Mary-Margaret Humes is an American

United States

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 actress best known in recent years for playing Gail Leery, the title character's mother on the WB

The WB Television Network

The WB Television Network is a former television network in the United States that was launched on January 11, 1995 as a joint venture between Warner Bros. and Tribune Broadcasting. On January 24, 2006, CBS Corporation and Warner Bros...

 television drama Dawson's Creek

Dawson's Creek

Dawson's Creek is an American teen drama television series which debuted on January 20, 1998, on The WB Television Network and was produced by Sony Pictures Television. The show is set in the fictional seaside town of Capeside, Massachusetts, and in Boston, Massachusetts, during the later seasons...

from 1998 to 2003.

Biography

Born in Watertown, New York at Mercy Hospital on April 4, 1954, Humes is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Neale C. Humes. She is a graduate of the Watertown High School

Watertown High School

Watertown High School may refer to:*Watertown High School in Watertown, Connecticut*Watertown High School in Watertown, Massachusetts*Watertown High School in Watertown, New York...

 Class of 1972. Humes competed as Miss Thousand Islands in the 1973 Miss New York State contest she won the Miss Florida USA

Miss Florida USA

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 pageant and was third runner up in the 1975 Miss USA

Miss USA

The Miss USA beauty contest has been held annually since 1952 to select the United States entrant in the Miss Universe pageant. The Miss Universe Organization operates both pageants, as well as Miss Teen USA...

 pageant behind eventual winner and fellow actress Summer Bartholomew

Summer Bartholomew

Summer Robin Bartholomew is a model and actress who won the 1975 Miss USA pageant.Her first pageant experience came in 1973 when she won the Miss Oktoberfest title....

 of California

Miss California USA

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.

She was urged to try acting by fellow Floridian Burt Reynolds

Burt Reynolds

Burton Leon "Burt" Reynolds, Jr. is an American actor. Some of his memorable roles include Bo 'Bandit' Darville in Smokey and the Bandit, Lewis Medlock in Deliverance, Bobby "Gator" McCluskey in White Lightning and sequel Gator, Paul Crewe and Coach Nate Scarborough in The Longest Yard and its...

 and her best known movie role is as the Vestal Virgin Miriam in Mel Brooks

Mel Brooks

Mel Brooks is an American film director, screenwriter, composer, lyricist, comedian, actor and producer. He is best known as a creator of broad film farces and comic parodies. He began his career as a stand-up comic and as a writer for the early TV variety show Your Show of Shows...

's History of the World, Part I

History of the World, Part I

History of the World, Part I is a 1981 comedy film written, produced, and directed by Mel Brooks. Brooks also stars in the film, playing five roles: Moses, Comicus the stand-up philosopher, Tomás de Torquemada, King Louis XVI, and Jacques, le garçon de pisse...

. Humes has a long list of guest starring roles to her credit on such diverse shows as Grey's Anatomy

Grey's Anatomy

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, The Dukes of Hazzard

The Dukes of Hazzard

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, Matlock

Matlock (TV series)

Matlock is an American television legal drama, starring Andy Griffith in the title role of attorney Ben Matlock. The show originally aired from September 23, 1986 to May 8, 1992 on NBC, where it replaced The A-Team, then from November 5, 1992 until May 7, 1995 on ABC.The show's format was similar...

, Knight Rider, Murphy Brown

Murphy Brown

Murphy Brown is an American situation comedy which aired on CBS from November 14, 1988, to May 18, 1998, for a total of 247 episodes. The program starred Candice Bergen as the eponymous Murphy Brown, a famous investigative journalist and news anchor for FYI, a fictional CBS television...

, The A-Team

The A-Team

The A-Team is an American action adventure television series about a fictional group of ex-United States Army Special Forces personnel who work as soldiers of fortune, while on the run from the Army after being branded as war criminals for a "crime they didn't commit". The A-Team was created by...

, The Fall Guy

The Fall Guy

The Fall Guy is an American action/adventure television program produced for ABC and originally broadcast from November 4, 1981 to May 2, 1986. It starred Lee Majors, Douglas Barr, and Heather Thomas. Majors and Barr are the only two actors to appear in all 112 episodes of the series...

, Hardcastle and McCormick

Hardcastle and McCormick

Hardcastle and McCormick is a 1980s action/drama television series from Stephen J. Cannell Productions, shown on ABC from 1983–1986, starring Brian Keith as Judge Milton C. Hardcastle and Daniel Hugh Kelly as ex-con and race car driver Mark "Skid" McCormick.The show's premise involves the...

