Mary Pat Gleason

Born Name: Mary Patrick Gleason
Date of Birth: February 23, 1950
Place of Birth: Lake City, Minnesota, United States
Died: June 2, 2020 (aged 70)
Occupation: Actress, television writer
Website: marypatgleason.com
Mary Pat Gleason (February 23, 1950 – June 2, 2020) was an American film and television actress and an Emmy Award winning writer. From 1983–85, she appeared on The Guiding Light as Jane Hogan.

Life and career
Gleason was born in Lake City, Minnesota, the daughter of Mary Elizabeth (Kane) and Harold Clifford Gleason. During her high school years in St. Paul, Minnesota, she starred in a Theater St. Paul production of Once Upon a Mattress and received rave reviews.

Her first screen role was the a 1982 episode of Texas, a soap opera that aired on NBC. She also appeared on such television series as Full House, Dear John, Murphy Brown, Empty Nest, L.A. Law, Saved by the Bell, Murder, She Wrote, Friends, Step by Step, Suddenly Susan, Will & Grace, Sex and the City, Desperate Housewives, Family Matters, NCIS: Los Angeles, The Middleman, Up All Night, 1600 Penn, Motive, Baby Daddy, Grey's Anatomy, Partners, Mama's Family, The Blacklist, American Housewife, 2 Broke Girls and Mom.

She appeared in such feature films as I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry, Basic Instinct, Traffic, Bruce Almighty, 13 Going on 30, The Crucible, Bottle Shock, A Cinderella Story, The Island, Killing Kennedy and Nina.

She also starred as Professor Foxtrot in the web show WTF 101 (on CollegeHumors Dropout platform)

Death
Gleason died on June 2, 2020, aged 70, after a prolonged battle with cancer.