| Stephanie Faracy | |
| Birth Place: | New York City, U.S. |
| Occupation: | Actress |
| Years Active: | 1976–present |
| Education: | Illinois Wesleyan University (Bachelor of Arts) Yale University (Master of Fine Arts) |
Stephanie Faracy is an American actress. She is known for playing supporting roles in films including Heaven Can Wait (1978), Scavenger Hunt (1979), Blind Date (1987), The Great Outdoors (1988), Hocus Pocus (1993), Sideways (2004), Flightplan (2005), and Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates (2016). On television, Faracy has had leading roles in a number of sitcoms, most significantly True Colors (1990–92). She currently plays Lisa Lawson on the comedy series Uncoupled (2022-present).
Faracy was born in Brooklyn, New York and raised in Elk Grove Village, Illinois, where she attended high school. She studied acting at Illinois Wesleyan University and Yale School of Drama.[1] She began her acting career in New York stage, and in 1976, made her television debut in an episode of ABC sitcom Laverne & Shirley.
She went to star in two unsold sitcom pilots, before playing Corinne in the 1978 comedy film Heaven Can Wait. The following year, Faracy played Angel Childress in the film When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder?, and Babbette in the comedy film Scavenger Hunt.[2]
Faracy has a long-running career on television. From 1979 to 1980, she starred in the CBS sitcom The Last Resort. From 1983 to 1984, she co-starred alongside Bill Bixby and Mariette Hartley in Goodnight, Beantown. Also during the 1980s, Faracy had roles on several miniseries, include The Thorn Birds (1983, as Mary Carson's servant, Judy), Space (1985), and Windmills of the Gods (1988).
In film, she co-starred alongside Bruce Willis and Kim Basinger in the 1987 romantic comedy film Blind Date, and the following year, she played John Candy's wife in the comedy film The Great Outdoors.[3]
In 1990, Faracy starred alongside Martin Mull in the sitcom His & Hers. Later that year, she began starring in the Fox sitcom True Colors about an interracial marriage.[4]
The following years, Faracy continued her career, appearing in supporting roles in both film and television. She has guest-starred on Touched by an Angel, Wings, Murphy Brown, Will & Grace, Frasier, Grey's Anatomy, Ugly Betty, How I Met Your Mother, Castle, Desperate Housewives, Modern Family, How to Get Away with Murder, and The Goldbergs. In 2016, she had a recurring role on the Lifetime comedy-drama series Devious Maids. In 2022, she played Lisa Lawson on the comedy series Uncoupled.
Her film credits include Hocus Pocus (1993), Sideways (2004), Surviving Christmas (2004), Flightplan (2005), Get Him to the Greek (2010), Bad Teacher (2011), and Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates (2016).
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | Heaven Can Wait | Corinne | ||
| 1979 | When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder? | Angel Childress | ||
| 1979 | Scavenger Hunt | Babbette | ||
| 1987 | Blind Date | Susie Davis | ||
| 1988 | Connie Ripley | |||
| 1993 | Hocus Pocus | Jenny Dennison | ||
| 1994 | Family Portrait | Jane Janáček | Short | |
| 2004 | Sideways | Stephanie's Mother | ||
| 2004 | Surviving Christmas | Letitia Vangilder | ||
| 2005 | Flightplan | Anna | ||
| 2010 | Get Him to the Greek | Wendy | ||
| 2011 | Bad Teacher | Mrs. Pubich | ||
| 2014 | Stuck | Stella | ||
| 2016 | Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates | Rosie Stangle |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | Laverne & Shirley | Debra Lee | episode: "Excuse Me, May I Cut In?" | |
| 1977 | Bumpers | Rozzie Webber | unsold TV pilot | |
| 1978 | Lt. Hope Phillips | TV film | ||
| 1979–80 | Gail Collins | main role | ||
| 1981 | Trapper John, M.D. | Lisa Holloway | episode: "Have I Got a Girl for You" | |
| 1981 | Stephanie | Stephanie | TV film | |
| 1981 | Insight | Donna | episode: "Little Miseries" | |
| 1983 | Private Benjamin | Sherry Stern | episode: "Judy's Cousin" | |
| 1983 | Judy | TV miniseries | ||
| 1983 | Carpool | Jennifer O'Connor | TV film | |
| 1983 | Fantasy Island | Deborah Barnes | 1 episode | |
| 1983 | Hotel | Judy Gillette | episode: "Hotel" | |
| 1983–84 | Goodnight, Beantown | Valerie Wood | main role | |
| 1984 | Mama Malone | Gina | episode: "The Commitment" | |
