Mary Kay Place
{{short description|American actress (born 1947)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2014}}
{{Infobox person
| image =
| name = Mary Kay Place
| caption = Place in 2012
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1947|9|23}}
| birth_place = Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S.
| occupation = {{hlist|Actress|singer|director|screenwriter}}
| yearsactive = 1973–present
| spouse =
| alma_mater = University of Tulsa
}}
Mary Kay Place (born September 23, 1947){{cite web |title=Place, Mary Kay |url=https://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry.php?entry=PL002 |website=Oklahoma Historical Society |access-date=June 2, 2022}} is an American actress. She is best known for portraying Loretta Haggers on the television series Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, a role that won her the 1977 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress - Comedy Series. Her numerous film appearances include Private Benjamin (1980), The Big Chill (1983), Captain Ron (1992) and Francis Ford Coppola's 1997 drama The Rainmaker. Place also recorded three studio albums for Columbia Records, one in the Haggers persona, which included the Top Ten country music hit "Baby Boy". For her performance in Diane (2018), Place won the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress{{cite web|author=Ryan Lattanzio |url= https://www.indiewire.com/2019/12/la-film-critics-2019-winners-1202195434/ |title=LA Film Critics Crown 'Parasite,' Bong Joon Ho, Mary Kay Place, and Antonio Banderas |publisher=IndieWire |date=2019-12-08 |access-date=2019-12-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220321072807/https://www.indiewire.com/2019/12/la-film-critics-2019-winners-1202195434/ |archive-date=March 21, 2022}} and the National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress.{{Cite web|last=Bennett|first=Anita|date=2020-01-05|title='Parasite' Wins Top Honor From National Society Of Film Critics|url=https://deadline.com/2020/01/parasite-wins-top-honor-from-national-society-of-film-critics-1202820839/|access-date=2020-11-16|website=Deadline|language=en-US}}
Early life
Place was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the daughter of Gwendolyn Lucille (née Johnson) and Bradley Eugene Place.{{Cite web|url=http://marykayplacefan.yolasite.com/mkp-book-contributions.php|title = Mary Kay Place Book Contributions}} She graduated from Nathan Hale High School and the University of Tulsa, where her father was an art professor;Michael Smith, [http://www.tulsaworld.com/entertainment/spot/article.aspx?articleID=20081012_282_D4_Tulsan660286 Tulsa actress can't quit working], Tulsa World, October 13, 2008. she was a member of Kappa Alpha Theta sorority{{Cite web|title=Theta|url=https://www.kappaalphatheta.org/heritage/our-heritage/college-chapters/gamma-tau|access-date=2020-11-16|website=Kappa Alpha Theta|language=en-US}} and received a speech degree.
Career
Place moved to Hollywood with aspirations of becoming an actress and writer. She was hired for The Tim Conway Comedy Hour in the 1970s as a production assistant to both Conway and producer Norman Lear. Conway gave Place her first on-camera break, while Lear saw to it that Place received her first writing credit on his subsequent All in the Family. On the episode, she and actress Patty Weaver sang "If Communism Comes Knocking on Your Door, Don't Answer It."{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/153094%7C0/mary-kay-place#biography|title=Mary Kay Place|website=Turner Classic Movies|publisher=Turner Classic Movies|access-date=30 September 2019}} She appeared in the third-season episode of M*A*S*H titled "Springtime", for which she also received writing credits.
=''Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman'' and musical career=
Lear then cast her in the role of would-be country and western star Loretta Haggers on the satirical soap opera Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman (1976–1977).{{cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/mary-kay-place/credits/165066/|title=Mary Kay Place|website=TVGuide.com|publisher=TV Guide|access-date=30 September 2019}} She won an Emmy Award for her work as Loretta, and was nominated in 1977 for a Grammy Award for Best Country Vocal Performance, Female for the associated music album Tonite! At the Capri Lounge Loretta Haggers.{{Cite web |url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/mary-kay-place |title=Artist: Mary Kay Place |work=The Recording Academy |access-date=2020-03-07}} Place wrote two of the songs on Tonite!: "Vitamin L" and "Baby Boy," both of which she sang on the television series as Loretta.
