Mary-Pat Green

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| image = The Legacy Project It Happened in Little Rock.jpg

| caption = Hate mail written in the late 1950s regarding desegregation of Little Rock's Central High School is projected over actresses Mary-Pat Green (background) and Gia McGlone (forefront)

| birth_date = {{birth date|1951|09|24}}

| birth_place = Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|2024|09|09|1951|09|24}}

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| occupation = Actress

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Mary-Pat Green (September 25, 1951 – September 9, 2024) was an American film, television and theatre actress.

Life and career

= Television and film =

Green is best known for playing Odessa on the television series Any Day Now. She has appeared as a guest star on many television series, including Saving Grace, Eli Stone, My Name Is Earl, Home Improvement, NYPD Blue, Married... with Children, Melrose Place, The Drew Carey Show, Step by Step, Murder, She Wrote, Friends, Millennium, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Ally McBeal, Six Feet Under, The West Wing, Desperate Housewives, Cold Case, The Middle, Anger Management, Mom, and others.

= Theatre =

Green appeared on Broadway in the original cast of Sweeney Todd and the 1974 revival of Candide."New Acts: Mary-Pat Green." Variety. Vol. 295, Iss. 3, (May 23, 1979): 96. She performed the role of Reverend Mother in Nunsense over 1500 times and in 2002 she played Lorena Hickok in Michael John LaChiusa's musical First Lady Suite.

In 1989, Green took over the role of Miss Hannigan in a production of Annie at the Starlight Theatre in Kansas City."Legit: Brennan breaks a leg, but before Opening." Variety. Vol. 335, Iss. 13, (Jul 12, 1989): 100.

In 1996, she played the title role in the premiere of Claudia Allen's Hannah Free at Victory Gardens Theatre in Chicago. Richard Christiansen of Chicago Tribune wrote her role was "admirably acted".{{Cite news|date=1996-05-29|title='Hannah Free' a Beguiling Look into Some Difficult Issues|pages=207|work=Chicago Tribune|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/77357937/hannah-free-a-beguiling-look-into/|access-date=2021-05-09}}

= Death =

Green died from complications of Alzheimer's disease on September 9, 2024, at the age of 72.{{cite web |title=Fall/Winter Magazine 2024 |url=https://digital.copcomm.com/i/1530033-fall-winter-2024/115? |website=SAG-AFTRA |access-date=6 December 2024 |pages=113}}{{cite web |title=Broadway Honors Mary-Pat Green |url=https://act.alz.org/site/TR/Walk2024/NY-NewYorkCity?team_id=915796&pg=team&fr_id=17807 |website=Walk to End Alzheimer's |access-date=6 December 2024}}

Filmography

= Film =

class="wikitable sortable"

!Year

!Title

!Role

!Notes

1976

|Taxi Driver

|Campaign Aide

|Uncredited

1980

|Willie & Phil

|Film Crew

1993

|Lightning in a Bottle

|Flo

1995

|Dead Badge

|Waitress

| rowspan="3" |Direct-to-video

1995

|Josh Kirby: Time Warrior! Chap. 1: Planet of the Dino-Knights

| rowspan="2" |Lady in Waiting

1995

|Josh Kirby: Time Warrior! Chap. 2: The Human Pets

1997

|Just Write

|Teenager's Mother

1997

|My Best Friend's Wedding

|Angry Woman

1998

|Why Do Fools Fall in Love

|Guard

1999

|Twin Falls Idaho

|Nurse

2000

|Attention Shoppers

|Sandwich Woman

2001

|In Pursuit

|Receptionist

|Direct-to-video

2002

|XXX

|Waitress

2005

|Little Athens

|Mrs. Carson

2005

|In Her Shoes

|Diner Waitress

2006

|The Break-Up

|Mischa

2008

|Drillbit Taylor

|Nurse

2008

|Yes Man

|Tour Guide

2012

|A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III

|Nurse

2013

|Watercolor Postcards

|Tilda

2014

|Fantastic Four

|Mrs. Grimm

= Television =

class="wikitable sortable"

!Year

!Title

!Role

!Notes

1991

|False Arrest

|Female Officer

|Television film

1993

|Home Improvement

|Daphne

|Episode: "Karate or Not, Here I Come"

1993

|There Was a Little Boy

|Parent

|Television film

1993

|Getting By

|Miss Farley

|Episode: "Faking the Grade"

1993

|Saved by the Bell: The College Years

|Marlene

|Episode: "A Question of Ethics"

1993–1996

|Married... with Children

|Marge / Mary Pat

|5 episodes

1993, 1997

|NYPD Blue

|Russian Woman / Bartender #2

|2 episodes

1994

|The Mommies

|Screaming Mother

|Episode: "Home Alone"

1994

|Hart to Hart: Home Is Where the Hart Is

|Pamela Tewksbury

|Television film

1994

|Melrose Place

|Nurse

|Episode: "Love, Mancini Style"

1994

|Coach

|Audrey

|Episode: "Be a Good Sport"

1995

|Diagnosis: Murder

|Landlady

|Episode: "Call Me Incontestable"

1995

|Beverly Hills, 90210

|Jail Matron

|Episode: "Offensive Interference"

