- Born
- DiedJune 14, 2021 · Morningside Heights, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA (traumatic brain injury after being struck by scooter in hit-and-run accident)
- Birth nameLisa Lou Banes
- Lisa Lou Banes was an American actress known for more than 80 film and television roles, as well as stage appearances on Broadway and elsewhere.
She was nominated for a Drama Desk Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play in 1984 for Isn't it Romantic? and won a 1981 Theatre World Award for her performance as Alison Porter Off-Broadway in Look Back in Anger. She played Lady Croom in the 1995 American premiere of Tom Stoppard's Arcadia. In film, she appeared in Cocktail (1988), Freedom Writers (2007), Gone Girl (2014), and as Hollis in A Cure for Wellness (2016).
- IMDb mini biography by: Bonitao
- SpouseKathryn Kranhold(? - June 14, 2021) (her death)
- On 4 June 2021, she was critically injured in New York City, USA when she was struck in a hit and run by a motorized scooter which drove through a red light while she was crossing Amsterdam Avenue near West 64th Street in Manhattan while on her way to her alma mater, The Juilliard School. She suffered a traumatic brain injury and was unable to recover, dying on 14 June 2021.
- An accomplished actress, she has also appeared often on stage and co-starred with Malcolm McDowell in a production of "Look Back in Anger" that earned her a Theatre World Award and was subsequently produced in a film version. On Broadway, she has appeared in such distinguished productions such as "Rumors" and "Arcadia", and also was among the cast (playing the mother) in the short-lived musical "High Society", based on the play "The Philadelphia Story". She appeared on Broadway in the revival of "Accent on Youth" in 2009. In 2010 she appeared in Noel Coward's "Present Laughter.".
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