Both Tonite! At the Capri Lounge Loretta Haggers and its follow up Aimin' To Please featured A-list country and pop performers from the 1970s. Dolly Parton, on whom the Loretta character was loosely based, provided backing vocals as well as the song "All I Can Do" (which Parton also wrote). Emmylou Harris, Anne Murray and Nicolette Larson sang backup as well. Aimin' to Please's "Something to Brag About," a duet with Willie Nelson, earned the pair a place on the music charts in 1977.
While working on Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, Place also wrote scripts for episodes of several TV situation comedies, including The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Phyllis and M*A*S*H, usually in collaboration with Linda Bloodworth-Thomason (who would later create Designing Women). She appeared in the M*A*S*H episode "Springtime," which she co-wrote with Bloodworth. She also made an appearance as a character named "Betty Sue" in the sitcom All in the Family in the episode "Archie Goes Too Far".
Place hosted Saturday Night Live in 1977 and was one of the few hosts who also appeared as the musical guest (with Willie Nelson on the duet "Something to Brag About").
=Late 1970s through 1990s=
In the 1977 musical drama New York, New York, directed by Martin Scorsese, Place sings "Blue Moon" with Robert De Niro, whose character also accompanies her on saxophone. It is included in the original motion picture soundtrack.
In the 1979 Burt Reynolds romantic comedy, Starting Over, Place plays the first woman Reynolds dates after a divorce.
In 1983, Place had a key role in the Lawrence Kasdan ensemble piece The Big Chill as Meg, a single corporate attorney who wishes to be impregnated with her first child by one of her past college friends.
In the late 1980s and early 1990s, the actress appeared in a number of television films and a starring role in the 1992 Kurt Russell and Martin Short comedy Captain Ron. 1994 saw her return to television in the recurring role of Camille Cherski on My So-Called Life. In 1996, Place comically portrayed an evangelistic anti-abortion activist in Alexander Payne's debut feature film Citizen Ruth. She had a strong dramatic role as Dot Black, mother of a terminally ill young man, in Francis Ford Coppola's version of John Grisham's The Rainmaker in 1997.
Place was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for her work in the 1996 film Manny & Lo with Scarlett Johansson and Aleksa Palladino. She plays the matronly Elaine, who would love to have a child and works in a maternity shop, but never married and is past her child-bearing years.
She directed episodes of the HBO sitcom Dream On, NBC's Friends and the series Baby Boom. She provided at least two voices for Fox's animated show King of the Hill in an episode in which Peggy Hill competes in the Mrs. Heimlich County Pageant. She voiced both a competitor and the coordinator of the pageant.
She appeared as Mrs. Betty Dustin in the made for TV drama "For my daughter's honor" (a.k.a. "Indecent Seduction") in 1996 in which she plays a mom in her real life native Oklahoma whose daughter Amy (played by Nicholle Tom) is being sexually harassed by the school football coach. Place also appeared in Being John Malkovich as the hard-of-hearing receptionist, Floris, and in Girl, Interrupted. While not in any scenes together, this marked the third time that Mary Kay had done a film with one of her former My So-Called Life co-stars: first with Claire Danes in The Rainmaker, second with Bess Armstrong in Pecker, then with Jared Leto in Interrupted.
= 2000–2019 =
In 2000, the actress co-directed Don Henley's video for "Taking You Home". She had a small role in her second Lisa Krueger film, Committed.
She played the United States Surgeon General in a 2001 episode of NBC's The West Wing. The character returned in the 2004 season.
In the original PBS mini-series Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City, Place had a self-referential moment as a Maupin character during the Mary Hartman era in which the series is set. Laura Linney's character often watched Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman. Showtime picked up the Tales franchise, but Place was not in the second installment. She did have a role in the third mini-series, Further Tales of the City (2001), which featured her in the role of "Prue Giroux."
