Mary Kay Place

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Biography

Mary Kay Place (born September 23, 1947) is an American actress, singer, director and screen writer. She is best known as portraying Loretta Haggers on the television series Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, a role which won her a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress - Comedy Series in 1977. She also recorded one studio album for Columbia Records in the Haggers persona, which included the Top Ten country music hit "Baby Boy."

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Known For

Grey's Anatomy

Olive Warner

Shrek Forever After

Guard Witch (voice)

The Intern

Jules's Mom

Family Guy

Farting Lady (voice)

Being John Malkovich

Floris

The Mentalist

Belinda Bittacker

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Hope Garrett

Girl, Interrupted

Mrs. Gilcrest

Full Filmography

Year	Title	Role
2022	My Father's Dragon MOVIE	Narrator (voice)
2021	Music MOVIE	Millie
2020	The Prom MOVIE	Grandma Bea
2020	Lip Service MOVIE	Mom
2020	9-1-1: Lone Star TV	Theresa Blake
2020	AJ and the Queen TV	Carolanne
2019	Diane MOVIE	Diane
2019	State Like Sleep MOVIE	Elaine
2018	The Romanoffs TV	Marilyn Hopkins
2017	Downsizing MOVIE	Land's End Customer (voice)
2017	Imposters TV	Ezra's Mother
2017	Imposters TV	Marsha Bloom
2017	Youth in Oregon MOVIE	Estelle Engersol
2016	The Hollars MOVIE	Pam
2016	Lady Dynamite TV	Marilyn Bamford
2015	The Intern MOVIE	Jules's Mom
2015	The Breakup Girl MOVIE	Joan Baker
2015	I'll See You in My Dreams MOVIE	Rona
2015	Grace and Frankie TV	Amanda
2014	Holidaze MOVIE	Elaine Gerard
2014	black-ish TV	Dr. Barris
2014	Miss Meadows MOVIE	Mrs. Davenport
2014	Last Weekend MOVIE	Jeannie
2014	Looking TV	Aunt Sarah
2013	Getting On TV	Dr. Ann Killigrew
2013	A Country Christmas Story MOVIE	Sarah
2013	You're in Charge MOVIE	Penny Guidry
2013	Bad Milo! MOVIE	Beatrice
2012	The New Normal TV	Colleen
2012	Smashed MOVIE	Rochelle
2011	Suburgatory TV	Gam Gam
2011	Shameless TV	Oopie Tamietti
2010	Leonie MOVIE	Albiana
2010	Shrek Forever After MOVIE	Guard Witch (voice)
2009	It's Complicated MOVIE	Joanne
2009	Youth in Revolt MOVIE	Mrs. Saunders
2009	Julie & Julia MOVIE	Julie's Mom (voice)
2009	The Toe Tactic MOVIE	Mom
2008	City of Ember MOVIE	Mrs. Murdo
2008	The Mentalist TV	Belinda Bittacker
2007	Mama's Boy MOVIE	Barbara
2007	Grace Is Gone MOVIE	Woman at Funeral
2007	War Eagle, Arkansas MOVIE	Jessie, Wheel's Mother
2007	Pushing Daisies TV	Annabelle Vandersloop
2007	Californication TV	Faith's Mother
2007	Saving Grace TV	Dorothy Edwina Talbert
2006	The Minor Accomplishments of Jackie Woodman TV	Self
2006	Big Love TV	Adaleen Grant
2005	Lonesome Jim MOVIE	Sally
2005	Nine Lives MOVIE	Dr. Alma Wyatt
2005	Grey's Anatomy TV	Olive Warner
2005	Numb3rs TV	Hester Stirling
2004	Silver City MOVIE	Grace Seymour
2004	Nobody Knows Anything! MOVIE	Mrs. McClintock
2004	Death and Texas MOVIE	Mrs. Kim
2004	Latter Days MOVIE	Sister Gladys Davis
2004	Killer Diller MOVIE	Dr. Gwen Bradley
2004	Evergreen MOVIE	Susan
2003	The Handler TV	Self
2002	The Safety of Objects MOVIE	Helen Christianson
2002	Sweet Home Alabama MOVIE	Pearl Smooter
2001	My First Mister MOVIE	Patty (Nurse)
2001	Undeclared TV	Mrs. Lindquist
