Mary-Margaret Humes
Mary-Margaret Humes | |
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Born |
Watertown, New York and Florida, U.S. | April 4, 1954
Years active | 1980–present |
Spouse(s) | Raul A. Bruce (1992-present) |
Website | |
http://www.marymargarethumes.com/ |
Mary-Margaret Humes (born April 4, 1954) is an American actress best known in recent years for playing Gail Leery, the title character's mother on the WB television drama Dawson's Creek from 1998 to 2003.
Biography
Born in Watertown, New York at Mercy Hospital on April 4, 1954, Humes is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Neale C. Humes. She is a graduate of the Watertown High School Class of 1972. Humes competed as Miss Thousand Islands in the 1973 Miss New York State contest, and she won the Miss Florida USA pageant and was third runner up in the 1975 Miss USA pageant behind eventual winner and fellow actress Summer Bartholomew of California.
She was urged to try acting by fellow Floridian Burt Reynolds and her best known movie role is as the Vestal Virgin Miriam in Mel Brooks's History of the World, Part I. Humes has a long list of guest starring roles to her credit on such diverse shows as Grey's Anatomy, The Dukes of Hazzard, Matlock, Knight Rider, Murphy Brown, The A-Team, The Fall Guy, Hardcastle and McCormick, T.J. Hooker, Riptide, and Touched by an Angel. She was also a regular on the short-lived NBC series Eerie, Indiana in 1991.
In 2000, she portrayed Hazel Show the mother of Laurie Show in the fact based film The Stalking of Laurie Show which was a made for television movie.
Filmography
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1980 | Dukes of Hazzard, TheThe Dukes of Hazzard | Tinker | Episode: "Mason Dixon's Girls" |
1981 | History of the World: Part 1 | Miriam | |
1982 | Fall Guy, TheThe Fall Guy | Christina Smith | Episode: "The Reluctant Traveling Companion" |
1982 | Knight Rider | Carol Reston | Episode: "No Big Thing" |
1983 | Love Boat, TheThe Love Boat | Cristina Stellini | Episode: "The Professor Has Class/When the Magic Disappears/We, the Jury" |
1983 | Manimal | Terry Sloan | Episode: "Night of the Scorpion" |
1983 | A-Team, TheThe A-Team | Randy Stern | Episode: "Steel" |
1984 | Fall Guy, TheThe Fall Guy | Rae Grant | Episode: "Bite of the Wasp" |
1984 | Riptide | Dee Dee | Episode: "The Mean Green Love Machine" |
1984 | Velvet | Lauren 'Boots' Daws | TV movie |
1984 | Hunter | Sandy Newton | Episode: "Legacy" |
1984 | New Mike Hammer, TheThe New Mike Hammer | Dana Lord | Episode: "Bonecrunch" |
1985 | Hardcastle and McCormick | Pamela Bayer | Episode: "What's So Funny?" |
1985 | Fall Guy, TheThe Fall Guy | Serena | Episode: "Split Image" |
1985 | Half Nelson | April | Episode: "Nose Job" |
1985 | Night Court | Kimberley Daniels | Episode: "Halloween, Too" |
1985 | Shadow Chasers | Allison Collingswood | Episode: "Blood and Magnolias" |
1985 | T. J. Hooker | Chrissi Wilde | Episode: "Hollywood Starr" |
1986 | T. J. Hooker | Lisa Temple | Episode: "Deadly Force" |
1986 | Gung Ho | Melissa | Episode: "Line of Credit" |
1987 | Outlaws | Lora Kirby | Episode: "Primer" |
1988 | Year in the Life, AA Year in the Life | Kathleen | Episode: "Goodbye to All That" |
1988 | Making a Living | Episode: "Daddy's Little Girl" | |
1990 | Jake and the Fatman | Tish Janet Fromer |
Episode: "I Ain't Got Nobody" Episode: "My Boy Bill" |
1990 | The Hogan Family | Honey | Episode: "Come Fly with Me" |
1990 | Matlock | Brigette Laird | Episode: "The Personal Trainer" |
1991 | Matlock | Claudette Hertz | Episode: "The Marriage Counselor" |
1991 | Father Dowling Mysteries | Mrs. Wiley | Episode: "The Monkey Business Mystery" |
1991–1992 | Eerie, Indiana | Marilyn Teller | 19 episodes |
1992 | Matlock | Candace Winfield | Episode: "The Legacy" |
1992 | Perry Mason: The Case of the Reckless Romeo | Laura Rand | TV movie |
1992 | Bodies of Evidence | Andie Harper | Episode: "Nearest and Dearest" |
1993 | Blossom | Carol | Episode: "Time" Episode: "Hunger" |
1993 | Dark Justice | Glenda Ross | Episode: "The Greening of Glenda Ross" |
1993 | Time Trax | Tulsa Giles | Episode: "Framed" |
1994 | Time Trax | Tulsa Giles | Episode: "Happy Valley" |
1994 | Diagnosis Murder | Ruth Garfield | Episode: "Shaker" |
1995 | Renegade | Laura Tracy | Episode: "Ace in the Hole" |
1995 | In the Heat of the Night: By Duty Bound | Karen | TV movie |
1995 | Gramps | Betsy MacGruder | TV movie |
1995 | Legend | Laura Davenport | Episode: "Knee-High Noon" |
1995 | Land's End | Rebecca / Simone | 3 episodes |
1995 | Pointman | Marge | Episode: "Going Home" |
1996 | Sworn to Justice | Megan | |
1997 | Murphy Brown | Raven-Haired Receptionist | Episode: "Who Do You Truss?" Episode: "Blind Date" |
1997 | Moloney | Episode: "The Ripple Effect" | |
1998–2003 | Dawson's Creek | Gail Leery | 93 episodes |
2000 | Stalking of Laurie Show, TheThe Stalking of Laurie Show | Hazel Show | TV movie |
2001 | Motocrossed | Geneva Carson | TV movie |
2001 | Dying to Dance | Helene Lennox | TV movie |
2002 | Touched by an Angel | Sandy Collette | Episode: "A Rock and a Hard Place" |
2002 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Jeri Newman | Episode: "Let the Seller Beware" |
2004 | Division, TheThe Division | Mrs. Newland | Episode: "Hail, Hail, the Gang's All Here" |
2006 | CSI: NY | Helen Sanders | Episode: "Oedipus Hex" |
2007 | Grey's Anatomy | Nancy Jennings | Episode: "Desire" |
2007 | My First Christmas Tree | Mom | Short film |
2007 | Ghost Whisperer | Susan Drake | Episode: "Unhappy Medium" |
2008 | Criminal Minds | Audrey Henson | Episode: "The Crossing" |
2008 | Broken Windows | Dori | |
2008 | Saving Grace | Deanne Wells | Episode: "Have a Seat, Earl" |
2010 | Head Over Spurs in Love | Lorraine Walker | |
2010 | Portal, TheThe Portal | Mary | |
2010 | Republic, TheThe Republic | Bettie Thompson | TV movie |
2010 | Dad's Home | Mrs. Dougherty | TV movie |
2011 | The Protector | Jessica Moore | Episode: "Bangs" |
2012 | Luck | Lynette | Episode: "1.2" |
External links
Preceded by Cynthia Zach |
Miss Florida USA 1975 |
Succeeded by Leigh Walsh |
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