In 2002, Place had a sizable role in the Reese Witherspoon film Sweet Home Alabama as Witherspoon's character's mother, Pearl Smooter. That same year she was in Human Nature starring Tim Robbins and Patricia Arquette and A Woman's a Helluva Thing with Penelope Ann Miller as well as with Albert Brooks in the dark comedy My First Mister. The story focuses on a developing relationship between an isolated, rebellious 18-year-old (Leelee Sobieski) and an engaging older man (Brooks). Place played Brooks' best friend. The film marked the directorial debut of actress Christine Lahti.
Place played a Mormon mother in the film Latter Days (2003). From 2006 to 2011, she had a recurring role in HBO's Big Love, playing Adaleen Grant, the mother of the Chloë Sevigny character, Nicki. She also had a recurring role on the HBO comedy Bored to Death.{{cite web|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2010/11/bored-to-death-passive-characters-finally-fight-back/66503/|title='Bored to Death': Passive Characters Finally Fight Back|website=The Atlantic|first=Scott|last=Meslow|date=November 15, 2010|access-date=July 2, 2020}} Lily Tomlin and Place did the pilot and 5 episodes of 12 Miles of Bad Road from Harry Thomason and Linda Bloodworth-Thomason, who wrote television scripts with Place in the 1970s. HBO chose not to air the series, and producers were seeking other networks to air it.{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2008/scene/news/hbo-passes-on-tomlin-s-bad-road-1117982579/|title=HBO passes on Tomlin's 'Bad Road'|website=Variety|first1=Michael|last1=Schenider|first2=Cynthia|last2=Littleton|date=March 17, 2008|access-date=July 2, 2020}}
In 2009, she served as the voice of Julie Powell's mother in the film Julie & Julia. In 2013, she appeared as Bryan's mother on The New Normal.
In 2015, Place guest starred on The Mentalist and Looking.{{cite web|url=https://www.spoilertv.com/2015/01/the-mentalist-whites-of-his-eyes-review.html|title=The Mentalist - The Whites of His Eyes Review|website=Spoiler TV|first=Diana|last=Mack|date=January 23, 2015|access-date=July 2, 2020}} She also starred in the comedy-drama film I'll See You in My Dreams directed by Brett Haley, opposite Blythe Danner,{{cite web|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2015/04/watch-first-trailer-for-sundance-buzz-movie-ill-see-you-in-my-dreams-starring-blythe-danner-martin-starr-265329/|title=Watch: First Trailer For Sundance Buzz Movie 'I'll See You In My Dreams' Starring Blythe Danner & Martin Starr|website=IndieWire|first=Kevin|last=Jagernauth|date=April 7, 2015|access-date=July 2, 2020}} and The Breakup Girl directed by Stacy Sherman.{{cite web|url=http://moveablefest.com/stacy-sherman-breakup-girl/|title=Interview: Stacy Sherman on Growing Up with "The Breakup Girl"|website=Moveable Fest|first=Stephen|last=Saito|date=July 9, 2015|access-date=July 2, 2020}} She provided the voice of Anne Hathaway's mother in The Intern, directed by Nancy Meyers.{{cite web|url=http://www.wearemoviegeeks.com/2015/09/the-intern-the-review/|title=THE INTERN – The Review|website=We Are Movie Geeks|first=Tom|last=Stockman|date=September 24, 2015|access-date=July 2, 2020}} Place also had a recurring role on Grace and Frankie opposite Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin.{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2015/tv/reviews/grace-and-frankie-review-netflix-teams-jane-fonda-lily-tomlin-1201476291/|title=TV Review: Netflix's 'Grace and Frankie'|website=Variety|first=Brian|last=Lowry|date=April 27, 2015|access-date=July 2, 2020}}
