Grody’s pandemic stardom
The COVID pandemic changed everything.
Grody is married to actor and singer Mandy Patinkin, with whom she became an unwitting Instagram star in pandemic-era video posts made by their son Gideon. At first, he was helping Mandy and Kathryn make messages for the humanitarian aid organization International Rescue Committee, for whom they are ambassadors. But their humor, warmth and uncensored daily life as a couple took off.
“What good came from this horrific pandemic was an opportunity to be seen in a way that just stunned me,” Grody said.
That exposure became a TV pilot for Showtime, “Seasoned,” which was ultimately dropped. Grody and Patinkin recently screened it at the Tribeca Film Festival to attract new support. In October, they will debut an advice podcast “Don’t Listen to Us”, and they were recently profiled in The New York Times.
Putting her life on stage is not new for Grody. In 1990, she created “A Mom’s Life” about raising children. In 2015, she premiered “Falling Apart…Together,” a comedy about navigating her tumultuous family life. As the third in her solo series, “The Unexpected 3rd” is about the trials and rewards of becoming elderly.