Mary Kay Place

    Actor, Director, Writer

    Birthdate: Sep 23, 1947

    Birthplace: Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA

    Mary Kay Place (born September 23, 1947) is an American actress, singer, director, and screenwriter. She is known for portraying Loretta Haggers on the television series Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, a role that won her the 1977 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress - Comedy Series. Her numerous film appearances include Private Benjamin (1980), The Big Chill (1983), Captain Ron (1992) and Francis Ford Coppola's 1997 drama The Rainmaker. Place also recorded three studio albums for Columbia Records, one in the Haggers persona, which included the Top Ten country music hit "Baby Boy." For her performance in Diane (2018), Place won the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress and the National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress.

    Known For

    Being John Malkovich
    Being John Malkovich

    (1999)

    Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman
    Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman

    (1976)

    Girl, Interrupted
    Girl, Interrupted

    (1999)

    The Big Chill
    The Big Chill

    (1983)

    Mary Kay Place Movies

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    • 2021 |
      Music
    • 2020 |

      Evergreen

    • 2019 |

      Diane

    • 2019 |

      State Like Sleep

    • 2016 |
      Youth in Oregon
    • 2016 |

      New York, New York

    • 2015 |
      The Breakup Girl
    • 2015 |
      I'll See You in My Dreams
    • 2014 |
      Miss Meadows
    • 2013 |
      You're in Charge
    • 2013 |
      Bad Milo
    • 2012 |
      Smashed
    • 2010 |
      Leonie
    • 2010 |

      Shrek Forever After

      asGuard Witch
    • 2009 |
      It's Complicated
    • 2007 |
      War Eagle, Arkansas
    • 2008 |
      City of Ember
    • 2007 |
      Mama's Boy
    • 2004 |
      Killer Diller
    • 2005 |
      Lonesome Jim
    • 2004 |
      Death and Texas
    • 2003 |
      Latter Days
    • 2001 |
      The Safety of Objects
    • 2002 |
      Junk
    • 2002 |
      Sweet Home Alabama
    • 2002 |

      Sweet Home Alabama

      asPearl
    • 2001 |
      A Woman's a Helluva Thing
    • 2001 |
      Nailed
    • 1999 |
      Judgment Day: The Ellie Nesler Story
    • 1999 |
      Being John Malkovich
    • 1998 |
      How to Make the Cruelest Month
    • 1998 |
      Naturally Native
    • 1998 |
      Pecker
    • 1997 |
      Eye of God
    • 1997 |
      The Rainmaker
    • 1996 |
      Citizen Ruth
    • 1996 |
      Manny & Lo
    • 1992 |
      Captain Ron
    • 1991 |
      Samantha
    • 1990 |
      Bright Angel
    • 1988 |
      A New Life
    • 1985 |
      Smooth Talk
    • 1983 |
      The Big Chill
    • 1982 |
      Waltz Across Texas
    • 1981 |
      Modern Problems
    • 1980 |
      Private Benjamin
    • 1979 |
      Starting Over
    Mary Kay Place: Biography, Movies, Net Worth & Photos