Mary Kathleen Gordon
Known For: Acting
Biography
MaryKathleen Gordon aka Kathy was raised in Peoria, IL. This Irish Catholic Midwesterner might look like a Nun, but relishes playing darker roles. She is warm, yet twisted - a playful Lioness who gets what she wants. Destined to be a character actress, at 14 she played the 40 year old shopkeeper in Peoria's Community Children's Theatre production of Nicolo and Nicolette! After graduating with a BA in Theatre from Butler University, MaryKathleen hit the boards, working 7 seasons of midwestern summer stock theatre as a triple threat. In '78, MKG took her tap dancing prowess west where she delighted audiences at San Francisco's Magic Theatre, playing the Buddha Bottom in "Minnie Mouse and the Tap-Dancing Buddha. Turning to "serious acting", she attended The American Conservatory Theatre's Summer Training Program in 1979. Landing in NYC in the early 80s, MKG studied with Greg Zittel of the Neighborhood Playhouse, as she worked steadily in commercials. Known as the "That Singing Comedienne", MaryKathleen hit the piano bar circuit with her one-woman shows, "Don't Call Me Mary" and "60 Seconds from Sanity". Her off-off-off-Broadway tour de force was as the the lead in Nicky Silver's dark comedy, "Fetid Itch". Backstage's review stated, "MaryKathleen Gordon carries the entire play in the role of Wilma. She is fantastic, quirky and unpredictable - a potential comic superstar" Wanting to do more film and TV as well as live near the ocean and wear shorts year round, Kathy moved to Los Angeles. There, she felt a longing to become a Mom, and adopted her beautiful baby boy in 2003. Mom is definitely her starring role, as the ups and downs of single parenting have deepened her sense of dark humor. LA has been very good to MKG, with juicy roles in many major episodics. From the drug dealing receptionist in Weeds to the grief-stricken Mother in Cold Case, to Giggling Secretary #75 on Murphy Brown, MaryKathleen brings power, playfulness, compassion and complexity to all her character roles. She is now Bi-Coastal, splitting her time between LA and NYC.
Filmography
2024
- Before as Bag Lady
2022
- Loot as Clarisse
2021
- American Horror Stories as Counselor
2019
- Stray as Waitress
2016
- Teachers as Older Woman
2015
- Superstore as Middle-Aged Woman
2012
- Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23 as Neighbor
2007
- Mad Men as Nurse
2005
- The Office as Telemarketer wearing green sweater
- Weeds as Joan
- Red Eye as Airline Representative
- The Inside as Mary Robie
2004
- Desperate Housewives as Receptionist
- Boston Legal as Sylvie While
2003
- Cold Case as Susan Richardson
2001
- Scrubs as Mrs. Cole
- Six Feet Under as Wife #6
- According to Jim as Mrs. Carter
2000
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Sister Teresa
- Gilmore Girls as the Woman at Inn
- Mirror, Mirror 4: Reflections as Aunt Mabel
1999
- The West Wing as Woman
- Providence as Nurse
1998
- If I Die Before I Wake as Mother
1997
- The Practice as Bridal Shop Seamstress
- Just Write as Bus Tourist
1994
- ER as Rose Kyle
1993
- The X-Files as Woman
- Diagnosis: Murder as Nurse
1990
- The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air as Teacher