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{{Short description|American director and actress}}
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'''Gwen Arner''' (born 1936 or 1937) is an American director and actress. She co-founded the
==Biography==
Gwen Arner was born in 1936 or 1937 in [[Omaha, Nebraska]], and later raised there.<ref name="LA 19961110">{{Cite news |last=Breslauer |first=Jan |date=1996-11-10 |title=THEATER; Bouncing Back to the Boards |pages=43 |work=Los Angeles Times |url=https://proquest.com/docview/293454419/A27DCB3C218C46FEPQ/1 |url-access=subscription |via=[[ProQuest]]}}</ref> Having become interested in acting during her adolescence, she studied theater at the [[University of Michigan]], gaining her bachelor's and master's degrees in the field.<ref name="LA 19961110"/>
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After abandoning her initial pursuit for a doctoral degree in favor of stage performance work, she made her acting debut at the [[Mark Taper Forum]] and later co-founded the [[Los Angeles Actors' Theatre]] (LAAT), where she marked her directorial debut.<ref name="LA 19961110"/> In 1970, she married [[Donald Moffat]], who was one of the LAAT's co-founders; they would remain married until his death on December 20, 2018.<ref name="LA 19961110"/><ref name="nytimes">{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/20/obituaries/donald-moffat-dead.html| title=Donald Moffat, 87, a Top Actor Who Thrived in Second Billings, Dies| last=McFadden| first=Robert D.| date=20 December 2018| newspaper=[[The New York Times]]| access-date=1 October 2023| language=en-US| issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
Among her LAAT directing credits are productions of ''[[The Kitchen (play)|The Kitchen]]'' and ''[[Waiting for Godot]]'', the latter which was shown at ''[[Great Performances]]'' on PBS in 1977.<ref name="LA 19961110"/><ref name="Witbeck"/> Writing for [[King Features Syndicate]], Charles Witbeck praised her ''Waiting for Godot'' production as a "lively, joyful version" of the original, saying that "word reached New York that Los Angeles had a [[Samuel Beckett|Beckett]] smasher, the "definitive Godot" in the words of an influential critic."<ref name="Witbeck">{{Cite news |last=Witbeck |first=Charles |date=June 25, 1977 |title=Los Angeles actors produce lively and joyful Godot version |pages=132 |work=Winnipeg Free Press |url=https://
In 1974, she directed one episode of ''[[The Waltons]]'', having received an opportunity to do so "through a connection".<ref name="LA 19961110"/> She later went on to direct episodes of ''[[The Bionic Woman]]'', ''[[The Paper Chase (TV series)|The Paper Chase]]'', ''[[American Playhouse]]'', ''[[Dallas (1978 TV series)|Dallas]]'', ''[[The Colbys]]'', ''[[Falcon Crest]]'', ''[[Dynasty (1981 TV series)|Dynasty]]'', ''[[Hotel]]'', ''[[Alien Nation (TV series)|Alien Nation]]'', ''[[The Commish]]'', ''[[Law & Order]]'', ''[[Beverly Hills, 90210]]'', ''[[Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman]]'', ''[[Sisters (American TV series)|Sisters]]'', and ''[[Homicide: Life on the Street]]''.<ref name="tvguide">{{Cite web |title=Gwen Arner List of Movies and TV Shows |url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/gwen-arner/credits/3000353171/ |access-date=2023-10-05 |website=TVGuide.com |language=en}}</ref> She also directed the films ''My Champion'' (1981), ''Please Don't Hit Me, Mom'' (1981), ''[[The Waltons|Mother's Day on Walton's Mountain]]'' (1982), ''[[My Town (TV series)|My Town]]'' (1986), ''Necessary Parties'' (1988), ''Majority Rule'' (1992), and ''Something Borrowed, Something Blue'' (1997).<ref name="tvguide" />
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Although Arner "found directing much more interesting, more stimulating", she also had some acting credits.<ref name="LA 19961110"/> particularly in ''The Trial of the Catonsville Nine'' (1972), ''[[A Question of Love]]'' (1978), ''[[The MacKenzies of Paradise Cove|Stickin' Together]]'' (1978), and ''[[Making Love]]'' (1982).<ref name="tvguide" />
Arner continued her stage direction career in the Midwestern United States. In his review of a 1988 production of ''The White Plague'' (an adaptation of ''[[The White Disease]]'') in [[Evansville, Indiana]] (starring Derek Rhys-Evans, [[John Gegenhuber]], and [[Bruce A. Young]]), Tom Valeo said that, as director, she "heightens the impact of the words by encouraging the cast to deliver them without affectation or melodrama".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Valeo |first=Tom |date=February 24, 1988 |title=Wisdom of play isn't lost in the translation |pages=13 |work=[[Arlington Heights Daily Herald]] |url=https://
