Background
Laurie James was born on January 31, 1930, in Portland, Oregon, United States. She is the daughter of Vernon Willard and Welles (Murray) Harper.
Laurie James was born on January 31, 1930, in Portland, Oregon, United States. She is the daughter of Vernon Willard and Welles (Murray) Harper.
James attended Lewis and Clark College, American Academy of Dramatic Arts, and New York University. She also studied with Lee Strasberg at the Actors Studio, New York City and with Herbert Berghoff.
James has been working as an actress portraying Margaret Fuller since 1979. During her career, she also worked as a speaker and playwright. With her solo dramatization and book, Men, Women, and Margaret Fuller, she has toured throughout the USA, in theatres, Chautauquas, colleges, libraries, conference sites as well as Mexico, Hong Kong, Edinburgh.
Laurie James has made a writing and performing career out of her mission to bring to twentieth-century audiences the spirit and soul of Margaret Fuller, a prominent nineteenth-century critic, journalist, and social activist. Her book and solo dramatization, Men, Women, and Margaret Fuller, won the New York Foundation for the Arts non-fiction award.
(This book includes the wit and wisdom of Margaret Fuller,...)
1988(This is a true account of how Margaret Fuller was buried ...)
1988(This book describes what school was like 150 years ago. I...)
1994
James is a member of the Dramatists Guild, Drama League, National Women’s Book Association, Margaret Fuller
Network (co-founder), Pen and Brush, Inc. and Twelfth Night Club, Inc.
James married Clifton James on October 11, 1952. The couple has 5 children: Mike, Waldron Welles Schultz, Hardy, Lynn James Gross, Mary.
