Mary Kay Place

Birth Name:

Mary Kay Place

Birth Place:

Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States

Profession

Actress, Soundtrack, Director, Writer

The Minor Accomplishments of Jackie Woodman

The Cast of My So-Called Life Had a Zoom Reunion, with One Notable Exception

The show's resident rebel was nowhere to be found

Thu, Apr 16, 2020

The Cast of My So-Called Life Had a Zoom Reunion, with One Notable Exception

The Tuesday Playlist: Justified, New Normal Finales; Another Look at Phil Spector

Too soon. We always feel that way when a season of FX's marvelously entertaining Justified comes to a close. It can't be easy sustaining that high-wire act of violent tension and wry bourbon-smooth humor, while staying true to the voice and tone of Elmore Leonard's creation of the laconic yet steely U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens, but they sure make it go down easy. The fourth-season finale (Tuesday, 10/9c) is titled "Ghosts," and it's a haunted hour, all right — haunted by what-ifs, by dreams deferred and hopes crushed by the weight of bad acts and Harlan County's history of bad people — but it's also a truly badass episode when it needs to be, with fateful confrontations and crazy twists, some satisfying and others troubling.

Tue, Apr 2, 2013

The Tuesday Playlist: Justified, New Normal Finales; Another Look at Phil Spector

Big Love: It's a Very Merry Christmas at Juniper Creek

Since Big Love has been off the air for eight long months, the Grant family at Juniper Creek has put together a little holiday treat — A Juniper Creek Christmas, the holiday album featuring Roman Grant (Harry Dean Stanton), Adaleen Grant (Mary Kay Place), Jodean Marquart (Mireille Enos) and Cara Lynn (Cassi Thomson)...

Fri, Dec 11, 2009

Big Love: It's a Very Merry Christmas at Juniper Creek

Emmy Nom Lee Pace Teases Daisies' New Season, Shares Casting Scoop

What is Lee Pace's good luck charm as he heads into Sunday's Emmy Awards as a nominee in the Lead Actor/Comedy race? "I brought my sister," the actor told TVGuide.com at Kate Somerville's pre-Emmys "White Tent Event." In fact, Pace saw to it that sib Sally was properly pampered with a facial from Somerville, whose star-studded clientele includes the likes of Kate Walsh and Felicity Huffman. However no such beautifying was on tap for Lee himself (yet). Asked if he might go in for a tweezing, he deferred, "My brows are what I got, so."Pace then talked up Pushing Daisies' Season 2 opener (airing Oct. 1), in which the killer at large is offing people with bees. "It's a fun case," he said. "It throws you back to that Daisies style  fun, whimsical and totally romantic."The pie-maker might be a busier baker this season, seeing as several cool guest stars are stopping by. In addition to Fred Willard (as a murdered magician) and David Arquette (as a bud of Ned's, "a misfit ...

Sun, Sep 21, 2008

Emmy Nom Lee Pace Teases Daisies' New Season, Shares Casting Scoop

Seeing the TV-movie Moms on ...

Question: Seeing the TV-movie Moms on Strike got me thinking (no small feat). Wasn't there an Afterschool Special back in the '80s that dealt with the same subject? If memory serves, Yeardley Smith played the daughter.Answer: Memory does indeed serve, Rhonda. Matter of fact, that 1984 Afterschool Special was called... Mom's on Strike. Based on Stephanie S. Tolan's book The Great Skinner Strike, it starred Mary Kay Place (folk singer Loretta on Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman) as a put-upon housewife whose husband and kids refused to help out around the house. When pitching a fit didn't get any results, she pitched a tent in the front yard and began picketing for more respect. After Dad (Stephen Keep) made the mistake of dumping the chores on his two daughters (Ms. Smith, who would later become an animation l

Thu, Mar 23, 2006

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