Actress, playwright Oni Faida Lampley, 49
Posted: Saturday, May 3rd, 2008 1:58 pmOni Faida Lampley, the award-winning playwright of The Dark Kalamazoo, Mixed Babies and her personal illness-inspired Tough Titty, died April 28 after a battle with breast cancer, friends and colleagues reported.
As an actress, Ms. Lampley, who turned 49 on April 15, recently played Mrs. Breedlove in Hartford Stage’s production of The Bluest Eye. She left the production early to have emergency surgery.
Ms. Lampley’s Broadway acting credits included Mule Bone and The Ride Down Mt. Morgan. … She also had many regional theatre, TV and film credits. As is the case with many working actors in New York City, she appeared on all three “Law & Order” shows. …
The 2003 play, Tough Titty, concerned her then seven-year struggle with breast cancer. … In it, a woman who is diagnosed with breast cancer tries to stay married, raise two small sons and endure poisonous treatments. …
At the time of her death, according to friends, she was writing a play on commission from Children’s Theater Company in Minneapolis. … Read full obituary
