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Mary Stuart Masterson (born June 28, 1966) is an American actress.
She was born in New York City, New York, to Peter Masterson and Carlin Glynn. She attended schools in New York, including eight months studying anthropology at New York University.
Her first movie appearance was in the original 1975 movie The Stepford Wives at the age of eight.
She has starred in such movies as Fried Green Tomatoes, Bed of Roses, Benny & Joon, Radioland Murders, Some Kind of Wonderful and Bad Girls.
More recently, she appeared on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Dr. Rebecca Hendrix.
She has also appeared on the stage, being nominated for a 2003 Tony Awards as Best Featured Actress in a Musical in the Maury Yeston musical Nine: The Musical directed by David Leveaux.
Masterson made her big-screen directorial debut with the 2006 movie The Cake Eaters.
A fresh-faced blonde ingenue, Mary Stuart Masterson made her screen debut at age eight playing the daughter of her real-life father, Peter Masterson, in "The Stepford Wives" (1975). Following her less than auspicious debut (her biggest line was "Daddy, I just saw a man carrying a naked lady"), she effectively stopped working to concentrate on her education, squeezing in only an occasional TV appearance (a 1986 Robert Zemeckis-directed segment of "Amazing Stories" and in the 1980 ABC movie "City of Fear"). By age 18, Masterson had decided to follow in her parents' stead and resumed her career, playing a cancer sufferer who beats the disease only to develop a drug habit and give birth to a drug-addicted baby in the soap opera-ish "Love Lives On" (ABC, 1985).
Masterson returned to features with the Catholic school comedy "Heaven Help Us" (1985), portraying the first of several roles in which she essayed tomboys. With her hair cropped short and her lean, gangly look, she excelled at the roles, although she came close to being typecast. A rare exception was her turn as Sean Penn's love interest in the dark, fact-based thriller, "At Close Range" (1986), Francis Ford Coppola also offered the performer a change of pace, casting her as the college sweetheart of a Vietnam-era soldier in 1987's "Gardens of Stone". (Coppola even hired Peter Masterson and his wife Carlin Glynn to play their real-life daughter's on screen parents.)
Moving to adult roles, Masterson earned plaudits for her turn as a pregnant woman who gives her baby to a wealthy couple in "Immediate Family" (1989) and found a signature part as the latent lesbian Idgie Threadgoode in the sleeper "Fried Green Tomatoes" (1991). She later appeared as the mentally disturbed painter Joon in the off-beat romance "Benny & Joon" (1993), co-starring Johnny Depp. But few of Masterson's films have been as successful as these ("really bad movies" and "bombs", she herself laughingly admitted), although she continued to prove to be a more than capable performer. She was one of a quartet of prostitutes roaming the untamed West in the revisionist "Bad Girls" (1994) and starred as a workaholic romanced by Christian Slater in the treacly romantic comedy "Bed of Roses" (1996).
Masterson was directed by her father in the well-received Showtime adaptation of Horton Foote's play "Lily Dale" in 1996. As the pampered, headstrong titular character who comes into conflict with her stepfather -- a role she had essayed on stage -- the actress delivered a strong turn that earned her critical kudos. The following year, she was seen as a single mother of a two in Timothy Hutton's feature directorial debut "Digging to China". Masterson herself has been anxious to step behind the camera, writing and directing the short "The Other Side" (lensed in 1999) and developing other projects as her anticipated big-screen debut. In the interim, with good roles for women hard to come by in motion pictures, she has turned to television, offering a fine performance as the abused wife of a police detective who tries to flee from her spouse in the thriller "Black and Blue" (CBS, 1999) and headlining her own series, "Kate Brasher" (CBS, 2001- ), portraying a single mother who finds a renewed sense of self as a caseworker for a legal advocacy center.
AccomplishmentsActress Mary Stuart Masterson recently hosted a fundraiser at the Owenego Inn in Branford, Ct., on behalf of Samantha and Alexandria Bode, to help find a cure for Friedreich's ataxia. Also attending was actor Jeremy Davidson. The fundraiser was organized by Mary Caruso on behalf of her two daughters. Read the full press release.