1995

|The Drew Carey Show

|Mary / Woman #1

| rowspan="2" |2 episodes

1995, 1996

|Step by Step

|Hilda / Ludmilla

1996

|Murder, She Wrote

|Nora Delano

|Episode: "The Dark Side of the Door"

1996

|Cybill

|Tomato

|Episode: "A Who's Who for What's His Name"

1996

|Land's End

|Florence

|Episode: "Pieces of 8 Is Enough"

1996

|High Incident

|Amanda

|Episode: "Pilot"

1996

|The Wayans Bros.

|Mildred

|Episode: "It Takes a Thief"

1996

|Friends

|Jeannie

|Episode: "The One With the Chicken Pox"

1996

|Life with Roger

|Nurse

|Episode: "Pilot"

1996

|Suddenly Susan

|Brenda

|Episode: Hoop Dreams"

1997

|3rd Rock from the Sun

|Diane

|Episode: "Romeo & Juliet & Dick"

1997

|Hang Time

|Minnie

|Episode: "Sexual Harassment"

1998

|Millennium

|Sonny

|Episode: "In Arcadia Ego"

1998

|Buffy the Vampire Slayer

|Blood Bank Doctor

|Episode: "Anne"

1998–2001

|Any Day Now

|Odess

|16 episodes

1999

|My Last Love

|Nurse Janet

|Television film

2000

|Opposite Sex

|DMV Woman

|Episode: "The Car Episode"

2000

|The Norm Show

|Ruby

|Episode: "Norm and the Hopeless Cause"

2000, 2001

|Ally McBeal

|Judge Julia 'Bulldog' Brattle

|2 episodes

2001

|Becker

|Denise

|Episode: "Heart Breaker"

2001

|First Years

|Awards Speaker

|Episode: "There's No Place Like Homo"

2001

|State of Grace

|Sister Clancy

|2 episodes

2001

|ER

|Miss McDuffy

|Episode: "Never Say Never"

2001

|Raising Dad

|Mrs. Doherty

|Episode: "The Drama Club"

2001, 2002

|Six Feet Under

|Priest

| rowspan="2" |2 episodes

2002, 2005

|The West Wing

|Vermont Congresswoman / Senator

2003

|Murder, She Wrote: The Celtic Riddle

|Brigie Murphy

|Television film

2003

|Passions

|Death Row Inmate

|Episode #1.1000

2003, 2007

|Days of Our Lives

|Sandy / Sister Katherine

|2 episodes

2004

|Still Standing

|Emma

|Episode: "Still Responsible"

2004

|Charmed

|Miss Hickock

|Episode: "Hyde School Reunion"

2004

|The B.P.R.D. Declassified

|Deb Kronrooys

|Television film

2005

|Desperate Housewives

|Nurse Abagail

|Episode: "The Ladies Who Lunch"

2005

|Night Stalker

|Mrs. Sampson

|Episode: "Malum"

2006

|The Evidence

|Fawn Lafferty

|Episode: "Borrowed Time"

2006

|Cold Case

|Eugenia Karpathian

|Episode: "Lonely Hearts"

2007

|My Name Is Earl

|Mrs. Harding

|Episode: "G.E.D."

2008

|Eli Stone

|Judge Joyce Abramovich

|Episode: "I Want Your Sex"

2008

|The Young and the Restless

|Matron

|2 episodes

2009

|Important Things with Demetri Martin

|Receptionistt

|Episode: "Coolness"

2009–2011

|The Middle

|Principal Larimer

|3 episodes

2010

|Castle

|Erin Murphy

|Episode: "Boom!"

2010

|Sonny with a Chance

|Massage Therapist

|Episode: "Chad without a Chance"

2010

|Wizards of Waverly Place

|Mia

|Episode: "Alex Saves Mason (Wizards Unleashed)"

2011

|The Mentalist

|Bureaucrat

|Episode: "Blood and Sand"

2012

|General Hospital

|Nurse Fletcher

|Episode #1.12525

2012, 2013

|American Horror Story

|Nun #1

|2 episodes

2014

|Murder in the First

|Waller

|Episode: "Burning Woman"

2014

|Anger Management

|Greta

|Episode: "Charlie and the Epic Relationship Fail"

2014

|Damaged Goods

|Waitress

|Television film

2016

|Mom

|Susie

|Episode: "Sparkling Water and Ba-Dinkers"

2017

|SEAL Team

|Edna

|Episode: "The Spinning Wheel"

2018

|Camping

|Clementine

|Episode: "Going to Town"

2018

|Adam Ruins Everything

|Cathy's Science Teacher

|Episode: "Adam Ruins Sleep"

2019

|Cake

|Mrs. Beckett

|Episode: "Cache Flow"

2019

|Oh Jerome, No

|Mrs. Beckett

|Episode: "Toughen Up"

2020

|NCIS: Los Angeles

|Carla

|Episode: "Commitment Issues"

References

External links

{{IMDb name|0338144|Mary-Pat Green}}
{{IBDB name|id=77816|name=Mary-Pat Green}}

Category:1951 births

Category:2024 deaths

Category:American film actresses

Category:American television actresses

Category:American stage actresses