Connie Ray
Born: 1953-07-10 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
Known For: Acting
Biography
Constance "Connie" Ray (born 10 July 1956, Chapel Hill, North Carolina) is an American actress and playwright whose career spans from 1991 to the present. She studied dance at East Carolina University before switching to acting, earning an MFA from Ohio University in the early 1980s. She is best known for starring as Millicent Torkelson in the ABC sitcom The Torkelsons (1991–1992) and for her supporting roles in Stuart Little (1999), Thank You for Smoking (2005), About Schmidt (2002), Ice Princess (2005), and Flags of Our Fathers (2006). On television she has appeared in ER (1997), George Lopez (2002), Grey's Anatomy, The Big C, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (2017), and Kim Possible (2019). She is also a playwright, having written the bluegrass gospel musical Smoke On The Mountain (off-Broadway, 1990) and two sequels, among the most produced musicals in the US over the last two decades. No major awards are on record.
Filmography
2021
- Worth as June Schultz
2020
- American Reject as Bonnie
2019
- Kim Possible as Nana Possible
2017
- The Good Fight as Mrs. Honeycutt
2016
- Search Party as Opal Ann Tupper
2011
- Hart of Dixie as Mrs. Beaudry
2010
- Blue Bloods as Ruth
- Justified as Mrs. Reasoner
- The Big C as Connie Schuler
2007
- Greek as Norma
- Welcome to Paradise as Patsy Nellis
2006
- Flags of Our Fathers as Mrs. Sousley
- Twenty Good Years as Susan
- Flourish as Wendy Covner
2005
- Grey's Anatomy as Karen Kepner
- My Name Is Earl as Mrs. Clevenger
- Ice Princess as Nikki's Mom
- Thank You for Smoking as Pearl
2004
- Entourage as Oxnard Wife
- Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius as Clara Jones
2003
- How to Deal as Marion Smith
2002
- Still Standing as Joy
- Less than Perfect as Nona
- George Lopez as Debbie
- The Time Machine as Teacher
- About Schmidt as Vicki Rusk
2000
- Lost Souls as Mother
1999
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Biological Mother
- Providence as Hazel
- Stuart Little as Aunt Tina
- Idle Hands as Mom
1998
- Hope Floats as Bobbi-Claire
1997
- Veronica's Closet as Jan Schaefer
- Speed 2: Cruise Control as Fran
1996
- The Pretender as Deputy Marilyn Miller
- Space Jam as Owner's Girlfriend
- A Very Brady Sequel as Flight Attendant
- My Fellow Americans as Genny
1995
1994
- ER as Glenda
- Touched by an Angel as Sandra Mills
1993
- Almost Home as Millicent Torkelson
1991
- Harry and the Hendersons as Mary Higgs
- The Torkelsons as Millicent Torkelson
1990
- Dream On as Mandy
1989
- Quantum Leap as Carol Pruitt
- Coach as Mary Luba
1986
- L.A. Law as Philomena Bannister