Person · Actor

Mary Kay Place

Born

September 23, 1947

From

Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA

Height

1.55 m (5'1")

Also:
Actress
Director
Writer

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Decades active

In short · Acting since 1952, 8 decades active, 96 credits.

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Biography

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 earned her the 1977 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a 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.