Bitty Schram

Bitty Schram (born Elizabeth Natalie Schram, Template:Birth based on age as of date)<ref name=r/> is an American actress who played Sharona Fleming in the television series Monk and Evelyn Gardner in the film A League of Their Own (1992).

Early life

Schram is from Mountainside, New Jersey, and she attended Jonathan Dayton High School, where she was a competitive athlete.<ref name=r>Chollet, Laurence. "A shining bit between the stars", The Record, July 16, 1992. Accessed January 18, 2023, via Newspapers.com. "All that attention has elevated Schram, a 23-year-old from Mountainside in Union County, into what could be called a league of her own.... The sports part came pretty easily, as Schram has played competitive tennis since she was 10, starred at Jonathan Dayton High School in Springfield, and eventually won a tennis scholarship to the University of Maryland."</ref> She studied at the University of Maryland on a tennis scholarship and graduated with a degree in advertising design. Bitty was a nickname she decided to use when she became an actress.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> Schram is Jewish.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Career

The role that initially brought her note was that of Evelyn Gardner, the Rockford Peaches' right fielder, in the Penny Marshall film A League of Their Own. Her character was the recipient of the classic admonition by manager Jimmy Dugan (Tom Hanks), "There's no crying in baseball!"<ref>Adam Thomlison, "Hollywood Q & A", (TV Tabloid/TV Media Inc.), March 24, 2018.</ref> Her character was also the mother of the obnoxious little boy, Stilwell.

During 1993–1995, she appeared in the original Broadway production of Neil Simon's Laughter on the 23rd Floor.<ref>Laughter on the 23rd Floor details, ibdb.com; accessed September 6, 2015.</ref>

In 2002, Schram landed a major role opposite Tony Shalhoub on the USA Network series Monk. She was released midway through the show's third season. The network stated it had "decided to go in a different creative direction with some of its characters." The Hollywood Reporter reported that "some members of the series' supporting cast, including Schram, Ted Levine and Jason Gray-Stanford, attempted to renegotiate the terms of their contract[s]" and cited Schram's departure as evidence of the industry's "hard line against raise-seeking actors who aren't absolutely essential to the show." Levine and Gray-Stanford remained on the show.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Natalie Teeger, played by Traylor Howard, replaced Schram's character as Monk's assistant. Schram made a guest appearance on one episode of the show's eighth and final season, titled "Mr. Monk and Sharona".<ref>Summer TV sizzles with new shows and returning favorites Template:Webarchive, Boston Herald; accessed September 6, 2015.</ref>

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1992	Fathers & Sons	Terry
1992	Template:Sortname	Evelyn Gardner<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1993	Template:Sortname	Pharmacy Clerk
1993	My Family Treasure	Young Alexandra
1994	Chasers	Flo
1994	Full Cycle	Sofie
1996	Caught	Amy
1996	Template:Sortname	Lauren
1996	Marvin's Room	Janine
1996	One Fine Day	Marla
1998	Kissing a Fool	Vicki Pelam
1998	Cleopatra's Second Husband	Hallie Marrs
2001	Template:Sortname	Gina	Short
2002	Unconditional Love	Waitress
2004	Template:Sortname	Christine Bigbee
2006	A-List	Samantha
2016	Moments of Clarity	Officer Lori<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>	Nominated–Maverick Movie Awards for Best Ensemble Acting (Feature)

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1995	Episode: Long Island Fever	Penny	TV film
1999	G vs E	Ani	Episode: "Gee Your Hair Smells Evil"
2001	Destiny		TV film
2001	Strong Medicine	Juno Bouvoir	Episode: "Fix"
2001	Roswell	Bunny	Episode: "Secrets and Lies"
2001–2002	Felicity	Rita	Episodes: "Moving On", "A Perfect Match", "The Paper Chase"
2002–2005, 2009	Monk	Sharona Fleming	Regular Seasons 1–3, Guest Season 8 Nominated–Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series (Comedy or Musical)
2005	Kitchen Confidential	Reese Ryder	Episode: "Exile on Main Street"
2006	Thief	Lila Granville	TV miniseries
2007	You've Got a Friend	Jackie Nelson	TV film
2009	Ghost Whisperer	Jody	Episode: "This Joint's Haunted"

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