In 2016, Place starred in the comedy film The Hollars directed by John Krasinski{{cite web|url=https://collider.com/the-hollars-trailer-john-krasinski/|title='The Hollars' Trailer: John Krasinski's Second Directorial Effort Takes on a Dysfunctional Family|website=Collider|first=Nick|last=Romano|date=July 13, 2016|access-date=July 2, 2020}} and the comedy-drama Youth in Oregon directed by Joel David Moore.{{cite web|url=https://www.themarysue.com/tribeca-interview-youth-in-oregon/|title=Tribeca Interview: Youth in Oregon's Joel David Moore and Mary Kay Place|website=The Mary Sue|first=Lesley|last=Coffin|date=May 13, 2016|access-date=July 2, 2020}} Place also portrayed Maria Bamford's mother in the comedy series Lady Dynamite which was cancelled after two seasons.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2018/01/lady-dynamite-canceld-2-seasons-netflix-1202242602/|title='Lady Dynamite' Not Returning For Season 3 On Netflix|website=Deadline Hollywood|first=Nellie|last=Andreeva|date=January 13, 2018|access-date=July 2, 2020}}
In 2017, Place guest starred in an episode of the comedy series Black-ish.{{cite web|url=https://www.aarp.org/entertainment/movies-for-grownups/info-2019/mary-kay-place-qa.html|title=Mary Kay Place Lands Her First Lead Role|website=AARP|first=Thelma|last=M. Adams|date=April 2, 2019|access-date=July 2, 2020}} She also had a cameo voice appearance in Downsizing directed by Alexander Payne.{{cite web|url=https://www.nsnews.com/entertainment/film/downsizing-shrinks-as-political-satire-loses-its-focus-1.23129722|title=Downsizing shrinks as political satire loses its focus|website=North Shore News|first=Julie|last=Crawford|date=December 22, 2017|access-date=July 2, 2020}} Place also had a recurring role on the comedy series Imposters.{{cite web|url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/the-best-shows-to-stream-imposters-on-stan-is-dark-funny-and-unexpectedly-interesting-20170224-gukgv6.html|title=The best shows to stream: Imposters on Stan is dark, funny and unexpectedly interesting|website=The Sydney Morning Herald|first=Brad|last=Newsome|date=February 24, 2017|access-date=July 2, 2020}}
In 2018, Place starred in State Like Sleep directed by Meredith Danluck{{cite web|url=https://www.slashfilm.com/state-like-sleep-trailer/|title='State Like Sleep' Trailer: Katherine Waterston is Haunted by Her Husband's Death.|website=Slash Film|first=Haoi|last=Tran-Bui|date=November 29, 2018|access-date=July 2, 2020}} and appeared in an episode of the anthology drama The Romanoffs.{{cite web|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2018/09/romanoffs-matthew-weiner-diane-lane-amazon-1202003040/|title='The Romanoffs' Official Trailer: See Isabelle Huppert and Diane Lane in Matthew Weiner's Epic Anthology Series|website=IndieWire|first=Jude|last=Dry|date=September 12, 2018|access-date=July 2, 2020}} That same year, she starred in the drama film Diane directed by Kent Jones, and executive produced by Martin Scorsese.{{cite web|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2019/03/kent-jones-interview-on-death-and-diane-1202054001/|title='Diane' Director Kent Jones on How He Pulled Off the Perilous Transition from Film Critic to Filmmaker|website=IndieWire|first=David|last=Ehrlich|date=March 28, 2019|access-date=July 2, 2020}} The film marked Place's first lead role in a film, and was written specifically for her by Jones.{{cite web|url=https://www.vulture.com/2019/04/mary-kay-place-diane-movie.html|title=Mary Kay Place Waited Decades to Take Her First Movie Star Role. Diane Is Worth the Wait.