Mary-Margaret Humes

Mary-Margaret Humes
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1980–present
Known for	Dawson's Creek Eerie, Indiana
Title	Miss Florida USA 1975

Mary-Margaret Humes is an American actress and beauty pageant titleholder. She won the Miss Florida USA pageant and was third runner up in the 1975 Miss USA. Humes later began working as a television actress, appearing in more than 50 shows, most notable playing Gail Leery, the title character's mother in the drama series Dawson's Creek from 1998 to 2003.

Life and career

Humes won the 1975 Miss Florida USA pageant and was third runner up in the 1975 Miss USA pageant. ^[1]

In 1981, Humes made her big screen debut as the Vestal Virgin Miriam in the Mel Brooks's comedy film History of the World, Part I . Later Aaron Spelling cast her for the pilot for the action-adventure series Velvet alongside Leah Ayres, Shari Belafonte, and Sheree J. Wilson. During the 1980s, Humes guest-starred in a number of shows, including: The Dukes of Hazzard , The Love Boat , The A-Team , The Fall Guy , Knight Rider and T.J. Hooker . From 1991 to 1992, she played the mother of lead character in the short-lived NBC series Eerie, Indiana . She starred in the 1992 television movie Perry Mason: The Case of the Reckless Romeo , ^[2] and later made appearances in: Matlock (three times in different roles), Diagnosis: Murder , In the Heat of the Night and Murphy Brown .

