Awards & Winners

Phyllis Frelich

Date of Birth 29-February-1944
Place of Birth Devils Lake
(Ramsey County, North Dakota)
Nationality United States of America
Profession Actor
Phyllis Frelich is an American actress. Frelich was born in Devils Lake, North Dakota to deaf parents and is the oldest of 9 children. She attended North Dakota School for the Deaf, graduating in 1962, and then went on to study at Gallaudet College, a school for the deaf and hard-of-hearing. Frelich originated the leading female role in the Broadway production of Children of a Lesser God, for which she won the 1980 Best Actress Tony Award. Marlee Matlin played Frelich's role in the film version, and won the Best Actress Academy Award.

Awards by Phyllis Frelich

Check all the awards nominated and won by Phyllis Frelich.

1986


Nominations 1986 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress - Miniseries or a Movie Hallmark Hall of Fame
For playing \"Janice Ryder\"

1980


Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play
Honored for : Children of a Lesser God
Outer Critics Circle Award for Auspicious Debut
Honored for : Children of a Lesser God

Nominations 1980 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Outer Critics Circle Award for Auspicious Debut Children of a Lesser God
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play Children of a Lesser God
Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play Children of a Lesser God