| Mary McDonnell | |
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 Mary at Comicon 2007. Photo by Ken Conley |
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| Born | Mary McDonnell April 28, 1952 Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, United States |
| Spouse(s) | Randle Mell (?-present) |
Mary McDonnell (born April 28, 1952) is an Academy Award-nominated American film, stage, and television actress. Events 1192 - Assassination of Conrad of Montferrat (Conrad I King of Jerusalem, in Tyre, two days after his title Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Wilkes-Barre (ˈwɪlksbɛrə or /-bɛri/ is the central city of the Wyoming Valley and County seat of Luzerne County in northeastern Pennsylvania The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ( often colloquially referred to as PA (its abbreviation by natives and Northeasterners is a state located in the Northeastern The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Events 1192 - Assassination of Conrad of Montferrat (Conrad I King of Jerusalem, in Tyre, two days after his title Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works She is famous for her Oscar-nominated role as Stands With a Fist in Dances with Wolves, and for starring as President Laura Roslin in Battlestar Galactica. Dances with Wolves is a 1990 Epic film which tells the story of a United States Lieutenant who travels to the American Frontier to find a military post Laura Roslin is a Fictional character in the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica series portrayed by Mary McDonnell. Battlestar Galactica is an Emmy and Peabody Award -winning serial drama Television program created by Ronald D
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Personal life
McDonnell was born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania and raised in Ithaca, New York After graduating from the State University of New York at Fredonia, she attended drama school and joined the East Coast's prestigious Long Wharf Theatre Company, with whom she worked for over 20 years. Wilkes-Barre (ˈwɪlksbɛrə or /-bɛri/ is the central city of the Wyoming Valley and County seat of Luzerne County in northeastern Pennsylvania The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ( often colloquially referred to as PA (its abbreviation by natives and Northeasterners is a state located in the Northeastern The City of Ithaca (named for the Greek island of Ithaca) sits on the southern shore of Cayuga Lake, in Central New York New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous The State University of New York at Fredonia (also known as SUNY Fredonia or Fredonia State) is a four-year liberal arts college located in Fredonia New York McDonnell is married to Randle Mell, who is also an actor. They have two children.
Career
Stage and film
She won an Obie in 1980 for her work in the play Still Life. The Obie Awards or Off-Broadway Theater Awards are annual awards bestowed by The Village Voice newspaper to Off-Broadway Theater On Broadway, she has performed in productions of Execution of Justice, The Heidi Chronicles, and Summer and Smoke. The Heidi Chronicles is a 1988 play by Wendy Wasserstein. The play premiered in 1988 Off-Broadway at Playwrights Horizons where there Summer and Smoke is a 1948 play by Tennessee Williams, originally entitled Chart of Anatomy when Williams began work on it in 1945
After more than 21 years of theater and television work, McDonnell made her film breakthrough in 1990 as Stands With A Fist, a European American raised by Sioux Indians, in Kevin Costner's Dances with Wolves. Sioux (pronounced SUE are a Native American and First Nations people For indigenous peoples in the United States other than Hawaii and Alaska see also Native Americans in the United States. Kevin Michael Costner (born January 18, 1955) is an American Actor, producer and Academy Award -winning director Dances with Wolves is a 1990 Epic film which tells the story of a United States Lieutenant who travels to the American Frontier to find a military post Despite portraying the adopted daughter of Graham Greene's character Kicking Bird, Mary McDonnell, then 37, was actually two months older than Greene, and less than two years younger than Tantoo Cardinal, the actress playing her adoptive mother. Graham Greene (born June 22, 1952) is an Academy Award -nominated Canadian Actor. Tantoo Cardinal (born July 20, 1950 in Fort McMurray, Alberta) is a Canadian film and television actress In addition, McDonnell was extremely nervous about shooting her sex scene with Kevin Costner, requesting it to be toned down from what was scripted. Sex in film refers to the presentation in motion pictures of sex acts including love scenes. Kevin Michael Costner (born January 18, 1955) is an American Actor, producer and Academy Award -winning director [1]
She received a nomination for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for the role. Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS McDonnell's role in Passion Fish (1992) brought her another Academy Award nomination, this time for Best Actress in a Leading Role. Passion Fish is an American film released in 1992, written and directed by John Sayles. Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS to
Her other notable films include Grand Canyon (1991), Sneakers (1992), Independence Day (1996), and Donnie Darko (2001). Grand Canyon is a 1991 Drama film directed and co-written by Lawrence Kasdan and featuring an Ensemble cast. Sneakers is a 1992 caper Film directed by Phil Alden Robinson ( Field of Dreams) and written by Robinson Independence Day (also known by its promotional abbreviation ID4) is a 1996 Science fiction film about a hostile Alien invasion Donnie Darko is a 2001 cult classic Psychological thriller Film written and directed by Richard Kelly, and starring
