{{short description|American actress}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2019}} {{Infobox person | name = Largo Woodruff | image = | caption = | birth_date= {{birth date and age|1955|7|18}} | birth_place = New Jersey, U.S. | occupation = Actress | years_active = 1978–2003 | spouse = {{marriage|Frederic Blankfein|1979}}<ref name=tampa/> }}
'''Largo Woodruff''' (born July 18, 1955) is an American actress who appeared in numerous films in the 1980s. She began her career appearing in commercials before landing a bit part in Woody Allen's ''Stardust Memories'' (1980). Her first major featured role was in Tobe Hooper's slasher film ''The Funhouse'' (1981). She also appeared in the controversial television film ''The Choice'' (1981), as well as the biopic ''Bill'' (1981) and its 1983 sequel. Also in 1981, she was one of the main characters in the Kenny Rogers movie ''Coward of the County'', based on the song of the same name.
==Life and career== ===Early life=== Largo Woodruff was born July 18, 1955<ref>United States Public Records, 1970–2009 database (May 23, 2014). [https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:296L-J4G Largo Woodruff Blankfein]. Retrieved October 8, 2019. {{subscription required}}</ref> in New Jersey to Wallace and Maxine Woodruff, the second of three children.<ref name=tampa/> She has one elder sister, Allegro, a writer, and a younger brother, Lento, a carpenter and offshore oil rigger.<ref name=tampa/> Woodruff's father was a professional orchestra musician, and her parents named her and her brothers after musical tempos, with her name, ''Largo'', meaning a wide or broadly slow tempo.<ref name=tampa/>
Woodruff was raised in the Panama Canal Zone from age 2.<ref name=tampa>{{cite news|work=Tampa Bay Times|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/36890726/tampa_bay_times/|date=February 6, 1981|page=54|title=Young Largo comes of age as actress|author=Hopkins, Carolyn|via=Newspapers.com|location=St. Petersburg, Florida}}</ref> As a child, she studied various dance as well as cello and guitar.<ref name=tampa/> At age 18, she relocated to New York City with the hopes of becoming an actress, and enrolled at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts.<ref name=tampa/>
===Career=== After relocating to New York, Woodruff was hired as a dancer in an off-Broadway theatrical production,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/36891170/the_tennessean/|work=The Tennessean|date=December 20, 1981|page=26|title=Actress Makes Good on Pact with Dad|last=East|first=Vicki Kilgore|via=Newspapers.com|location=Nashville, Tennessee}}</ref> and also began acting in television commercials, appearing in advertisements for A&W Root Beer, Kraft Foods, Mounds Candy and Ruffles.<ref name=tampa/> She had minor bit parts in ''Fingers'' (1978) and Woody Allen's ''Stardust Memories'' (1980). Also in 1980, she appeared in an ''ABC Afterschool Special'' entitled "Stoned."<ref name=tampa/> Her first major feature film role was as Liz Duncan in Tobe Hooper's slasher film ''The Funhouse'' (1981), filmed in Miami.<ref name=tampa/> She also appeared in the controversial television drama film ''The Choice'' (1981) opposite Susan Clark and Mitchell Ryan, which followed a young woman who undergoes an abortion.<ref>{{cite web|work=Edmonton Journal|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/36890874/edmonton_journal/|location=Edmonton, Alberta|title=Emmy and Academy Award Winners Play in New Telefilms|date=January 2, 1981|via=Newspapers.com|page=93}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/36891155/the_journal_news/|work=The Journal News|location=White Plains, New York|via=Newspapers.com|date=July 20, 1982|last=Hayden|first=Bill|title=CBS drama tonight deals with abortion decision|page=23}}</ref> The same year, she had a leading role in the television film ''Bill'', a biopic about Bill Sackter starring Mickey Rooney and Dennis Quaid.<ref name=bfi>{{cite web|publisher=British Film Institute|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba0c27bf1|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191008084028/https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba0c27bf1|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 8, 2019|title=Largo Woodruff}}</ref> She reprised her role for the film's sequel, ''Bill: On His Own'' (1983).
In 1986, Woodruff appeared in a supporting role in the rape and revenge film ''The Ladies Club'', and in 1990 had a role in ''Perry Mason: The Case of the Poisoned Pen''. She subsequently appeared in the television film ''Bare Essentials'' (1991) and ''Taking the Heat'' (1993). Woodruff had a minor role in the 1999 drama film ''My Last Love'', and subsequently appeared in a bit part in the horror film ''Jeepers Creepers 2'' (2003).
==Filmography== ===Film=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="margin-right: 0;" |- ! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Role ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{Tooltip|Ref.|Reference}} |- ! scope="row"| 1978 | ''Fingers'' | Dreems' Girl | | style="text-align:center;"|<ref name=bfi/> |- ! scope="row" | 1980 |''Stardust Memories'' | UFO Follower | | style="text-align:center;"|<ref name=amg>{{Cite web|work=AllMovie|title=Largo Woodruff|url=https://www.allmovie.com/artist/largo-woodruff-p77405|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20191008080638/https://www.allmovie.com/artist/largo-woodruff-p77405|archive-date=October 8, 2019|access-date=October 8, 2019}}</ref> |- ! scope="row" | 1980 |''ABC Afterschool Special: Stoned'' | Felicity | Television film | style="text-align:center;"|<ref name=amg/> |- ! scope="row"| 1981 | ''Word of Honor'' | Amy | Television film | style="text-align:center;"|<ref name=bfi/> |- ! scope="row"| 1981 | ''The Funhouse'' | Liz Duncan | | style="text-align:center;"|<ref name=bfi/> |- ! scope="row"| 1981 | ''The Choice'' | Lisa Clements | Television film | style="text-align:center;"|<ref name=amg/> |- ! scope="row"| 1981 | ''Coward of the County'' | Becky | Television film | style="text-align:center;"|<ref name=amg/> |- ! scope="row"| 1981 | ''Bill'' | Beverly Morrow | Television film | style="text-align:center;"|<ref name=amg/> |- ! scope="row"| 1983 | ''Bill: On His Own'' | Beverly Morrow | Television film | style="text-align:center;"|<ref name=amg/> |- ! scope="row"| 1986 | ''The Ladies Club'' | Terry | | style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/largo-woodruff/credits/161235/|work=TV Guide|title=Largo Woodruff Credits|access-date=October 8, 2019}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| 1990 | ''Perry Mason: The Case of the Poisoned Pen'' | Judy Fulmer | Television film | style="text-align:center;"|<ref name=amg/> |- ! scope="row"| 1991 | ''Bare Essentials'' | Lois Rice | Television film | style="text-align:center;"|<ref name=amg/> |- ! scope="row"| 1993 | ''Taking the Heat'' | Alice | Television film | style="text-align:center;"|<ref name=amg/> |- ! scope="row"| 1994 | ''Couples'' | Co-worker | Television film | style="text-align:center;"| |- ! scope="row"| 1996 | ''For the Future: The Irvine Fertility Scandal'' | Marlene | Television film | style="text-align:center;"|<ref name=amg/> |- ! scope="row"| 1999 | ''My Last Love'' | Margaret | Television film | style="text-align:center;"|<ref name=amg/> |- ! scope="row"| 2003 | ''Jeepers Creepers 2'' | Woman in Car | | style="text-align:center;"| |- |}
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==External links== *{{IMDb name|0940462}}
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