Margaret Travolta

Margaret Travolta
Born	Englewood, New Jersey, United States
Occupation	actress
Years active	1993-present

Margaret Travolta is an American actress and a sister of actor John Travolta.

Early life

Travolta, one of six children (John, Joey, Ellen, Ann, Sam, and herself), was born in Englewood, New Jersey, the daughter of Salvatore Travolta, a semi-professional football player turned tire salesman and partner in a tire company, and Helen Cecilia (née Burke), an actress and singer who had appeared in The Sunshine Sisters, a radio vocal group, and acted and directed before becoming a high school drama and English teacher. Travolta's father was a second-generation Italian American and her mother was Irish American; Her family was Catholic. She was influenced at a very early age by her mother's involvement in local theatre and her sister Ellen's success on stage. While attending the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York, Margaret supported herself by performing in children's theatre, waiting tables and singing in cabarets.

Career

Chicago was one of the many stops Margaret made while performing summer stock in the late 1960s. She quickly realized the city's great advertising potential by winning National TV Commercials for Sears, Nescafe and Alberto Culver. It was the Windy City where she met her husband Jim and settled down to raise their two boys. Margaret's talent, hard work and professionalism earned her the reputation of being one of Chicago's Top Voice-over Talents. Her voice career has included such clients as Disney, United Airlines, Kraft, McDonalds and Pillsbury.

She currently resides with her family in Los Angeles where she has expanded her resume into more film and television projects in complement to her commercial campaigns for Gerber, Disneyland, Home Depot, City of Hope, and Pearl Vision.

Travolta has a solid career in supporting roles, gaining respect on television and in film. Her credits include performances in the films Hangman's Curse with David Keith, Catch Me if You Can with Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hanks, National Security with Martin Lawrence and Steve Zahn, High Fidelity with John Cusack and Jack Black (as John Cusack's mother), and While You Were Sleeping with Sandra Bullock and Bill Pullman. Her television credits include the recurring roles of Dr. Helen Boyd on NYPD Blue and Sister Mary Margaret on Days of Our Lives, and guest starring appearances on The Drew Carey Show, Strong Medicine, and Early Edition.

Filmography

Film
Year	Film	Role	Notes
1993	In the Company of Darkness	Dr. Kohanek	TV Movie/Film Debut
1995	Losing Isaiah	Sandra Harris
	While You Were Sleeping	Admitting Nurse
1996	Chain Reaction	Anita Fermi
	Michael	Reporter #1
1998	Mercury Rising	Autism Expert Nurse
2000	High Fidelity	Rob's Mom
	Lucky Numbers	Nurse
	Traffic	Economist
2001	Swordfish	Hostage
2002	Pumpkin	Vera Whitner
	Catch Me If You Can	Ms. Davenport
2003	National Security	Judge
	Basic	Nurse #1
	Hangman's Curse	Debi Wyrthen
2005	Be Cool	Marge
	Guilt	Aunt Nina
2006	Solace	Nurse Reynolds
	Lonely Hearts	Mineola Female Dispatcher
	Accepted	Academic Counselor
2007	Wild Hogs	Dana
	Ocean's Thirteen	Bank's Secretary
	Enchanted	Radio Therapist	Voice
	Sex and Breakfast	Gale
2009	Old Dogs	Singing Hostess
2010	How to Make Love to a Woman	Mrs. Baker
Television
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1993	Missing Persons	Unknown Role	1 episode
1998	Cupid	Congressman's Wife	1 episode
	Early Edition	High School Principal
1999	Turks	Claire Strummond	1 episode
2002	The Drew Carey Show	Mrs. Bishop	1 episode
2003	NYPD Blue	Dr. Helen Boyd	1 episode
	The Handler	Secretary
2004	Days of Our Lives	Sister Mary Margaret	1 episode
2007	ER	Secretary	1 episode

External links

• Margaret Travolta at the Internet Movie Database