Personal life

Greene was born in Brooklyn, New York. Her mother was a guidance counselor, and her father was a dentist. Greene is Jewish. She attended W. Tresper Clarke High School, in Westbury, New York. She spent summers at Cejwin Camps in Port Jervis, New York, where she performed in musical theatre productions, including the role of Tzeitel in a 1966 production of Fiddler on the Roof. She had a relationship with puppeteer Martin P. Robinson. Her first marriage was to Tibor Hardik. She married Christian Klikovits on September 25, 2003; they have since divorced.

Career

Greene’s career began as a nightclub singer in clubs such as The Brothers and Sisters, Grand Finale and Reno Sweeney. She received rave reviews from critics such as Rex Reed, George Bell and John S. Wilson. Around this time, she befriended the late Peter Allen. Her first starring role was as the lead in the notorious Broadway bomb, Rachael Lily Rosenbloom (And Don't You Ever Forget It) (1973), which co-starred Anita Morris.

She then won the starring role of Chrissy in Joseph Papp's production of In the Boom Boom Room. Her reviews brought her to the attention of Paul Mazursky who was at that time casting Next Stop, Greenwich Village; she got the role of Sarah, her first starring role in a film. Continuing her work with Papp's New York Shakespeare Festival, Greene next essayed the role of Jenny in The Three Penny Opera at the Vivian Beaumont Theater in Lincoln Center for which her performance was nominated for a Tony Award.

In addition to a number of other productions with the New York Shakespeare Festival, as well as numerous other companies, Greene formed a close working relationship with the WPA Theatre, where she met Howard Ashman and Alan Menken, which led to a close, long-lasting friendship. This led, in turn, among other productions, to the role for which she is perhaps most-widely known, that of the hapless Audrey in Little Shop of Horrors, a role she reprised in the film version opposite Rick Moranis.

Greene has worked extensively in theater, such as the part of Suzanne/The Little Rose in The Little Prince and the Aviator, as well as in films such as I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can, Léon, Talk Radio, and Pump Up the Volume. She has appeared on television in Miami Vice, Glory! Glory!, The Adventures of Pete and Pete, Cybill, Law & Order, Suddenly Susan, The X-Files, Mystery Woman: Sing Me a Murder, Fielder’s Choice and Heroes. In 1983 she was the voice of Creeping Ivy in the animated TV special The Magic of Herself the Elf.

Greene released an album in 2004 entitled In His Eyes, on which she was accompanied by her husband and musical director, Christian Klikovits. Her latest work includes the role of Vivian Charles on the television series, Pushing Daisies, and the voice of Dolly Gopher in the animated Out of Jimmy's Head. Greene was also the voice of the Priscilla Presley type of character Goldie in the Don Bluth film, Rock-a-Doodle.

In the summer of 2009, Greene starred as Miss Adelaide in a concert version of the Broadway musical Guys and Dolls, which had a 3-day engagement at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, California. Her co-stars included Scott Bakula as Nathan Detroit, theatre veteran and Tony Award winner Brian Stokes Mitchell as Sky Masterson, and Jessica Biel as Sarah Brown. In 2011, she appeared in five episodes on the soap opera, The Young and the Restless, as Primrose DeVille.

Greene performed in the musical Betwixt! at the Trafalgar Studios in London's West End from July 26 to August 20, 2011. She also recently appeared in two episodes of the new ABC Family show, Bunheads, alongside Sutton Foster and Kelly Bishop. She also recently portrays Doctor Gale Macones in The Walking Dead Webisodes: The Oath

In 2015, she reprised her signature role as Audrey in Little Shop of Horrors in the staged concert at the New York City Center as part of their Encores! Off-Center Series.

