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Born in Summit, NJ
June 22, 1949
Streep was born Mary Louise Streep in Summit, New Jersey, the daughter of Mary W. Streep, a commercial artist, and Harry William Streep, Jr., a pharmaceutical executive. Streep's mother had Swiss, Irish and English ancestry and Streep claims that her father's family was of Dutch descent,although Streep was raised Presbyterian. She has two younger brothers, Dana and Harry.
Bernards High School
September 1, 1963 - June 1, 1967
Streep was raised in Bernardsville, New Jersey, where she attended and graduated from Bernards High School.
Vassar College
September 1, 1967 - June 1, 1971
She received her B.A. in Drama at Vassar College
Yale
September 1, 1972 - June 1, 1975
The ambitious Streep knew she had more to learn, and so enrolled at Yale's School of Drama where she immediately became the bright new star, eclipsing such peers as Sigourney Weaver and Wendy Wasserstein. Treating her learning as serious work, she'd usually be seen clad in overalls. Over her 3 years at Yale, she'd appear in over 30 productions with the Yale Repertory Theatre, including The Royal Pardon, Lower Depths, Edward II, The Brothers Karamazov, The Possessed and A Midsummer Night's Dream - a real all-round education.
She left Yale in 1975 with a Masters in Drama
John Cazale
June 1, 1976 - March 12, 1978
Meryl was engaged to John Cazale, an actor. John was born on August 12, 1935 in Boston, Massachusetts. Meryl and John met in New York in 1976 while working together on a Central Park production of Measure for Measure. They became engaged while working together on the film The Deer Hunter. They learned in the summer of 1977 that John had bone cancer. He died on March 12, 1978 in New York, New York.
"Meryl took a leave from acting to care for Cazale full time. During his last few weeks she moved into the hospital; every day she read him the sports pages, comically imitating the overheated delivery of TV announcers and trying to nourish his spirits until the end."
Secret Service
January 12, 1977
Set in Richmond, Virginia in October 1864, tells the story of a Union spy working to seize control of the telegraph office.
The Deadliest Season
March 16, 1977
Gerry Miller, a professional hockey player, gives in to internal and outside pressures and adopts a more aggressive style on the ice...
Julia
January 20, 1978
At the behest of an old and dear friend, playwright Lillian Hellman undertakes a dangerous mission to smuggle funds into Nazi Germany.
"Holocaust"
April 16, 1978
The saga of a Jewish family's struggle to survive the horror of Nazi Germany's systematic marginalization and extermination of their community.
Don Gummer
September 15, 1978 - Now
Meryl met Don through her brother Don. They wed in a quiet ceremony on September 15, 1978 and have 4 children together.
The Deer Hunter
Feburary 23, 1979
An in-depth examination of the way that the Vietnam war affects the lives of people in a small industrial town in the USA.
Manhattan
March 14, 1979
A divorced New Yorker currently dating a high-schooler brings himself to look for love in the mistress of his best friend instead.
Uncommon Women... and Others
June 20, 1979
While at an impromptu reunion lunch, five women reminisce and relive their college days at Mount Holyoke...
The Seduction of Joe Tynan
August 17, 1979
Respected liberal Senator Joe Tynan is asked to to lead the opposition to a Supreme Court appointment...
Kramer vs. Kramer
December 19, 1979
A just divorced man must learn to care for his son on his own, and then must fight in court to keep custody of him.
Alice at the Palace
January 16, 1982
Young Alice falls down a rabbit hole and meets a variety of fantastic creatures.
Still of the Night
November 19, 1982
Sophie's Choice
December 8, 1982
Sophie is the survivor of Nazi concentration camps, who has found a reason to live in Nathan, a sparkling...
Silkwood
December 14, 1983
The story of Karen Silkwood, a metallurgy worker at a plutonium processing plant who was purposefully contaminated, psychologically tortured and possibly murdered to prevent her from exposing blatant worker safety violations at the plant.
Falling in Love
November 21, 1984
During shopping for Christmas, Frank and Molly run into each other. This fleeting short moment will start to change their lives...
Plenty
September 20, 1985
A young Englishwoman spends 20 years to make whatever kind of life for herself at the expense of others around her in post-World War 2 England.
Out of Africa
December 18, 1985
In 20th century colonial Kenya, a Danish baroness/plantation owner has a passionate but ultimately doomed love affair with a free-sprited big-game hunter.
Heartburn
July 25, 1986
Rachel and Mark are both Washington journalists. They meet at a wedding and not long after they get married themselves...
Evil Angels
November 11, 1988
The story of a mother whose child was killed in an animal attack, only to have herself accused of the infant's murder
She-Devil
December 8, 1989
An awkward and fat woman lives in the suburbs with her husband. She becomes a a monster who wants to revenge that her husband was seduced by an authoress who writes trash fiction.
