Laurie Metcalf | |
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Character | Marjorie McCarthy |
Season(s) | 1 |
Date of Birth | June 16, 1955 (age 58) |
Origin | Carbondale, Illinois, U.S. |
Laura Elizabeth "Laurie" Metcalf (born June 16, 1955) is an American actress. She is perhaps most widely known for her performance as Jackie Harris on the ABC sitcom Roseanne and has also had series television roles as Carolyn Bigsby on Desperate Housewives and Mary Cooper on The Big Bang Theory. Her motion picture roles include the voice of Mrs. Davis in the Toy Story film series and the character Debbie Loomis/Debbie Salt in Scream 2, as well as roles in such critically acclaimed films as Making Mr. Right, JFK, and Mistress. Metcalf frequently works in Chicago theater, where she is well known for her performance in the 1983 revival of Lanford Wilson's play Balm in Gilead. She has also appeared in commercials for Plan USA, a humanitarian organization which helps children in need around the world.
She is a three-time Emmy Award winner, and has been nominated four other times, as well as having been nominated for two Golden Globe Awards, two Tony Awards, a Satellite Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. Metcalf has won both a Theatre World Award and two Obie Awards for her work on the stage, and recently starred as Mary Tyrone in Eugene O'Neill's Long Day's Journey into Night, with David Suchet, Kyle Soller and Trevor White. This production was performed at London's Apollo Theatre until August 18, 2012.In early 2013, she was critically acclaimed for her Tony-nominated performance as Juliana Smithton in Sharr White's The Other Place on Broadway, a role she originated off-Broadway in 2011 and for which she won an Obie. In later 2013, she starred in the Broadway play "Domesticated" with Jeff Goldblum and she currently stars in the HBO series Getting On. In December 2013, she was cast as the mother character Marjorie McCarthy in the new CBS pilot comedy The McCarthys.
Filmography[]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1978 | A Wedding | Maid | Uncredited Role |
1985 | Desperately Seeking Susan | Leslie Glass | |
1987 | Making Mr. Right | Sandy | |
1988 | Candy Mountain | Alice | |
1988 | Stars and Bars | Melissa | |
1988 | The Appointments of Dennis Jennings | Emma | Short film |
1988 | Miles from Home | Exotic Dancer | |
1989 | Uncle Buck | Marcie Dahlgren-Frost | |
1990 | Internal Affairs | Amy Wallace | |
1990 | Pacific Heights | Stephanie MacDonald | |
1991 | JFK | Susie Cox | |
1992 | Mistress | Rachel Landisman | |
1993 | A Dangerous Woman | Anita Bell | |
1994 | The Secret Life of Houses | Ann | |
1994 | Blink | Candice | |
1995 | Leaving Las Vegas | Landlady | |
1995 | Toy Story | Mrs. Davis | Voice role |
1996 | Dear God | Rebecca Frazen | |
1997 | U Turn | Bus Station Clerk | |
1997 | Chicago Cab | Female Ad Exec | |
1997 | Scream 2 | Debbie Loomis/Debbie Salt | |
1998 | Bulworth | Mimi | |
1999 | Runaway Bride | Betty Trout | Uncredited Role |
1999 | Toy Story 2 | Mrs. Davis | Voice role |
2000 | Timecode | Dava Adair | Scenes Deleted |
2002 | Treasure Planet | Sarah Hawkins | Voice role |
2005 | Fun with Dick and Jane | Phyllis | Uncredited Role |
2006 | Steel City | Marianne Karn | |
2006 | Beer League | Artie's Mom | |
2007 | Meet the Robinsons | Lucille Krunklehorn-Robinson | Voice role |
2007 | Georgia Rule | Paula Richards | |
2008 | Stop-Loss | Mrs. Colson | |
2008 | Persepolis | Mother of a young teenage boy | Voice role |
2010 | Toy Story 3 | Mrs. Davis | Voice role |
2011 | Hop | Mrs. Bunny | Voice role |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1981 | Saturday Night Live | Weekend Update Reporter | Episode 119 |
1985 | The Execution of Raymond Graham | Carol Graham | Television film |
1986 | The Equalizer | Theresa | Episode: "No Conscience" |
1988–97 | Roseanne | Jackie Harris | 221 episodes
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress – Comedy Series (1992–94) Nominated — Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress - Comedy Series (1995) Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress - Series, Miniseries or Television Film (1993, 1995) |
1995–96 | Duckman | Voice role
Episodes: "Research and Destroy" and "Forbidden Fruit" | |
1997 | King of the Hill | Cissy Cobb | Episode: "Peggy the Boggle Champ" |
1997 | The Eddie Files | Special Agent Hicks | Episode: "Decimals - The Fake Money Caper" |
1997 | Life with Louie | Miss Kinney | Voice role
Episode: "The Kiss Is the Thing" |
1997 | Dharma & Greg | Spyder | Episode: "Instant Dharma" |
1998 | Always Outnumbered | Halley Grimes | Television film |
1998 | The Long Island Incident | Carolyn McCarthy | Television film |
1998 | 3rd Rock from the Sun | Jennifer Ravelli | Episodes: "What's Love Got to Do, Got to Do With Dick?", "I Am Dick Pentameter!" and "D3 - Judgment Day"
Nominated — Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress - Comedy Series |
1999 | Balloon Farm | Casey Johnson | Television film |
1999–2001 | The Norm Show | Laurie Freeman | 54 episodes |
2000 | God, the Devil and Bob | Donna Allman | Voice role
13 episodes |
2002 | Two Families | Unsold pilot | |
2003 | Phil at the Gate | Teddy Duffy | Unsold pilot |
2003 | Charlie Lawrence | Sarah Dolecek | 7 episodes |
2004 | Malcolm in the Middle | Susan | Episode: "Lois's Sister" |
2004 | Frasier | Nanny G | Episode: "Caught in the Act" |
2004 | Absolutely Fabulous | Crystalline | Episode: "White Box" |
2005 | Without a Trace | Susan Hopkins | Episode: "A Day in the Life" |
2006 | Monk | Cora | Episode: "Mr. Monk Bumps His Head"
Nominated — Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress - Comedy Series |
2006 | Grey's Anatomy | Beatrice Carver | Episode: "The Name of the Game" |
2006 | Desperate Housewives | Carolyn Bigsby | 4 episodes
Nominated — Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress - Comedy Series Nominated — Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series |
2006 | My Boys | Aunt Phyllis | Episode: "When Heroes Fall from Grace" |
2007 | The Virgin of Akron, Ohio | Lydia | Pilot episode |
2007 | Raines | Alice Brody | Episode: "Reconstructing Alice" |
2007–present | The Big Bang Theory | Mary Cooper | Recurring role, 6 episodes:
"The Luminous Fish Effect" (season 1: episode 4) "The Electric Can Opener Fluctuation" (season 3: episode 1) "The Zazzy Substitution" (season 4: episode 3) "The Rhintis Revelation" (season 5: episode 6) "The Cooper Extraction" (season 7: episode 11) (voice only) "The Mommy Observation" (season 7: episode 18) |
2008–09 | Easy Money | Bobette Buffkin | 8 episodes |
2009 | The Farm | Warden Margaret Elder | Unsold pilot |
2013 | The Goodwin Games | Dr. Richland[27] | |
2013-present | Getting On | Dr. Jenna James | Series Regular |