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| (L-R) Sam, Mary Stuart Masterson, and Alexandria |
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| (L-R) Sam, Mary (Sam & Alexandria's mom), Jeremy Davidson, Alexandria, and Mary Stuart Masterson |
Actress:
1. "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" .... Dr. Rebecca Hendrix (5 episodes, 2004-2007)
... aka Law & Order: SVU (USA: promotional abbreviation)
... aka Special Victims Unit (New Zealand: English title)
- Philadelphia (2007) TV Episode .... Dr. Rebecca Hendrix
- Ripped (2005) TV Episode .... Dr. Rebecca Hendrix
- Identity (2005) TV Episode .... Dr. Rebecca Hendrix
- Contagious (2005) TV Episode .... Dr. Rebecca Hendrix
- Weak (2004) TV Episode .... Dr. Rebecca Hendrix
2. The Insurgents (2006) .... Director
3. "Waterfront" .... Heather Centrella (5 episodes, 2006)
- Pilot (2006) TV Episode .... Heather Centrella
- Deal Time (????) TV Episode .... Heather Centrella
- Sting Like a Butterfly (????) TV Episode .... Heather Centrella
- Street Fight (????) TV Episode .... Heather Centrella
- Trash Talk (????) TV Episode .... Heather Centrella
4. Whiskey School (2005) .... G.G.
5. The Sisters (2005) .... Olga Prior
6. Something the Lord Made (2004) (TV) .... Dr. Helen Taussig
7. "Blue's Clues" .... Cinderella (1 episode, 2004)
- Love Day (2004) TV Episode .... Cinderella
8. "Gary the Rat" .... Caroline Swanson (1 episode, 2003)
- Old Flame (2003) TV Episode (voice) .... Caroline Swanson
9. Leo (2002) .... Brynne
10. West of Here (2002) .... Genevieve Anderson
11. R.U.S./H. (2002) (TV) .... Elaine Burba
12. Three Blind Mice (2001) (TV) .... Patricia Demming
... aka Ed McBain's Three Blind Mice (USA: complete title)
13. "Kate Brasher" .... Kate Brasher (6 episodes, 2001)
- Georgia (2001) TV Episode .... Kate Brasher
- Tracy (2001) TV Episode .... Kate Brasher
- Jackson (2001) TV Episode .... Kate Brasher
- Jeff (2001) TV Episode .... Kate Brasher
- Simon (2001) TV Episode .... Kate Brasher
(1 more)
14. Black and Blue (1999) (TV) .... Frances Benedetto
15. The Florentine (1999) .... Vikki
16. The Book of Stars (1999) .... Penny McGuire
17. Digging to China (1998) .... Gwen Frankovitz
18. The Postman (1997) (uncredited) .... Hope, Postman's Daughter
19. On the 2nd Day of Christmas (1997) (TV) .... Patricia 'Trish' Tracy
20. Dogtown (1997) .... Dorothy Sternen
21. Lily Dale (1996) (TV) .... Lily Dale
... aka Hallmark Hall of Fame: Lily Dale (USA: series title)
22. Heaven's Prisoners (1996) .... Robin Gaddis
23. Bed of Roses (1996) .... Lisa Walker
24. Radioland Murders (1994) .... Penny Henderson
25. Bad Girls (1994/I) .... Anita Crown
26. Benny & Joon (1993) .... Juniper 'Joon' Pearl
27. "Saturday Night Live" .... Host (1 episode, 1992)
... aka NBC's Saturday Night (USA: first season title)
... aka SNL (USA: informal title)
... aka SNL 25 (USA: alternative title)
... aka Saturday Night (USA: second season title)
... aka Saturday Night Live '80 (USA: sixth season title)
- Mary Stuart Masterson/En Vogue (1992) TV Episode .... Host
28. Mad at the Moon (1992) .... Jenny Hill
29. Amazing Stories: Book Two (1992) (V) .... Cynthia Simpson (segment "Go to the Head of the Class")
30. Fried Green Tomatoes (1991) .... Idgie Threadgoode
... aka Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe (UK)
31. Married to It (1991) .... Nina Bishop
32. Funny About Love (1990) .... Daphne
33. Immediate Family (1989) .... Lucy Moore
34. Chances Are (1989) .... Miranda Jeffries
35. Mr. North (1988) .... Elspeth Skeel
36. My Little Girl (1987) .... Franny Bettinger
37. Gardens of Stone (1987) .... Rachel Feld
