Beautiful red-haired and beloved actress Annette was born in Houston, Texas on April 1, 1952 to William West Toole Jr. and Dorothy Geraldine Toole née Niland. She is a film/stage actress, dancer, writer, singer, producer and composer. She started with acting at a very young age and during the 60s, she began a career in theater and television. Some...
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| 1 | New York, NY, USA: Acting in new Off-Broadway play written by A.R. Gurney. [October 2012] |
| 2 | Will be singing "A Kiss At The End Of The Rainbow" with husband Michael McKean during several dates as part of the "Unwigged & Unplugged" tour. That event involves the members of Spinal Tap. [April 2009] |
| 3 | Is in rehearsals to play a major role in a new play by Jane Anderson this fall. [August 2009] |
| 4 | Her limited engagement as Paulina in the Classic Stage Company's Off-Broadway revival of "The Seagull" has been extended to close April 13th instead of March 30th in New York City. [February 2008] |
| 5 | Is in rehearsals to play the character of Lily Forrest in "Magnolia," a new play by Regina Taylor. The play will run at Chicago's Goodman Theater from March 14th through April 19th. [February 2009] |
| 6 | Is heading back to New York's Playwrights Horizons Theater Company to play the lead role in "Kindness," a new play by Adam Rapp. O'Toole's character is a mother from Illinois who heads to Manhattan with her teenage son. The mother is a victim of a bad marriage and poor health. Rapp will direct Annette in the production this fall. [June 2008] |
| 7 | Is in rehearsals for an Off-Broadway revival of Anton Chekhov's "The Seagull" at New York's Classic Stage Company. She plays the role of Paulina. The production begins sneak previews on February 20th. It opens March 13th. It closes March 30th. [January 2008] |
| 8 | She made guest appearances on both of the longest running prime time dramas in US television history: Gunsmoke (1955) (in 1970) and Law & Order (1990) (in 2000). |
| 9 | Inducted into the Texas Film Hall of Fame on March 7, 2013 in Austin, Texas. |
| 10 | Has resumed her career as a stage actress during the past few years. She has performed in productions of new and classic works. Even recorded a play for radio. |
| 11 | She has English, and some Irish and Bohemian (Czech), ancestry. Her matrilineal great-grandmother, Mary Elizabeth Matejowsky, was a Bohemian/Czech immigrant. |
| 12 | Is a member of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. |
| 13 | Stepmother of Colin McKean and Fletcher McKean. |
| 14 | Is one of a hundred celebrities featured in a cookbook of southern recipes that benefits a literacy center in Georgia. |
| 15 | Almost substituted for Parker Posey during a 2003 concert tour that was done in connection with A Mighty Wind (2003). |
| 16 | She plays the mandolin. |
| 17 | Has been mentioned in four Jeopardy! (1984) categories: Superman, Country Music, TV Shows By Cast and They All Played Country Singers. |
| 18 | Is immortalized in a song written and performed by a musical group called The Davenports. |
| 19 | Studied acting with Peggy Feury at the Loft Studio in California. |
| 20 | Annette used her knack for knitting to raise funds for the Maryland chapter of the Alzheimer's Association. She designed an afghan blanket which was auctioned off on eBay. She and her fellow Smallville (2001) cast and crew members knitted the squares that made up the blanket. Also, she participated in a similar project with other celebrity knitters to raise funds for those affected by the 9/11 tragedy. |
| 21 | Vickie Howell, the host of Knitty Gritty (2004), the cable TV show, named a scarf for Annette. It's called the Lana And Clark Ascot. |
| 22 | She has two daughters from her first marriage. Their names are Nell Geisslinger and Anna Geisslinger. |
| 23 | In the comics, the two Superman characters she has played Martha Kent and Lana Lang are 5' 4". This is her height in real life. |
| 24 | Co-wrote Oscar-nominated song "A Kiss At The End Of The Rainbow" for A Mighty Wind (2003) with husband Michael McKean. The couple performed their version when they were presenters at the 8th Annual Art Directors Guild Awards in Beverly Hills in 2004, as well as during TV and radio appearances. |
| 25 | Played Clark Kent's teenage sweetheart, Lana Lang, in Superman III (1983), and his (adoptive) mother, Martha Kent, in Smallville (2001). |
| 26 | Formerly lived in Ashland, Oregon. |
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
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| A Futile & Stupid Gesture | 2017 | post-production | Dougs Mom |
| Women Who Kill | 2016 | | Lila |
| We Go On | 2016 | | Charlotte |
| 11.22.63 | 2016 | TV Mini-Series | Edna Price |
| Halt and Catch Fire | 2014-2015 | TV Series | Susan Emerson |
