Background

Cathryn de Plume was born July 4, 1971, in Brooklyn, New York, United States. She is the daughter of Julia de Prume.

Education

Cathryn de Prume attended New York High School of the Performing Arts and studied at the Purchase College, State University of New York.

Career

Actress Cathryn de Prume has appeared in several films including Deadtime Stories, Five Corners, written by John Patrick Shanley, with Jodie Foster and Tim Robbins, Ask Me Anything, and recently appearing role opposite Reese Witherspoon in Wild. But she may be best known to film buffs for her role in Random Shooting in L.A., which she co-wrote. Cathryn has played con artists, troubled mothers, and a handful of picaresque Russian characters where she's gotten to speak her second language. De Prume also starred in the television series such as Crime Story, Blossom, Evening Shade, played the role of "Macklyn Warlow," aka Ben Flynn's mother on the HBO original series True Blood, as well as sharing the screen with William H. Macy in Shameless, and starring for 29 episodes as "Donna Shipko," opposite Anna Gunn and Pamela Adlon, in the Fox sitcom Down the Shore (1992). De Prume was a guest star on television shows, including Northern Exposure, Coach, and That's Life.

Cathryn de Prume is a host of her one-woman show, Blended Salad, about her eccentric Brooklyn family, which was performed in theaters around Los Angeles. Cathryn has had the privilege of working with some of the best directors in the industry; Jean-Marc Vallée, Richard Benjamin, Tony Bill, Alan Parker, Sean Penn, Bill Bixby, and even David O. Russel on a commercial. She also produced a short movie Missing Mia (2004) and was a director and producer of Buona Fortuna (2009). Cathryn de Prume and her brother Ivan de Prume are the owners of de Prume Productions.

Achievements

• Cathryn de Prume is an actress in the films and television series best known for Deadtime Stories, Five Corners, Down the Shore. She has worked with numerous directors such as Jean-Marc Vallée, Richard Benjamin, Tony Bill, Alan Parker, Sean Penn, Bill Bixby, and David O. Russel. Cathryn was a writer on the films Random Shooting in L.A., and Buona Fortuna. Cathryn has played con artists, troubled mothers, and a handful of Russian characters where she's gotten to speak her second language.

Works

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  • Terminal Velocity

    (Dynamic Charlie Sheen delivers fast-paced excitement to t...)

    1994
  • Ask Me Anything

    (When the young and seductive Katie Kampenfelt decides to ...)

    2014
  • Murder 101

    (When a brilliant female law student Fiona Reid signs up f...)

    2014
  • Crisscross

    (In the summer of 1969, cash-strapped Tracy Cross (Hawn) m...)

    1992
  • Mrs. Winterbourne

    (Shirley MacLaine, Ricki Lake and Brendan Fraser star in t...)

    1996
  • Wild

    (After years of reckless behavior, a heroin addiction and ...)

    2014
  • Civilization of Maxwell Bright

    (Patrick Warburton is Max Bright, a male chauvinist who's ...)

    2005
  • Five Corners

    (In the Bronx, in 1964 a high-school teacher is shot in th...)

    1987
  • Deadtime Stories

    (Your favorite nightmares come to life in a salute to the ...)

    1986
  • Bloodhounds of Broadway

    (It was New Year's Eve in New York City, 1928. The champag...)

    1989
  • Navy Seals

    (They're America's ultimate weapon. Charlie Sheen (Platoon...)

    1990

• TV series

  • Rules of Engagement

    (Rules of Engagement is a comedy about the different phase...)

    2011
  • Crime Story

    (Crime Story is the story of the Chicago Police Major Crim...)

    1988
  • Crossing Jordan

    (Join a quirky team of misfit coroners willing to put thei...)

    2001
  • Coach

    (Coach Hayden Fox revolves his life around leading a unive...)

    1992
  • True Blood

    (True Blood is HBO's sexy, scary, wildly entertaining seri...)

    2013
  • Blossom

    (Fifteen-year-old Blossom Russo is the only girl in a hous...)

    1992
  • ER

    (ER explores the inner workings of an urban teaching hospi...)

    2005
  • Shameless

    (Scrappy, stubborn, and strong, the Gallaghers are tested ...)

    2016
  • Halt and Catch Fire

    (Halt and Catch Fire is about the costs of daring to dream...)

    2015
  • Code Black

    (In the country's busiest emergency room, you're either lo...)

    2015
  • Hawaii Five-0

    (Commander Steve McGarrett (Alex O'Loughlin), an ex-Navy S...)

    2016
  • Over There

    (The series takes you to the front lines of battle and exp...)

    2005
  • Without A Trace

    (Their margin of error is extremely small and every resear...)

    2004
  • Love, Lies and Murder

    (A chilling mini-series based on the 1985 true story of Da...)

    1991
  • The Equalizer 1986
  • Evening Shade 1990
  • Northern Exposure 1991
  • Martial Law 1999
  • NYPD Blue 2004
  • Grey's Anatomy 2010

Views

Cathryn de Prume is a frequent visitor and participant in charity organization events as well as an activist against the wars and weapons.

Quotations: "The power of art can break the shackles that bind and divide human beings."

Membership

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  Ads Go Union , United States

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  SAG-AFTRA , United States

Personality

De Prume's mother is Russian, so Cathryn de Prume can easily adopt a Russian accent.

Physical Characteristics: Cathryn de Prume has a height of 5 ft 7½ in or 171 cm.

Interests

• Philosophers & Thinkers

  Daisaku Ikeda

Connections

Cathryn de Prume was married to Brent Brown on May 30, 2004. They have a daughter Kylie and live together in Los Angeles.

Mother:

Julia de Prume

Brother:

Ivan de Prume

husband:

Brent Brown

Daughter:

Kylie Brown

Brother:

Andy de Prume

colleague:

Alex O'Loughlin

colleague:

Scott Caan

colleague:

Alex Dinelaris

References

• Cathryn de Prume's Instagram
• Cathryn de Prume's Facebook