MaryAnn was born in Grand Junction, CO on January 1st 1951 to fundamentalist Christians.
Grand Junction was a very conservative, country/western themed town as well. These elements first scared her as a baby then made her laugh, first nervously, then out loud.
The country-western part gave her the down-to-earth-ness and the fundamental Christianity gave her the outer-space-ness. She found that words in the hymns also helped her vocabulary. Her childhood consisted largely of being very thirsty (it was dry there in more ways than one), scared she was going to hell, and worrying the end of the world was going to happen before she graduated from high school (she heard her dad saying that, and since [he said] he had direct contact with Jesus she believed it was true and it scared her witless). She wondered why he wouldn’t build a fall-out shelter for them, which was the fad in those days. Apparently, Jesus would save them. Thanks to amazing friends, reading almost every book in the local library, and starring in high school theatre productions, MaryAnn found great joy, creative expression and purpose. Her family suspected she was the devil.
Who- the early years
Who- mayhem, mystical home births and unions
While majoring in theatre at the University of Colorado, MaryAnn found work as a Playboy Bunny at the Denver Club for 4 years where she specialized in introducing acts ranging from Steve Martin to Sally Kellerman. Later, mistakenly marrying a mean gay man and starting a family with him, she had three babies born at home on her own. Midwifery was illegal then so she went ahead anyway because birth didn’t seem to her to be a medical emergency, generally.
She continued acting in commercials and film as her primary job outside of being a mother. As a result of her professional acting, she joined SAG and AFTRA in 1983.
Feeling a burst of energy after divorcing the mean gay guy, she raised her three children by herself while doing makeup for film and television as a self-employed makeup artist and stylist. Her years as an actor served her well in knowing how she could best nurture her actors, helping them look their best for the camera. Later, she launched A A A Acme Makeup and Styling and A A A Food Styling DBA MaryAnn Hogan. The kids, finally raised, are now living all over the world, all relatively to madly happy, all married with good careers and having beautiful babies.
Who- late onset of adulthood to present day
Starting where she left off, MaryAnn moved to NYC, living in Manhattan while studying with the best acting teachers in the city, in particular, Susan Batson. In a short time, Susan chose MaryAnn to be in her exclusive Gold Dust class. Gold Dust is a small group which Susan personally invites only a few of the world’s most pre-eminent actors to join, designed to keep their work fresh. Susan Batson is the private, personal acting coach to, among others, Juliette Binoche and Nicole Kidman. Soon landing a good agent, MaryAnn became a favorite of top casting agents who called her directly for parts, which she actually scored from time to time! Acting on stage, MaryAnn got her AEA card for her Equity work. All the while MaryAnn and her styling and makeup business continued to blossom and is currently flourishing much like the poppy fields that are featured in The Wizard of Oz. MaryAnn is based in Denver but works in NYC as well, recently adding LA to her market. The latest big roll out is her work on a project in London which should be completed early this year.