| 1984 | Goldie and the Bears | Goldie Hawkins | TV film | |
| 1984 | Honey Malloy | 1 episode | ||
| 1985 | Eye to Eye | Tracy Doyle | main character, 7 episodes | |
| 1985 | Space | Debbie Dee Claggett | TV miniseries | |
| 1986 | Classified Love | Kate Harris | TV film | |
| 1986 | American Geisha | Katy | TV film | |
| 1986 | Magnum, P.I. | Amy Sayler | episode: "Novel Connection" | |
| 1986 | Murder, She Wrote | Amy Salyer | episode: "Magnum on Ice" | |
| 1987 | Hotel | Janice Fletcher | episode: "Class of '72" | |
| 1988 | Windmills of the Gods | Florence Schiffer | TV miniseries | |
| 1989 | Bridesmaids | Beth | TV film | |
| 1990 | His & Hers | Dr. Regina 'Reggie' Hewitt | main role | |
| 1990–1992 | True Colors | Ellen Freeman | main role | |
| 1993 | Tales of the City | Candi Moretti | TV miniseries | |
| 1993 | Lynn | TV film | ||
| 1996 | Silk Stalkings | Gloria Hemmings | episode: "Family Values" | |
| 1996 | Touched by an Angel | Sally Redding | episode: "The Quality of Mercy" | |
| 1996 | Run for the Dream: The Gail Devers Story | Dr. Otis | TV film | |
| 1996 | Wings | Carol | episode: "Single and Hating It" | |
| 1996 | Dark Skies | Joan Sayers | episode: "Hostile Convergence" | |
| 1996–1998 | (voice) | regular role | ||
| 1997 | Murphy Brown | Carole Fordham | episode: "And That's the Way It Was?" | |
| 1997 | Pauly | Pamela | episode: "Foreplay" | |
| 1997 | Boston Common | Lucy Cross | episode: "A Cross to Bear" | |
| 1997 | Chicago Hope | Myra Dolan | episode: "All in the Family" | |
| 1997 | Frasier | Mimi | episode: "Voyage of the Damned" | |
| 1998 | Joyce Cullman | episode: "Gigolo Jarod" | ||
| 1998 | Safety Patrol | Mrs. Marlowe | TV film | |
| 1998 | Caroline in the City | Faye | episode: "Caroline and the Sandwich" | |
| 1999 | Maggie Winters | Lucille | episode: "Sometimes You Feel Like a Nut" | |
| 1999 | Selma Drown | TV film | ||
| 1999 | Mary Parker | main role | ||
| 2000 | Stark Raving Mad | Elizabeth Daryl | episode: "Dog Gone" | |
| 2000 | Any Day Now | Mrs. Adams | episode: "Where's the Justice in That?" | |
| 2001 | Bette | Mrs. Flynn | episode: "The Invisible Mom" | |
| 2001 | Providence | Nancy Moore | episode: "Best Man" | |
| 2002 | Linda Monroe | TV film | ||
| 2003 | Charlie Lawrence | Suzette Michaels | main role | |
| 2003 | Will & Grace | Eva | episode: "Nice in White Satin" | |
| 2004 | Frasier | Mimi | episode: "Boo!" | |
| 2004 | Silver Lake | Maureen Patterson | TV film | |
| 2005 | Out of Practice | Laura | episode: "Key Ingredients" | |
| 2005 | Stacked | Stella | episode: "Heavy Meddle" | |
| 2005 | Blue Skies | Pat | TV film | |
| 2006 | Grey's Anatomy | Mrs. Sullivan | episode: "What I Am" | |
| 2006 | Separated at Worth | The Mother | TV film | |
| 2007 | Ugly Betty | Mrs. Tanen | episode: "How Betty Got Her Grieve Back" | |
| 2007 | ER | Angie | Episode: "Gravity" | |
| 2007 | How I Met Your Mother | Rhonda | episode: "The Yips" | |
| 2008 | Dr. Jacobson | episode: "Between a Rock and a Hard Place" | ||
| 2008 | Back to You | Peg McGinley | episode: "The Wall of Fame" | |
| 2009 | In the Mix | Judy | TV film | |
| 2009 | Castle | Patty Schultz | episode: "Fool Me Once..." | |
| 2010 | Temple Grandin | Betty Goscowitz | TV film | |
| 2010 | $#*! My Dad Says | Marla Brooks | episode: "Code Ed" | |
| 2011 | Desperate Housewives | Miss Charlotte | episodes: "Assassins", "Where Do I Belong?" | |
| 2012 | Modern Family | Dottie | episode: "Election Day" | |
| 2012 | Happily Divorced | Jane | episode: "Fran-alyze This" | |
| 2013 | Mary and Martha | Head of Committee | TV film | |
| 2013 | Dog with a Blog | Grandma James | episode: "Stan Talks to Gran" | |
| 2014 | Judy | episode: "Simon Roberts Was Here" | ||
| 2014 | Friends with Better Lives | Barbara | episode: "Cyrano de Trainer-Zac" | |
| 2015 | Togetherness | Kris | episode: "Houston, We Have a Problem" | |
| 2016 | Devious Maids | Frances | recurring role (season 4) | |
| 2016–17 | How to Get Away with Murder | Ellen Freeman | episodes: "Don't Tell Annalise", "Is Someone Really Dead?", "I'm Going Away" | |
| 2019 | Sneaky Pete | Dotti | recurring role (season 3) | |
| 2021 | The Goldbergs | Joyce | episode: "A Light Thanksgiving Nosh" | |
| 2022 | Uncoupled | Lisa Lawson | 2 episodes | |
| 2024 | Nobody Wants This | Lynn | Recurring role; upcoming series[5] |