Mary-Pat Green Explained

Occupation:Actress

Mary-Pat Green is an American film, television, and theatre actress.

Career

Television and film

She 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 has appeared on Broadway in the original cast of Sweeney Todd and the 1974 revival of Candide.[1] She has 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.[2]

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".[3]

Filmography

Film

!Year!Title!Role!Notes
1976Taxi DriverCampaign AideUncredited
1980Willie & PhilFilm Crew
1993Lightning in a BottleFlo
1995Dead BadgeWaitressDirect-to-video
1995Josh Kirby: Time Warrior! Chap. 1: Planet of the Dino-KnightsLady in Waiting
1995Josh Kirby: Time Warrior! Chap. 2: The Human Pets
1997Just WriteTeenager's Mother
1997My Best Friend's WeddingAngry Woman
1998Why Do Fools Fall in LoveGuard
1999Twin Falls IdahoNurse
2000Attention ShoppersSandwich Woman
2001In PursuitReceptionistDirect-to-video
2002XXXWaitress
2005Little AthensMrs. Carson
2005In Her ShoesDiner Waitress
2006The Break-UpMischa
2008Drillbit TaylorNurse
2008Yes ManTour Guide
2012A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan IIINurse
2013Watercolor PostcardsTilda
2014Fantastic FourMrs. Grimm

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1991False ArrestFemale OfficerTelevision film
1993Home ImprovementDaphneEpisode: "Karate or Not, Here I Come"
1993There Was a Little BoyParentTelevision film
1993Getting ByMiss FarleyEpisode: "Faking the Grade"
1993MarleneEpisode: "A Question of Ethics"
1993–1996Married... with ChildrenMarge / Mary Pat5 episodes
1993, 1997NYPD BlueRussian Woman / Bartender #22 episodes
1994The MommiesScreaming MotherEpisode: "Home Alone"
1994Hart to Hart: Home Is Where the Hart IsPamela TewksburyTelevision film
1994Melrose PlaceNurseEpisode: "Love, Mancini Style"
1994CoachAudreyEpisode: "Be a Good Sport"
1995LandladyEpisode: "Call Me Incontestable"
1995Beverly Hills, 90210Jail MatronEpisode: "Offensive Interference"
1995The Drew Carey ShowMary / Woman #12 episodes
1995, 1996Step by StepHilda / Ludmilla
1996Murder, She WroteNora DelanoEpisode: "The Dark Side of the Door"
1996CybillTomatoEpisode: "A Who's Who for What's His Name"
1996Land's EndFlorenceEpisode: "Pieces of 8 Is Enough"
1996High IncidentAmandaEpisode: "Pilot"
1996The Wayans Bros.MildredEpisode: "It Takes a Thief"
1996FriendsJeannieEpisode: "The One With the Chicken Pox"
1996Life with RogerNurseEpisode: "Pilot"
1996Suddenly SusanBrendaEpisode: Hoop Dreams"
19973rd Rock from the SunDianeEpisode: "Romeo & Juliet & Dick"
1997Hang TimeMinnieEpisode: "Sexual Harassment"
1998MillenniumSonnyEpisode: "In Arcadia Ego"
1998Buffy the Vampire SlayerBlood Bank DoctorEpisode: "Anne"
1998–2001Any Day NowOdess16 episodes
1999My Last LoveNurse JanetTelevision film
2000Opposite SexDMV WomanEpisode: "The Car Episode"
2000The Norm ShowRubyEpisode: "Norm and the Hopeless Cause"
2000, 2001Ally McBealJudge Julia 'Bulldog' Brattle2 episodes
2001BeckerDeniseEpisode: "Heart Breaker"
2001First YearsAwards SpeakerEpisode: "There's No Place Like Homo"
2001State of GraceSister Clancy2 episodes
2001ERMiss McDuffyEpisode: "Never Say Never"
2001Raising DadMrs. DohertyEpisode: "The Drama Club"
2001, 2002Six Feet UnderPriest2 episodes
2002, 2005The West WingVermont Congresswoman / Senator
2003Brigie MurphyTelevision film
2003PassionsDeath Row InmateEpisode #1.1000
2003, 2007Days of Our LivesSandy / Sister Katherine2 episodes
2004Still StandingEmmaEpisode: "Still Responsible"
2004CharmedMiss HickockEpisode: "Hyde School Reunion"
2004The B.P.R.D. DeclassifiedDeb KronrooysTelevision film
2005Desperate HousewivesNurse AbagailEpisode: "The Ladies Who Lunch"
2005Night StalkerMrs. SampsonEpisode: "Malum"
2006The EvidenceFawn LaffertyEpisode: "Borrowed Time"
2006Cold CaseEugenia KarpathianEpisode: "Lonely Hearts"
2007My Name Is EarlMrs. HardingEpisode: "G.E.D."
2008Eli StoneJudge Joyce AbramovichEpisode: "I Want Your Sex"
2008The Young and the RestlessMatron2 episodes
2009Important Things with Demetri MartinReceptionisttEpisode: "Coolness"
2009–2011The MiddlePrincipal Larimer3 episodes
2010CastleErin MurphyEpisode: "Boom!"
2010Sonny with a ChanceMassage TherapistEpisode: "Chad without a Chance"
2010Wizards of Waverly PlaceMiaEpisode: "Alex Saves Mason (Wizards Unleashed)"
2011The MentalistBureaucratEpisode: "Blood and Sand"
2012General HospitalNurse FletcherEpisode #1.12525
2012, 2013American Horror StoryNun #12 episodes
2014Murder in the FirstWallerEpisode: "Burning Woman"
2014Anger ManagementGretaEpisode: "Charlie and the Epic Relationship Fail"
2014Damaged GoodsWaitressTelevision film
2016MomSusieEpisode: "Sparkling Water and Ba-Dinkers"
2017SEAL TeamEdnaEpisode: "The Spinning Wheel"
2018CampingClementineEpisode: "Going to Town"
2018Adam Ruins EverythingCathy's Science TeacherEpisode: "Adam Ruins Sleep"
2019CakeMrs. BeckettEpisode: "Cache Flow"
2019Oh Jerome, NoMrs. BeckettEpisode: "Toughen Up"
2020CarlaEpisode: "Commitment Issues"

References

  1. "New Acts: Mary-Pat Green." Variety. Vol. 295, Iss. 3,  (May 23, 1979): 96. Via Proquest.
  2. "Legit: Brennan breaks a leg, but before Opening." Variety. Vol. 335, Iss. 13, (Jul 12, 1989): 100. Via Proquest.
  3. News: 1996-05-29. 'Hannah Free' a Beguiling Look into Some Difficult Issues. 207. Chicago Tribune. 2021-05-09.