|website=New York|first=Keith|last=Phillips|date=April 1, 2019|access-date=July 2, 2020}} The film had its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival on April 22, 2018.{{cite web|url=https://tribecafilm.com/festival/archive/diane-2018|title=Diane|website=Tribeca Film Festival|access-date=July 2, 2020}} Place's performance received rave reviews from critics.{{cite web|url=https://www.bostonherald.com/2019/04/05/mary-kay-place-makes-diane-award-worthy/|title=Mary Kay Place makes 'Diane' award-worthy|website=The Boston Herald|first=James|last=Verniere|date=April 5, 2019|access-date=July 2, 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2018/film/reviews/diane-review-may-kay-place-1202786938/|title=Film Review: 'Diane'|website=Variety|first=Owen|last=Gleiberman|date=April 25, 2018|access-date=July 2, 2020}} The film was released on March 29, 2019, by IFC Films.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2019/02/diane-trailer-mary-kay-place-martin-scorsese-tribeca-film-festival-1202558003/|title='Diane' Trailer: Selfless But Tortured Mary Kay Place Seeks Redemption In Martin Scorsese-Produced Drama|website=Deadline Hollywood|first=Erik|last=Pederson|date=February 14, 2019|access-date=July 2, 2020}} Place won the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress and National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress for her performance.{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2020/scene/awards/jennifer-lopez-parasite-bong-joon-ho-mary-kay-place-los-angeles-film-critics-association-awards-1203464301/|title=Jennifer Lopez, Mary Kay Place, Bong Joon Ho Accept Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards|website=Variety|first=Nicholas|last=White|date=January 12, 2020|access-date=July 2, 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2020/01/parasite-wins-top-honor-from-national-society-of-film-critics-1202820839/|title='Parasite' Wins Top Honor From National Society Of Film Critics|website=Deadline Hollywood|first=Anita|last=Bennett|date=January 4, 2020|access-date=July 2, 2020}} Place received nominations for Gotham Independent Film Award for Best Actress and Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2019/10/gotham-awards-nominations-2019-full-list-1202766912/|title=Gotham Awards Nominations: A24's 'The Farewell', 'Uncut Gems', Netflix's 'Marriage Story' Lead Way|website=Deadline Hollywood|first=Patrick|last=Hipes|date=October 24, 2019|access-date=July 2, 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2019/11/spirit-awards-nominations-full-list-nominees-indie-film-ifp-1202792053/|title=Spirit Award Nominations: A24 Leads For 4th Straight Year With 18 Noms As 'Uncut Gems' & 'The Lighthouse' Come Up Big|website=Deadline Hollywood|first=Anthony|last=D'Alessandro|date=November 21, 2019|access-date=July 2, 2020}} Place also had a recurring role on Shameless.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2019/10/shameless-mary-kay-place-elizabeth-rodriguez-join-cast-season-10-1202749365/|title='Shameless': Mary Kay Place, Elizabeth Rodriguez Join Season 10 Cast|website=Deadline Hollywood|first=Patrick|last=Hipes|date=October 1, 2019|access-date=July 2, 2020}}
= 2020–present =