Filmography

Film
Year	Film	Role	Notes
1976	Next Stop, Greenwich Village	Sarah Roth
1978	The Rock Rainbow	Jess	TV movie
1982	I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can	Karen Mulligan
1983	The Special Magic of Herself the Elf	Creeping Ivy	TV movie
1986	Little Shop of Horrors	Audrey
1988	Superman 50th Anniversary	Ariel Dickenson	TV documentary
1988	Me and Him	Annette Uttanzi
1988	Talk Radio	Ellen
1989	Glory! Glory!	Ruth	TV movie
1989	Dinner at Eight	Kitty Packard	TV movie
1990	Pump Up the Volume	Jan Emerson
1991	Rock-a-Doodle	Goldie
1991	Stepping Out	Maxine
1992	Fathers & Sons	Judy
1994	Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult	Louise
1994	Wagons East!	Belle
1994	Léon: The Professional	Mathilda's Mother
1995	Killer: A Journal of Murder	Elizabeth Wyatt
1996	An Occasional Hell	Della
1996	One Fine Day	Mrs. Elaine Lieberman
1997	States of Control	Carol
1998	Jaded	Louise Smith
2001	Alex in Wonder	Clarice Markov
2003	The Cooler	Doris
2003	Love Object	Typing Supervisor
2005	Mystery Woman: Sing Me a Murder	Carly	TV movie
2005	Fielder's Choice	Jill	TV movie
2006	Re-Animated	Dolly Gopher	TV movie
2010	Privileged	Mrs. Rothman
Television
1977	Seventh Avenue	Paula	TV mini-series
1985	Miami Vice	Darlene	Episode: "Made for Each Other"
1989	CBS Summer Playhouse	Sally Maggio	Episode: "Road Show"
1994	The Adventures of Pete & Pete	Abilene Jones	Episode: "Time Tunnel"
1995	Cybill	Sharon	2 episodes
1995	Law & Order	Karen Gaines	Episode: "Bitter Fruit"
1997	Dellaventura	Elizabeth Brodkin	Episode: "Above Reproach"
2000	Suddenly Susan	Harriet Graham	Episode: "The Break Up"
2002	The X Files	Vicki Louise Burdick	Episode: "Improbable"
2002	Crossing Jordan	Mrs. Dunham	Episode: "Secrets & Lies: Part 2"
2007-08	Out of Jimmy's Head	Dolly Gopher / Golly Gopher	13 episodes
2007-09	Pushing Daisies	Vivian Charles	22 episodes
2007-09	Heroes	Virginia Gray	3 episodes
2009	Batman: The Brave and the Bold	Mrs. Manface	Episode: "Night of the Huntress!"
2011	The Young and the Restless	Primrose DeVille	11 episodes
2011	Pound Puppies	Gertrude Washburn	Episode: "Olaf in Love"
2012	Bunheads	Unknown	2 episodes
2013	Hannibal	Mrs. Komeda	Episode: Sorbet
2013-2014	The Walking Dead: The Oath	Doctor Gale Macones	Episode: Parts 2 and 3

Stage work

• Rachael Lily Rosenbloom (And Don't You Ever Forget It) (1973) (never officially opened)
• In the Boom Boom Room (1974) (Off-Broadway)
• The Threepenny Opera (1976) (Broadway)
• The Threepenny Opera (1977) (Delacorte Theater) (return engagement)
• Funny Face (1978) (Studio Arena Theater)
• Teeth n' Smiles (1979) (Off-Broadway)
• Wake Up, It's Time to Go to Bed (1979) (Off-Broadway)
• They're Playing Our Song (1979) (US national tour)
• The Little Prince and the Aviator (1982) (never officially opened)
• Little Shop of Horrors (1982) (Off-Off Broadway showcase, Off-Broadway and London)
• Starting Monday (1990) (Off-Broadway)
• Weird Romance (1992) (Off-Broadway)
• Three Men on a Horse (1993) (Broadway)
• The First Picture Show (1999) (San Francisco)
• A Broadway Diva Christmas (2005) (Women's Project)
• Guys and Dolls (2009) (Hollywood Bowl)
• Betwixt! (2011) (London)

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated Work	Result
1977	Tony Award	Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical	The Threepenny Opera	Nominated
1983	Drama Desk Award	Outstanding Actress in a Musical	Little Shop of Horrors	Nominated
	Laurence Olivier Award	Best Actress in a Musical		Nominated

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