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In a Competitive Industry, Anita Hollander Created Her Own Job and is Still Standing

Actor-playwright-director Anita Hollander talks to Susan Dansby about her one-woman show and CD, ‘Still Standing.’ How a four-year-old’s observation about amputation became a song about a mermaid. Continue reading

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Actor Copes with Amputation by Doing ‘Jacques Brel’ With a Bucket and a Pole

Actor-director-composer-playwright Anita Hollander talks about losing her leg at 26. She redefines “dream job” as she describes leaving her hospital bed post-amputation to continue her work as a director and performer in the play, ‘Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris.’ Continue reading

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The Acting Role Where Anita Hollander Offered to Lose Her Leg in the Second Act

Actor-director-composer-playwright Anita Hollander discusses her favorite roles (including one where she played a three-legged cat, then a one-legged dance hall girl). Anita reveals that sometimes her disability is an asset rather than a liability in performing demanding acting roles. Continue reading

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Anita Hollander’s Journey from Cleveland Child Actor to LAMDA

Actor-Director-Composer-Playwright Anita Hollander talks about starting her career as a child actor in Cleveland. She explains how she made the transition from child actor to a young adult actress; and how her training catapulted her onto the world stage. Continue reading

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Goodbye, World!

The traditional first post on a WordPress blog is “Hello, World!;” but I’m a soap opera writer, and couldn’t resist adding a little melodrama as I say farewell to a world I’ve inhabited for 13 years – As the World Turns.
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