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Mary Kay Place is an American actress, singer, director, and screenwriter. She is known for portraying Loretta Haggers on the television series Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, a role that won her the 1977 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress - Comedy Series. Her numerous film appearances include Private Benjamin (1980), The Big Chill (1983), Captain Ron (1992) and Francis Ford Coppola's 1997 drama, The Rainmaker. Place also recorded three studio albums for Columbia Records, one in the Haggers persona, which included the Top Ten country music hit "Baby Boy." For her performance in Diane, Mary Kay Place won the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress and the National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress.
Born
Tuesday, 23 September 1947
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| My Father's Dragon | Narrator (voice) / Narrator | 2022 |
| Music | Millie | 2021 |
| The Prom | Grandma Bea | 2020 |
| 9-1-1: Lone Star | Theresa Blake | 2020 |
| AJ and the Queen | Carolanne | 2020 |
| Diane | Diane | 2019 |
| State Like Sleep | Elaine | 2019 |
| The Romanoffs | Marilyn Hopkins | 2018 |
| Downsizing | Land's End Customer / Land's End Customer (voice) | 2017 |
| Imposters | Marsha Bloom | 2017 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| My Father's Dragon | Narrator (voice) / Narrator | 2022 |
| Music | Millie | 2021 |
| The Prom | Grandma Bea | 2020 |
| 9-1-1: Lone Star | Theresa Blake | 2020 |
| AJ and the Queen | Carolanne | 2020 |
| Diane | Diane | 2019 |
| State Like Sleep | Elaine | 2019 |
| The Romanoffs | Marilyn Hopkins | 2018 |
| Downsizing | Land's End Customer / Land's End Customer (voice) | 2017 |
| Imposters | Marsha Bloom | 2017 |
| Youth in Oregon | Estelle / Estelle Engersol | 2017 |
| Hollywood First Look | Self | 2017 |
| The Hollars | Pam | 2016 |
| Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You | Self | 2016 |
| Lady Dynamite | Marilyn Bamford | 2016 |
| The Intern | Jules's Mom | 2015 |
| The Breakup Girl | Joan / Joan Baker | 2015 |
| I'll See You in My Dreams | Rona | 2015 |
| Grace and Frankie | Amanda | 2015 |
| Black-ish | Dr. Barris | 2014 |
| Miss Meadows | Mrs. Davenport | 2014 |
| Last Weekend | Jeannie | 2014 |
| Rake | Judge Cunningham | 2014 |
| Looking | Sarah | 2014 |
| Getting On | Dr. Ann Killigrew | 2013 |
| A Country Christmas Story | Sarah | 2013 |
| You're in Charge | Penny Guidry | 2013 |
| Bad Milo | Beatrice | 2013 |
| Home & Family | Self | 2012 |
| Smashed | Rochelle | 2012 |
| The New Normal | Colleen | 2012 |
| Holidaze | Elaine Gerard | 2012 |
| Suburgatory | Gam Gam | 2011 |
| Shameless | Aunt Oopie | 2011 |
| Leonie | Albiana | 2010 |
| Shrek Forever After | Guard Witch / Guard Witch (voice) | 2010 |
| Youth in Revolt | Mrs. Saunders | 2010 |
| It's Complicated | Joanne | 2009 |
| Bored to Death | Kathryn Joiner | 2009 |
| Julie & Julia | Julie's Mom / Julie's Mom (voice) | 2009 |
| The Toe Tactic | Mom | 2009 |
| City of Ember | Mrs. Murdo | 2008 |
| The Life & Times of Tim | Dorothy | 2008 |
| The Mentalist | Mrs. Bittacker | 2008 |
| 12 Miles of Bad Road | C.Z. Shakespeare | 2008 |
| Grace Is Gone | Woman at Funeral | 2007 |
| Mama's Boy | Barbara | 2007 |
| War Eagle, Arkansas | Jessie, Wheel's Mother / Jessie | 2007 |
| Pushing Daisies | Annabelle Vandersloop | 2007 |
| Californication | Faith's Mother | 2007 |
| Saving Grace | Dorothy Edwina Talbert | 2007 |
| The Minor Accomplishments of Jackie Woodman | Jackie's Mom, Jeanette | 2006 |
| Big Love | Adaleen Grant | 2006 |
| Lonesome Jim | Sally | 2005 |
| Made in Hollywood | Self | 2005 |
| Nine Lives | Dr. Alma Wyatt | 2005 |
| Grey's Anatomy | Olive Warner | 2005 |
| Numb3rs | Hester Stirling | 2005 |
| Silver City | Grace Seymour | 2004 |
| Jack & Bobby | Reverend Rindhart | 2004 |
| Nobody Knows Anything! | Mrs. McClintock / Ms. McClintock | 2004 |
| TV Land Moguls | Self | 2004 |
| Death and Texas | Mrs. Kim | 2004 |
| Latter Days | Sister Gladys Davis | 2004 |
| Evergreen | Susan | 2004 |
