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Rebecca Pidgeon (1965) is a British-American actress and singer-songwriter. She has maintained a recording career while also acting on stage and in feature films. She is married to the American writer and director David Mamet.

Pidgeon was born to English parents in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She moved to Edinburgh, Scotland in 1970, with her parents. She holds dual American/British citizenship. She attended drama college and graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London alongside Clive Owen and Liza Tarbuck.

From 1986-90, Pidgeon was the lead singer of the British folk/pop band Ruby Blue. Pidgeon left Ruby Blue shortly after the band signed to a major record label. She appeared in her first feature film in 1988, The Dawning. She then decided to concentrate on her acting career, starring in David Mamet's plays and films, first Homicide, then Oleanna onstage, a part Mamet wrote for her; Pidgeon composed the music for the film version, which starred Debra Eisenstadt in her role.

Returning to music in 1994, she released the solo album The Raven, followed by New York Girls' Club. Another album, The Four Marys, a collection of traditional Celtic folk songs, followed in 1998. In October 2005, she released Tough on Crime, which featured Walter Becker on guitar and the late Billy Preston on keyboards. Her 2008 album, Behind the Velvet Curtain: Songs from the Motion Picture Redbelt, includes a cover version of the Beach Boys song "Wouldn't It Be Nice?" and a duet with Luciana Souza. On March 12, 2012 she released the album Slingshot.

Pidgeon has had starring roles in several of Mamet's films, including The Spanish Prisoner (1997), The Winslow Boy (1999), State and Main (2000), and Heist (2001). She had a small role in Mamet's 2008 movie Redbelt and performed the music in it and also in his 2013 movie Phil Spector where she sings Spanish Harlem over the closing credits. Her most recent major film appearance was in 2010's Red.


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Rebecca Pidgeon - Behind the Velvet Curtain - 2008
Rebecca Pidgeon - Blue Dress On - 2013
Rebecca Pidgeon - Four Marys - 1998
Rebecca Pidgeon - Retrospective - 2003
Rebecca Pidgeon - Slingshot - 2012
Rebecca Pidgeon - The New York Girls' Club - 1996
Rebecca Pidgeon - The Raven (The Bob Katz 15th Anniversary Remaster) - 2000
Rebecca Pidgeon - The Raven - 1994
Rebecca Pidgeon - Tough on Crime - 2005
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