Mary Kay Place: movies and TV shows
Mary Kay Place has 149 credits in the archive: 90 films and 59 TV series, from 1961 to 2022. Highest rated: The Mentalist (8.4/10).
Career timeline
1961 – 2022 · busiest year: 1999 (8 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | My Father's Dragon | Narrator (voice) | Film | 7.0 | 74 |
| 2021 | Music | Millie | Film | 5.2 | 73 |
| 2020 | 9-1-1: Lone Star | Theresa Blake | TV | 8.0 | 72 |
| 2020 | AJ and the Queen | Carolanne | TV | 7.4 | 72 |
| 2020 | The Prom | Grandma Bea | Film | 6.1 | 72 |
| 2020 | Lip Service | Mom | Film | — | 72 |
| 2019 | State Like Sleep | Elaine | Film | 4.7 | 71 |
| 2019 | Diane | Diane | Film | 6.1 | 71 |
| 2018 | The Romanoffs | Marilyn Hopkins | TV | 6.4 | 70 |
| 2017 | Imposters | Ezra's Mother | TV | 7.3 | 69 |
| 2017 | Imposters | Marsha Bloom | TV | 7.3 | 69 |
| 2017 | Downsizing | Land's End Customer (voice) | Film | 5.4 | 69 |
| 2017 | Youth in Oregon | Estelle Engersol | Film | 6.1 | 69 |
| 2016 | Lady Dynamite | Marilyn Bamford | TV | 6.8 | 68 |
| 2016 | The Hollars | Pam | Film | 6.3 | 68 |
| 2015 | Grace and Frankie | Amanda | TV | 7.7 | 67 |
| 2015 | The Intern | Jules's Mom | Film | 7.2 | 67 |
| 2015 | I'll See You in My Dreams | Rona | Film | 6.3 | 67 |
| 2015 | The Breakup Girl | Joan Baker | Film | 4.0 | 67 |
| 2014 | black-ish | Dr. Barris | TV | 7.1 | 66 |
| 2014 | Looking | Aunt Sarah | TV | 7.4 | 66 |
| 2014 | Miss Meadows | Mrs. Davenport | Film | 5.9 | 66 |
| 2014 | Last Weekend | Jeannie | Film | 4.3 | 66 |
| 2014 | Holidaze | Elaine Gerard | Film | 5.3 | 66 |
| 2013 | Getting On | Dr. Ann Killigrew | TV | 6.3 | 65 |
| 2013 | Bad Milo! | Beatrice | Film | 5.7 | 65 |
| 2013 | A Country Christmas Story | Sarah | Film | 5.3 | 65 |
| 2013 | You're in Charge | Penny Guidry | Film | — | 65 |
| 2012 | The New Normal | Colleen | TV | 5.9 | 64 |
| 2012 | Smashed | Rochelle | Film | 6.5 | 64 |
| 2011 | Shameless | Oopie Tamietti | TV | 8.2 | 63 |
| 2011 | Suburgatory | Gam Gam | TV | 6.7 | 63 |
| 2010 | Shrek Forever After | Guard Witch (voice) | Film | 6.4 | 62 |
| 2010 | Leonie | Albiana | Film | 5.9 | 62 |
| 2009 | Bored to Death | Kathryn Joiner | TV | 7.2 | 61 |
| 2009 | It's Complicated | Joanne | Film | 6.5 | 61 |
| 2009 | Julie & Julia | Julie's Mom (voice) | Film | 6.7 | 61 |
| 2009 | Youth in Revolt | Mrs. Saunders | Film | 6.1 | 61 |
| 2009 | The Toe Tactic | Mom | Film | 4.0 | 61 |
| 2008 | The Mentalist | Belinda Bittacker | TV | 8.4 | 60 |
| 2008 | City of Ember | Mrs. Murdo | Film | 6.4 | 60 |
| 2007 | Californication | Faith's Mother | TV | 7.6 | 59 |
| 2007 | Pushing Daisies | Annabelle Vandersloop | TV | 7.9 | 59 |
| 2007 | Saving Grace | Dorothy Edwina Talbert | TV | 7.4 | 59 |
| 2007 | Mama's Boy | Barbara | Film | 4.6 | 59 |
| 2007 | War Eagle, Arkansas | Jessie, Wheel's Mother | Film | 8.0 | 59 |
| 2007 | Grace Is Gone | Woman at Funeral | Film | 6.5 | 59 |
| 2006 | Big Love | Adaleen Grant | TV | 6.9 | 58 |
| 2006 | The Minor Accomplishments of Jackie Woodman | TV | 5.8 | 58 | |