, T.J. Hooker,
Riptide

Riptide (TV series)

Riptide is a TV detective series that ran on NBC from 1983 to 1986, starring Perry King, Joe Penny, and Thom Bray. Riptide was created by Frank Lupo and Stephen J. Cannell, and produced by Stephen J. Cannell Productions. The main theme was composed by Mike Post and Pete Carpenter...

and Touched by an Angel

Touched by an Angel

Touched by an Angel is an American drama series that premiered on CBS on September 21, 1994 and ran for 211 episodes and nine seasons until its conclusion on April 27, 2003. Created by John Masius and produced by Martha Williamson, the series stars Roma Downey, as an angel named Monica, and Della...

. She was also a regular on the short-lived NBC

NBC

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 series Eerie, Indiana

Eerie, Indiana

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in 1991.

In 2000 she portrayed Hazel Show the mother of Laurie Show in the fact based film The Stalking of Laurie Show which was a made for television movie.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1980		Tinker	Episode: "Mason Dixon's Girls"
1981	History of the World: Part 1	Miriam
1982		Christina Smith	Episode: "The Reluctant Traveling Companion"
1982	Knight Rider	Carol Reston	Episode: "No Big Thing"
1983		Cristina Stellini	Episode: "The Professor Has Class/When the Magic Disappears/We, the Jury"
1983	Manimal Manimal Manimal is an American action–adventure series that ran from September 30 to December 17, 1983 on NBC. The show centers on the character Dr Jonathan Chase , a shape-shifting man who possessed the ability to turn himself into any animal he chose...	Terry Sloan	Episode: "Night of the Scorpion"
1983		Randy Stern	Episode: "Steel"
1984		Rae Grant	Episode: "Bite of the Wasp"
1984	Riptide Riptide (TV series) Riptide is a TV detective series that ran on NBC from 1983 to 1986, starring Perry King, Joe Penny, and Thom Bray. Riptide was created by Frank Lupo and Stephen J. Cannell, and produced by Stephen J. Cannell Productions. The main theme was composed by Mike Post and Pete Carpenter...	Dee Dee	Episode: "The Mean Green Love Machine"
1984	Velvet	Lauren 'Boots' Daws	TV movie
1984	Hunter	Sandy Newton	Episode: "Legacy"
1984		Dana Lord	Episode: "Bonecrunch"
1985	Hardcastle and McCormick Hardcastle and McCormick Hardcastle and McCormick is a 1980s action/drama television series from Stephen J. Cannell Productions, shown on ABC from 1983–1986, starring Brian Keith as Judge Milton C. Hardcastle and Daniel Hugh Kelly as ex-con and race car driver Mark "Skid" McCormick.The show's premise involves the...	Pamela Bayer	Episode: "What's So Funny?"
1985		Serena	Episode: "Split Image"
1985	Half Nelson	April	Episode: "Nose Job"
1985	Night Court Night Court Night Court is an American television situation comedy that aired on NBC from January 4, 1984, to May 20, 1992. The setting was the night shift of a Manhattan court, presided over by the young, unorthodox Judge Harold T. "Harry" Stone...	Kimberley Daniels	Episode: "Halloween, Too"
1985	Shadow Chasers Shadow Chasers Shadow Chasers is a 1985 American mystery television series created by Brian Grazer and Kenneth Johnson. It includes 13 episodes, nine of which were shown on the ABC television network, the remaining four on the Armed Forces Network...	Allison Collingswood	Episode: "Blood and Magnolias"
1985	T. J. Hooker T. J. Hooker T.J. Hooker is an American police drama television program starring William Shatner in the title role as a 15-year veteran police sergeant. The series premiered as a mid-season replacement on March 13, 1982 on ABC and ran on the network until May 4, 1985...	Chrissi Wilde	Episode: "Hollywood Starr"
1986	T. J. Hooker T. J. Hooker T.J. Hooker is an American police drama television program starring William Shatner in the title role as a 15-year veteran police sergeant. The series premiered as a mid-season replacement on March 13, 1982 on ABC and ran on the network until May 4, 1985...	Lisa Temple	Episode: "Deadly Force"
1986	Gung Ho Gung Ho (TV series) Gung Ho was a short-lived TV series, based on the 1986 film of the same name. The series aired on ABC during the 1986-87 season.-Synopsis:...	Melissa	Episode: "Line of Credit"
1987	Outlaws Outlaws (1986 TV series) Outlaws is a short-lived action-adventure American television series which aired Saturday nights on CBS. The original series began as a 2-hour pilot movie, and was followed by eleven one-hour episodes.- Origins :...	Lora Kirby	Episode: "Primer"
1988		Kathleen	Episode: "Goodbye to All That"
1988	Making a Living		Episode: "Daddy's Little Girl"
1990	Jake and the Fatman Jake and the Fatman Jake and the Fatman is a television crime drama starring William Conrad as prosecutor J. L. "Fatman" McCabe and Joe Penny as investigator Jake Styles. The series ran on CBS for five seasons from 1987 to 1992. Diagnosis: Murder was a spin-off of this series...	Tish Janet Fromer	Episode: "I Ain't Got Nobody" Episode: "My Boy Bill"