Writing for the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'', Jan Breslauer wrote in 1996 that Arner "has accomplished what few women in her generation--or any generation, for that matter--have. At 59, she's had a successful directing career in both theater and television for more than 20 years."<ref name="LA 19961110"/>
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! class="unsortable" | {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}}
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| 1978 || ''[[The Bionic Woman]]'' || 1 episode ||
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| 1978 || ''[[The Paper Chase (TV series)|The Paper Chase]]'' || 1 episode ||
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| 1980 || ''[[The Waltons]]'' || 13 episodes ||
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| 1984 || ''[[American Playhouse]]'' || 1 episode ||
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| 1984 || ''[[Dallas (1978 TV series)|Dallas]]'' || 5 episodes ||
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| 1986 || ''[[The Colbys]]'' || 2 episodes ||
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| 1986 || ''[[Falcon Crest]]'' || 8 episodes ||
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| 1987 || ''[[Dynasty (1981 TV series)|Dynasty]]'' || 11 episodes ||
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| 1988 || ''[[Hotel]]'' || 1 episode ||
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| 1990 || ''[[Alien Nation (TV series)|Alien Nation]]'' || 2 episodes ||
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| 1991 || ''[[The Commish]]'' || 1 episode ||
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| 1991 || ''[[Law & Order]]'' || 2 episodes ||
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| 1993 || ''[[Beverly Hills, 90210]]'' || 1 episode ||
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| 1993 || ''[[Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman]]'' || 1 episode ||
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| 1993 || ''[[Sisters (American TV series)|Sisters]]'' || 2 episodes ||
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| 1996 || ''[[Homicide: Life on the Street]]'' || 1 episode ||
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| 1981 || ''My Champion'' ||
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| 1981 || ''Please Don't Hit Me, Mom'' ||
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| 1982 || ''[[The Waltons|Mother's Day on Walton's Mountain]]'' ||
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| 1986 || ''[[My Town (TV series)|My Town]]'' ||
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| 1988 || ''Necessary Parties'' ||
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| 1992 || ''Majority Rule'' ||
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| 1997 || ''Something Borrowed, Something Blue'' ||
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===As actress ===
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! Year !! Title !! Role !! {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}}
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| 1972 || ''The Trial of the Catonsville Nine'' || Marjorie Melville ||
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| 1978 || ''[[A Question of Love]]'' || ||
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| 1978 || ''[[The MacKenzies of Paradise Cove|Stickin' Together]]'' || Miss Steigler ||
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| 1982 || ''[[Making Love]]'' || Arlene ||
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|rowspan="2"|[[Drama-Logue Award]] for Outstanding Direction
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|<ref name="Drama-Logue">{{Cite web |year=2020 |title=MARK TAPER FORUM AWARDS |url=https://res.cloudinary.com/dv3qcy9ay/raw/upload/v1585871644/general/PressKit/AwardsLists/Mark_Taper_Forum_Awards_4.20.pdf |publisher=Center Theatre Group |pages=
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|rowspan="2"|1984
|rowspan="2"|''Passion Play''
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|[[Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award]] for Best Direction
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|<ref name="LA 19850307" />
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==References==
{{reflist}}
==External links==
* {{IMDb name|0036206}}
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