In 2020, Place guest starred on the comedy-drama series AJ and the Queen,{{cite web|url=https://sdlgbtn.com/entertainment/2020/01/14/aj-and-queen-gets-better-it-rolls-along|title="AJ and the Queen" gets better as it rolls along|website=San Diego Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender News|first=Timothy|last=Rawles|date=January 14, 2020|access-date=July 2, 2020}} and on Fox's 9-1-1: Lone Star as Theresa Blake, the mother to Liv Tyler's character.{{cite web|url=https://telltaletv.com/2020/02/preview-9-1-1-lone-star-season-1-episode-4-act-of-god/|title=Preview — 9-1-1: Lone Star Season 1 Episode 4: Act of God|website=Tell Tale TV|first=Mary|last=Misasi|date=February 1, 2020|access-date=July 2, 2020}} In 2021, Place played Millie in the musical drama Music, co-written and directed by Sia.{{Cite web|last=Hammond|first=Pete|date=2021-02-10|title='Music' Review: Kate Hudson In Misguided Autism Musical Is Definitely Not For Your Must-Sia List|url=https://deadline.com/video/music-review-sai-kate-hudson-maddie-ziegler-imax/|access-date=2021-02-12|website=Deadline}}{{cite web|url=https://theknockturnal.com/mary-kay-place-talks-diane-at-2019-ifp-gotham-awards/|title=Mary Kay Place Talks 'Diane' At 2019 IFP Gotham Awards|website=TheKnockturnal.com|date=December 6, 2019|access-date=July 2, 2020}} She also starred in the musical The Prom based on the Broadway musical of the same title directed by Ryan Murphy, for Netflix.{{cite web|url=https://www.ilovemywifepodcast.com/journal/2020/6/24/actor-kevin-chamberlin-chats-about-broadway-playing-bertram-on-jesse-on-the-disney-channel-and-filming-the-upcoming-netflix-ryan-murphy-film-the-prom|title=ACTOR KEVIN CHAMBERLIN CHATS ABOUT BROADWAY, PLAYING BERTRAM ON JESSE ON THE DISNEY CHANNEL AND FILMING THE UPCOMING NETFLIX RYAN MURPHY FILM THE PROM|website=I Love My Wife Podcast|date=June 25, 2020|access-date=July 2, 2020}}
Filmography
= Film =
| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 100%;" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 1976
| Sue Ann | |
| 1977
| Bernice Bennett | |
| rowspan=2|1979
| Teensa | |
| Starting Over
| Marie | |
| 1980
| Pvt. Mary Lou Glass | |
| 1981
| Lorraine | |
| 1982
| Kit Peabody | |
| rowspan=2|1983
| {{sortname|The|Big Chill|The Big Chill (film)}} | Meg Jones | |
| Terms of Endearment
| Doris |Voice |
| rowspan=2|1985
| Katherine Wyatt | |
| Explorers
| Mrs. Crandall | Uncredited |
| rowspan=2|1988
| {{sortname|A|New Life|A New Life (film)}} | Donna | |
| Portrait of a White Marriage
| Joyce Harrison | |
| 1990
| Judy | |
| 1991
| Samantha | Marilyn | |
| 1992
| Katherine Harvey | |
| 1994
| Nora | |
| rowspan=2|1996
| Gail Stoney | |
| Manny & Lo
| Elaine | |
| rowspan=2|1997
| Claire Spencer | |
| {{sortname|The|Rainmaker|The Rainmaker (1997 film)}}
| Dot Black | |
| rowspan=3|1998
| Madame Celeste | |
| How to Make the Cruelest Month
| Mary Bryant | |
| Pecker
| Joyce | |
| rowspan=3|1999
| Judgment Day: The Ellie Nesler Story | Jan Martinez | |
| Being John Malkovich
| Floris | |
| Girl, Interrupted
| Barbara Gilcrest | |
| 2000
| Psychiatrist | |
| rowspan=4|2001
| Patty | |
| Nailed
| Fern Romano | |
| Human Nature
| Mrs. Bronfman | |
| {{sortname|The|Safety of Objects}}
| Helen Christianson | |
| 2002
| Pearl Smooter | |
| 2003
| Sister Gladys Davis | |
| rowspan=3|2004
| Evergreen | Susan | |
| Killer Diller
| Dr. Gwen Bradley | |
| Silver City
| Grace Seymour | |
| rowspan=2|2005
| Sally | |
| Nine Lives
| Dr. Alma Wyatt | |
| rowspan=3|2007
| Woman at Funeral | |
| War Eagle, Arkansas
| Jessie | |
| Mama's Boy
| Barbara | |
| 2008
| Mrs. Murdo | |
| rowspan=3|2009
| Mrs. Foster |Voice |
| Youth in Revolt
| Mrs. Saunders | |
| It's Complicated
| Joanne | |
| rowspan=2|2010
| Guard Witch |Voice |
| Leonie
| Albiana Gilmour | |
| 2012
| Smashed | Rochelle | |
