diner. Plus barking in Coming to America, acting opposite influencers and “housewives,” and originating in the iconic OBC of...
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Harriet Sansom Harris
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You Might Know Her From Phantom Thread, Licorice Pizza, Addams Family Values, Desperate Housewives, The 5 Mrs. Buchannons, Ratchet, The Agency: Central Intelligence, and the Broadway production of Thoroughly Modern Millie. Harriet Harris gave us the skinny on being directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, acting opposite Daniel Day Lewis in Phantom Thread, and being pied in the face (at least twice) at the hands of Paul Rudnick. All that plus she walked us through all of Felicia Tillman’s delicious Desperate Housewives plotlines, the “queerness” of The 5 Mrs. Buchannons, and her influence...
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Patreon SNEAK PEEK: Andy Beckerman and Naomi Ekperigin on Anal Glands, Webster, Diff'rent Strokes, & Archie Panjabi
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Folks, we're here with our pals Andy Beckerman and Naomi Ekperigin. Both brilliant writers, comedians, and performers who also co-host the podcast Couples Therapy together. We were so tickled to have them join us on the show to talk sitcoms, Hollywood gossip, body talk, our dogs being actors, and more. Interested in more of this? Subscribe at the Patreon for AD-FREE LISTENING and lots od extra Damian and Anne stuff. ==== || beef Go watch
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Olga Merediz
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It’s Olga, with the German name! That’s right, we are here with actress and singer Olga Merediz. You Might Know Her From In the Heights, Encanto, Blockbuster, Eternity, Evita, Music of the Heart, Mr. Popper’s Penguins, Orange is the New Black, and the Original Broadway Company of The Human Comedy. Olga gave us all the good on her Tony-nominated turn in In the Heights and recreating Abuela Claudia 14 years later in Jon M. Chu’s 2021 film adaptation. Plus, we got to hear what it was like to play ONLY the singing voice for a character in Encanto, working on a never-saw-the-light-of-day...
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Patreon Sneak Peek: Oscars 2026 Recap
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We watched the Oscars and want to discuss with you. We're elated for Amy Madigan! Enjoy this sneak peek of our 2026 Oscars Recap and head on over to patreon.com/youmightknowherfrom to hear the rest where we get into Barbra and a missing Wendi McLendon-Covey. We will be movie clubbing Amy Madigan's other Oscar nominated performance, .
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Dawnn Lewis
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We are here with the one and only Dr. Dawnn Lewis. You Might Know Her From A Different World, Hangin’ with Mr. Cooper, Young Rock, Major Crimes, I’m Gonna Git You Sucka, Star Trek: Lower Decks, The Wood, Dreamgirls, and the Broadway production of Tina: The Tina Turner Musical. We talk to Dawnn about writing the theme song for (and starring on) A Different World, how she’ll be involved in the Netflix revival, and what it was like when Jaleesa went to Africa AKA Hangin’ with Mr Cooper. From her almost-runs on Broadwa–in Sister Act as Dolores and How to Succeed in Business Without...
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PATREON SNEAK PEEK: Oscar Predictions & Lore with Nathaniel Rogers
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HOH BOY, it's Oscar talk with film critic and writer Nathaniel Rogers of ! We're thrilled to chat with Nathaniel about general Oscar lore (Is Glenn going the way of Deborah Kerr? Is the Best Supporting Actress curse real?) + this year's nominations (and snubs) for the (women) acting categories + and who Nathaniel believes should and will win on March 15th. For the full episode: Patreon: Follow us on social media: on IG || on TT || Women acting nominations, for reference: Best Supporting Actress 2026 Elle Fanning (Sentimental Value) Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas (Sentimental Value) Amy...
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Dana Ivey
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Oh, yes, we’re here with 5x-Tony-nominated singer-actor, Dana Ivey. You Might Know Her From The Addams Family, Addams Family Values, Home Alone 2, The Color Purple, Two Weeks Notice, Heartburn, The Help, Post Cards from the Edge, Sabrina, Oceans 8, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Rush Hour 3, AND theatre productions of Sunday in the Park with George, The Last Night of Ballyhoo, Heartbreak House, The Rivals, Butley, and Driving Miss Daisy. Dana talked to us about adjusting her technique for the camera, always being cast as Southern or British, and acting opposite Cousin Itt in The Addams Family...
