Photo: Robert Carrithers from Prague, Czech Republic / CC BY-SA 2.5 (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
Ann Magnuson is exactly the sort of restless, genre-jumping artist I gravitate toward. The New York Times once compared her range to Lily Tomlin, and that feels right, since she moves between performance art, acting, and music without ever fully committing to one lane. I love that she came out of West Virginia and Denison University and ended up at the center of the 1980s downtown New York scene, fronting Bongwater while also landing the ABC sitcom Anything but Love. Her turn in The Hunger shows the eerie edge underneath the comedy. A true chameleon who treats reinvention as the whole point.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Ann Magnuson
- Name (Japanese)
- アン・マグナソン
- Reading
- あん・まぐなそん
- Born
- January 4, 1956 (age 70)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Capricorn / Monkey
- Origin
- Charleston, West Virginia, United States
- Occupation
- actor / performance artist / singer / stage actor / television actor
2. Background
- High school
- George Washington High School
- University
- Denison University
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
- Official sitehttps://www.annmagnuson.com/
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%82%B0%E3%83%8A%E3%82%BD%E3%83%B3
Frequently asked questions
When was Ann Magnuson born?
Born January 4, 1956 (age 70).
Where is Ann Magnuson from?
Ann Magnuson is from Charleston, West Virginia, United States.
What does Ann Magnuson do?
Ann Magnuson works as actor, performance artist, singer, stage actor, television actor.
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.