Mary Beth Peil Bio
Mary Beth Peil is an American actress and singer born on June 25, 1940, in Davenport, Iowa, U.S. Peil trained as an opera singer at Northwestern University under Lotte Lehmann. While at school she became a member of the Gamma Phi Beta sorority. She won both the Young Concert Artists International Auditions and the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, in 1964.
Mary Beth Peil Age
Peil is 80 years old as of 2020. She was born on 25th June 1940, Davenport, Iowa, U.S. She celebrates her birthday every 25th of June. Her zodiac sign is Cancer.
Mary Beth Peil Family
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Mary Beth Peil Husband
Mary Beth has never been married. She has not gone public with her relationship, it is not publicly known whether she currently has a boyfriend or a girlfriend. Her partner will be updated as soon as possible.
Mary Beth Peil Daughter
Mary Beth has no children.
Mary Beth Peil Net Worth
Mary Beth has an estimated net worth of $800,000 as of 2020. This includes her assets, money, and income. Her primary source of income is her career as an Actress and as a Singer. Through her various sources of income, Beth has been able to accumulate a good fortune but prefers to lead a modest lifestyle.
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Mary Beth Peil Bio and Wiki
- Full Names: Mary Beth Peil
- Gender: Female
- Profession: Actress
- Nationality: American
- Race/ Ethnicity: White
- Religion: Not Known
- Sexual Orientation: Straight
Mary Beth Age and Birthday
- Age/ How Old?: 80 years
- Date of Birth: 25th June 1940
- Place of Birth: Davenport, Iowa, USA
- Birthday: 25th June
- Zodiac Sign: Cancer
Mary Beth Family and Relationship
- Father (Dad): To be updated
- Mother: To be updated
- Siblings (Brothers and Sisters): To be updated
- Marital Status: Single
- Boyfriend: To be updated
Mary Beth Body Measurements
- Height/ How tall?: To Be Updated
- Weight: To Be Updated
- Eye Color: brown
- Hair Color: white
Mary Beth Net Worth and Salary
- Net Worth: $800,000 (2020)
- Salary: To be updated
- Source of Income: Actress and Singer
Mary Beth House and Cars
- Place of living: USA
- Cars: Car Brand to be Updated
Mary Beth Peil Career
Peil toured with Boris Goldovsky’s opera company during the 1960s, and the Metropolitan Opera’s national company singing such roles as Susanna in Mozart and da Ponte’s The Marriage of Figaro. She also performed with the New York City Opera.
She originated the role of Alma in the opera Summer and Smoke, in 1971, based on a Tennessee Williams play, and performed it again when it was broadcast on television in 1982, based on a 1980 performance.
She was persuaded by a friend to take a role in Kiss Me, Kate, and soon found herself on Broadway. She was cast in a national tour in May 1983 as the twelfth and final Anna Leonowens opposite Yul Brynner’s monarch of Siam in a revival of The King and I. The production went on a tour around the United States, closing on Broadway shortly before Brynner’s death in 1985. Peil also starred in the 1987 Off-Broadway musical Birds of Paradise.
In 1992’s Jersey Girl, she had her film debut. In 1994, she appeared on TV’s Law & Order. In 1995, Peil won an Obie Award for her work in three non-musical plays, The Naked Truth, Missing Persons, and A Cheever Evening.
Peil toured in A. R. Gurney’s play, Sylvia with Charles Kimbrough and Stephanie Zimbalist, in 1996 and 1997. She played evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson in a 1998 off-Broadway revival of the Irving Berlin – Moss Hart revue As Thousands Cheer.
Mary Beth Peil Dawson’s Creek
Peil was introduced to a wider audience through her role as Evelyn ‘Grams’ Ryan on teen television drama Dawson’s Creek, between 1998 and 2003. She was the only actress to appear as a credited regular throughout the show’s six-season run, appearing in 74 of 128 episodes.
She was the love interest of Felix, played by Jack Lemmon, in the 1999 comedy film The Odd Couple II.
Peil appeared in the Yale Repertory Theatre’s production of the Noël Coward play Hay Fever, in May 1999 . She was cast as the beggar woman in Sweeney Todd at the Kennedy Center in 2002 and in the spring of 2003 she played the mother of Antonio Banderas’s character in a Broadway revival of the musical Nine. In the winter of 2003, she again appeared off-Broadway, starring in Frame 312, Keith Reddin’s play about the Kennedy assassination. She appeared in 2008 as the Old Lady and Blair Daniels in the Roundabout Theatre Broadway revival of Stephen Sondheim’s musical Sunday in the Park with George.
Peil played the role of Nancy Reagan’s mother, actress Edith Luckett, in the Showtime movie The Reagans in 2003. Peil also appeared in the thriller Mirrors in 2008, filmed in Romania. From 2009 to 2016, She portrayed Jackie Florrick, the mother of Chris Noth’s character, on the CBS drama The Good Wife.
From October 2010 she appeared in the original Broadway cast of the Lincoln Center Theater production of the musical Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, which is based upon the movie of the same name. The show ran until January 2011. Peil made an appearance in Stephen Sondheim’s Follies on Broadway in the role of Solange LaFitte, alongside Bernadette Peters and Elaine Paige, starting in August 2011. She also in March 2012, appeared as Erica Morini in Willy Holtzman’s off-Broadway play The Morini Strad about the concert violinist.
Mary Beth Peil Anastasia
Next, she joined the cast of the musical Anastasia playing the Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna, the grandmother of the Grand Duchess Anastasia. Anastasia based on the 1997 animated film, has music and lyrics by Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty and a book by Terrence McNally. The musical began in 2015 as a workshop, it then had out of town tryouts in Hartford, CT in 2016 before eventually opening on Broadway in 2017.
Mary Beth Peil Movies
- Jersey Girl
- Reckless
- Comfortably Numb
- Number One
- The Odd Couple II
- Shortbus
- The Caretakers
- The List
- Old Days
- Mirrors
- Best Day of My Life
Tv Shows
- Law & Order
- Dawson’s Creek
- The Job
- The Reagans
- The Good Wife
- Fringe
- Submissions Only
- The Village
- Katy Keene
Mary Beth Peil Nominations
She was nominated for a Tony Award, a Drama Desk Award, and an Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for her role. She was also nominated for a 1985 Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical.
Frequently Asked Questions about Mary Beth Peil
Who is Mary Beth Peil?
Mary Beth Peil is an American actress and singer born on June 25, 1940, in Davenport, Iowa, U.S. Peil trained as an opera singer at Northwestern University under Lotte Lehmann.
How Old is Mary Beth Peil?
Peil is 80 years old as of 2020. She was born on 25th June 1940, Davenport, Iowa, U.S. She celebrates her birthday every 25th of June.
Is Mary Beth Peil Married?
Mary Beth has never been married.
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