| 2006 | The Minor Accomplishments of Jackie Woodman | TV | 5.8 | 58 | |
| 2005 | Grey's Anatomy | Olive Warner | TV | 8.2 | 57 |
| 2005 | Numb3rs | Hester Stirling | TV | 7.0 | 57 |
| 2005 | Nine Lives | Dr. Alma Wyatt | Film | 6.1 | 57 |
| 2005 | Lonesome Jim | Sally | Film | 6.1 | 57 |
| 2004 | Latter Days | Sister Gladys Davis | Film | 6.8 | 56 |
| 2004 | Nobody Knows Anything! | Mrs. McClintock | Film | 3.7 | 56 |
| 2004 | Death and Texas | Mrs. Kim | Film | 6.3 | 56 |
| 2004 | Silver City | Grace Seymour | Film | 6.1 | 56 |
| 2004 | Evergreen | Susan | Film | 3.7 | 56 |
| 2004 | Killer Diller | Dr. Gwen Bradley | Film | 5.5 | 56 |
| 2003 | The Handler | TV | 6.5 | 55 | |
| 2002 | Sweet Home Alabama | Pearl Smooter | Film | 6.4 | 54 |
| 2002 | The Safety of Objects | Helen Christianson | Film | 6.6 | 54 |
| 2001 | Undeclared | Mrs. Lindquist | TV | 7.4 | 53 |
| 2001 | Human Nature | Nathan's Mother | Film | 6.0 | 53 |
| 2001 | Further Tales of the City | Prue Giroux | TV | 6.6 | 53 |
| 2001 | My First Mister | Patty (Nurse) | Film | 6.5 | 53 |
| 2001 | Nailed | Fern Romano | Film | 4.7 | 53 |
| 2001 | A Woman's a Helluva Thing | Cecilia Piloski | Film | 4.6 | 53 |
| 2000 | Committed | Psychiatrist | Film | 4.8 | 52 |
| 2000 | The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story | Film | 9.0 | 52 | |
| 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Hope Garrett | TV | 8.0 | 51 |
| 1999 | Family Guy | Farting Lady (voice) | TV | 7.4 | 51 |
| 1999 | The West Wing | Millicent Griffith | TV | 8.3 | 51 |
| 1999 | Girl, Interrupted | Mrs. Gilcrest | Film | 7.6 | 51 |
| 1999 | Being John Malkovich | Floris | Film | 7.4 | 51 |
| 1999 | The Big Chill: A Reunion | Self | Film | 6.3 | 51 |
| 1999 | Naturally Native | Madame Celeste | Film | 8.0 | 51 |
| 1999 | Judgment Day: The Ellie Nesler Story | Jan | Film | 5.6 | 51 |
| 1998 | The Wild Thornberrys | Nancy Tucker (voice) | TV | 7.0 | 50 |
| 1998 | Pecker | Joyce | Film | 6.1 | 50 |
| 1998 | Point Last Seen | Coreen Davis | Film | 7.0 | 50 |
| 1998 | How to Make the Cruelest Month | Mary Bryant | Film | 2.5 | 50 |
| 1997 | King of the Hill | Melly-Anne (voice) | TV | 7.4 | 49 |
| 1997 | King of the Hill | Helen Pell (voice) | TV | 7.4 | 49 |
| 1997 | King of the Hill | Mrs. Stovall (voice) | TV | 7.4 | 49 |
| 1997 | The Rainmaker | Dot Black | Film | 7.0 | 49 |
| 1997 | Eye of God | Claire Spencer | Film | 5.8 | 49 |
| 1997 | Love in Another Town | Sam | Film | 5.3 | 49 |
| 1996 | Arli$$ | TV | 6.8 | 48 | |
| 1996 | The Rosie O'Donnell Show | Self - Guest | TV | 4.1 | 48 |
| 1996 | For My Daughter's Honor | Betty Ann Dustin | Film | 5.3 | 48 |
| 1996 | Citizen Ruth | Gail Stoney | Film | 6.6 | 48 |
| 1996 | Manny & Lo | Elaine | Film | 6.3 | 48 |
| 1995 | Talking With | April March (segment "Twirler") | Film | — | 47 |
| 1994 | Friends | TV | 8.4 | 46 | |
| 1994 | Chicago Hope | Joanna Kenneally | TV | 7.2 | 46 |
| 1994 | My So-Called Life | Camille Cherski | TV | 7.7 | 46 |
| 1994 | In the Line of Duty: The Price of Vengeance | Norma Williams | Film | 5.7 | 46 |
