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Dee Hoty is an Americans actress known for her work in musical theatre. Over the course of her career, she has appeared in numerous Broadway theatre productions and earned three Tony Award nominations for Best Actress in a Musical, for The Will Rogers Follies (1991), The Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public (1994), and Footloose (1999).
Hoty moved to New York City in June 1977 and began to pursue a professional acting career. (Her brother, Tony Hoty was performing in Godspell around that time.) Her Broadway appearances include Shakespeare's Cabaret, The Five O'Clock Girl (Cora Wainwright), Me and My Girl (Jaqueline Carstone), City of Angels (Carla Haywood/Alaura Kingsley), The Will Rogers Follies (Betty Blake), The Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public (Mona Stangley), Footloose (Vi), and Mamma Mia! (Donna).
Of these appearances, she received Tony Award nominations for Footloose!, The Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public and The Will Rogers Follies as Best Actress in a Musical.Jones, Kenneth. "1999 Tony Nominee: Dee Hoty (Leading Actress, Musical, Footloose)", playbill.com, June 3, 1999.
She received acclaim for the 1998 Paper Mill Playhouse (Milburn, New Jersey) production of Stephen Sondheim's Follies, playing the role of Phyllis Rogers Stone and recording a well-received cast album "'Follies' at Paper Mill Playhouse". Sondheimguide.com. Retrieved August 29, 2010. The Variety reviewer wrote: "Analyzing her options in 'Could I Leave You?,' Hoty turns the song into a marital slice-and-dice triumph. She is also divinely spicy in a sophisticated striptease, 'Ah, But Underneath.' "Daniels, Robert L. "Review 'Follies' " Variety, May 11, 1998. She played "Mrs. MacAfee" in the 2009 Roundabout Theatre revival of Bye Bye Birdie, Aunt Alicia in the 2015 Broadway revival of Lerner and Loewe’s Gigi,Viagas, Robert and Gioia, Michael. :Au Revoir Broadway: 'Gigi', Starring Vanessa Hudgens, Posts Closing Notice", playbill.com, June 9, 2015. and Mama Murphy in the 2016 Broadway premiere of the Steve Martin and Edie Brickell musical Bright Star.
She has also appeared in several film and television productions including As the World Turns, Guiding Light, Models Inc., St. Elsewhere, The Equalizer, , Ryan's Hope, Capital, Law & Order, , Untold West, and Harry and Walter Go to NY.
In 2013, Hoty was inducted into Cleveland Play House's Hall of Fame.
| + Dee Hoty theatre credits ! Year !! Title !! Role !! class="unsortable" | Notes | ||
| 1981 | The Five O'Clock Girl | Cora Wainwright | Broadway theatre |
| 1981 | Shakespeare's Cabaret | Dee | Broadway |
| 1981 | Barnum | Chairy Barnum | First US National Tour |
| 1981 | Ta-Dah! | Performer | Off-Off-Broadway |
| 1985 | Personals | Claire | Off-Broadway |
| 1986 | Me and My Girl | Lady Jacqueline Carstone | Broadway |
| 1989 | City of Angels | Alaura Kingsley; Carla Haywood | Broadway |
| 1991 | The Will Rogers Follies | Betty Blake | Broadway |
| 1994 | The Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public | Mona Stangley | Broadway |
| 1998 | Follies | Phyllis Rogers Stone | Paper Mill Playhouse |
| 1998 | Footloose | Vi Moore | Broadway |
| 2003 | Mamma Mia! | Donna Sheridan | Broadway; First US National Tour |
| 2006 | Doctor Dolittle | Emma Fairfax | US National Tour |
| 2006 | The Night of the Hunter | Willa Harper | New York |
| 2009 | Love, Loss, and What I Wore | Performer | Off-Broadway |
| 2009 | Bye Bye Birdie | Mrs. MacAfee | Broadway |
| 2010 | Violet Newstead | First US National Tour | |
| 2015 | Gigi | Aunt Alicia | Kennedy Center; Broadway |
| 2016 | Bright Star | Mama Murphy | Broadway |
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| 1976 | Harry and Walter Go to New York | Beauty no. 2 | |
| 1991 | Age Isn't Everything | Actress | |
| 2008 | The Understudy | Diane Kinsman |
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| 1983 | An Uncommon Love | Martha Lowrie | TV movie |
| 1984 | St. Elsewhere | Dr. Patricia Meldrum | 2 episodes |
| 1985 | It's Your Move | Terry | Episode: "A Woman Is Just a Woman" |
| 1985 | The Equalizer | Hostess | Episode: "The Distant Fire" |
| 1986 | Sarah Brown | Episode: "One If by Land, Two If by Sea" | |
| 1991 | Hi Honey, I'm Home! | Elaine Duff | Episode: "Pilot" |
| 1991 | The Will Rogers Follies | Betty Blake | TV movie |
| 1991 | As the World Turns | Karen Martell | Episodes from 1991 to 1992 |
| 1994 | Models Inc. | Gretchen | Episode: "Ultimatums Are Us" |
| 2006 | Mrs. Stevens | Episode: "Blasters" | |
| 2008 | Law & Order | Judge H. Kifner | 2 episodes |
| 2012 | Elementary | Patsy | Episode: "The Leviathan" |
| 2013 | Smash | Director | Episode: "The Nominations" |
| 2014 | Back to Reality | Dr. Shruvnitz | Episode: "The Way of the Future" |
| 2017 | Nunsense | Sr. Mary Wilhelm | Spin-off of the stage musical |
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