Mary Louise Wilson

Mary Louise Wilson

Birthday: 1931-11-12

Place of Birth: New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Biography: Mary Louise Wilson (born November 12, 1931) is an American actress, singer, and comedian. In a career that has spanned more than 50 years, she has appeared in numerous plays, films and television shows. In film, notable credits include Klute (1971), The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982), Teachers (1984), The Money Pit (1986), Pet Sematary (1989), Green Card (1990), Stepmom (1998), Nebraska (2013), and Ocean's Eight (2018). Wilson has appeared in many television series such as Maude, Lou Grant, Remember WENN, Frasier, The Sopranos, Nurse Jackie, Mozart in the Jungle, Modern Family, and Orange Is the New Black, usually in guest roles. Wilson has had scores of stage roles, making her Broadway debut in Hot Spot (1963) starring Judy Holliday. For her role as "Big" Edie Beale in the musical Grey Gardens (2006), Wilson won the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical (alongside co-star Christine Ebersole's win for Best Leading actress). She was previously nominated in the same category for her role as Fräulein Schneider in the 1998 revival of Cabaret.

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The Women
The Women

Mary Haines's life falls apart and her social circle shatters after her husband's affair is revealed...

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Pet Sematary
Pet Sematary

After the Creed family's cat is accidentally killed, a friendly neighbor advises its burial in a mys...

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Up the Sandbox
Up the Sandbox

Bored with day-to-day life in New York City and neglected by her husband, a young wife and mother sl...

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The Adventures of Huck Finn
The Adventures of Huck Finn

Mischievous Huck Finn is unnerved when his father, reemerging after years away, kidnaps him in an at...

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The Third Date
The Third Date

It may only be the third date, but Tony knows it's time to pop the question and make the beautiful, ...

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Nebraska
Nebraska

An aging, booze-addled father takes a trip from Montana to Nebraska with his estranged son in order ...

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Going Home
Going Home

After doing 13 years in prison for the murder of his wife, mechanic Harry Graham is out on parole an...

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Teachers
Teachers

A teacher reconnects with an old student who is now an attorney representing a family who is suing t...

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She-Devil
She-Devil

A cunning and resourceful housewife vows revenge on her husband when he begins an affair with a weal...

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She's The Best Thing in It
She's The Best Thing in It

Mary Louise Wilson is the most accomplished character actor you've never heard of. While teaching sk...

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King of the Gypsies
King of the Gypsies

Zharko, leader of the Romanis in NYC, passes his position of leadership on to his unwilling grandso...

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Hail
Hail

A presidential advisor discovers that the President has assembled a secret army of vigilantes to sup...

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The Royal Family
The Royal Family

George S. Kaufman and Edna Ferber collaborated on this 1927 hit comedy about an eminent and slightly...

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Green Card
Green Card

Urban horticulturalist Brontë Mitchell has her eye on a gorgeous apartment, but the building's board...

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A Season for Miracles
A Season for Miracles

A miracle occurs for a homeless family consisting of two wayward children and their protective aunt ...

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Zelig
Zelig

Fictional documentary about the life of human chameleon Leonard Zelig, a man who becomes a celebrity...

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Stepmom
Stepmom

Jackie is a divorced mother of two. Isabel is the career minded girlfriend of Jackie’s ex-husband Lu...

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The History of Glamour
The History of Glamour

The story of rock'n'roll singer Charles Valentine, who came from small-town Ohio and conquered New Y...

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24 Nights
24 Nights

When Jonathan Parker was 4 years old, his mother's words and a chance encounter with a Salvation Arm...

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Ocean's Eight
Ocean's Eight

Debbie Ocean, a criminal mastermind, gathers a crew of female thieves to pull off the heist of the c...

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The Money Pit
The Money Pit

After being evicted from their Manhattan apartment, a couple buy what looks like the home of their d...

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Blind Spot
Blind Spot

Tragedy befalls Congresswoman Nell Harrington and her family when her son-in-law dies in a car accid...

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Everybody Wins
Everybody Wins

A seemingly good Samaritan hires a private detective to prove a teen sitting in prison on a murder c...

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The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas

When a Conservative TV crusader threatens to shut down beloved brothel, the Chicken Ranch, proprietr...

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Mr. Wonderful
Mr. Wonderful

Electrician Gus gets the chance to fulfil a childhood dream by buying an old bowling-alley with some...

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Klute
Klute

A high-priced call girl is forced to depend on a reluctant private eye when she is stalked by a psyc...

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