Ann Magnuson Biography
Ann Magnuson is an American actress, performance artist, and nightclub performer. She is a founding member of the 1980s band Bongwater. She starred in the ABC sitcom Anything but Love (1989–92). The alumni of Denison University attended Holz Elementary.
Later on she attended George Washington High School in Charleston. She then moved to New York City and was a DJ and performer at Club 57 and the Mudd Club in Manhattan. She created such characters as Anoushka, a Soviet lounge singer, wearing a wig backwards. She also sung mock-Russian lyrics to pop music standards.
Separately she sang in an all-girl percussion group, Pulsallama. The groups single “The Devil Lives In My Husband’s Body” was a housewife’s lament of a spouse who appears to be possessed. Magnuson made her film debut in the 1982 film Vortex. She gained attention with her role as a snarky cigarette girl in Desperately Seeking Susan.
That also helped her launch the acting career of singer Madonna. Later on, Ann Magnuson starred in Seidelman’s Making Mr. Right (1987). Concurrently, Magnuson developed an underground following as lead vocalist of the band Bongwater. Her 15-minute video performance piece “Made for Television”, self-produced in 1981, ran on the WNET-PBS series Alive from Off-Center.
Her satiric featurette found her playing close to 50 roles in a “channel-hopping” series of visual bites. From 1989 to 1992, Magnuson played Catherine Hughes, the comically hip editor-in-chief of a Chicago magazine in the television sitcom Anything But Love.
Ann Magnuson film roles have included a snarly real estate agent in Panic Room, Alan’s mother in Small Soldiers, a madam in Tank Girl, a secretary in Clear and Present Danger, and a sexy victim of David Bowie’s vampire in The Hunger. She has appeared in a number of television series.
Ann Magnuson appeared in the 1990 music video for Red Kross’ “Annie’s Gone”, and in the 1998 music video for Jerry Cantrell’s “My Song”. In 2003, she began touring a one-woman stage show, Pretty Songs & Ugly Stories. She has performed at the Revlon/UCLA Breast Center benefit-show series What A Pair! in 2005.
For eight years, Magnuson wrote a monthly column, “LA Woman”, in the magazine Paper. In 2009, Magnuson created a one-woman performance piece, Back Home Again.
Ann Magnuson Age
Ann Magnuson was born in Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America. She was born on 4th January 1976. Her current age is 63 years old as of 2019.
Ann Magnuson Net Worth
Ann Magnuson has accumulated a huge fortune from her different careers. She is a founding member of the 1980s band Bongwater. She starred in the ABC sitcom Anything but Love (1989–92). The alumni of Denison University attended Holz Elementary.
Magnuson made her film debut in the 1982 film Vortex. She gained attention with her role as a snarky cigarette girl in Desperately Seeking Susan. That also helped her launch the acting career of singer Madonna. Later on, she starred in Seidelman’s Making Mr. Right (1987).
Concurrently, Ann Magnuson developed an underground following as lead vocalist of the band Bongwater. Her 15-minute video performance piece “Made for Television”, self-produced in 1981, ran on the WNET-PBS series Alive from Off-Center.
Magnuson appeared in the 1990 music video for Red Kross’ “Annie’s Gone”, and in the 1998 music video for Jerry Cantrell’s “My Song”. In 2003, she began touring a one-woman stage show, Pretty Songs & Ugly Stories. She has performed at the Revlon/UCLA Breast Center benefit-show series What A Pair! in 2005.
Ann Magnuson has an approximated net worth of $3 million. She has mainly accumulated her net worth from her career as an actress. Details about her property including cars and houses have not been properly documented. We also have no information concerning her net worth. We will however update you immediately we get the actual information.
Ann Magnuson Husband
Ann Magnuson married architect John Bertram in the year 2002. The couple have lived happily together since then. She has described the Los Angeles neighborhood of Silver Lake, where she lives in her Richard Neutra-designed house, as “a rainbow-coalition Mayberry … You don’t get a sense of anybody really flaunting how rich they are.”
