Mary Mara's television credits include recurring roles on the series
"ER" and guest-starring roles on "Hope & Gloria", "NYPD Blue" and "Law
& Order". She has also appeared in the television films "In the Blink
of an Eye", on the CBS Television Network, and "Indictment". Mara's
feature film credits include "Mr. Saturday Night", "True Colors",
"Blue Steel", "Just Looking", "Love Potion #9", with Sandra Bullock,
and "The Hard Way", with Michael J. Fox. She has performed on stage in
"Kindertransport", "Dream of a Common Language" and "Mad Forest" for
the Manhattan Theatre Club in New York, as well as in a New York
Shakespeare Festival production of "Twelfth Night", co-starring with
Michelle Pfeiffer, Jeff Goldblum and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio. She
also appeared with William Hurt in a Yale Repertory production of
"Ivanov", directed by the head of the Moscow Arts Theater (who spoke no
English). While attending San Francisco State University, Mara
established the theater company HART (Haight Ashbury Repertory
Theatre), where she honed her acting skills. She later transferred to
the Yale School of Drama from which she was graduated with a master's
degree in fine arts. Mara, a native of Syracuse, N.Y., split her time
between homes in Los Angeles and San Francisco.
On June 26, 2022 Mary accidentally drowned while swimming in the
St. Lawrence River, a life long favorite vacation spot.
Break Even(2020)as Molly
Doubt(2017)as Patrice Thorne
The Sphere and the Labyrinth(2015)as Lenore
Secrets and Lies(2015)as Barfly
Paradise, FL(2015)as Koko
Criminal Minds(2005)
Entertainment Tonight(1981)as Self
