Mary Jackson
Biografia
One of those strikingly familiar matrons you just can't place, character actress Mary Jackson is probably best known for her recurring role as one of the delightfully eccentric bootlegging sisters, "Miss Emily" Baldwin, on the series The Waltons (1971) that ran for nine seasons. She was born November 22, 1910 in rural Milford, Michigan, and earned a bachelor's degree from West Michigan University in 1932. A Depression-era school teacher for one year before pursuing her interest in theater, she returned to college (this time Michigan State University) in a fine arts program. She started out on the Chicago stage and in summer stock before migrating to the larger stages in New York and Los Angeles. Film and TV roles did not come her way until well into middle age. Guesting on such TV shows as "The Andy Griffith Show," "The Twilight Zone," "My Three Sons," "Hazel," "The Mary Tyler Moore Show," "Barnaby Jones" and "Highway to Heaven," she usually appeared as ladylike small-town citizens. She was also part of the ensemble in Peter Bogdanovich's first low-budget film thriller Targets (1968), which was Boris Karloff's last feature. In the 70s she started gathering up character bits here and there, such as her nuns in the all-star epic Airport (1970) and the horror Audrey Rose (1977). A variety of pleasant, maternal parts came her way, including Lynn Carlin's mother in the Blake Edwards' western Wild Rovers (1971) and Jane Fonda's in the comedy caper Fun with Dick and Jane (1977). She supported Fonda again in the Vietnam-era drama Coming Home (1978), was among the cast in the cultish Big Top Pee-wee (1988) and had a noticeable role in Steve Martin's Leap of Faith (1992). As for "The Waltons" success, character actress Dorothy Stickney played the part of Emily in the initial TV pilot along with Josephine Hutchinson as older sister Mamie. When the series came to fruition, Mary and actress Helen Kleeb, another one of those "I've seen her before" character faces, took over the spinster roles. Both she and Kleeb continued their sister act periodically in several Walton "reunion" TV-movies, which included assorted weddings and holiday gatherings. Both ladies made their final TV appearances in A Walton Easter (1997). Kleeb died of natural causes in 2003 at age 96. Mary passed away two years later at age 95 of complications from Parkinson's disease. - IMDb Mini Biography
Filmografia
Filmy i seriale od najnowszych
A Family Thing
Film • 1996
jako Carrie
Christy
Serial • 1994
jako Aunt Polly Teague
A Walton Thanksgiving Reunion
Film • 1993
jako Emily Baldwin
Ozone
Film • 1993
jako Cleaning Lady
Cudotwórca
Film • 1992
jako Emma Schlarp
Parenthood
Serial • 1990
Egzorcysta III
Film • 1990
jako Mrs. Clelia
Skinned Alive
Film • 1990
jako Crawldaddy
The Case of the Hillside Stranglers
Film • 1989
Pee-wee Herman w cyrku
Film • 1988
jako Mrs. Dill
Meet the Munceys
Film • 1988
jako Esther Lovell-Mingott
L.A. Law
Serial • 1986
jako Mildred Weedon
My Town
Film • 1986
jako Mrs. McDaniel
The Snow Queen
Film • 1985
jako Grandmother
Autostrada do nieba
Serial • 1984
Hunter
Serial • 1984
jako Clara
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
Serial • 1983
Hardcastle and McCormick
Serial • 1983
jako Sarah Wicks
A Day for Thanks on Waltons Mountain
Film • 1982
jako Emily Baldwin
Family Ties
Serial • 1982
jako Edna
Faerie Tale Theatre
Serial • 1982
jako Grandmother
Zawód: Bohater
Film • 1982
jako Frances
Cagney & Lacey
Serial • 1982
Between Two Brothers
Film • 1982
jako Eddy Frazer
A Wedding on Waltons Mountain
Film • 1982
jako Emily Baldwin
Open All Night
Serial • 1981
A Small Killing
Film • 1981
jako Rose
The Two Lives of Carol Letner
Film • 1981
jako Grandmother Mary
Posterunek przy Hill Street
Serial • 1981
Magnum
Serial • 1980
jako Grandmother MacKenzie
When the Whistle Blows
Serial • 1980
Letters from Frank
Film • 1979
jako Edna Miller
Hart to Hart
Serial • 1979
The Runaways
Serial • 1978
A Death in Canaan
Film • 1978
jako Sarah Biggens
Powrót do domu
Film • 1978
jako Fleta Wilson
Audrey Rose
Film • 1977
jako Mother Veronica
Dick i Jane
Film • 1977
jako Jane's Mother
Quincy, M.E.
Serial • 1976
Bionic Woman. Agentka przyszłości
Serial • 1976
The Jeffersons
Serial • 1975
The Manhunter
Serial • 1974
Our Time
Film • 1974
jako Miss Moran
Blume in Love
Film • 1973
jako Louise
Ponurak
Film • 1973
jako Mrs. Evans
Terror at Red Wolf Inn
Film • 1972
jako Evelyn Smith
Ulice San Francisco
Serial • 1972
The Waltons
Serial • 1972
jako Emily Baldwin
The Rookies
Serial • 1972
The Trial of the Catonsville Nine
Film • 1972
jako Witness
The Failing of Raymond
Film • 1971
jako Latin Teacher
Columbo
Serial • 1971
jako Annie
Cannon
Serial • 1971
Zawadiaki
Film • 1971
jako Sada's Mother
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Serial • 1970
jako Mrs. Arnell
Port lotniczy
Film • 1970
jako Felice
Lancer
Serial • 1968
Żywe tarcze
Film • 1968
jako Charlotte Thompson
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
Film • 1967
jako Mrs. Stone
The Second Hundred Years
Serial • 1967
jako Mother Superior
The Invaders
Serial • 1967
jako Nurse
CBS Playhouse
Serial • 1966
jako Mrs. Stone
The F.B.I.
Serial • 1965
jako Mrs. Otto Foshay
The Fugitive
Serial • 1963
jako Nurse Oberhansly
The Outer Limits
Serial • 1963
jako Mrs. McCrae
Stoney Burke
Serial • 1962
Hazel
Serial • 1961
Route 66
Serial • 1960
The Andy Griffith Show
Serial • 1960
jako Mrs. Rigsby
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
Serial • 1960
jako Mrs. Krieger
The Twilight Zone
Serial • 1959
jako Miss Pepper (uncredited)
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
Serial • 1959
jako Mrs. Kenny
Przyjacielska perswazja
Film • 1956
jako Country Woman (uncredited)
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Serial • 1955
jako Mrs. Wilson
General Electric Theater
Serial • 1953
jako Phyllis Barton
Robert Montgomery Presents
Serial • 1950
jako Mrs. Gross
The Philco Television Playhouse
Serial • 1948
jako Aunt Edna