Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1952-04-28
- Works
- 2
Top works
- Fly girls
- Cancer Prayer And Survival
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Film & TV
Acting · Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA
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…
Known for
- VisionQuest2026
- Broke — Kathy Brandywine2025
- Twelve Dates 'Til Christmas — Delilah2025
- The Fall of the House of Usher — Madeline Usher2023
- The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf — Lady Zerbst (voice)2021
- Rebel — Helen Peterson2021
- Rebel — Helen2021
- Fargo — Ruby Goldfarb2014
- Major Crimes — Captain Sharon Raydor2012
- Scream 4 — Kate Roberts2011
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 11
- Total plays
- 130
Tags
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- A new method of classifying prognostic comorbidity in longitudinal studies: Development and validation
· 1987 · cited 42,104x
- Reproducible, interactive, scalable and extensible microbiome data science using QIIME 2
· 2019 · cited 19,828x
- A global reference for human genetic variation
· 2015 · cited 17,321x
- Relationship of Childhood Abuse and Household Dysfunction to Many of the Leading Causes of Death in Adults
· 1998 · cited 14,728x
- Potent and specific genetic interference by double-stranded RNA in Caenorhabditis elegans
· 1998 · cited 12,267x
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Key facts
- Born
- Mary Eileen McDonnell , ( 1952-04-28 ) April 28, 1952 (age 74) , Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania , U.S.
- Education
- State University of New York at Fredonia
- Occupation
- Actress
- Years active
- 1972–present
- Spouse
- Randle Mell ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1984 ; separated</span>"}]]}'>sep. 2021 )
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Key dates
- Born
- 28 April 1952
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Eileen
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Wilkes-Barre
- Occupation
- actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Image
- Mary McDonnell (54515793389).jpg
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Article
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.
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