2001	Human Nature MOVIE	Nathan's Mother
2001	A Woman's a Helluva Thing MOVIE	Cecilia Piloski
2001	Further Tales of the City TV	Prue Giroux
2001	Nailed MOVIE	Fern Romano
2000	The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story MOVIE	Self
2000	Committed MOVIE	Psychiatrist
1999	Girl, Interrupted MOVIE	Mrs. Gilcrest
1999	Being John Malkovich MOVIE	Floris
1999	Naturally Native MOVIE	Madame Celeste
1999	The West Wing TV	Millicent Griffith
1999	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit TV	Hope Garrett
1999	Judgment Day: The Ellie Nesler Story MOVIE	Jan
1999	Family Guy TV	Farting Lady (voice)
1999	The Big Chill: A Reunion MOVIE	Self
1998	Point Last Seen MOVIE	Coreen Davis
1998	Pecker MOVIE	Joyce
1998	The Wild Thornberrys TV	Nancy Tucker (voice)
1998	How to Make the Cruelest Month MOVIE	Mary Bryant
1997	The Rainmaker MOVIE	Dot Black
1997	Love in Another Town MOVIE	Sam
1997	Eye of God MOVIE	Claire Spencer
1997	King of the Hill TV	Melly-Anne (voice)
1997	King of the Hill TV	Helen Pell (voice)
1997	King of the Hill TV	Mrs. Stovall (voice)
1996	Citizen Ruth MOVIE	Gail Stoney
1996	For My Daughter's Honor MOVIE	Betty Ann Dustin
1996	Manny & Lo MOVIE	Elaine
1996	The Rosie O'Donnell Show TV	Self - Guest
1995	Talking With MOVIE	April March (segment "Twirler")
1994	Chicago Hope TV	Joanna Kenneally
1994	My So-Called Life TV	Camille Cherski
1994	Teresa's Tattoo MOVIE	Nora
1994	In the Line of Duty: The Price of Vengeance MOVIE	Norma Williams
1993	Tales of the City TV	Prue Giroux
1993	Telling Secrets MOVIE	Shelley Jefferson Carp
1992	Just My Imagination MOVIE	Shilda Hawk
1992	Samantha MOVIE	Marilyn
1992	Captain Ron MOVIE	Katherine Harvey
1992	Bed of Lies MOVIE	Jean Daniel Murph
1991	Crazy From the Heart MOVIE	Merrilee Playton
1990	Bright Angel MOVIE	Judy
1989	Out on the Edge MOVIE	Sondra Evetts
1988	Portrait of a White Marriage MOVIE	Joyce Harrison
1988	A New Life MOVIE	Donna
1987	thirtysomething TV	Self
1986	The Girl Who Spelled Freedom MOVIE	Prissy Thrash
1986	The History of White People in America: Volume II MOVIE	Joyce Harrison
1985	Smooth Talk MOVIE	Katherine Wyatt
1985	Explorers MOVIE	Mrs. Crandall (uncredited)
1985	The History of White People in America MOVIE	Joyce Harrison
1984	For Love or Money MOVIE	K.K.
1984	Mom's On Strike MOVIE	Ellie Skinner
1983	Terms of Endearment MOVIE	Doris (voice)
1983	The Big Chill MOVIE	Meg Jones
1982	Waltz Across Texas MOVIE	Kit Peabody
1981	Modern Problems MOVIE	Lorraine
1980	Private Benjamin MOVIE	Pvt. Mary Lou Glass
1980	Act of Love MOVIE	Becky Wiggins
1979	Starting Over MOVIE	Marie
1979	More American Graffiti MOVIE	Teensa
1977	Forever Fernwood TV	Self
1977	New York, New York MOVIE	Bernice Bennett
1976	Bound for Glory MOVIE	Sue Ann
1976	Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman TV	Loretta Haggers
1975	Saturday Night Live TV	Self - Host
1974	Dinah! TV	Self
1972	ABC Afterschool Special TV	Ellie Skinner
1972	MAS*H TV	Lt. Louise Simmons
1971	Great Performances TV	Self
1971	All in the Family TV	Betty Sue
1962	The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson TV	Self
1961	The Mike Douglas Show TV	Self
	Making of 'Latter Days' MOVIE	Sister Gladys Davis (archive footage)

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