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American actress
Mary Jo Deschanel
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Born
| Mary Josephine Weir
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Occupation
| Actress
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Years active
| 1967?present
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Mary Jo Deschanel
(
nee
Weir
) is an American actress. She appeared in the film
The Right Stuff
(1983) and the television series
Twin Peaks
(1990?1991).
Life and career
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Deschanel was born
Mary Josephine Weir
.
[1]
Her ancestry includes Irish, French, Swiss, Dutch, and English.
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After small television appearances, Deschanel's first major film role was portraying
Annie Glenn
, the wife of the
astronaut
John Glenn
(played by
Ed Harris
), in the 1983 film
The Right Stuff
, an adaptation of the
1979 book of the same name
by
Tom Wolfe
.
In 1984, Deschanel played Betty Fernandez, the remarried former wife of astronaut
Dave Bowman
(
Keir Dullea
), in the film
2010: The Year We Make Contact
. She also played the role of Mrs. Howard in the 2000 film
The Patriot
(2000).
Deschanel played
Eileen Hayward
in the TV series
Twin Peaks
. She has also appeared in the TV series
House
in the episode "
Simple Explanation
" as Julia Kutner, the adoptive mother of recently deceased Dr.
Lawrence Kutner
.
Deschanel was featured a second time as the wife of a character played by Ed Harris, in the movie
Winter Passing
(2005), although she was only seen in a photograph on the wall. Despite never physically appearing in this movie, she did receive full billing in the credits as the character "Mary".
She has been married to cinematographer
Caleb Deschanel
since 1972.
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Her daughters,
Emily
and
Zooey
, are also actresses.
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