Mary Beth Peil Biography

Mary Beth Peil sang with the New York City Opera. In 1971 she originated the role of Alma in the opera Summer and Smoke based on a Tennessee Williams play and performed it again when it was broadcast on television in 1982 (based on a 1980 performance). Peil was persuaded to take a role in Kiss Me Kate and soon found herself on Broadway. In May 1983 she was cast in a national tour as the twelfth and final Anna Leonowens opposite Yul Brynner's monarch of Siam in a revival of The King and I. Peil was nominated for a 1985 Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical.She starred in the 1987 Off-Broadway musical Birds of Paradise. She made her film debut in 1992's Jersey Girl. She appeared on TV's Law & Order in 1994. Peil won an Obie Award in 1995 for her work in three non-musical plays The Naked Truth Missing Persons and A Cheever Evening. Between 1998 and 2003 Peil was introduced to a wider audience through her role as Evelyn 'Grams' Ryan on teen television drama . Alongside the four main young stars of that show she was the only actress to appear as a credited regular throughout the show's six-season run appearing in 74 of 128 episodes. From 2009 to 2016 she played Jackie Florrick the mother of Chris Noth's character on the CBS drama .

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