Supporting actress Bitty Schram had the small but memorable role of Evelyn, the baseball-playing single mother who makes the mistake of crying in front of manager Tom Hanks during a baseball game in Penny Marshall's A League of Their Own (1992). A native of New Jersey and a graduate of the University of Maryland, Schram has gone on to have a steady career in feature film and specializes in light comedy. She also appears on stage and occasionally on television. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
Education
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University of Maryland, Advertising Design, BA
Milestones
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1992 Film debut in Penny Marshall's "A League of Their Own," as Evelyn Gardner, right-fielder and mom who learns the hard way from Tom Hanks that "there's no crying in baseball!"
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1993 Broadway debut in Neil Simon's play "Laughter on the 23rd Floor"
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1993 Cast in Warren Leight's "The Night We Never Met"
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1994 Appeared as a waitress in Dennis Hopper's "Chasers"
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1996 Appeared in Jerry Zaks' "Marvin's Room," starring Meryl Streep, Leonardo DiCaprio and Diane Keaton
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1996 Cast in Matt Reeves' "The Pallbearer," with David Schwimmer and Gwyneth Paltrow
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1998 Acted in "Kissing a Fool," which starred David Schwimmer, Jason Lee and Mili Avital
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2001 Guest starred as Rita on a few episode of "Felicity"
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2002 Cast as Sharona Fleming in the USA Original Series "Monk"; earned Golden Globe nomination in 2004 for her role; left the show after two seasons
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2006 Appeared in two episodes of FX's crime drama "Thief" as an art gallery owner
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Will star in the Lifetime movie "The Sure Hand of God" opposite Gail O'Grady (lensed 2005)