| Battle Creek | 2015 | TV Series | Amelia Zuransky |
| F to 7th | 2014 | TV Series short | Diane |
| Beach Pillows | 2014 | | Rita Midwood |
| Stuff | 2013 | Short | Mother |
| Grey's Anatomy | 2013 | TV Series | Madeleine Skurski |
| The Finder | 2012 | TV Series | Elaine Sherman |
| Smallville | 2001-2011 | TV Series | Martha Kent / The Red Queen / Herself / ... |
| Private Practice | 2011 | TV Series | Janet |
| Lie to Me | 2010 | TV Series | Veronica |
| Falling Up | 2009 | | Grace O' Shea |
| Aquaman | 2006 | TV Short | Atlanna (voice, uncredited) |
| Temptation | 2003/I | | Nora |
| The Huntress | 2000-2001 | TV Series | Dorothy 'Dottie' Thorson |
| Law & Order | 2000 | TV Series | Valerie Grace |
| Here on Earth | 2000 | | Jo Cavanaugh |
| Boy Meets World | 1999 | TV Series | Rhiannon Lawrence |
| Nash Bridges | 1996-1998 | TV Series | Lisa Bridges |
| Final Justice | 1998 | TV Movie | Gwen Saticoy |
| Final Descent | 1997 | TV Movie | Connie Phipps |
| Keeping the Promise | 1997 | TV Movie | Anne Hallowell |
| The Man Next Door | 1996 | TV Movie | Annie Hodges |
| The Christmas Box | 1995 | TV Movie | Keri Evans |
| Dead by Sunset | 1995 | TV Mini-Series | Cheryl Keeton Cunningham |
| Dream On | 1995 | TV Series | Bess Justin |
| The Outer Limits | 1995 | TV Series | Commander Lydia Manning |
| My Brother's Keeper | 1995 | TV Movie | Joann Bradley |
| Lonesome Dove: The Series | 1995 | TV Series | Claudia Harrell |
| Imaginary Crimes | 1994 | | Ginny Rucklehaus |
| On Hope | 1994 | Short | Hope |
| Andre | 1994 | | Adult Voice of Toni (voice) |
| A Mother's Revenge | 1993 | TV Movie | Ellen Wells |
| Love Matters | 1993 | TV Movie | Julie |
| Kiss of a Killer | 1993 | TV Movie | Kate Wilson |
| Jewels | 1992 | TV Series | Sarah Thompson Whitfield |
| White Lie | 1991 | TV Movie | Helen Lester |
| The General Motors Playwrights Theater | 1991 | TV Series | Carol |
| A Girl of the Limberlost | 1990 | TV Movie | Kate Comstock |
| The Dreamer of Oz | 1990 | TV Movie | Maud Gage Baum |
| It | 1990 | TV Mini-Series | Beverly Marsh |
| The Kennedys of Massachusetts | 1990 | TV Mini-Series | Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy |
| Love at Large | 1990 | | Mrs. King |
| Guts and Glory: The Rise and Fall of Oliver North | 1989 | TV Movie | Betsy North |
| Cross My Heart | 1987 | | Kathy |
| Broken Vows | 1987 | TV Movie | Nana Marie 'Nim' Fitzpatrick |
| Strong Medicine | 1986 | TV Movie | Jessica Weitz |
| Copacabana | 1985 | TV Movie | Lola Lamar |
| Alfred Hitchcock Presents | 1985 | TV Series | Stella (segment "An Unlocked Window") |
| Bridge to Terabithia | 1985 | TV Movie | Miss Edmunds |
| The Best Legs in Eighth Grade | 1984 | TV Movie | Rachel Blackstone |
| Superman III | 1983 | | Lana Lang |
| 48 Hrs. | 1982 | | Elaine |
| Cat People | 1982 | | Alice Perrin |
| Stand by Your Man | 1981 | TV Movie | Tammy Wynette |
| Foolin' Around | 1980 | | Susan |
| Love for Rent | 1979 | TV Movie | Carol Martin |
| Visions | 1979 | TV Series | Sandy |
| King of the Gypsies | 1978 | | Sharon |
| The Tony Randall Show | 1977-1978 | TV Series | Melissa |
| What Really Happened to the Class of '65? | 1977 | TV Series | Kathy Adams Miller |
| One on One | 1977 | | Janet Hays |
| The War Between the Tates | 1977 | TV Movie | Wendy Geoghegan |
| Barnaby Jones | 1976 | TV Series | Cas Carter |
| Serpico | 1976 | TV Series | Heather |
| Standing Room Only | 1976 | TV Series | Kathy |
| The Entertainer | 1976 | TV Movie | Bambi Pasko |
| Petrocelli | 1975 | TV Series | Tina |
| Smile | 1975 | | Doria - Young American Miss |
| S.W.A.T. | 1975 | TV Series | Rita Bonelli |
| Police Woman | 1974 | TV Series | Donna Hess |
| Dirty Sally | 1974 | TV Series | George |
| The F.B.I. | 1974 | TV Series | Brenda Porter |
| The Rookies | 1973 | TV Series | Bank Teller / Pregnant Woman |
| The Girl Most Likely to... | 1973 | TV Movie | Jenny |
| Search | 1973 | TV Series | Terry Bain |
| Hawaii Five-O | 1971 | TV Series | Sue |
| The Partridge Family | 1971 | TV Series | Carol |
| Mod Squad | 1971 | TV Series | Lorrie Coleman |
| Little Big Man | 1970 | | Passerby (uncredited) |
| Gunsmoke | 1970 | TV Series | Edda Sprague |
| The Virginian | 1970 | TV Series | Lark Walters |
| Dan August | 1970 | TV Series | Robbie Wagner |
| Bright Promise | 1969 | TV Series | Gypsy (1972) |
| My Three Sons | 1967 | TV Series | Tina |
| This Is the Life | 1967 | TV Series | Debbie |
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
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| Making Memories: An Interview with Annette O'Toole | 2014 | Short | Herself |
| Overheard | 2013 | TV Series | Herself |
| Smallville: The Complete Series Retrospective | 2011 | Video documentary | Herself |
| Reel 13: Shorts | 2010 | TV Series | Herself |
