Mary Kay Place

Total Box Office:
 $598.0M
Highest Rated:
93% Being John Malkovich (1999)
Lowest Rated:
8% Mama's Boy (2007)
Birthday:
Sep 23
Birthplace:
Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
Bio:
University of Tulsa graduate Mary Kay Place hightailed it to Hollywood in hopes of becoming a writer and performer of comedy material. She was hired for 1970s The Tim Conway Comedy Hour as a production assistant to both star Conway and producer Norman Lear. It was Conway who gave her her first…

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Filmography


MOVIES   

Rating Title Credit Box Office Year
Milo
  • Actor
-- 2013
68% Bad Milo!
  • Beatrice
-- 2013
42% Leonie
  • Albiana Leonie's Mother
$53.7k 2013
84% Smashed
  • Rochelle
$0.4M 2012
66% Youth in Revolt
  • Mrs. Saunders
$15.2M 2010
57% Shrek Forever After
  • Guard Witch
$238.3M 2010
75% Julie & Julia
  • Julie's Mother
$94.1M 2009
56% It's Complicated
  • Joanne
$112.7M 2009
50% The Toe Tactic
  • Mona's Mom
-- 2008
War Eagle, Arkansas
  • Jessie
-- 2008
53% City of Ember
  • Mrs. Murdo
$7.8M 2008
8% Mama's Boy
  • Barbara
-- 2007
Killer Diller
  • Actor
-- 2006
60% Lonesome Jim
  • Sally
-- 2005
67% New York, New York
  • Bernice
-- 2005
75% Nine Lives
  • Alma
$0.1M 2005
48% Silver City
  • Grace Seymour
$0.9M 2004
Killer Diller
  • Dr. Bradley
-- 2004
75% Death & Texas
  • Actor
-- 2004
Nobody Knows Anything
  • Actor
-- 2003
43% Latter Days
  • Gladys Davis
$0.6M 2003
44% Evergreen
  • Director
  • Susan Turly
-- 2003
Junk
  • Actor
-- 2002
37% Sweet Home Alabama
  • Pearl Smooter
$127.2M 2002
Nailed
  • Actor
-- 2002
49% The Safety of Objects
  • Helen Christianson
$86.2k 2001
Nailed
  • Actor
-- 2001
A Woman's a Helluva Thing
  • Cecilia
-- 2001
49% Human Nature
  • Nathan's Mother
$0.7M 2001
53% My First Mister
  • Patty [Nurse]
-- 2001
45% Committed
  • Actor
-- 2000
93% Being John Malkovich
  • Floris
  • Director
-- 1999
54% Girl, Interrupted
  • Mrs. Gilcrest
-- 1999
Judgment Day: The Ellie Nesler Story
  • Jan Martinez
-- 1999
52% Pecker
  • Joyce
-- 1998
Naturally Native
  • Madam Celeste
-- 1998
My Very Best Friend
  • Actor
-- 1997
82% The Rainmaker
  • Dot Black
-- 1997
74% Eye Of God
  • Claire Spencer
-- 1997
62% Manny & Lo
  • Elaine
-- 1996
Indecent Seduction (For My Daughter's Honor)
  • Amy's Mother
-- 1996
80% Citizen Ruth
  • Gail
-- 1996
Gospel According to Jesus
  • Actor
-- 1995
Teresa's Tattoo
  • Nora
-- 1994
Samantha
  • Marilyn
-- 1992
21% Captain Ron
  • Katherine Harvey
-- 1992
Crazy From The Heart
  • Merilee
-- 1991
80% Bright Angel
  • Judy
-- 1991
Out on the Edge
  • Sondra Evetts
-- 1989
Portrait Of A White Marriage
  • Actor
-- 1988
29% A New Life
  • Donna
-- 1988
The Girl Who Spelled Freedom
  • Actor
-- 1986
76% Explorers
  • Mrs. Crandall
-- 1985
78% Smooth Talk
  • Katherine
-- 1985
The History of White People in America
  • Actor
-- 1985
For Love or Money
  • K.K.
-- 1984
68% The Big Chill
  • Meg
-- 1983
87% Terms of Endearment
  • Doris
-- 1983
Waltz Across Texas
  • Kit
-- 1983
Modern Problems
  • Lorraine
-- 1981
87% Private Benjamin
  • Pvt. Mary Lou Glass
-- 1980
Act of Love
  • Becky Wiggins
-- 1980
Starting Over
  • Marie
-- 1979
22% More American Graffiti
  • Teensa
-- 1979
82% Bound for Glory
  • Actor
-- 1976
Kansas City Bomber
  • Actor
-- 1972


TV SERIES   

Rating Title Credit Year
Grey's Anatomy
  • Ollie
2005-2013
88% Big Love
  • Adaleen Grant
2006-2011
89% Suburgatory
  • Gam Gam
2011-2013
Numb3rs
  • Hester Stirling
2005-2010
Saving Grace
  • Dorothy
2007
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
  • Hope Garrett
1999-2013
80% Bored to Death
  • Kathryn Joiner
2009-2011
Friends
  • Director
51% The New Normal
  • Colleen
2012-2013

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Quotes from Mary Kay Place's Characters

    1. Meg: I feel terrible. The last time I spoke with Alex we had a fight. I yelled at him.
    2. Nick: That's probably why he killed himself.
    From The Big Chill. Submitted by Mark H (13 months ago)
    1. Gladys Davis: My son? Let me tell you something you son of a bitch, thanks to you, my son took a razor to his wrist! Thanks to you, I have lost my son! [cuts to Christian on the phone, Glady's voice] And I hope you burn! I hope you burn forever!
    From Latter Days. Submitted by Nhia T (21 months ago)
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