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Mary Birdsong

Mary Birdsong (born 1968) is an American actress, comedian, writer, and singer, best known as Deputy Cherisha Kimball on Reno 911! and for roles in The Descendants, Adventureland, and Broadway's Hairspray.

Mary Bronstein

Mary Bronstein, formerly credited as Mary Wall, is an American filmmaker and actress who directed Yeast (2008) and If I Had Legs I'd Kick You (2025).

Mary Carey (actress)

Mary Carey (Mary Ellen Cook, born 1980, Cleveland) is an American former adult film actress and Playboy model known for her 2003 California gubernatorial recall candidacy, VH1's Celebrity Rehab, and Playboy TV work.

Mary Cosby

Mary Cosby (born Mary Martha Harris, 1972) is a Salt Lake City reality star and First Lady of Faith Temple Pentecostal Church, married to her step-grandfather Robert Cosby Sr., an original RHOSLC cast member.

Mary Crosby

Mary Crosby (Mary-Frances Crosby), American actress born 1959 in Los Angeles, daughter of Bing Crosby and Kathryn Crosby; played Kristin Shepard on Dallas, revealed November 21, 1980 as the answer to Who Shot J.R.?

Mary Elizabeth Ellis

Mary Elizabeth Ellis (born 1979, Laurel, Mississippi) is an American actress and writer, the Waitress on It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, wife of Charlie Day, and Emily in Netflix's A Man on the Inside; distinct from the 1897-2003 soprano Mary Ellis.

Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio

Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio (born 1958, Lombard, Illinois) is an American actress and singer: Oscar-nominated for The Color of Money, star of Scarface, The Abyss, and Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, and a Broadway/West End stage veteran.

Mary Elizabeth McDonough

Mary Elizabeth McDonough (Mary Beth McDonough), American actress born 1961 in Van Nuys, California; played Erin Walton on The Waltons 1972–1981, later actress, memoirist, novelist, and breast implant safety activist.

Mary Elizabeth McGlynn

Mary Elizabeth McGlynn (born 1966), also known as Melissa Williamson, is an American voice actress, ADR director, and singer who voiced Motoko Kusanagi in Ghost in the Shell, sang Silent Hill's vocal themes, and directed the Naruto dub.

Mary Elizabeth Winstead

Mary Elizabeth Winstead is an American actress, Ramona Flowers in Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, also known for 10 Cloverfield Lane, Smashed, Death Proof, Fargo, and Birds of Prey.

Mary Ellen Trainor

Mary Ellen Trainor (July 8, 1952 – May 20, 2015) was an American character actress, ex-wife of director Robert Zemeckis, known as Mrs. Walsh in The Goonies and Dr. Stephanie Woods in all four Lethal Weapon films, and Gail Wallens in Die Hard.

Mary Frann

Mary Frann (Mary Frances Luecke, 1943–1998), American actress; won America's Junior Miss, played Amanda Peters on Days of Our Lives, and Bob Newhart's wife Joanna Loudon on CBS's Newhart (1982–1990).

Mary Grace Canfield

Mary Grace Canfield (1924-2014), American character actress; played handywoman Ralph Monroe on Green Acres (1965-1971), Harriet Kravitz on Bewitched, Angelica in Pollyanna, and Miss Foley in Something Wicked This Way Comes.

Mary Gross

Mary Gross (Mary Margaret Gross, born 1953, Chicago) is an American actress and comedian, a Second City alumna and Saturday Night Live cast member 1981-1985, later a character and voice actress; sister of actor Michael Gross.

Mary Harron

Mary Harron, Canadian director and screenwriter of I Shot Andy Warhol, American Psycho, The Notorious Bettie Page, Alias Grace, and Dalíland; former punk journalist who interviewed the Sex Pistols first for an American publication.

Mary Hart

Mary Hart (Mary Johanna Harum, born 1950) is an American TV personality who hosted Entertainment Tonight from 1982 to 2011, a record 29-year run; Miss South Dakota 1970, Walk of Fame 1989, famous for million-dollar insured legs.

Mary Hayley Bell

Mary Hayley Bell, also Lady Mills (1911–2005), English playwright, novelist, and actress born in Shanghai; wife of Sir John Mills and mother of Hayley and Juliet Mills; author of Whistle Down the Wind and the plays Men in Shadow and Duet for Two Hands.

Mary Jo Catlett

Mary Jo Catlett (born September 2, 1938) is an American character actress known as housekeeper Pearl Gallagher on Diff'rent Strokes and as the voice of Mrs. Puff on SpongeBob SquarePants since 1999, with a Broadway career beginning in Hello, Dolly! (1964).

Mary Kay Bergman

Mary Kay Bergman (1961–1999), also credited as Shannen Cassidy, American voice actress who voiced nearly all female South Park characters, Disney's official Snow White from 1989, Daphne Blake, and Timmy Turner; died November 11, 1999.

Mary Kay Place

Mary Kay Place (born 1947, Tulsa, Oklahoma) is an American actress, singer, director, and screenwriter; Emmy winner as Loretta Haggers on Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, Big Love's Adaleen Grant, and Best Actress for Diane (2018).

Mary Lambert (director)

Mary Lambert is an American film and television director and a pioneer of the music video genre. She is best known for Madonna's 1980s videos and Pet Sematary.

Mary Livingstone

Mary Livingstone (Sadya Marcowitz, later Sadie Marks, 1905-1983) was an American radio comedienne, wife and radio partner of Jack Benny on The Jack Benny Program from 1932, retired 1958, died Holmby Hills 1983.

Mary Lynn Rajskub

Mary Lynn Rajskub (born 1971, Detroit) is an American actress, comedian, and writer, best known as Chloe O'Brian on 24 and Gail the Snail on It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, also a stand-up comedian and author of FAME-ISH.

Mary MacArthur (actress)

Mary MacArthur (1930–1949) was an American stage actress, daughter of playwright Charles MacArthur and actress Helen Hayes; she debuted in Alice Sit-By-the-Fire (1946) and died of bulbar polio at 19.

Mary Mara

Mary Mara (1960–2022), American TV and film actress from Syracuse, New York; played Loretta Sweet on ER and Inspector Bryn Carson on Nash Bridges; over 80 screen credits; died June 26, 2022, by accidental drowning in the St. Lawrence River near Cape Vincent.

Mary McCormack

Mary Catherine McCormack, American actress born 1969 in Plainfield, New Jersey; known for Murder One, Private Parts, The West Wing's Kate Harper, In Plain Sight's Mary Shannon, Heels, and a 2008 Tony nomination.

Mary McDonnell

Mary McDonnell (born 1952, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania) is an American actress, two-time Oscar nominee for Dances with Wolves and Passion Fish, known as President Laura Roslin in Battlestar Galactica and Captain Sharon Raydor in The Closer and Major Crimes.

Mary Millar

Mary Millar (Irene Mary Wetton, 1936-1998), English actress and singer; second Rose in Keeping Up Appearances (1991-95) and original London Madame Giry in Phantom of the Opera; distinct from actress Mary Miller.

Mary Mouser

Mary Matilyn Mouser, American actress born 1996 in Pine Bluff, Arkansas; plays Samantha LaRusso in Cobra Kai (2018–2025) and Lacey Fleming in Body of Proof; also voiced Eloise.

Mary Murphy (actress)

Mary Murphy was an American film and television actress of the 1950s and 1960s, best remembered as the sheriff's daughter opposite Marlon Brando in The Wild One (1953).