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Show all 7 episodes. Mary Frances. Daphne Moon. Edwina voice. Athena voice. Marla Penny. Marla Penny uncredited. Caroline Webb voice. Rachel Sherwood. Write Wylie. Audrey Cohen. John Mahoney played Martin Crane, Frasier's father and roommate, who was left disabled after suffering a gunshot wound. The star was also a longtime performer in Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre, featuring in many of the company's productions over the years.
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I Accept. Close Sections Celebrities Celebrity babies Celebrity couples. Fashion News Celebrity style Royal style Hello! Leeves also branched out into film during this time, appearing in To Live and Die in L. Appearing as Serena, a dancer, Leeves only had a small role, but the film has remained notable for featuring her alongside other future stars like Willem Dafoe who has since appeared in everything from Oscar-nominated indies to blockbuster films and John Turturro a skilled actor who bridges the gap between films by the Coen brothers and the Transformers franchise.
Of course, Leeves is best known for her role on Frasier : Daphne Moon, a physical therapist who truly believed she had psychic powers. Leeves became a household name during her time on the series, picking up Emmy and Golden Globe nominations throughout the show's run though her only win was a Screen Actor's Guild Award for Frasier's entire ensemble.
Offscreen, Frasier turned Leeves into the highest-paid British actress at the time; onscreen, viewers became extraordinarily invested in Daphne's romantic relationship with Niles Crane, Frasier's brother, which was developed while she lived in the Cranes' apartment as a caretaker to their father Martin John Mahoney and despite the fact that Niles was married when they met. Though some critics weren't as enamored with the relationship, it helped sell Leeves as a romantic lead, and when the show ended in , the finale was well-received, leaving Leeves and the rest of the main cast in a prime position to pursue whichever projects they wanted to tackle next.
Now a famous TV star, Jane Leeves chose a modest slate of film and television work following her Frasier breakthrough. Based on Roald Dahl's famous children's novel and produced by distinctive director Tim Burton, this big-screen Peach featured Leeves as Mrs. Leeves sang in the film as well as providing voice work, and thanks to the clever storytelling and amazing animation, it premiered to positive reviews.
One of her next animated roles was a return to television in the Penguins of Madagascar series , where she played Lulu the chimp for two episodes in both and During Frasier 's run, Leeves booked a role in 's Music of the Heart , a feature film based on a documentary and a true story.
Starring Meryl Streep, it tells the story of Roberta Guaspari played by Streep , who was a crusader for music education within New York City's impoverished public schools and pioneered music as a source of inspiration and stability for low-income, at-risk youth. Directed by Wes Craven, the film was nominated for a small handful of Academy Awards including nominations for Streep , and was well-received by critics.
She also appeared in 's The Event , a low-budget indie that premiered at Sundance to standing ovations. In , Leeves made her Broadway debut , taking over for Molly Ringwald in the long-running Cabaret.
Leeves starred in the musical as Sally Bowles, an English cabaret performer who carries on a torrid and troubled romance with Cliff Bradshaw, an American writer, in Nazi-occupied Berlin during the early s. Thanks to their success on Frasier , Leeves and her fellow female lead Peri Gilpin who played Roz Doyle, the producer of Frasier's radio show , decided to take charge of Hollywood on their own and start their own production company.
The two founded Bristol Cities, which Leeves later confessed was a dirty Cockney rhyme. The company's most notable project was intended to be the American remake of the popular and beloved British series The Vicar of Dibley , which the two produced in
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