1990	Valerie's Family	Honey	Episode: "Come Fly with Me"
1990	Matlock Matlock (TV series) Matlock is an American television legal drama, starring Andy Griffith in the title role of attorney Ben Matlock. The show originally aired from September 23, 1986 to May 8, 1992 on NBC, where it replaced The A-Team, then from November 5, 1992 until May 7, 1995 on ABC.The show's format was similar...	Brigette Laird	Episode: "The Personal Trainer"
1991	Matlock Matlock (TV series) Matlock is an American television legal drama, starring Andy Griffith in the title role of attorney Ben Matlock. The show originally aired from September 23, 1986 to May 8, 1992 on NBC, where it replaced The A-Team, then from November 5, 1992 until May 7, 1995 on ABC.The show's format was similar...	Claudette Hertz	Episode: "The Marriage Counselor"
1991	Father Dowling Mysteries Father Dowling Mysteries Father Dowling Mysteries is an American television mystery series that appeared between November 30, 1987 and May 2, 1991. For its first season, the show was on NBC; it moved to ABC network for its last two seasons...	Mrs. Wiley	Episode: "The Monkey Business Mystery"
1991–1992	Eerie, Indiana Eerie, Indiana Eerie, Indiana is an American television series that aired on NBC from 1991 to 1992 and then on syndication on Fox from 1997 to 1998. The series was created by José Rivera and Karl Schaefer, with Joe Dante serving as creative consultant.-Premise:...	Marilyn Teller	19 episodes
1992	Matlock Matlock (TV series) Matlock is an American television legal drama, starring Andy Griffith in the title role of attorney Ben Matlock. The show originally aired from September 23, 1986 to May 8, 1992 on NBC, where it replaced The A-Team, then from November 5, 1992 until May 7, 1995 on ABC.The show's format was similar...	Candace Winfield	Episode: "The Legacy"
1992	Perry Mason: The Case of the Reckless Romeo	Laura Rand	TV movie
1992	Bodies of Evidence	Andie Harper	Episode: "Nearest and Dearest"
1993	Blossom Blossom (TV series) Blossom is an American sitcom broadcast on NBC from January 3, 1991 to May 22, 1995. The series stars Mayim Bialik as Blossom Russo, a teenage girl living with her father and two brothers. It was created by Don Reo.- Synopsis :...	Carol	Episode: "Time" Episode: "Hunger"
1993	Dark Justice Dark Justice The series began airing in 1991 and ran for three seasons finishing in 1993.Tagline: "Justice may be blind... but it can see in the dark."- Production and filming :...	Glenda Ross	Episode: "The Greening of Glenda Ross"
1993	Time Trax Time Trax Time Trax was an American/Australian co-produced science fiction television series that first aired in 1993. A police officer, sent through time into the past, has to track down and return convicted criminals who have escaped prison in the future...	Tulsa Giles	Episode: "Framed"
1994	Time Trax Time Trax Time Trax was an American/Australian co-produced science fiction television series that first aired in 1993. A police officer, sent through time into the past, has to track down and return convicted criminals who have escaped prison in the future...	Tulsa Giles	Episode: "Happy Valley"
1994	Diagnosis Murder Diagnosis Murder Diagnosis: Murder is a mystery/medical/crime drama television series starring Dick Van Dyke as Dr. Mark Sloan, a medical doctor who solves crimes with the help of his son, a homicide detective played by his real-life son Barry Van Dyke. The series began as a spin-off of Jake and the Fatman...	Ruth Garfield	Episode: "Shaker"
1995	Renegade Renegade (TV series) Renegade is an American television series that ran for 110 episodes spanning 5 seasons between September 19, 1992 and April 4, 1997.The series stars Lorenzo Lamas as Reno Raines, a police officer who is framed for a murder he didn't commit. Raines goes on the run and joins forces with Native...	Laura Tracy	Episode: "Ace in the Hole"
1995	In the Heat of the Night: By Duty Bound	Karen	TV movie
1995	Gramps	Betsy MacGruder	TV movie
1995	Legend Legend (TV series) Legend was a science fiction Western television show that ran on UPN from April 18, 1995 until August 22, 1995, with one final re-airing of the pilot on July 3, 1996. It was Richard Dean Anderson's first major role after the successful MacGyver series, and also starred John de Lancie, best known...	Laura Davenport	Episode: "Knee-High Noon"
1995	Land's End Land's End (TV series) Land's End is an American detective drama series that aired in broadcast syndication from 1995 to 1996. A total of 22 sixty minute episodes were produced...	Rebecca / Simone	3 episodes
1995	Pointman Pointman Pointman is a TV movie pilot and TV series on the Prime Time Entertainment Network in 1994 to 1995. The premise is the main character is framed and convicted of fraud while he was an investment banker...	Marge	Episode: "Going Home"
