Mary Gross
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| Born | March 25, 1953 Chicago, Illinois |
Mary Gross (born March 25, 1953) is an American comedian and actress, perhaps best known for her four-year stint on Saturday Night Live from 1981 to 1985. Her credits also include minor roles on Animaniacs and Sabrina, the Teenage Witch. Gross's trademark is her soft, treacly voice.
Gross was born in Chicago, Illinois, the daughter of Virginia Ruth, a telephone operator, and William Oscar Gross, a tool designer.[1] She is sister of Michael Gross, who was the star of the 1980s sitcom Family Ties. She is an alumna of the Second City comedy troupe.
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[edit] Movies
- Troop Beverly Hills
- Feds
- Big Business
- Baby Boom
- Casual Sex?
- Club Paradise
- Hot to Trot
- The Couch Trip
- Santa Clause
[edit] Recurring Characters on SNL
- Alfalfa, from SNL's recurring parody of The Little Rascals and assassin in the murder of Eddie Murphy's Buckwheat character.[2]
- Siobhan Cahill, an Irish woman who reports on Irish events on Saturday Night News (Weekend Update's name when Brad Hall was cast as anchor). Coincidentally, in the 1990s, SNL would have two short-lived castmembers who have a piece of this recurring character's name ('Siobhan Fallon and Beth Cahill).[3]
- Chi Chi, a Hispanic woman who hosts two fake public access shows (The Ghostbusters Show and Let's Watch TV) with her best friend, Consuela (played by Julia Louis-Dreyfus)[4]
- Celeste, a repressed wife married to an equally repressed man (played by Tim Kazurinsky)[5]
[edit] Celebrity impersonations
- Simone de Beauvoir
- Suzanne Somers
- Ann Landers
- Geraldine Ferraro
- Brooke Shields
- Lena Horne
- Harriet Nelson
- Jeane Dixon
- Mary Hart
- Dr. Ruth Westheimer
- Eleanor Roosevelt
- Irlene Mandrell
- Mary Tyler Moore
- Margaret Thatcher
- Marilyn Monroe
- Pee Wee Herman
- Nancy Reagan
- Leslie Uggams
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| Preceded by Chevy Chase |
Weekend Update as SNL NewsBreak 1981 – 1982 |
Succeeded by Christine Ebersole |
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| 1. Gross co-anchored with Brian Doyle-Murray | ||
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