Bitty Schram

About

Bitty Schram (born 1968 or 1969) 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).

Schram is from Mountainside, New Jersey, and she attended Jonathan Dayton High School, where she was a competitive athlete. She studied at the University of Maryland, College Park 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. Schram is Jewish.

The role that initially brought her fame was 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!” 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.
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…