1996	Sworn to Justice	Megan
1997	Murphy Brown Murphy Brown Murphy Brown is an American situation comedy which aired on CBS from November 14, 1988, to May 18, 1998, for a total of 247 episodes. The program starred Candice Bergen as the eponymous Murphy Brown, a famous investigative journalist and news anchor for FYI, a fictional CBS television...	Raven-Haired Receptionist	Episode: "Who Do You Truss?" Episode: "Blind Date"
1997	Moloney		Episode: "The Ripple Effect"
1998–2003	Dawson's Creek Dawson's Creek Dawson's Creek is an American teen drama television series which debuted on January 20, 1998, on The WB Television Network and was produced by Sony Pictures Television. The show is set in the fictional seaside town of Capeside, Massachusetts, and in Boston, Massachusetts, during the later seasons...	Gail Leery Gail Leery Gail Leery is a fictional character from the American television program, Dawson's Creek, played by Mary-Margaret Humes.-Biography:Gail Leery is the wife of Mitch Leery. The two were college sweethearts and married in 1979 after four years of dating. They tried for three years to get pregnant, and...	93 episodes
2000		Hazel Show	TV movie
2001	Motocrossed Motocrossed Motocrossed! is a 2001 Disney Channel Original Movie , about a girl named Andrea Carson who loves motocross, despite the fact that her father finds her unsuited for the sport, being that she is "just a girl"...	Geneva Carson	TV movie
2001	Dying to Dance	Helene Lennox	TV movie
2002	Touched by an Angel Touched by an Angel Touched by an Angel is an American drama series that premiered on CBS on September 21, 1994 and ran for 211 episodes and nine seasons until its conclusion on April 27, 2003. Created by John Masius and produced by Martha Williamson, the series stars Roma Downey, as an angel named Monica, and Della...	Sandy Collette	Episode: "A Rock and a Hard Place"
2002	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation CSI: Crime Scene Investigation CSI: Crime Scene Investigation is an American crime drama television series, which premiered on CBS on October 6, 2000. The show was created by Anthony E. Zuiker and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer...	Jeri Newman	Episode: "Let the Seller Beware"
2004		Mrs. Newland	Episode: "Hail, Hail, the Gang's All Here"
2006	CSI: NY CSI: NY CSI: NY is an American police procedural television series that premiered on September 22, 2004, on CBS. The show follows the investigations of a team of NYPD forensic scientists and police officers as they unveil the circumstances behind mysterious and unusual deaths as well as other crimes...	Helen Sanders	Episode: "Oedipus Hex"
2007	Grey's Anatomy Grey's Anatomy Grey's Anatomy is an American medical drama television series created by Shonda Rhimes. The series premiered on March 27, 2005 on ABC; since then, seven seasons have aired. The series follows the lives of interns, residents and their mentors in the fictional Seattle Grace Mercy West Hospital in...	Nancy Jennings	Episode: "Desire Desire (Grey's Anatomy) "Desire'" is the 21st episode of the third season of the ABC series, Grey's Anatomy. The episode was written by Mark Wilding and was directed by Tom Verica. The episode originally aired on April 26th, 2007, running for 43:04 min.-Starring:... "
2007	My First Christmas Tree	Mom	Short film
2007	Ghost Whisperer Ghost Whisperer Ghost Whisperer is an American television supernatural drama, which ran on CBS from September 23, 2005 to May 21, 2010.The series follows the life of Melinda Gordon , who has the ability to see and communicate with ghosts...	Susan Drake	Episode: "Unhappy Medium"
2008	Criminal Minds Criminal Minds Criminal Minds is an American police procedural drama that premiered September 22, 2005, on CBS. The series follows a team of profilers from the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit based in Quantico, Virginia. The BAU is part of the FBI National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime...	Audrey Henson	Episode: "The Crossing"
2008	Broken Windows	Dori
2008	Saving Grace Saving Grace (TV series) Saving Grace is an American television crime drama series which premiered on TNT on July 23, 2007 and ran until June 21, 2010. The show stars Academy Award-winner Holly Hunter in her first television series, as well as Leon Rippy, Kenny Johnson, Laura San Giacomo, Bailey Chase, Bokeem Woodbine,...	Deanne Wells	Episode: "Have a Seat, Earl"
2010	Head Over Spurs in Love	Lorraine Walker
2010		Mary
2010		Bettie Thompson	TV movie
2010	Dad's Home	Mrs. Dougherty	TV movie
2011	Luck Luck (TV series) Luck is an upcoming U.S. television series set to star Dustin Hoffman and Nick Nolte. Michael Mann will direct the pilot episode, which is based on a screenplay by David Milch...	Lynette	Episode: "1.2"

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