Marcia Gay Harden
Marcia Gay Harden is the fifth of her brothers born at La Jolla on 14 August 1959. She was the daughter of Beverly (Bushfield) had been a housewife, while her dad, Thad Harold Harden, served an active soldier. Her family often relocated. In the time they resided in Greece, she became interested in theater and attended Athens shows. Harden started her college studies in Europe in American institutions and then moved to the US and completed her studies at the University of Texas. In 1983, Harden earned her MFA at NYU. Miller's Crossing was the Coen Brothers comedy that cleverly paid homage to the 1990 gangster movie, Miller's Crossing. Although Harden appeared in movies in the year 1986 (in the lesser-known The Imagemaker), she played a seductive woman in the film as her debut mainstream role. Harden's beautiful portrayal of Verna who was a mysterious, attractive moll, was praised by evaluations. Harden thereafter worked steadily in supporting roles, including the role of Ava...