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Mary McDonnell

Mary McDonnell

Actor · Born April 28, 1952 · Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA

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Biography

Mary Eileen McDonnell (born April 28, 1952) is an American film, stage, and television actress. She received Academy Award nominations for her roles as Stands With A Fist in Dances With Wolves and May-Alice Culhane in Passion Fish. McDonnell is well known for her performances as President Laura Roslin in Battlestar Galactica, First Lady Marilyn Whitmore in Independence Day, and Rose in Donnie Darko. She was featured as Captain Sharon Raydor during seasons 5–7 of the TNT series The Closer and starred as Commander Sharon Raydor in the spin-off series Major Crimes on the same network. In 2023, she played Madeleine Usher in the miniseries The Fall of the House of Usher on Netflix. Description above from the Wikipedia article Mary McDonnell, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Acted in 53

1990s

  1. 1999

    Ryan Caulfield: Year One

    Rachel Caulfield · 8 episodes

  2. Mumford

    Althea Brockett

  3. Replacing Dad

    Linda Marsh

  4. Behind the Mask

    Mary Shushan

  5. 1998

    You Can Thank Me Later

    Diane

  6. Evidence of Blood

    Dora Overton

  7. 1997

    12 Angry Men

    Judge

    82

  8. Two Voices

    Sybil Goldrich

  9. 1996

    Mariette in Ecstasy

    Prioress

  10. Independence Day

    Marilyn Whitmore

    69

  11. Woman Undone

    Teri Hansen

  12. 1995

    High Society

    Dott Emerson · 13 episodes

  13. 1994

    Touched by an Angel

    Sister Theodore Claire · 1 episode

    65

  14. ER

    Eleanor Carter · 5 episodes

    79

  15. Blue Chips

    Jenny

    56
  16. 1993

    The American Clock

    Rose Baumler

  17. 1992

    Passion Fish

    May-Alice Culhane

    79

  18. Sneakers

    Liz

    71
  19. 1991

    Grand Canyon

    Claire

  20. 1990

    Dances with Wolves

    Stands With A Fist

    79

1980s

  1. 1988

    Tiger Warsaw

    Paula Warsaw

    49
  2. 1987

    Matewan

    Elma Radnor

    80
  3. 1986

    Courage

    Gabriella Estrada

  4. 1984

    Garbo Talks

    Lady Capulet

    62

  5. E/R

    Eve Sheridan · 22 episodes

  6. 1982

    Money on the Side

    Terri

1950s

  1. 1951

    Hallmark Hall of Fame

    Helen Staples · 1 episode

No release date

  1. One Second After

    Jen

Appearances8

2000s

  1. 2003

    The Making of ‘Sneakers’

    Self

  2. Dances with Wolves: The Creation of an Epic

    Self

1990s

  1. 1996

    Independence Day: The ID4 Invasion

    Self

  2. The Making of 'Independence Day'

    Self

  3. 1990

    The Making of 'Dances with Wolves'

    Herself