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Aliases: Мері Макдоннелл , مری مکدانل
Gender: Female
Place of birth: Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA
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Movie Involvements: 30
TV Involvements: 15
Most Famous Work
Biography
Mary Eileen McDonnell (born April 28, 1952) is an American film, stage, and television actress. She received Academy Award nominations for her roles as Stands With A Fist in Dances With Wolves and May-Alice Culhane in Passion Fish. McDonnell is well known for her performances as President Laura Roslin in Battlestar Galactica, First Lady Marilyn Whitmore in Independence Day, and Rose in Donnie Darko. She was featured as Captain Sharon Raydor during seasons 5–7 of the TNT series The Closer and starred as Commander Sharon Raydor in the spin-off series Major Crimes on the same network. In 2023, she played Madeleine Usher in the miniseries The Fall of the House of Usher on Netflix. Description above from the Wikipedia article Mary McDonnell, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Most Famous Work
Fargo
(2014) Ruby GoldfarbGrey's Anatomy
(2005) Dr. Virginia DixonMajor Crimes
(2012) Captain Sharon RaydorBattlestar Galactica
(2004) Laura RoslinAmerican Experience
(1988) Narrator (voice)The Fall of the House of Usher
(2023) Madeline UsherER
(1994) Eleanor CarterThe Closer
(2005) Sharon Raydor (archive footage) (uncredited)Acting
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Mary Dove Shaw | |
| 2023 | Madeline Usher | |
| 2021 | Lady Zerbst (voice) | |
| 2014 | Ruby Goldfarb | |
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| 2012 | Captain Sharon Raydor | |
| 2011 | Kate Roberts | |
| Mary Rogers | ||
| 2007 | President Laura Roslin | |
| 2006 | Vivian Schulte | |
| 2005 | Captain Sharon Raydor | |
| Sharon Raydor | ||
| Sharon Raydor (archive footage) (uncredited) | ||
| Dr. Virginia Dixon | ||
| 2004 | Amy Banks | |
| Laura Roslin | ||
| Self | ||
| Jane | ||
| 2003 | President Laura Roslin | |
| Self | ||
| Margaret Langworthy | ||
| 2001 | Rose Darko | |
| 2000 | Laura Brown | |
| Susan Shaw | ||
| 1999 | Rachel Caulfield | |
| Althea Brockett | ||
| Linda Marsh | ||
| Mary Shushan | ||
| 1998 | Diane | |
| Dora Overton | ||
| 1997 | Judge | |
| Sybil Goldrich | ||
| 1996 | Prioress | |
| Herself | ||
| Herself | ||
| Marilyn Whitmore | ||
| Teri Hansen | ||
| 1995 | Dott Emerson | |
| 1994 | Eleanor Carter | |
| Jenny | ||
| 1993 | Rose Baumler | |
| 1992 | May-Alice Culhane | |
| Liz | ||
| 1991 | Claire | |
| 1990 | Herself | |
| Stands With A Fist | ||
| 1988 | Narrator (voice) | |
| Paula Warsaw | ||
| 1987 | Elma Radnor | |
| 1986 | Gabriella Estrada | |
| 1984 | Lady Capulet | |
| Eve Sheridan | ||
| 1982 | Terri | |
| 1953 | Self | |
| 1951 | Helen Staples | |
| N/A | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |