MARY-MARGARET HUMES

'Mary-Margaret Humes' (born April 4, 1954) is an American actress best known for playing Gale Leery, the title character's mother on the television drama ''Dawson's Creek'' which ran from 1998 to 2003.

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Biography

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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 Class of 1972. Humes competed as Miss Thousand Islands in the 1973 Miss New York State contest she won the Miss Florida USA pageant and was third runner up in the 1975 Miss USA pageant behind eventual winner and fellow actress Summer Bartholomew of California.
She was urged to try acting by fellow Floridian Burt Reynolds and her best known movie role is as one of the Vestal Virgins in Mel Brooks's ''History of the World, Part I''. Humes has a long list of guest starring roles to her credit on such diverse shows as ''Grey's Anatomy'', ''The Dukes of Hazzard'', ''Matlock'', ''Knight Rider'', ''Murphy Brown'', ''The A-Team'', ''The Fall Guy'', ''Hardcastle and McCormick'', ''T.J. Hooker'',
''Riptide'' and ''Touched by an Angel''. She was also a regular on the short-lived NBC series ''Eerie, Indiana'' 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

★ ''Grey's Anatomy'' (2007) (TV)

★ ''Dying to Dance'' (2001) (TV)

★ ''Motocrossed'' (2000) (TV)

★ ''The Stalking of Laurie Snow'' (2000) (TV)

★ ''Dawson's Creek'' (1998) (TV series) (1998-2001)

★ ''Sworn to Justice'' (1996)

★ ''Gramps'' (1995) (TV)

★ ''In the Heat of the Night: By Duty Bound'' (1995) (TV)

★ ''Perry Mason: The Case of the Reckless Romeo'' (1992) (TV)

★ ''Eerie, Indiana'' (1991) (TV series)

★ ''Velvet'' (1984) (TV)

★ ''History of the World, Part I'' (1981)

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