Mary-Pat Green | |
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 Hate mail written in the late 1950s regarding desegregation of Little Rock's Central High School is projected over actresses Mary-Pat Green and Gia McGlone | |
| Born | September 24,1951 date of death: September 9,2024 Kansas city,Missouri. |
| Occupation | Actress |
Death: September 9, 2024
Mary-Pat Green is an American film, television, and theatre actress. She died from Alzheimer's disease shortly before her 73rd birthday on September 9, 2024. Her friends confirmed her death on Facebook.
She is best known for playing Odessa on the television series Any Day Now . She has appeared as a guest star on many television series, including Saving Grace , Eli Stone , My Name Is Earl , Home Improvement , NYPD Blue , Married... with Children , Melrose Place , The Drew Carey Show , Step by Step , Murder, She Wrote , Friends , Millennium , Buffy the Vampire Slayer , Ally McBeal , Six Feet Under , The West Wing , Desperate Housewives , Cold Case , The Middle , Anger Management , Mom , and others.
Green has appeared on Broadway in the original cast of Sweeney Todd and the 1974 revival of Candide . [1] She has performed the role of Reverend Mother in Nunsense over 1500 times and in 2002 she played Lorena Hickok in Michael John LaChiusa's musical First Lady Suite .
In 1989, Green took over the role of Miss Hannigan in a production of Annie at the Starlight Theatre in Kansas City. [2]
In 1996, she played the title role in the premiere of Claudia Allen's Hannah Free at Victory Gardens Theatre in Chicago. Richard Christiansen of Chicago Tribune wrote her role was "admirably acted". [3]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | Taxi Driver | Campaign Aide | Uncredited |
| 1980 | Willie & Phil | Film Crew | |
| 1993 | Lightning in a Bottle | Flo | |
| 1995 | Dead Badge | Waitress | Direct-to-video |
| 1995 | Josh Kirby: Time Warrior! Chap. 1: Planet of the Dino-Knights | Lady in Waiting | |
| 1995 | Josh Kirby: Time Warrior! Chap. 2: The Human Pets | ||
| 1997 | Just Write | Teenager's Mother | |
| 1997 | My Best Friend's Wedding | Angry Woman | |
| 1998 | Why Do Fools Fall in Love | Guard | |
| 1999 | Twin Falls Idaho | Nurse | |
| 2000 | Attention Shoppers | Sandwich Woman | |
| 2001 | In Pursuit | Receptionist | Direct-to-video |
| 2002 | XXX | Waitress | |
| 2005 | Little Athens | Mrs. Carson | |
| 2005 | In Her Shoes | Diner Waitress | |
| 2006 | The Break-Up | Mischa | |
| 2008 | Drillbit Taylor | Nurse | |
| 2008 | Yes Man | Tour Guide | |
| 2012 | A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III | Nurse | |
| 2013 | Watercolor Postcards | Tilda | |
| 2014 | Fantastic Four | Mrs. Grimm |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | False Arrest | Female Officer | Television film |
| 1993 | Home Improvement | Daphne | Episode: "Karate or Not, Here I Come" |
| 1993 | There Was a Little Boy | Parent | Television film |
| 1993 | Getting By | Miss Farley | Episode: "Faking the Grade" |
| 1993 | Saved by the Bell: The College Years | Marlene | Episode: "A Question of Ethics" |
| 1993–1996 | Married... with Children | Marge / Mary Pat | 5 episodes |
| 1993, 1997 | NYPD Blue | Russian Woman / Bartender #2 | 2 episodes |
| 1994 | The Mommies | Screaming Mother | Episode: "Home Alone" |
| 1994 | Hart to Hart: Home Is Where the Hart Is | Pamela Tewksbury | Television film |
| 1994 | Melrose Place | Nurse | Episode: "Love, Mancini Style" |
| 1994 | Coach | Audrey | Episode: "Be a Good Sport" |
| 1995 | Diagnosis: Murder | Landlady | Episode: "Call Me Incontestable" |
| 1995 | Beverly Hills, 90210 | Jail Matron | Episode: "Offensive Interference" |
| 1995 | The Drew Carey Show | Mary / Woman #1 | 2 episodes |
