Phyllis Katz(I)
- Actress
- Additional Crew
Actress Phyllis Katz, born and bred in Chicago, is a character actress
who has had numerous guest appearances on TV shows such as Rhoda, The
White Shadow, The Billy Crystal Show, CBS-TV's short-lived Charlie and
Co. series, which starred comedian/actor Flip Wilson, Webster, and E/R.
She also made a few appearances on the CBS-TV series M*A*S*H, where she
appeared as different nurse parts, which included Nurse Able. A pioneer
member and former director of The Groundlings improv comedy group,
Phyllis has enjoyed working in TV, film and stage as an actor, writer
and director. Her one-woman show, "Katz: Music & Characters," won a
Drama-Logue award for best performance; her play; "Codependently
Yours," was an L.A. Weekly award nominee; and her first film short,
"Shoedini," ran on I-film for a year with a 10 rating. She most
recently appeared in Reno 911, Strong Medicine, and the film Taking the
Plunge and was the female lead on Showtime's cult comedy Sherman Oaks.
As a songwriter, she co-authored three TV theme songs and the anthem
for Project Literacy and was a regular contributor to FX's Son of the
Beach. In addition to co-creating The Groundlings School, Phyllis does
private coaching and conducts writing, character development, and song
improv workshops across the country. She is a contributing writer for
OurLa.org. For the past several years, Phyllis periodically has been
engaged as an actor, teacher, and director with The Virginia Avenue
Project, a community arts program in Santa Monica, that works with
at-risk kids. Phyllis is the sister of both writer/producer Allan Katz,
and Stu Katz, an attorney and jazz musician, whose new CD Family Affair
- Ira Sullivan and Stu Katz - Live at Joe Segal's Jazz Showcase was