38. Some Kind of Wonderful (1987) .... Watts
39. "Amazing Stories" .... Cynthia Simpson (1 episode, 1986)
... aka Steven Spielberg's Amazing Stories (USA: complete title)
- Go to the Head of the Class (1986) TV Episode .... Cynthia Simpson
40. At Close Range (1986) .... Terry
41. Love Lives On (1985) (TV) .... Susan Wallace
42. Heaven Help Us (1985) .... Danni
... aka Catholic Boys
43. City in Fear (1980) (TV) .... Abby Crawford
44. The Stepford Wives (1975) .... Kim Eberhart
Producer:
1. Tickling Leo (2008) (filming) (producer)
2. The Cake Eaters (2007) (producer)
3. Last Man Running (2003) (producer)
4. "Kate Brasher" (2001) TV Series (producer) (unknown episodes)
Director:
1. The Cake Eaters (2007)
2. On the Edge (2001) (TV) (segment The Other Side)
Writer:
1. On the Edge (2001) (TV) (segment The Other Side)
Self:
1. "Biography" .... Herself (1 episode, 2004)
- John Stamos (2004) TV Episode .... Herself
2. The 57th Annual Tony Awards (2003) (TV) .... Herself - Performer & Nominee: Best Featured Actress in a Musical
3. "The Rosie O'Donnell Show" .... Herself (1 episode, 2001)
- Episode dated 29 March 2001 (2001) TV Episode .... Herself
4. "The Martin Short Show" .... Herself (1 episode, 1999)
- Episode #1.43 (1999) TV Episode .... Herself
5. 'Fried Green Tomatoes': The Moments of Discovery (1998) (V) .... Herself
6. "Inside the Actors Studio" .... Herself (1 episode, 1994)
- Episode #1.13 (1994) TV Episode .... Herself
7. The Last Party (1993) .... Herself (pro-choice advocate)
8. 1993 MTV Movie Awards (1993) (TV) .... Herself - Presenter
9. "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" .... Herself (1 episode, 1989)
... aka The Best of Carson (USA: rerun title)
- Episode dated 14 November 1989 (1989) TV Episode .... Herself
Archive Footage:
1. "De par en par"
- Episode #2.2 (2007) TV Episode .... Herself
2. Camino de Antonio Banderas, El (2006) (TV) .... Herself
3. "Retrosexual: The 80's" (2004) (mini)
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Class reunions The Citizen's Voice, PA - Addresses are needed for Claire Kulhn, Mary Coulter, Lois Martin Sensman, Katherine Staley and Gloria Cera Garcia. For information, contact Bill at 675-1277 ... |
Sports Arena Vicksburg Post, MS - Back row, coaches Eric Douglas, Shea Douglas and Calvin Masterson. (Submitted to The Vicksburg Post) Tryouts for the St. Aloysius baseball team have been ... |
Assessing Student Learning: A WORK IN PROGRESS RedOrbit, TX - "Assessment is not just something you do for the accrediting bodies," says Masterson. At Barton too, the CLA has helped create a "culture of evidence" that ... |
 The Film Panel Notetaker | CineWomen NY Presents "The Cake Eaters" - June 24, 2008 The Film Panel Notetaker, NY - Tuesday night at Two Boots Pioneer Theater in New York, Cinewomen NY presented a screening of Mary Stuart Masterson’s directorial debut, The Cake Eaters. ... |
More News The Citizen's Voice, PA - Addresses are needed for Scott MacDougall, Al Sanfanandre, Mary Haczewski, Debbie Norman, Mark Godlewski, Shirley Hall, Mary Ann Levi, Linda Scott, ... |
Oklahoma's Matching-Gift Backlog Booms Despite Moratorium Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription) - Mary Easley, whose husband is Gov. Michael F. Easley, will see her salary nearly double as she takes on new responsibilities at the institution. ... |
Pratt, Maynard school board member, resigns MetroWest Daily News, MA - Pratt and Mary Brannelly were the two members who voted to void Masterson's contract. The superintendent retained his job on a 3-2 vote. ... |
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