| rowspan=2|2013
| Beatrice | |
| You're in Charge
| Penny Guidry | |
| rowspan=2|2014
| Mrs. Davenport | |
| Last Weekend
| Jeannie | |
| rowspan=3|2015
| Rona | |
| {{sortname|The|Breakup Girl}}
| Joan Baker | |
| The Intern
| Mrs. Ostin |Voice |
| rowspan=2|2016
| {{sortname|The|Hollars}} | Pam | |
| Youth in Oregon
| Estelle Engersol | |
| 2017
| Land's End Customer |Voice |
| rowspan=2|2018
| Elaine Grand | |
| Diane
| Diane | |
| 2020
| The Prom | Grandma Bea | |
| 2021
| Music | Millie | |
| 2022
| Narrator | Voice |
=Television=
| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 100%;" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 1973
| Betty Sue | Episode: "Archie Goes Too Far" |
| 1974
| M*A*S*H | Lt. Louise Simmons | Episode: "Springtime" |
| 1975
| {{sortname|The|Mary Tyler Moore Show}} | Sally Jo Hotchkiss | Episode: "Murray in Love" |
| 1976
| {{sortname|The|Cheerleaders|nolink=1}} | Margie | TV film |
| 1976–1977
| Loretta Haggers | Main role |
| 1977
| Herself (host) | Episode: "Mary Kay Place/Willie Nelson" |
| 1977–1978
| Loretta Haggers | TV series |
| 1980
| Becky Wiggins | TV film |
| rowspan=2|1984
| Ellie Skinner | Episode: "Mom's on Strike" |
| For Love or Money
| K.K | TV film |
| 1985
| {{sortname|The|History of White People in America}} | Joyce Harrison | TV film |
| rowspan=2|1986
| Prissy Thrash | Episode: "The Girl Who Spelled Freedom" |
| {{sortname|The|History of White People in America: Volume II|nolink=1}}
| Joyce Harrison | TV film |
| 1989
| Out on the Edge | Sondra Evetts | TV film |
| rowspan=2|1990
| Patsy Klein | Episode: "Happy New Year" |
| Traitor in My House
| Elizabeth Van Lew | TV film |
| 1991
| Crazy from the Heart | Merrilee Playton | TV film |
| rowspan=2|1992
| Jean Daniel Murph | TV film |
| Just My Imagination
| Shilda Hawk | TV film |
| rowspan=2|1993
| Shelley Jefferson Carp | TV film |
| Tales of the City
| Prue Giroux | TV miniseries |
| 1994
| In the Line of Duty: The Price of Vengeance | Norma Williams | TV film |
| 1994–1995
| Camille Cherski | Recurring role |
| 1995
| Joanna Kenneally | Episode: "Freeze Outs" |
| rowspan=2|1996
| Molly Butler | TV film |
| For My Daughter's Honor
| Betty Ann Dustin | TV film |
| 1997
| Love in Another Town | Sam | TV film |
| 1998
| Point Last Seen | Coreen Davis | TV film |
| 1998–2009
| Various | Voice, 3 episodes |
| 2000
| {{sortname|The|Wild Thornberrys}} | Nancy Tucker | Voice, episode: "Birthday Quake" |
| rowspan=4|2001
| Prue Giroux | TV miniseries |
| {{sortname|A|Woman's a Helluva Thing|nolink=1}}
| Cecilia Piloski | TV film |
| Citizen Baines
| Francesca Dunlop | Episode: "The Appraisal" |
| Leap Years
| Mrs. Greenway | Episode #1.18 |
| 2001–2004
| {{sortname|The|West Wing}} | Surgeon General Millicent Griffith | 3 episodes |
| rowspan=2|2002
| Mrs. Lindquist | Episode: "Parents' Weekend" |
| Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
| Hope Garrett | Episode: "Vulnerable" |
| 2004
| {{sortname|The|Handler|The Handler (TV series)}} | Naomi Prince | Episode: "Acts of Congress" |
| 2005
| Rev. Rindhart | Episode: "A Child of God" |
| 2006
| Numb3rs | Hester Stirling | Episode: "Protest" |
| 2006–2018
| Olive Warner | 3 episodes |
| 2006–2011
| Big Love | Adaleen Grant | Regular role |
| rowspan=2|2007
| {{sortname|The|Minor Accomplishments of Jackie Woodman}} | Jeanette Woodman | 2 episodes |
| Saving Grace
| Dorothy Edwina Talbert | Episode: "It's Better When I Can See You" |
| rowspan=2|2008
| C.Z. Shakespeare | Main role |
| Pushing Daisies
