Mary Pat Gleason Biography

Fast Facts

• Made her screen acting debut in the TV series "Texas" in 1982
• Quote: "My belief was that the theater does heal․ Sometimes people in the audience see things on the stage that they are not able to talk about that they've experienced, or it's a forbidden subject in the family, and it opens up a conversation for them․"
• Best known for her role as Jane Hogan in "Guiding Light" and as Teresa in "I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry․"
• Wrote and performed in the one-woman show "Stopping Traffic," in which she discusses her battle with bipolar disorder