Gwyn Gilliss

Gwyn Gilliss

Executive Director
Laight Street Films

Full Bio
Founder and Creator of The Actors Market, Gwyn is the Foremost Marketing Coach for Actors. As a successful actor herself working in all medias, she was an Emmy Award nominated Soap Opera Star with numerous contract and recurring roles- All My Children (1979-81), Guiding Light (1982-83, 1987-88, 1994-97), As The World Turns (1984-5), One Life to Live (1986-87), Loving (1988-89), Ryans Hope 1989-90), Another World (1991). Gwyn starred, guest-starred in 13 Prime time pilots, series and films most notably as Tony Roberts wife in The Lucy Arnaz Show (1992), Woman of Valor (1977-Emmy Award) and I, The Jury with Armande Assante (1982). She appeared on and off- Broadway and in classical Repertory theater productions across the country-from Shakespeare, Moliere, Tennessee Williams to Noel Coward and Arthur Miller. On Broadway she was in Kaufman and Harts The Man Who Came to Dinner at the Circle in the Square and co-starred opposite Tammy Grimes and Ian Richardson in Joshua Logans (Mister Roberts, South Pacific) last play, Trick. Gwyn was also in demand as a corporate spokeswoman for dozens of network commercials and voice- overs. With clients on both coasts and internationally working in all medias she is the premier role model with winning Strategies and first-hand knowledge of the TV, Film and Theater Industries which she willing shares to help new actors succeed.

Professional Credits
Writer: Haupt Air (trailer for comedy series) 2019
Actor: All My Children (ABC), Guiding Light (CBS), One Life to Live (ABC). Wired City (pilot)
Writer: Manhattan Stories (prime time), Bloggers (pilot)
Toujours, Cream Puff (film), Hot Air (pilot), Pink Slip (film)
Playwright: Absolute Bliss (Off Broadway).
Writer: The ABC's of Soaps (3rd printing, New Peregrine Press)
Industry Awards
Emmy Nomination, Emmy Award (in the cast of the show, Woman of Valor) Clio Award, Oxford grant, Harvard graduate program grant
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