Meagen Fay
| Meagen Fay | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Meagen Helen Fay 1957 (age 58–59) Joliet, Illinois, United States |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1982–present |
Meagen Helen Fay[1] (born 1957) is an American actress known for her work in television.
A native of Joliet, Illinois,[2] in the early 1980s Fay was a featured cast member at The Second City.[3] Her first television role was in the 1987 television series Ohara.[4]
Fay's television worked continued into the 1980s and 1990s as she guest-starred on numerous shows including thirtysomething, Roseanne, Mad About You, Seinfeld, Dharma and Greg, Gilmore Girls, Suddenly Susan, Charmed and Freaks and Geeks.
She starred in early '90s series Carol & Company, The Home Court, Tales of the City, and Woops!, as well as appearing in Magnolia (1999). In 2004, she starred alongside Bruce Davison and Andrew McCarthy in Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital.
More recently, Fay has had recurring roles on Malcolm in the Middle and The Bernie Mac Show, and has guest starred on Six Feet Under, Nip/Tuck, Desperate Housewives, The Big Bang Theory, and as Chelsea's mother on several episodes of Two and a Half Men.
Works
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Dirty Rotten Scoundrels | Lady from Oklahoma | |
| 1991 | Barton Fink | Poppy Carnahan | |
| 1992 | Big Girls Don't Cry... They Get Even | Mom | |
| 1993 | Rising Sun | Hamaguri receptionist | |
| 1994 | Love Affair | SSA flight attendant | |
| 1997 | Fathers' Day | Megan | |
| 1999 | Magnolia | Dr. Diane | |
| 2002 | Full Frontal | Diane | |
| 2002 | The Country Bears | Mrs. Barrington | |
| 2004 | Extreme Dating | Branson | |
| 2004 | Catch That Kid | Doctor | |
| 2004 | Home of Phobia | Mrs. Paul | |
| 2005 | The Ring Two | ||
| 2012 | That's My Boy | Helen |
2015 "To Keep the Light" Mrs. Williams |
| 2016 | La La Land | Filming | |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | The Yesterday Show[5] | ||
| 1984 | The Imposter | TV movie | |
| 1987–88 | Ohara | Roxy Baldwin | |
| 1989 | Your Mother Wears Combat Boots | Edie Winchell | TV movie |
| 1989 | Alien Nation | Coroner Barkley | 2 episodes |
| 1990–91 | Carol & Company | ||
| 1991 | The Carol Burnett Show | ||
| 1991–92 | Roseanne | Kathy Bowman | 4 episodes |
| 1992 | Woops! | Alice McConnell | |
| 1994 | Tales of the City | Binky Gruen | |
| 1994 | Locals | Rita Levine[5] | |
| 1994 | The First Gentleman | Rosie Duff[5] | |
| 1995–96 | The Home Court | Greer | |
| 1996 | Love and Marriage | Trudy Begg | |
| 2000 | Diagnosis: Murder | Connie Carmichael | |
| 2001 | 3rd Rock from the Sun | Annabet | Episode: "Mary Loves Scoochie: (Part 1)" |
| 2002–04 | Malcolm in the Middle | Gretchen Mannkusser | 11 episodes |
| 2004 | Kingdom Hospital | Dr. Brenda Abelson | |
| 2005 | Desperate Housewives | Norma Harper | Episode: "Color and Light" |
| 2008 | Single with Parents | Nancy | Unaired pilot[5] |
| 2009 | Two and a Half Men | Martha | Episode: "Hello, I am Alan Cousteau" |
| 2012 | The Big Bang Theory | Mrs. Rostenkowski | Episode: "The Fish Guts Displacement" |
| 2014 | Murder in the First | ||
| 2015 | Marvel's Agent Carter | Miriam Fry |
Stage
| Year | Title | Role | Venue | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980–81 | Well, I'm Off to the Thirty Years War or Swing Your Partner to the Right[6] | Chicago Mainstage | ||
| 1981–82 | Miro, Miro on the Wall[6] | Chicago Mainstage | ||
| 1982 | Glenna Loved It or If You Knew Sushi[6] | Chicago Mainstage | ||
| 1982–83 | Exit Pursued by a Bear[6] | Chicago Mainstage | ||
| 1983 | Also Available in Paperback – A Retrospective[6] | Chicago Mainstage | ||
| 1983–85 | Orwell That Ends Well[7] | Chicago Mainstage, The Village Gate | Second City production | |
| 1986 | Twelfth Night; or, What You Will[8] | Maria | New York Shakespeare Festival, The Public Theater, Delacorte Theater | |
| 1987 | Stepping Out[9] | Vera | John Golden Theatre | |
| 1995 | I Sent a Letter to My Love[10] | Miss Morgan | Primary Stages Theatre | |
| 1999 | Merton of the Movies[11] | Casting director | Geffen Playhouse | |
| 2000 | Bluff | Coronet Theatre | Staged reading | |
| 2003 | To Be Young, Gifted and Black[12] | Mavis | ||
References
- ↑ "Meagen Fay". The New York Times. Retrieved June 18, 2014.
- ↑ Bennetts, Leslie (April 20, 1984). "Broadway". The New York Times. Retrieved June 18, 2014.
- ↑ Rich, Frank (March 3, 1984). "Second City Company offers biting humor in latest revue". The Day. p. 16. Retrieved June 18, 2014.
- ↑ Steele, Jeffrey (October 4, 1992). "'Woops!' Goes The Actress". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved July 26, 2014.
- 1 2 3 4 Terrace, Vincent (February 26, 2013). Encyclopedia of Television Pilots, 1937-2012. McFarland. pp. 94, 170, 270, 331. ISBN 978-0-7864-7445-5. Retrieved April 16, 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Meagen Fay". The Second City. Retrieved July 20, 2015.
- ↑ Rich, Frank (March 2, 1984). "Second City Comes to First City". The New York Times. Retrieved July 20, 2015.
- ↑ Gussow, Meg (July 3, 1986). "Shakespeare's 'Twelfth Night' in Central Park". The New York Times. Retrieved July 20, 2015.
- ↑ Rich, Frank (January 12, 1987). "'Stepping Out,' Staged by Tommy Tune". The New York Times. Retrieved July 20, 2015.
- ↑ Holden, Stephen (February 11, 1995). "An Upbeat Musical with Darker Inflections". The New York Times. Retrieved July 20, 2015.
- ↑ Phillips, Michael (July 9, 1999). "'Merton's' Flickering Dreams Evaporate in the Light of Day". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved July 20, 2015.
- ↑ Bihm, Jennifer (February 26, 2003). "'To Be Young, Gifted and Black' Continues at Fountain Theater Through Feb. 23". Los Angeles Sentinel. Retrieved July 20, 2015. – via HighBeam Research (subscription required)
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