Marsha Mason Movies and Career Information

Marsha Mason (born April 3, 1942) is an American actress and television director. She received four Academy Award nominations as Best Actress for her performances in Cinderella Liberty, The Goodbye Girl, Chapter Two, and Only When I Laugh. She is also known for starring in the 1986 film Heartbreak Ridge. Mason was born in St. Louis, Missouri, to James Joseph Mason and his wife Jacqueline Helena Mason. She and her younger sister, Linda (b. 1943), grew up on Elmont Lane in Crestwood, Missouri. Mason is a graduate of Nerinx Hall High School and Webster University, both in Webster Groves, Missouri. She raced a Mazda RX-7 in SCCA events. She is a resident of New Mexico, where she has a farm in Abiquiu that grows certified organic herbs. In the late 1990’s, Mason sold herbs wholesale to companies both locally and regionally before starting a line of wellness and bath and body products called Resting in the River . Marsha Mason has had a distinguished career in film and theater. Neil Simon cast her in his Broadway play The Good Doctor in 1973. Shortly afterwards, Mason and Simon, a widower, fell in love and got married. That same year, Mason co-starred opposite James Caan in the 20th