Doll's House, A

When last she passed through a doorway that changed world drama, Nora Helmer was an agitated young wife, leaving behind a husband and children and forging, via Henrik Ibsen’s “A Doll’s House,” a revolutionary path for women suffocating in unhappy marriages.

Ibsen didn’t consider “A Doll’s House” a feminist play, but its impact was seismic.

Her other Broadway credits include “The Elephant Man” — playing the actress Madge Kendal in a production that included David Bowie as the disfigured John Merrick — “A Doll’s House,” “A Month of Sundays” and “Hedda Gabler.”

Her other Broadway credits include “The Elephant Man,” ”A Doll’s House,” ”A Month of Sundays” and “Hedda Gabler.”

Her other Broadway credits include "The Elephant Man," ''A Doll's House," ''A Month of Sundays" and "Hedda Gabbler."