"The Simpsons"
December 17, 1989
The satiric adventures of a working class family in the misfit city of Springfield.
Postcards from the Edge
September 12, 1990
Substance-addicted Hollywood actress Suzanne Vale is on the skids. After a spell at a detox centre her...
Defending Your Life
March 22, 1991
In an afterlife resembling the present-day US, people must prove their worth by showing in court how they have demonstrated courage.
Death Becomes Her
July 31, 1992
When a woman learns of an immortality treatment, she sees it as a way to outdo her long-time rival.
The House of the Spirits
April 1, 1994
Chile, second half of the 20th century. The poor Esteban marries Clara and they get a daughter, Blanca...
The River Wild
September 30, 1994
Meryl Streep takes on a pair of armed killers while navigating a spectacularly violent river.
The Bridges of Madison County
June 2, 1995
Photographer Robert Kincaid wanders into the life of housewife Francesca Johnson, for four days in the 1960s.
Before and After
Feburary 23, 1996
Two parents deal with the effects when their son is accused of murdering his girlfriend.
"King of the Hill"
January 12, 1997
Show about a rigid redneckish propane salesman with a good heart and wacky friends and family.
Marvin's Room
Feburary 8, 1997
A leukemia patient attempts to end a 20-year feud with her sister to get her bone marrow.
...First Do No Harm
Feburary 16, 1997
The true story of one woman's struggle against a narrow-minded medical establishment.
One True Thing
September 18, 1998
A career woman reassesses her parents' lives after she is forced to care for her cancer-stricken mother.
Dancing at Lughnasa
November 13, 1998
Five unmarried sisters make the most of their simple existence in rural Ireland in the 1930s.
Music of the Heart
October 29, 1999
Story of a schoolteacher's struggle to teach violin to inner-city Harlem kids.
Artificial Intelligence: AI
June 29, 2001
A highly advanced robotic boy longs to become "real" so that he can regain the love of his human mother.
Adaptation.
January 10, 2003
A lovelorn screenwriter turns to his less talented twin brother for help when his efforts to adapt a non-fiction book go nowhere.
"Freedom: A History of Us"
January 12, 2003
A 16 episode mini-series of the History of America.
The Hours
January 24, 2003
The story of how the novel "Mrs. Dalloway" affects three generations of women, all of whom, in one way or another, have had to deal with suicide in their lives.
"Angels in America"
December 7, 2003
Playwright Tony Kushner adapts his political epic about the AIDS crisis during the mid-eighties, around a group of separate but connected individuals.
The Manchurian Candidate
July 30, 2004
In the midst of the Gulf War, soldiers are kidnapped and brainwashed for sinister purposes.
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
December 17, 2004
Three wealthy children's parents are killed in a fire. When they are sent to a distant relative, they find out that he is plotting to kill them and seize their fortune.
Prime
October 28, 2005
A career driven professional from Manhattan (Thurman) who is wooed by a young painter, who also happens to be the son of her psychoanalyst (Streep).
A Prairie Home Companion
June 9, 2006
A look at what goes on backstage during the last broadcast of America's most celebrated radio show, where singing cowboys Dusty and Lefty, a country music siren, and a host of others hold court.
The Devil Wears Prada
June 30, 2006
A naive young woman comes to New York and scores a job as the assistant to one of the city's biggest magazine editors, the ruthless and cynical Miranda Priestly.
The Ant Bully
July 28, 2006
After Lucas Nickle floods an ant colony with his watergun, he's magically shrunken down to insect size and sentenced to hard labor in the ruins.
Evening
June 29, 2007
A drama exploring the romantic past and emotional present of Ann Grant and her daughters, Constance and Nina. As Ann lays dying, she remembers, and is moved to convey to her daughters, the defining moments in her life 50 years prior, when she was a young woman. Harris is the man Ann loves in the 1950s and never forgets.
Rendition
October 19, 2007
A CIA analyst questions his assignment after witnessing an unorthodox interrogation at a secret detention facility outside the US.
Lions for Lambs
November 9, 2007
Injuries sustained by two Army ranger behind enemy lines in Afghanistan set off a sequence of events involving a congressman, a journalist and a professor.
Dark Matter
April 24, 2008
Based on actual events, a Chinese university student responds violently when his chances for a Nobel Prize are dashed by school politics.
Mamma Mia!
July 18, 2008
The story of a bride-to-be trying to find her real father told using hit songs by the popular '70s group ABBA.
Doubt
December 5, 2008
Set in 1964, Doubt centers on a nun who confronts a priest after suspecting him abusing a black student. He denies the charges, and much of the play's quick-fire dialogue tackles themes of religion, morality and authority.