| Annabelle Vandersloop | Episode: "The Legend of Merle McQuoddy" |
| 2010
| Kathryn Joiner | Recurring role |
| 2012
| {{sortname|The|Life & Times of Tim}} | Dorothy | Voice, episode: "Action Packed Heist/Fall Foliage" |
| rowspan=5|2013
| Gam Gam | Episode: "Blowtox and Burlap" |
| Californication
| Faith's Mother | Episode: "Blind Faith" |
| {{sortname|The|New Normal|The New Normal (TV series)}}
| Colleen | 2 episodes |
| {{sortname|A|Country Christmas Story|nolink=1}}
| Sarah | TV film |
| Holidaze
| Elaine Gerard | TV film |
| 2014
| Rake | Judge Cunningham | Episode: "Jury Tamperer" |
| 2014–2015
| Dr. Ann Killigrew | Recurring role |
| rowspan=3|2015
| Mrs. Bittacker | Episode: "The Whites of His Eyes" |
| Looking
| Sarah | Episode: "Looking for a Plot" |
| Ellen More or Less
| Virginia | TV film |
| 2015–2016
| Amanda | 3 episodes |
| 2016
| Farting Lady | Voice, episode: "The Heartbreak Dog" |
| 2016–2017
| Marilyn Bamford | Main role |
| 2017
| Doctor Harris | Episode: "Good Dre Hunting" |
| 2017–2018
| Marsha Bloom | 6 episodes |
| 2018
| Marilyn Hopkins | Episode: "Expectation" |
| 2019–2020
| Aunt Oopie | 3 episodes |
| rowspan=2|2020
| Hospital Administrator | Episode: "Baton Rouge" |
| 9-1-1: Lone Star
| Theresa Blake | Recurring role |
=As director or writer=
| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 100%;" |
| Year
! Title ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 1973
| {{sortname|The|Shape of Things|nolink=1}} | Writer, TV special |
| 1973–1974
| M*A*S*H | Writer, 3 episodes |
| rowspan=2|1974
| Writer, episode: "Gimme That Old Time Relation" |
| Friends and Lovers
| Writer, episode: "The Groupie" |
| rowspan=2|1975
| {{sortname|The|Mary Tyler Moore Show}} | Writer, episode: "Mary's Delinquent" |
| Phyllis
| Writer, episode: "So Lonely I Could Cry" |
| 1988
| Director, episode: "Stress" |
| 1994
| Dream On | Director, 2 episodes |
| 1995
| Friends | Director, episode: "The One with the List" |
| rowspan=2|1996
| Dream On | Director, episode: "Tenants, Anyone?" |
| Arliss
| Director, episode: "The Company You Keep" |
| 2007
| {{sortname|The|Minor Accomplishments of Jackie Woodman}} | Director, 2 episodes |
Discography
=Albums=
| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 100%;" |
| Year
! Album ! Label |
|---|
| 1976
| Tonite! At the Capri Lounge Loretta Haggers | style="text-align:center;"| 6 | Columbia |
| 1977
| Aimin' to Please | style="text-align:center;"| 40 | Columbia |
| 2011
| Almost Grown | style="text-align:center;"| — | Wounded Bird/Sony |
Note: Both of Place's albums just missed charting on the general pop Billboard Hot 200 chart, her 1976 bubbled under in the ten runner-up slots at #202 and the 1977 at #203.
=Singles=
| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 100%;" |
| rowspan="2"| Year
! rowspan="2"| Single ! colspan="3"| Chart Positions ! rowspan="2"| Album |
|---|
| style="width:45px;"| U.S. Country
! style="width:45px;"| U.S. ! style="width:45px;"| Can. Country |
| 1976
| "Baby Boy" | style="text-align:center;"| 3 | style="text-align:center;"| 60 | style="text-align:center;"| 6 | rowspan="2"| Tonite! At the Capri Lounge Loretta Haggers |
| rowspan="2"| 1977
| "Vitamin L" | style="text-align:center;"| 72 | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| — |
| "Something to Brag About" (with Willie Nelson)
| style="text-align:center;"| 9 | style="text-align:center;"| — | style="text-align:center;"| 15 | Aimin' to Please |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|5316}}
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