Lisa Eichhorn

Lisa Eichhorn born February 4 1952 is an American actress writer and producer Eichhorn was first seen by American audiences opposite Richard Gere in the World War II romance Yanks 1979 for which she received two Golden Globe nominations But her presence in her native land has been lessened by her decision to base in England Nevertheless Eichhorn has offered several criticallyacclaimed feature film portrayals even if she did not become a boxoffice commodity She appeared alongside Lee Remick in the MerchantIvory production The Europeans 1979 opposite Treat Williams in Why Would I Lie 1980 and was Mo Cutter in Cutters Way 1981 opposite Jeff Bridges and John Heard In the 90s Eichhorn has begun to play mother roles notably Jesse Bradfords mother sent to a sanitarium in Steven Soderberghs King of the Hill 1993 and the First Lady in the pallid comedy First Kid 1996 Her work on American TV has been sporadic Eichhorn made her TVmovie debut in the celebrated 1982 CBS production of The Wall as a Jewish woman in the Warsaw ghetto who participates in the uprising and survives to reach freedom She was a CIA operative in the USA Network movie Pride and Extreme Prejudice 1990 and although she had never been on a primetime series as a regular Eichhorn did appear on the ABC daytime drama All My Children as Elizabeth Carlyle in 1987 Eichhorn has made memorable guest appearances on Miami Vice The Equalizer and two separate episodes of Law Order Additionally she has worked on stage as Ophelia in Hamlet Rosalind in As You Like It and Nora in A Dolls House in England and in The Hasty Heart The Common Pursuit and The Speed of Darkness in the US