Mary Kay Place

Mary Kay Place
Born (1947-09-23) September 23, 1947 (age 77)
Alma materUniversity of Tulsa
Occupations
  • Actress
  • singer
  • director
  • screenwriter
Years active1973–present

Mary Kay Place (born September 23, 1947)[1] is an American actress. She is best 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[2] and the National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress.[3]

  1. ^ "Place, Mary Kay". Oklahoma Historical Society. Retrieved June 2, 2022.
  2. ^ Ryan Lattanzio (December 8, 2019). "LA Film Critics Crown 'Parasite,' Bong Joon Ho, Mary Kay Place, and Antonio Banderas". IndieWire. Archived from the original on March 21, 2022. Retrieved December 30, 2019.
  3. ^ Bennett, Anita (January 5, 2020). "'Parasite' Wins Top Honor From National Society Of Film Critics". Deadline. Retrieved November 16, 2020.

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