Mary-Pat Green

Mary-Pat Green was an American actress whose career spanned film, television, and theater. Born in Kansas City, she became known for her role as Odessa on the TV series Any Day Now. She also made guest appearances on many shows, including Friends, The West Wing, Six Feet Under, NYPD Blue, Murder, She Wrote, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Her Broadway work included Candide's 1974 revival and the original run of Sweeney Todd. She played Reverend Mother in Nunsense more than 1,500 times. In 2002, she took the part of Lorena Hickok in Michael John LaChiusa's First Lady Suite. In 1989, she stepped into the part of Miss Hannigan for an Annie staging at Kansas City's Starlight Theatre. In 1996, she took the title part in the first staging of Claudia Allen's Hannah Free, produced in Chicago by Victory Gardens Theatre. Richard Christiansen of the Chicago Tribune called her work admirably acted. Green died in 2024.