| 1995, 1996 | Step by Step | Hilda / Ludmilla | |
| 1996 | Murder, She Wrote | Nora Delano | Episode: "The Dark Side of the Door" |
| 1996 | Cybill | Tomato | Episode: "A Who's Who for What's His Name" |
| 1996 | Land's End | Florence | Episode: "Pieces of 8 Is Enough" |
| 1996 | High Incident | Amanda | Episode: "Pilot" |
| 1996 | The Wayans Bros. | Mildred | Episode: "It Takes a Thief" |
| 1996 | Friends | Jeannie | Episode: "The One With the Chicken Pox" |
| 1996 | Life with Roger | Nurse | Episode: "Pilot" |
| 1996 | Suddenly Susan | Brenda | Episode: Hoop Dreams" |
| 1997 | 3rd Rock from the Sun | Diane | Episode: "Romeo & Juliet & Dick" |
| 1997 | Hang Time | Minnie | Episode: "Sexual Harassment" |
| 1998 | Millennium | Sonny | Episode: "In Arcadia Ego" |
| 1998 | Buffy the Vampire Slayer | Blood Bank Doctor | Episode: "Anne" |
| 1998–2001 | Any Day Now | Odess | 16 episodes |
| 1999 | My Last Love | Nurse Janet | Television film |
| 2000 | Opposite Sex | DMV Woman | Episode: "The Car Episode" |
| 2000 | The Norm Show | Ruby | Episode: "Norm and the Hopeless Cause" |
| 2000, 2001 | Ally McBeal | Judge Julia 'Bulldog' Brattle | 2 episodes |
| 2001 | Becker | Denise | Episode: "Heart Breaker" |
| 2001 | First Years | Awards Speaker | Episode: "There's No Place Like Homo" |
| 2001 | State of Grace | Sister Clancy | 2 episodes |
| 2001 | ER | Miss McDuffy | Episode: "Never Say Never" |
| 2001 | Raising Dad | Mrs. Doherty | Episode: "The Drama Club" |
| 2001, 2002 | Six Feet Under | Priest | 2 episodes |
| 2002, 2005 | The West Wing | Vermont Congresswoman / Senator | |
| 2003 | Murder, She Wrote: The Celtic Riddle | Brigie Murphy | Television film |
| 2003 | Passions | Death Row Inmate | Episode #1.1000 |
| 2003, 2007 | Days of Our Lives | Sandy / Sister Katherine | 2 episodes |
| 2004 | Still Standing | Emma | Episode: "Still Responsible" |
| 2004 | Charmed | Miss Hickock | Episode: "Hyde School Reunion" |
| 2004 | The B.P.R.D. Declassified | Deb Kronrooys | Television film |
| 2005 | Desperate Housewives | Nurse Abagail | Episode: "The Ladies Who Lunch" |
| 2005 | Night Stalker | Mrs. Sampson | Episode: "Malum" |
| 2006 | The Evidence | Fawn Lafferty | Episode: "Borrowed Time" |
| 2006 | Cold Case | Eugenia Karpathian | Episode: "Lonely Hearts" |
| 2007 | My Name Is Earl | Mrs. Harding | Episode: "G.E.D." |
| 2008 | Eli Stone | Judge Joyce Abramovich | Episode: "I Want Your Sex" |
| 2008 | The Young and the Restless | Matron | 2 episodes |
| 2009 | Important Things with Demetri Martin | Receptionistt | Episode: "Coolness" |
| 2009–2011 | The Middle | Principal Larimer | 3 episodes |
| 2010 | Castle | Erin Murphy | Episode: "Boom!" |
| 2010 | Sonny with a Chance | Massage Therapist | Episode: "Chad without a Chance" |
| 2010 | Wizards of Waverly Place | Mia | Episode: "Alex Saves Mason (Wizards Unleashed)" |
| 2011 | The Mentalist | Bureaucrat | Episode: "Blood and Sand" |
| 2012 | General Hospital | Nurse Fletcher | Episode #1.12525 |
| 2012, 2013 | American Horror Story | Nun #1 | 2 episodes |
| 2014 | Murder in the First | Waller | Episode: "Burning Woman" |
| 2014 | Anger Management | Greta | Episode: "Charlie and the Epic Relationship Fail" |
| 2014 | Damaged Goods | Waitress | Television film |
| 2016 | Mom | Susie | Episode: "Sparkling Water and Ba-Dinkers" |
| 2017 | SEAL Team | Edna | Episode: "The Spinning Wheel" |
| 2018 | Camping | Clementine | Episode: "Going to Town" |
| 2018 | Adam Ruins Everything | Cathy's Science Teacher | Episode: "Adam Ruins Sleep" |
| 2019 | Cake | Mrs. Beckett | Episode: "Cache Flow" |
| 2019 | Oh Jerome, No | Mrs. Beckett | Episode: "Toughen Up" |
| 2020 | NCIS: Los Angeles | Carla | Episode: "Commitment Issues" |
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