Mary Mara
Biography
Mary Mara was an American actress who worked mainly in television and film. Born in Syracuse, New York, she studied at San Francisco State University before the Yale School of Drama, earning a Master of Fine Arts. Her screen debut came in The Preppie Murder, a 1989 television film, and that year she appeared in Twelfth Night at the New York Shakespeare Festival. In Mr. Saturday Night (1992), she played Billy Crystal's estranged daughter. Her breakthrough came on ER, where she portrayed Loretta Sweets in nine episodes between 1995 and 1996. She then played Inspector Bryn Carson on the series Nash Bridges from 1996 to 1997. Other television credits included Law & Order, NYPD Blue and Ally McBeal. She later played Valerie Hodges in Dexter (2009) and Mrs. Sullivan in Ray Donovan (2013). Her films included the horror movie Prom Night (2008), and she retired after her final role in Break Even in 2020.
61years old at death
- Born Syracuse
- Died Cape Vincent
- Star sign: VirgoThe sign runs August 23 to September 22
Movie Career
- Films
- 9
- Career span
- 18 years1990 to 2008
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Early training
Mara earned a Master of Fine Arts from Yale after attending the Yale School of Drama and San Francisco State University.
Beyond film
Mara took part in the New York Shakespeare Festival's Twelfth Night in 1989, sharing the stage with Michelle Pfeiffer, Jeff Goldblum and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio.
Mary Mara movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Worked with
Mary Mara shares two films with Philip Bosco, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Philip Bosco's page
Ron Silver's page
Kevin Michael Richardson's page
Tom Sizemore's page
Clancy Brown's page
Robert Duvall's page
Iain SoftleyDirector, 1 film, 2001
All films by Iain Softley
Andy WachowskiDirector, 1 film, 1996
All films by Andy Wachowski
All films by Lana Wachowski
Box office
What Mary Mara's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$217 million
9 of the 9 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 9 films: 9 worldwide figure.
- 9Worldwide figure
Top grosser
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$66M30.2% of the total
- 2$57M26.1% of the total
- 3$50M23.2% of the total
- 4$15M6.8% of the total
- 5$13M6.1% of the total
- 6$8.2M3.8% of the total
- 7$7.0M3.2% of the total
- 8$755K0.3% of the total
$418,807from the other 1 film with a worldwide figure, 0% of the total
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Official profiles and reference pages.