From 1998 to 2003, Humes starred as Gail Leery, the mother of title character in the WB drama series Dawson's Creek . ^{[3] [4]} After Dawson's Creek, Humes guest-starred in a number of shows, include Grey's Anatomy , CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and Criminal Minds , and appeared in a number of Hallmark Channel television movies.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1980	The Dukes of Hazzard	Tinker Churchill	Episode: "Mason Dixon's Girls"
1981	History of the World: Part 1	Miriam
1982	The Fall Guy	Christina Smith (other sources: Vaughn)	Episode: "The Reluctant Traveling Companion"
	Knight Rider	Carol Reston	Episode: "No Big Thing"
1983	The Love Boat	Cristina Stellini	Episode: "The Professor Has Class/When the Magic Disappears/We, the Jury"
	Manimal	Terry Sloan	Episode: "Night of the Scorpion"
	The A-Team	Randy Stern	Episode: "Steel"
1984	The Fall Guy	Rae Grant	Episode: "Bite of the Wasp"
	Riptide	Dee Dee	Episode: "The Mean Green Love Machine"
	Velvet	Lauren 'Boots' Daws	Television film
	Hunter	Sandy Newton	Episode: "Legacy"
	The New Mike Hammer	Dana Lord	Episode: "Bonecrunch"
1985	Hardcastle and McCormick	Pamela Bayer	Episode: "What's So Funny?"
	The Fall Guy	Serena	Episode: "Split Image"
	Half Nelson	April	Episode: "Nose Job"
	Night Court	Kimberley Daniels	Episode: "Halloween, Too"
	Shadow Chasers	Allison Collingswood	Episode: "Blood and Magnolias"
	T.J. Hooker	Chrissi Wilde	Episode: "Hollywood Starr"
1986		Lisa Temple	Episode: "Deadly Force"
	Gung Ho	Melissa	Episode: "Line of Credit"
1987	Outlaws	Lora Kirby	Episode: "Primer"
1988	A Year in the Life	Kathleen	Episode: "Goodbye to All That"
1989	Making a Living		Episode: "Daddy's Little Girl"
1990	Jake and the Fatman	Tish Janet Fromer	Episode: "I Ain't Got Nobody" Episode: "My Boy Bill"
	The Hogan Family	Honey	Episode: "Come Fly with Me"
	Matlock	Brigette Laird	Episode: "The Personal Trainer"
1991		Claudette Hertz	Episode: "The Marriage Counselor"
	Father Dowling Mysteries	Mrs. Wiley	Episode: "The Monkey Business Mystery"
1991–1992	Eerie, Indiana	Marilyn Teller	19 episodes
1992	Matlock	Candace Winfield	Episode: "The Legacy"
	Perry Mason: The Case of the Reckless Romeo	Laura Rand	Television film
	Bodies of Evidence	Andie Harper	Episode: "Nearest and Dearest"
1993	Blossom	Carol	Episode: "Time" Episode: "Hunger"
	Dark Justice	Glenda Ross	Episode: "The Greening of Glenda Ross"
	Time Trax	Tulsa Giles	Episode: "Framed"
1994			Episode: "Happy Valley"
	Diagnosis Murder	Ruth Garfield	Episode: "Shaker"
1995	Renegade	Laura Tracy	Episode: "Ace in the Hole"
	In the Heat of the Night: By Duty Bound	Karen
	Gramps	Betsy MacGruder	Television film
	Legend	Laura Davenport	Episode: "Knee-High Noon"
	Land's End	Rebecca/Simone	3 episodes
	Pointman	Marge	Episode: "Going Home"
1996	Sworn to Justice	Megan
1997	Murphy Brown	Raven-Haired Receptionist	Episode: "Who Do You Truss?" Episode: "Blind Date"
	Moloney		Episode: "The Ripple Effect"
1998–2003	Dawson's Creek	Gail Leery	93 episodes
2000	The Stalking of Laurie Show	Hazel Show	Television film
2001	Motocrossed	Geneva Carson
	Dying to Dance	Helene Lennox
2002	Touched by an Angel	Sandy Collette	Episode: "A Rock and a Hard Place"
	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Jeri Newman	Episode: "Let the Seller Beware"
2004	The Division	Mrs. Newland	Episode: "Hail, Hail, the Gang's All Here"
2005	CSI: NY	Helen Sanders	Episode: "Oedipus Hex"
2006	Grey's Anatomy	Nancy Jennings	Episode: "Desire"
2007	My First Christmas Tree	Mom	Short film
	Ghost Whisperer	Susan Drake	Episode: "Unhappy Medium"
2008	Criminal Minds	Audrey Henson	Episode: "The Crossing"
	Broken Windows	Dori
2009	Saving Grace	Deanne Wells	Episode: "Have a Seat, Earl"
2010	Head Over Spurs in Love	Lorraine Walker
	The Portal	Mary
	The Republic	Bettie Thompson	Television film
	Dad's Home	Mrs. Dougherty
2011	The Protector	Jessica Moore	Episode: "Bangs"
2012	Luck	Lynette	Episode: "Ace Meets with a Potential Investor"
	Matchmaker Santa	Katherine	Television film
2013	Beverly Hills Cop	Gina Nickles	TV pilot
2014	The Girl He Met Online	Agatha Casey	Television film
2015	Fire City: End of Days	Human Cornelia
	Chasing Eagle Rock	Mags Avery
2017	Christmas Eve	Maggie DeJesus
2018	Home by Spring	Susan	Television film
	Christmas in Love	Grace Hartman
2019	Winter Love Story	Jeannine Jordan
	A Feeling of Home	Constance
2020	A Valentine's Match	Alicia Simmons
2022	Two Tickets to Paradise	Alice

References

1. "Mary-Margaret Humes | Biography, Movie Highlights and Photos". AllMovie. Archived from the original on July 3, 2023.
2. Scott, Tony (May 6, 1992). "Perry Mason: The Case of the Reckless Romeo".
3. "Mary-Margaret Humes - Rotten Tomatoes". www.rottentomatoes.com.
4. "Dawson's Creek's James Van Der Beek, Mary-Margaret Humes Christmas Reunion". December 23, 2018.

External links

• Mary-Margaret Humes at IMDb
• Mary-Margaret Humes on Instagram

Preceded by Cynthia Zach

Miss Florida USA 1975

Succeeded by Leigh Walsh