| Killer Diller | Dr. Gwen Bradley | 2004 |
| The Handler | Naomi Prince | 2003 |
| Sweet Home Alabama | Pearl Smooter | 2002 |
| The Safety of Objects | Helen Christianson | 2002 |
| My First Mister | Patty - Nurse | 2001 |
| Citizen Baines | Francesca Dunlop | 2001 |
| Undeclared | Mrs. Lindquist | 2001 |
| Human Nature | Nathan's Mother | 2001 |
| Leap Years | Beth's mother | 2001 |
| A Woman's a Helluva Thing | Cecilia Piloski | 2001 |
| Further Tales of the City | Prue Giroux | 2001 |
| Nailed | Fern Romano | 2001 |
| The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story | 2000 | |
| Committed | Psychiatrist | 2000 |
| Naturally Native | Madame Celeste | 1999 |
| Being John Malkovich | Floris | 1999 |
| The West Wing | Surgeon General Millicent Griffith | 1999 |
| Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Hope Garrett | 1999 |
| Judgment Day: The Ellie Nesler Story | Jan / Jan Martinez | 1999 |
| Girl, Interrupted | Mrs. Gilcrest / Barbara Gilcrest | 1999 |
| Family Guy | Farting Lady | 1999 |
| Point Last Seen | Coreen Davis | 1998 |
| Pecker | Joyce | 1998 |
| The Wild Thornberrys | Nancy Tucker | 1998 |
| How to Make the Cruelest Month | Mary Bryant | 1998 |
| The Rainmaker | Dot Black | 1997 |
| Love in Another Town | Sam | 1997 |
| Eye of God | Claire Spencer | 1997 |
| King of the Hill | Mrs. Stovall, Melly-Anne, Helen Pell | 1997 |
| For My Daughter's Honor | Betty Ann Dustin | 1996 |
| Citizen Ruth | Gail Stoney | 1996 |
| Manny & Lo | Elaine | 1996 |
| The Daily Show | Self - Guest | 1996 |
| The Rosie O'Donnell Show | Self - Guest | 1996 |
| My Very Best Friend | Molly Butler | 1996 |
| Chicago Hope | Joanna Kenneally | 1994 |
| My So-Called Life | Camille Cherski | 1994 |
| Teresa's Tattoo | Nora | 1994 |
| In the Line of Duty: The Price of Vengeance | Norma Williams | 1994 |
| Tales of the City | Prue Giroux | 1993 |
| Telling Secrets | Shelley Jefferson Carp | 1993 |
| Samantha | Marilyn | 1992 |
| Captain Ron | Katherine Harvey | 1992 |
| Bed of Lies | Jean Daniel Murph | 1992 |
| Crazy from the Heart | Merrilee Playton | 1991 |
| Bright Angel | Judy | 1990 |
| Out on the Edge | Sondra Evetts | 1989 |
| Portrait of a White Marriage | Joyce Harrison | 1988 |
| A New Life | Donna | 1988 |
| Thirtysomething | Patsy Klein | 1987 |
| Smooth Talk | Katherine / Katherine Wyatt | 1985 |
| American Masters | Self | 1985 |
| Explorers | Mrs. Crandall | 1985 |
| The History of White People in America | Joyce Harrison | 1985 |
| For Love or Money | K.K / K.K. | 1984 |
| Terms of Endearment | Doris (voice) / Doris | 1983 |
| The Big Chill | Meg / Meg Jones | 1983 |
| Waltz Across Texas | Kit Peabody | 1982 |
| Modern Problems | Lorraine | 1981 |
| Private Benjamin | Pvt. Mary Lou Glass | 1980 |
| Act of Love | Becky Wiggins | 1980 |
| Starting Over | Marie | 1979 |
| More American Graffiti | Teensa | 1979 |
| Forever Fernwood | Loretta Haggers | 1977 |
| New York, New York | Bernice Bennett | 1977 |
| Bound for Glory | Sue Ann (girl in bar) / Sue Ann | 1976 |
| Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman | Loretta Haggers | 1976 |
| Saturday Night Live | Maribel Morgan / Susie / Eva Leeuwenhoek / Beverly Nelson / Self - Host | 1975 |
| Dinah! | Self - Guest | 1974 |
| ABC Afterschool Specials | Ellie Skinner | 1972 |
| M*A*S*H | Lt. Louise Simmons | 1972 |
| All in the Family | Betty Sue | 1971 |
| The Mary Tyler Moore Show | Sally Jo Hochkiss | 1970 |
| The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Herself - Guest | 1962 |
| The Magical World of Disney | Prissy Thrash | 1954 |
Director Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| The Minor Accomplishments of Jackie Woodman | 2006 |
| Arli$$ | 1996 |
| Friends | 1994 |
| Dream On | 1990 |
| The New Lassie | 1989 |
| Baby Boom | 1988 |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 2010 | Emmy | Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series | Nominated |
| 1977 | Emmy | Outstanding Continuing Performance by a Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series | Won |
| 1974 | Emmy | Best Writing in Comedy | Nominated |