John Bertram is best known for restoring homes designed by midcentury modernist architect Richard Neutra. He graduated from the Yale School of Architecture in 1994. From the institution, he was the recipient of the American Institute of Architects Henry Adams Certificate for Excellence in the Scholarly Pursuit of Architecture.
He also received the AIA’s Scholarship for Academic Excellence, and the Gertraud A. Wood Traveling Fellowship. He founded Bertram Architects in 1999.
Ann Magnuson Movies And TV Shows
Ann Magnuson Movies
- 2017 Mansfield 66/67
- 2015 One More Time
- 2011 Rose
- 2001 The Caveman’s Valentine
- 2001 Night at the Golden Eagle
- 2000 Love & Sex
- 1988 A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon
- 1988 Tequila Sunrise
- 1987 Making Mr. Right
- 1985 Desperately Seeking Susan
- 1984 Perfect Strangers
- 1983 The Hunger
- 1982 Vortex
Ann Magnuson Television Shows
- 2018 Superior Donuts
- 2018 The Man in the High Castle
- 2013 Modern Family
- 2013 The Young and the Restless
- 2003-2008 All Grown Up!
- 1998 From the Earth to the Moon
- 1997 Caroline in the City
- 1997 The Drew Carey Show
- 1997 Damian Cromwell’s Postcards from America
- 1996 The Adventures of Pete & Pete
- 1996 The John Larroquette Show
- 1996 The Munsters’ Scary Little Christmas
- 1989-1992 Anything but Love
Ann Magnuson Interview
Q: You’ve been on the edge of the movie business for a long time, and one of the tracks on your album is about being trapped inside “a Judd Apatow-style bromance” in the Hollywood Hills, surrounded by Doritos and bad jokes. This is about a lot of things, but am I right that you think American movies are getting worse?
Ann Magnuson: Oh yeah, isn’t that obvious to everybody? Isn’t that a no-brainer?
Q: What’s gone wrong? What’s the worst of it?
Ann Magnuson: I don’t really watch them — I see the trailer, and see the poster and I get it. Those stories just don’t speak to me. It’s like superhero movies — there are too many of them and they push out the possibility of a balance. I don’t ever go out to see commercial movies — they’re just not interesting to me. Very infrequently. We watch a lot of documentaries and — what do right-wingers call us, liberal-tards? — headier stuff. Sometimes I sneak in some more mindless entertainment.
Q: Do you still go after roles and get handed condescending ones?
Ann Magnuson: I don’t know that I go after them… But I’ve kept a file of all the auditions I’ve gone on over the last 20 years, and made a monologue out of all the descriptions of the women. It’s horrific.
Q: You’ve complained in the past about violence in movies. I think we’ve always had it, but violence used to be presented mostly as something that was unpleasant; now it’s played for fun, for laughs.
Ann Magnuson: But violence has been part of literature and mythology from day one. If it’s put in its proper context… There was a documentary [about Indonesian death squads], “The Act of Killing.” I’m a big history buff so I read a lot about violence, particularly during World War II. So I don’t see it as something entertaining.
Ann Magnuson: There are actually three incredible films about wars I think everyone should see. The first two are Russian — “Come and See” and “The Ascent,” made by the wife of the director of “Come and See.” And a Japanese film called “Fires on the Plain.” Those movies are intense. They’re difficult to watch. They’re realistic. And they don’t have a rock ’n’ roll soundtrack on them.
Q: Let’s talk about rock ’n’ roll for a second, then. Your record is, among other things, a rock album. And you’ve sung David Bowie’s music live in the past. A lot of us are still reeling from his sudden disappearance. What did he and his music mean to you?
Ann Magnuson: He was very much a hermit in the last several years. He was ill, obviously.
I think he represented the kind of artist who took chances. He went after fame with “Ziggy Stardust”; it took him a long time to get there. He wasn’t afraid to experiment with different styles, and when he got comfortable with one, he would change it. He was an artist who artists love — he was very inspiring and charted his own territory. He was also working with an archetype called The Cosmic Man, with archetype and personas. And funneling his own demons into his work.
SOURCE: AAAS