Editing Martha Plimpton (section)

==Early life==
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Plimpton was born in New York City. She is the daughter of actors [[Keith Carradine]] and [[Shelley Plimpton]]. Her parents met while performing in the original Broadway run of ''[[Hair (musical)|Hair]]''.<ref>Yuan, Jada. [https://nymag.com/news/intelligencer/encounter/martha-plimpton-2011-8/ "92 Minutes With Martha Plimpton"] ''New York Magazine'', July 31, 2011</ref> Her paternal grandfather was actor [[John Carradine]].<ref>Erickson, Hal. [https://web.archive.org/web/20131012032213/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/84256/Keith-Carradine "Keith Carradine Biography"] nytimes.com, accessed March 22, 2015</ref><ref>Kennedy, Mark. [https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-jan-11-et-kennedy11-story.html "For Martha Plimpton, Acting Is Really the Only Choice"] latimes.com, January 11, 2002</ref> Plimpton is an eighth cousin once removed of writer and editor [[George Plimpton]].<ref>{{cite web |author=Judy Klemesrud|title=Shelley Plimpton: From Hair to Maternity|url=http://www.orlok.com/hair/holding/articles/HairArticles/NYT9-13-70.html |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=September 13, 1970}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/genealogyhistori1884chas |title=A genealogy and historical notices of the family of Plimpton or Plympton in America: and of Plumpton in England |last=Chase |first=Levi B.|year=1884 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Supplement to a Genealogy of the Family of Plimpton Or Plympton in America |last=Enos |first=Alice Plimpton}}</ref> She is also related to cartoonist [[Bill Plympton]], despite the different spelling.<ref>Plympton, Bill. {{cite web |url=http://www.plymptoons.com/scrapbook/scrap101609.html |title=October 16 Scrapbook {{!}} Bill Plympton Studio |website=www.plymptoons.com |access-date=October 2, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715094543/http://www.plymptoons.com/scrapbook/scrap101609.html |archive-date=July 15, 2011}} "But through my beautiful and talented cousin, Martha Plimpton (the star of Broadway), David, her uncle, was kind enough to do a starring voice in my wonderful film ''Hair High''."</ref> She attended the [[Professional Children's School]] in Manhattan.<ref>Ryzik, Melena. [https://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/25/theater/25ryzi.html "So Odd, but Lately in Classic Fashion"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', November 25, 2007. Retrieved November 25, 2007. "On a break from rehearsals for 'Cymbeline' at Lincoln Center, Martha Plimpton dashed outside for a cigarette and immediately ran into a classmate from her alma mater, the nearby Professional Children’s School."</ref> Plimpton's first stage appearance was when her mother brought her on stage in costume for the curtain call of the short-lived Broadway play ''The Leaf People'' then another play in ''The Ass and the Heart''.<ref>[http://www.americantheatrewing.org/seminars/detail/performance_04_04 "Working in the Theatre"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060624233604/http://www.americantheatrewing.org/seminars/detail/performance_04_04 |date=June 24, 2006}} April 2004 panel discussion at American Theatre Wing</ref>