Mary Gillis

Acting · born 1941 · Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

Mary Gillis (born Mary Jo Gillis, January 24, 1941, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA) is an American character actress with over 80 film and television credits. She didn't break into on-screen acting until around age forty, making her first appearance in the pilot of The Fall Guy (1981) as a maid. She married actor Danny Goldman on her 60th birthday, January 24, 2001; their marriage lasted until his death on April 12, 2020. She has continued working into her eighties, with a most recent credit in the short film Ancestors (2023). Her notable film credits include Midnight Run (1988, dir. Martin Brest, with Robert De Niro), Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998, dir. Terry Gilliam, with Johnny Depp and Benicio del Toro), Intolerable Cruelty (2003, dir. Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, with George Clooney and Catherine Zeta-Jones), Fun with Dick and Jane (2005, with Jim Carrey and Téa Leoni), and 2012 (2009, dir. Roland Emmerich, with John Cusack). Her notable television roles include a recurring part as Mrs. Hagberg on Glee (2011–2012, with Lea Michele and Cory Monteith).