Born Mary Louise Streep, June 22, 1949, in Madison (some sources cite Summit), NJ; daughter of Harry, Jr. (a pharmaceutical company executive) and Mary W.(a commercial artist) Streep; sister of Harry Streep III (a choreographer and dancer); married Donald J. Gummer (a sculptor), September 15, 1978; children: Henry "Harry"/"Hank", Mary Willa "Mamie", Grace Jane, Louisa Jackson. Addresses: Agent: Kevin Huvane, Creative Artists Agency, 9830 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90212.; Publicist: PMK/HBH Public Relations, 8500 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 700, Beverly Hills, CA 90211.
Voices of Abigail Adams, Mother Jones, and Margaret Chase Smith, Freedom: A History of the U.S., PBS.
Also narrator of a documentary special on Lyme disease, PBS, 1999.
Reader for the videos For Yourself: A Guide to Breast Self-Examination and What Should I Tell My Child about Drinking? Appeared in choirfor the music video "Voices that Care," Warner Bros., 1991.
Recorded the albums For Our Children and The Velveteen Rabbit; also singer of the song "Nobody Understands Me" on the children's album Philadelphia Chickens.
Also reader for Fifty Poems of Emily Dickinson, two volumes.