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Mary Beth Peil

Actor

Mary Beth Peil

Born June 25, 1940 in Davenport, Iowa, USA25 films

Mary Beth Peil is an American singer, stage and screen actress, best known for her television roles as Evelyn 'Grams' Ryan on "Dawson's Creek" and as Jackie Florrick on "The Good Wife".

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Collateral Beauty posterFirst watchCollateral Beauty20167.2as Whit's MotherRetreating from life after a tragedy, a man questions the universe by writing to Love, Time and Death. Receiving unexpected answers, he begins to see how these things interlock and how…View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Flags of Our Fathers poster6.8Flags of Our Fathers2006Mirrors poster6.3Mirrors2008The Stepford Wives poster5.7The Stepford Wives2004Shortbus poster6.3Shortbus2006The Home poster6.9The Home2025The Odd Couple II poster6.3The Odd Couple II1998Here and Now poster5.3Here and Now2018

Filmography

25 films as actor
  1. 2025A Break in the RainDebbie
  2. 2025The HomeNorma
  3. 2024The ReunionPhyllis Corcoran
  4. 2024Death WishJerry's Wife
  5. 2022Jimmy and Carolyn
  6. 2021Watch on the RhineAnise
  7. 2019The 8th Year of the EmergencyLil
  8. 2019The Song of Sway LakeCharlie Sway
  9. 2018Here and NowDoctor Marianna Holt
  10. 2016Collateral BeautyWhit's Mother
  11. 2013ContestAngela Maria 'Gran' Tucci
  12. 2012MaladiesBlind Woman
  13. 2011Small, Beautifully Moving PartsMarjorie
  14. 2010The LocksmithCeline
  15. 2008MirrorsAnna Esseker
  16. 2007The ListDaisy Stokes
  17. 2006Flags of Our FathersMrs. Bradley
  18. 2006ShortbusAnn, Our Lady of the Gutter
  19. 2004The Stepford WivesHelen Devlin
  20. 2003The ReagansEdith Davis
  21. 1999Advice From a CaterpillarHomeless Woman
  22. 1998The Odd Couple IIFelice
  23. 1995RecklessBartender
  24. 1995Comfortably NumbEmily Best
  25. 1992Jersey GirlDay Care Center Teacher