| Jeopardy! | 1999-2010 | TV Series | Herself - Audience |
| The 52nd Annual Grammy Awards | 2010 | TV Special | Herself - Audience Member |
| Unwigged & Unplugged Live Concert DVD: An Evening with Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer | 2009 | Video documentary | Herself |
| Eyewitness News | 2009 | TV Series | Herself (segment 'Chicago Closeup') |
| KTLA Morning News | 2004-2007 | TV Series | Herself |
| Live Earth | 2007 | TV Special documentary | Herself - Performer (uncredited) |
| Knitty Gritty | 2007 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
| You Will Believe: The Cinematic Saga of Superman | 2006 | Video documentary | Herself |
| Smallville: 100th Episode -The Making of a Milestone | 2006 | Video documentary | Herself |
| My First Time | 2006 | TV Series | Herself |
| Look, Up in the Sky! The Amazing Story of Superman | 2006 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
| The 60th Annual Tony Awards | 2006 | TV Special | Herself - Audience Member |
| The Tony Danza Show | 2006 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| PIX 11 Morning News | 2005-2006 | TV Series | Herself |
| TV Guide Specials: TV Families | 2005 | TV Movie | Herself |
| Jimmy Kimmel Live! | 2005 | TV Series | Herself |
| The Barry Z Show | 2005 | TV Series | Herself |
| CBS 2 News This Morning | 2005 | TV Series | Herself |
| The 20th IFP Independent Spirit Awards | 2005 | TV Special documentary | Herself - Performer (segment "Kinsey") |
| TV Guide CloseUp: Behind the Scenes of 'Smallville' | 2004 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
| Standing Ovations 2 | 2004 | Video | Herself - Performer |
| 'Smallville' Backstage Special | 2004 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
| The 2nd Annual TV Land Awards | 2004 | TV Special | Herself - Audience Member |
| E! News Live | 2004 | TV Series | Herself |
| Extra | 2001-2004 | TV Series | Herself |
| ABC World News Tonight with David Muir | 2004 | TV Series | Herself |
| Channel 4 News | 2004 | TV Series | Herself |
| E! Live from the Red Carpet | 2004 | TV Series | Herself |
| Fox News | 2004 | TV Series | Herself |
| The 76th Annual Academy Awards | 2004 | TV Special | Herself - Nominee: Best Original Song |
| 2004 IFP/West Independent Spirit Awards Pre-Show | 2004 | TV Special | Herself |
| Live from the Academy Awards | 2004 | TV Special | Herself |
| Music News | 2004 | TV Series | Herself |
| ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration | 2003 | TV Special documentary | Herself - (In Audience) |
| Pyramid | 2002-2003 | TV Series | Herself |
| Biography | 2002 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
| Superman: The Early Years (Behind the Scenes of Smallville) | 2002 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
| Gigantic (A Tale of Two Johns) | 2002 | Documentary | Herself (voice) |
| The N.Y. Friars Club Roast of Rob Reiner | 2000 | TV Movie | Herself - (In Audience) |
| The Martin Short Show | 2000 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| Gene Stratton-Porter: Voice of the Limberlost | 1996 | TV Movie documentary | Gene Stratton-Porter (voice) |
| The 48th Annual Golden Globe Awards | 1991 | TV Special | Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV |
| The 42nd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards | 1990 | TV Special | Herself - Nominee: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Special |
| The Making of 'Superman III' | 1985 | TV Movie documentary | Herself / Lana Lang (uncredited) |
| The Secret World of the Very Young | 1984 | TV Movie | Herself - Performer |
| Andy Warhol's TV | 1983 | TV Series | Herself |
| Dinah! | 1978 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
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| 2005 | Teen Choice Award | Teen Choice Awards | Choice TV Parental Units | Smallville (2001) |
| 2004 | Oscar | Academy Awards, USA | Best Music, Original Song | A Mighty Wind (2003) |
| 2004 | OFTA Film Award | Online Film & Television Association | Best Music, Original Song | A Mighty Wind (2003) |
| 2004 | OFTA Film Award | Online Film & Television Association | Best Music, Original Song | A Mighty Wind (2003) |
| 2004 | Golden Satellite Award | Satellite Awards | Best Original Song | A Mighty Wind (2003) |
| 1991 | Golden Globe | Golden Globes, USA | Best Performance by an Actress in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television | The Kennedys of Massachusetts (1990) |
| 1990 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Special | The Kennedys of Massachusetts (1990) |
| 1984 | Saturn Award | Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA | Best Supporting Actress | Superman III (1983) |
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