Reading native Lisa Eichhorn is an actress, writer and producer. She made her film debut in 1979 in the John Schlesinger film Yanks, opposite Richard Gere, for which she received two Golden Globe nominations. Her international career has included film, theatre and television. She appeared alongside Lee Remick in the Merchant-Ivory production “The Europeans” (1979), opposite Treat Williams in “Why Would I Lie?” (1980) and was “Mo” Cutter in “Cutter’s Way” (1981), opposite Jeff Bridges and John Heard. In the 90s, Eichhorn has begun to play mother roles, notably Jesse Bradford’s mother, sent to a sanitarium, in Steven Soderbergh’s “King of the Hill” (1993) and the First Lady in the pallid comedy “First Kid” (1996). Ms. Eichhorn continues to work both on stage and on screen.
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