Basic Information About Mary Kay Place
| Category | Celebrities › Actors |
|---|---|
| Professions | Singer, Actor, Screenwriter, Television Director, Voice Actor |
| Net worth | $8,000,000 |
| Date of birth | 1947-09-23 (76 years old) |
| Place of birth | Tulsa |
| Nationality | United States of America |
| Gender | Female |
| Height | 5 ft (1.549 m) |
| Social Media | ↗︎ Wikipedia ↗︎ IMDb |
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What Movie Awards did Mary Kay Place win?
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 Golden Globe |
 Golder Raspberry |
 BAFTA |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Mary Kay Place awards
| Award Name | State | Movie / Series Name | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| NBR Award - Best Acting by an Ensemble | Winner | It's Complicated | 2009 |
| BSFC Award - Best Actress | Nominee | Her Smell | 2019 |
| Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Continuing Performance by a Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series | Winner | Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman | 1977 |
Mary Kay Place roles
| Movie / Series | Role |
|---|---|
| Being John Malkovich | Floris |
| Shrek Forever After | Guard Witch (voice) |
| The Intern | Jules's Mom (voice) |
| The Prom | Grandma Bea |
| Music | Millie |
| Downsizing | Land's End Customer (voice) |
| Girl, Interrupted | Mrs. Gilcrest |
| Julie & Julia | Julie's Mom (voice) |
| Sweet Home Alabama | Pearl Smooter |
| Terms of Endearment | Doris (voice) |
| Explorers | Mrs. Crandall (uncredited) |
| The Rainmaker | Dot Black |
| The Big Chill | Meg |
| It's Complicated | Joanne |
| City of Ember | Mrs. Murdo |
| Captain Ron | Katherine Harvey |
| New York, New York | Bernice Bennett |
| Private Benjamin | Pvt. Mary Lou Glass |
| Youth in Revolt | Mrs. Saunders |
| The Hollars | Pam |
| Pecker | Joyce |
| Friends | Director |
| Grey's Anatomy | Olive Warner 3 episodes, 2006-2018 |
| 9-1-1: Lone Star | Theresa Blake 3 episodes, 2020 |
| Shameless | Aunt Oopie 3 episodes, 2019-2020 |
| Numb3rs | Hester Stirling 1 episode, 2006 |
| Grace and Frankie | Amanda 2 episodes, 2015-2016 |
| Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Hope Garrett 1 episode, 2002 |
| The West Wing | Surgeon General Millicent Griffith 3 episodes, 2001-2004 |
| Black-ish | Dr. Barris 1 episode, 2017 |
| Californication | Faith's Mother 1 episode, 2013 |
| Family Guy | Farting Lady 1 episode, 2016 |
| Mary Tyler Moore | Writer |
| Mary Tyler Moore | Sally Jo Hochkiss 1 episode, 1975 |
| Looking | Sarah 1 episode, 2015 |
| Lady Dynamite | Marilyn Bamford 20 episodes, 2016-2017 |
| Made in Hollywood | Self 2 episodes, 2012-2015 |
| AJ and the Queen | Carolanne 1 episode, 2020 |
| Saturday Night Live | Beverly Nelson / ... 1 episode, 1977 |
| Imposters | Marsha Bloom 6 episodes, 2017-2018 |
| M*A*S*H | Writer |
| M*A*S*H | Lt. Louise Simmons 1 episode, 1974 |
| My So-Called Life | Camille Cherski 6 episodes, 1994-1995 |
| Big Love | Adaleen Grant 41 episodes, 2006-2011 |
| Chicago Hope | Joanna Kenneally 1 episode, 1995 |
| Undeclared | Mrs. Lindquist 1 episode, 2002 |
| Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman | Loretta Haggers 325 episodes, 1976-1977 |
| The Mentalist | Mrs. Bittacker 1 episode, 2015 |
| All in the Family | Betty Sue 1 episode, 1973 |
| Suburgatory | Gam Gam 1 episode, 2013 |
Mary Kay Place's Quotes
- Instead of being a waitress, when I first moved to LA, I got entry-level jobs at CBS Television City because I figured if you're going to be at the bottom of the barrel why not be in the business that you're interested in learning about.
- I have a history of doing what I call Martian projects, as opposed to civilian projects or mainstream projects.
- [on Diane (2018)] This was a miracle and I'm not expecting more than one.
- I was in certain movies for certain people as favors or because I thought it was a worthy cause.
Interesting Facts about Mary Kay Place
- She worked with pop artist, John Stewart, on his 1979 album, "Bombs Away Dream Baby", featuring the hit song, "Gold". She sang background vocals on this LP.
- She wrote three M*A*S*H (1972) episodes, in conjunction with Linda Bloodworth-Thomason. They were broadcast between December 1973 and December 1974. One of those episodes, M*A*S*H: Hot Lips and Empty Arms (1973), was nominated for a comedy writing Emmy.
- She recorded two music albums: Tonite! At the Capri Lounge Loretta Haggers (1976) and Aimin' to Please (1977).
- Production assistant Jess Place is her nephew.
- A Varsity cheerleader in high school, Place graduated from the University of Tulsa. She was initiated into the Gamma Tau (Tulsa) chapter in 1966, and is a member of Kappa Alpha Theta sorority.
- Never married and has no children. Divides her time between her home in Los Angeles and New York apartment.
- First big break came in playing wannabe country-western singer Loretta Haggers on cult TV's Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman (1976) .
- Character actress who has found a niche on film and TV playing quirky country moms, including Reese Witherspoon's in Sweet Home Alabama (2002) in both serious and comical settings.
- Her ancestry includes English, Swedish, Polish, and more distant Scottish, Welsh, Dutch, and German. Her maternal grandfather was the son of immigrant parents (a Swedish father and a Polish mother, who both moved to Texas).
- Daughter of Gwendolyn and Bradley E. Place, who was a university art professor.