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We Did A Live Recording! Anne & Damian Recap
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Babessssss, we did a live show! (WE did a live show!) We are so grateful to the Laurie Beechman and Tom and Michael D'Angora, who helped make our dreams of doing a live-recording come true. We're walking you through some of the machinations of how we got here (we know some of you like to know how the sausage is made) and gassing each other up like it's an Oscar acceptance speech, ya know? But we MOST ESPECIALLY want to thank YOUS. You here on the Patreon who support us with your monies, and your "likes," and your "engagements," and for your belief in this product that we are putting out there...
info_outlineCherry, baby! We are here with two-time Tony-winner and three-time Emmy-winner Cherry Jones. You Might Know Her From The Handmaid's Tale, 24, Transparent, Succession, The West Wing, The Village, The Eyes of Tammy Faye, and her numerous theatre credits including The Heiress, Doubt, Mrs. Warren's Profession, and The Glass Menagerie. Cherry talked to us about playing the real life Eileen Myles on Transparent, grounding the violence on 24, whether or not she’ll appear in the final season of The Handmaid’s Tale, and she shares with us an actor’s secret: her “moment before” from the Broadway production of Doubt. Plus, we got the scoop on going toe to toe with Brian Cox on Succession, whether or not she’d ever play Madame/Mama Rose in Gypsy, and trailblazing as a queer person in entertainment when she won her Tonys. This one was just a total treat!
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Discussed this episode:
Was Sarah Schulman’s novel People in Trouble ripped off for Rent?
Michael Greif directed Jonathan Larson’s original production of Rent
Gypsy Rose Lee’s autobiography, Gypsy: A Memoir:
June Havoc’s 2 memoirs: Early Havoc and More Havoc
Arthur Laurents’ memoir: Original Story By:
Gypsy movie with Rosalind Russell (1962) + Bette Midler tv Gypsy (1993)
Our Sunset Boulevard review on Patreon
Book about original production of Sunset Boulevard
We are digging into the source material for our:
YEAR OF Rent | Gypsy | Sunset Boulevard | Chicago
Bette’s Emmy performance of “Rose’s Turn” in stirrup pants
Spongebob creator Hillenburg sold rights to Nickelodeon and when he died they made a musical and lots of spin-offs
Tick Tick Boom introduced Anne to Raul Esparza “Boho Days”
5 Days at Memorial (Apple TV)
Nan Pierce on Succession was the bus and truck Katherine Graham
After doing Doubt on Broadway, she went on national tour with the show
Dennis Haysbert was first President on 24 and then it was Cherry as Allison Taylor
Had been doing rep at ART for 10 years when she opened as Catherine in the 1995 revival of The Heiress directed by Gerry Guitierrez
Cherry saw Tyne Daly and Angela Lansbury’s Gypsy
Angela was a tall woman
Jane Greenwood was costume designer for The Heiress and the Colleen Dewhurst’s A Moon for the Misbegotten
Has Colleen’s student id card from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts hanging on her wall
Played Ma Joad at the National Theatre in London last summer (will not transfer)
Jessica Chastain A Doll’s House got the phone stuff out of the way at pre-show
Testament of Mary with Fiona Shaw
Jessica Hecht was so good in Summer of 1976 and Eureka Day
Cherry loves J. Smith Cameron in anything
M Night Shyamalan’s Signs and The Village
Former guest of the show Celia Weston told us M Night’s camp was fun but didn’t inform the work
Starred opposite Mel Gibson in the Jodie Foster’s film, The Beaver
Twelfth Night with Diane Lane (directed by Andrei Serban)
Lifetime lesbian movie with Brooke Shields, What Makes a Family (2001)
We interviewed Veronica Cartwright who was in The Children’s Hour
Played Eleanor Roosevelt opposite Hilary Swank’s Amelia Eearhart in Amelia
Tina Howe and Jack O’Brien’s Pride’s Crossing is the thing Cherry wants us to see
Played Matt Damon’s mom in Ocean’s 12 even though she is 14 years younger than him
MOVIES CHERRY IS NOT IN: Cold Mountain and A League of Their Own (aka Avita Vayonne)
Does the audiobooks for Little House on the Prairie books
Claire Danes reads audiobook of The Handmaid’s Tale
Essentially played Eileen Myles in Transparent
Was NOT in the O’Malley with Mickey Rooney
Was never ASKED to be on The L Word
We talked to Barrie Kreinik about Eva La Gallienne and Laurette Taylor but said it was RUMORED, no receipts
Character in Noel Coward’s Hay Fever based on Laurette Taylor
Timothee Chalamet’s speech at the 2025 SAG Awards
“They Like Me” is actually “YOU LIKE ME”