| 1994 | Teresa's Tattoo | Nora | Film | 4.9 | 46 |
| 1993 | Tales of the City | Prue Giroux | TV | 7.6 | 45 |
| 1993 | Telling Secrets | Shelley Jefferson Carp | Film | 5.0 | 45 |
| 1992 | Captain Ron | Katherine Harvey | Film | 5.6 | 44 |
| 1992 | Just My Imagination | Shilda Hawk | Film | 4.7 | 44 |
| 1992 | Samantha | Marilyn | Film | 4.8 | 44 |
| 1992 | Bed of Lies | Jean Daniel Murph | Film | 6.0 | 44 |
| 1991 | Crazy From the Heart | Merrilee Playton | Film | 4.0 | 43 |
| 1990 | Dream On | TV | 7.0 | 42 | |
| 1990 | Bright Angel | Judy | Film | 4.9 | 42 |
| 1989 | The New Lassie | TV | 7.1 | 41 | |
| 1989 | Out on the Edge | Sondra Evetts | Film | 5.8 | 41 |
| 1988 | Baby Boom | TV | 6.5 | 40 | |
| 1988 | A New Life | Donna | Film | 4.1 | 40 |
| 1988 | Portrait of a White Marriage | Joyce Harrison | Film | 3.7 | 40 |
| 1987 | thirtysomething | TV | 6.3 | 39 | |
| 1986 | The Girl Who Spelled Freedom | Prissy Thrash | Film | 7.5 | 38 |
| 1986 | The History of White People in America: Volume II | Joyce Harrison | Film | 8.3 | 38 |
| 1985 | Explorers | Mrs. Crandall (uncredited) | Film | 6.3 | 37 |
| 1985 | Smooth Talk | Katherine Wyatt | Film | 6.2 | 37 |
| 1985 | The History of White People in America | Joyce Harrison | Film | 6.4 | 37 |
| 1984 | For Love or Money | K.K. | Film | 5.0 | 36 |
| 1984 | Mom's on Strike | Ellie Skinner | Film | — | 36 |
| 1983 | Terms of Endearment | Doris (voice) | Film | 7.1 | 35 |
| 1983 | The Big Chill | Meg Jones | Film | 6.8 | 35 |
| 1982 | American Playhouse | Katherine | TV | 6.6 | 34 |
| 1982 | American Playhouse | Prue Giroux | TV | 6.6 | 34 |
| 1982 | Waltz Across Texas | Kit Peabody | Film | 10.0 | 34 |
| 1981 | Modern Problems | Lorraine | Film | 5.4 | 33 |
| 1980 | Private Benjamin | Pvt. Mary Lou Glass | Film | 6.0 | 32 |
| 1980 | Act of Love | Becky Wiggins | Film | 6.0 | 32 |
| 1979 | Starting Over | Marie | Film | 6.4 | 31 |
| 1979 | More American Graffiti | Teensa | Film | 5.2 | 31 |
| 1977 | Forever Fernwood | TV | 5.0 | 29 | |
| 1977 | New York, New York | Bernice Bennett | Film | 6.5 | 29 |
| 1976 | Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman | Loretta Haggers | TV | 7.3 | 28 |
| 1976 | Bound for Glory | Sue Ann | Film | 6.9 | 28 |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live | Self - Host | TV | 6.9 | 27 |
| 1975 | Phyllis | TV | 6.9 | 27 | |
| 1974 | Dinah! | Self | TV | 7.0 | 26 |
| 1974 | Paul Sand in Friends and Lovers | TV | 6.0 | 26 | |
| 1972 | M*A*S*H | Lt. Louise Simmons | TV | 7.9 | 24 |
| 1972 | M*A*S*H | TV | 7.9 | 24 | |
| 1972 | ABC Afterschool Special | Ellie Skinner | TV | 6.5 | 24 |
| 1971 | Great Performances | Self | TV | 6.1 | 23 |
| 1971 | All in the Family | Betty Sue | TV | 7.8 | 23 |
| 1970 | The Mary Tyler Moore Show | TV | 7.6 | 22 | |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Self | TV | 7.5 | 14 |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show | Self | TV | 5.8 | 13 |
| Making of 'Latter Days' | Sister Gladys Davis (archive footage) | Film | — | — |