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Mary Pat Gleason

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Mary Pat Gleason

Born February 23, 1950 in Lake City, Minnesota, USADied June 2, 202071 films

Mary Pat Gleason (February 23, 1950 - June 2, 2020) was an American film and television actress. From 1983–85 she appeared on The Guiding Light as Jane Hogan.

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Since the early 1980s she appeared on such television series as Full House, Murphy Brown, Empty Nest, L.A. Law, Saved by the Bell, Murder, She Wrote, Friends, Step by Step, Suddenly Susan, Will & Grace, Sex and the City, Desperate Housewives, Family Matters, NCIS: Los Angeles, The Middleman, Up All Night, 1600 Penn, Motive, and Baby Daddy.

She appeared in such feature films as I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry, Basic Instinct, Traffic, Bruce Almighty, 13 Going on 30, The Crucible, Bottle Shock, A Cinderella Story, and The Island.

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Basic Instinct posterFirst watchBasic Instinct19927.0as Juvenile OfficerCatherine, a novelist with an insatiable sexual appetite, becomes a prime suspect when her boyfriend is brutally murdered -- a crime she had described in her latest story.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Bruce Almighty poster6.7Bruce Almighty200313 Going on 30 poster6.813 Going on 302004The Island poster6.7The Island2005Blended poster6.9Blended2014Traffic poster7.1Traffic2000A Cinderella Story poster6.6A Cinderella Story2004Why Him? poster6.4Why Him?2016A Walk in the Clouds poster7.4A Walk in the Clouds1995

Filmography

71 films as actor
  1. 2021Saving ParadiseMary Williams
  2. 2019The Chain
  3. 2018Sierra Burgess Is a LoserCounselor Stevens
  4. 2017Unwritten ObsessionCarla
  5. 2016Why Him?Joyce
  6. 2016AlbertEarth Mama
  7. 2016NinaOrdlery Pat
  8. 2014Finders KeepersCarol
  9. 2014Big Stone GapAlice Lambert
  10. 2014Earth to EchoDusty - Mullet Lady at Bar
  11. 2014BlendedPharmacy Cashier
  12. 2013The Magic SnowflakeBeatrice Lovejoy (voice)
  13. 2013Killing KennedyMarguerite Oswald
  14. 2012ArcadiaAgnes
  15. 2011Bucky Larson: Born to Be a StarMarge
  16. 2008Bottle ShockMarge
  17. 2008Drillbit TaylorMrs. Farber
  18. 2007Wristcutters: A Love StoryEugene's Mother
  19. 2007Moving McAllisterMargerie
  20. 2007I Now Pronounce You Chuck & LarryTeresa
  21. 2007Nobel SonRuby
  22. 2007The Memory ThiefHospital Patient
  23. 2007Because I Said SoIris
  24. 2006Room 6Nurse Holiday
  25. 2006Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm SchoolNatasha
  26. 2006The AlibiOperator #3
  27. 2005The IslandNutrition Clerk
  28. 2004A Cinderella StoryEleanor
  29. 2004Grand Theft ParsonsNurse
  30. 200413 Going on 30Mrs. Flamhaff
  31. 2004MemronShelly Johansson
  32. 2003Intolerable CrueltyNero's Waitress
  33. 2003ClichéFrancesca DePesto
  34. 2003Bruce AlmightyHeavyish Woman
  35. 2002Hometown LegendTee Naters
  36. 2001EvolutionCustomer
  37. 2000TrafficWitness #2
  38. 1999A Season for MiraclesYoung Grandmother
  39. 1998You Lucky DogCook
  40. 1996The CrucibleMartha Corey
  41. 1996InfinityCounty Nurse #2
  42. 1996The Right to Remain SilentDoris
  43. 1995The West Side WaltzTenant
  44. 1995A Walk in the CloudsBus Driver
  45. 1994SpeechlessDesk Clerk
  46. 1994Children of the DarkLydia Fallbrook
  47. 1994Holy MatrimonyFemale Officer
  48. 1994Lookin' ItalianCasting Director
  49. 1993Precious VictimsWaitress #1
  50. 1992Lorenzo's OilThe Librarian
  51. 1992A Child Lost Forever: The Jerry Sherwood StoryMrs. Rory
  52. 1992Man TroubleVira
  53. 1992Basic InstinctJuvenile Officer
  54. 1991The Story LadyReceptionist
  55. 1991Perry Mason: The Case of the Fatal FashionAmanda Cooper
  56. 1991SoapdishHousewife
  57. 1991Defending Your LifeWaitress
  58. 1990PastimeWoman at Bar
  59. 1990Testing DirtyMrs. Rupert
  60. 1990FramedArt Museum Woman
  61. 1990Vital SignsRotunda Woman
  62. 1989Imagining America
  63. 1989Fat Man and Little BoyDora Welsh
  64. 1989Peter GunnNurse
  65. 1989I, MadmanPolicewoman
  66. 1989Troop Beverly HillsKindly Troop Leader
  67. 1989Those She Left BehindNurse Walker
  68. 1989This Ain't Bebop
  69. 1988The Secret Life of Kathy McCormickWaitress
  70. 1983Easy MoneyParty Mother
  71. 1980Paul's CaseSecond Actress