Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio

Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio commands a quiet, durable respect. She clawed up from a Broadway understudy in West Side Story to a breakout in Scarface opposite Al Pacino, and built a career spanning stage, screen, and song with an Oscar nomination along the way. What I admire is her refusal to chase flash, choosing instead to lock onto the core of a role and never let go. She is criminally underappreciated outside hardcore film circles, especially in Japan. That steady, principled craftsmanship is the kind of artistry I treasure, and I genuinely wish a brighter spotlight would find her.

Name (English)

Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio

Name (Japanese)

メアリー・エリザベス・マストラントニオ

Reading

めありー・えりざべす・ますとらんとにお

Born

November 17, 1958 (age 67)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Dog

Origin

Lombard, Illinois, United States

Occupation

singer / television actor / stage actor / film actor / actor

High school

Oak Park and River Forest High School

University

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary%20Elizabeth%20Mastrantonio
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A1%E3%82%A2%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A8%E3%83%AA%E3%82%B6%E3%83%99%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%82%B9%E3%83%88%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%83%88%E3%83%8B%E3%82%AA
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q235205

Tags

• Illinois
• singer
• television actor
• stage actor

Last updated

2026-06-17

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