On television, McDonnell had her first regular role in 1980 on the soap opera As the World Turns. A soap opera is an ongoing episodic work of Fiction, usually broadcast on Television or Radio. As the World Turns ( ATWT) is an American television Soap opera that airs each weekday on CBS. She starred in 1984 on the short-lived medical sitcom E/R, alongside Elliott Gould and George Clooney. E/R (referring to the Emergency Room of a hospital is an American television Sitcom that aired in 1984 and 1985. Elliott Gould (born August 29, 1938) is an Academy Award -nominated American actor George Timothy Clooney (born May 6 1961 is an Academy Award - and Golden Globe award-winning American actor director, producer, Coincidentally, she guest-starred in 2001 on the NBC medical series of the same name, ER, which also featured Clooney. ER is an Emmy Award -winning American Medical drama series created by Novelist Michael Crichton and airing on She was nominated for an Emmy Award for her role on the show as Eleanor Carter, the mother of Dr. John Carter played by Noah Wyle, who also had a role in Donnie Darko. Dr John Truman Carter III, portrayed by Noah Wyle, is a fictional medical doctor from the television series ER. Noah Strausser Speer Wyle (born June 4, 1971; last name ˈwaɪli is an American TV and Film Actor, perhaps best known Donnie Darko is a 2001 cult classic Psychological thriller Film written and directed by Richard Kelly, and starring
McDonnell also starred with Patrick Swayze in the 1988 movie, Tiger Warsaw. Patrick Wayne Swayze (born August 18, 1952) is a three- time Golden Globe nominated American Dancer, Actor, and Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar)
Battlestar Galactica
In 2003 McDonnell starred in the mini-series Battlestar Galactica as Laura Roslin. The Battlestar Galactica Science fiction franchise which began as a 1978 TV series, was "reimagined" in 2003 into a TV miniseries Battlestar Galactica is a franchise of Science fiction Films and television series, the first of which was produced in 1978 Laura Roslin is a Fictional character in the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica series portrayed by Mary McDonnell. The mini-series led to the subsequent weekly series, with McDonnell reprising her role as the President of the Colonies. Battlestar Galactica is an Emmy and Peabody Award -winning serial drama Television program created by Ronald D
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Other notes |
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| 1984 | Garbo Talks | Lady Capulet | |
| 1987 | Matewan | Elma Radnor | |
| 1990 | Dances with Wolves | Stands With A Fist | Best Supporting Actress Nominee |
| 1991 | Grand Canyon | Claire | |
| 1992 | Passion Fish | May-Alice Culhane | Best Actress Nominee |
| Sneakers | Liz | ||
| 1994 | Blue Chips | Jenny Bell | |
| 1996 | Independence Day | First Lady Marilyn Whitmore | |
| 1999 | Mumford | Althea Brockett | |
| 2001 | Donnie Darko | Rose Darko | |
| 2003 | Nola | Margaret Langworthy |
References
- ^ "Dances with Wolves". Events The Walt Disney Company founds Touchstone Pictures to release movies with subject matter deemed inappropriate for the Disney name Garbo Talks is a 1984 film directed by Sidney Lumet. The movie stars Anne Bancroft as a terminally ill woman who asks her son Gilbert Events January 31 - The Cure for Insomnia premieres at The School of the Art Institute in Chicago Illinois, to Matewan ( 1987) is an American drama by John Sayles, illustrating the events of a Coal mine -workers' strike The year 1990 in film involved some significant events Events CGI technique is expanded with motion capture for Dances with Wolves is a 1990 Epic film which tells the story of a United States Lieutenant who travels to the American Frontier to find a military post Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS The year 1991 in film involved some significant events Events April 28 - Bonnie Grand Canyon is a 1991 Drama film directed and co-written by Lawrence Kasdan and featuring an Ensemble cast. The year 1992 in film involved many significant films (For more about films in foreign languages check sources in those languages Passion Fish is an American film released in 1992, written and directed by John Sayles. Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS to Sneakers is a 1992 caper Film directed by Phil Alden Robinson ( Field of Dreams) and written by Robinson The year 1994 in film involved some significant events Top grossing films (U Blue Chips is a 1994 Drama film about Basketball, starring Nick Nolte as a college coach and real-life basketball The year 1996 in film involved some significant events Major releases this year included Fargo, Trainspotting, The English Patient Independence Day (also known by its promotional abbreviation ID4) is a 1996 Science fiction film about a hostile Alien invasion The year 1999 in film involved some significant events and was arguably the most successful year for films released in the 1990s Mumford is a 1999 comedic Feature film written and directed by Lawrence Kasdan. The year 2001 in film involved some significant events (For more about non-English films check sources in those languages Donnie Darko is a 2001 cult classic Psychological thriller Film written and directed by Richard Kelly, and starring The year 2003 in film involved some significant events Releases of sequels took place with movies like 2 Fast 2 Furious, The Lord of the Rings The Return Nola is a 2003 Romantic comedy film that depicts the struggle of a young woman trying to make it as a Songwriter in New York City, IMDB. Retrieved on 2008-03-13. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1138 - Cardinal Gregorio Conti is elected Antipope as Victor IV, succeeding Anacletus II.
External links
- Mary McDonnell at the Internet Movie Database
- Mary McDonnell at Battlestar Wiki
- The OBIES.
- Internet Broadway Database.
| Persondata | |
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| NAME | McDonnell, Mary |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | McDonnell, Mary |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1952-4-28 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, United States |
| DATE OF DEATH | |
| PLACE OF DEATH | |
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