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Mary Katherine Gallagher - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Mary Katherine Gallagher

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Mary Katherine Gallagher is a fictional character invented and portrayed by Saturday Night Live star Molly Shannon.

Mary Katherine is a sardonic caricature of an unpopular, teen Catholic school girl. She is prone to comically severe bipolar mood swings, alternately hyper-active and ponderous. Also, she would suffer from stage fright yet try and take over the spotlight from others who she became intensely competitive with and jealous of (as a result of her innate belief that she is a "superstar").

Due to her lack of social skills, she would often act strangely, such as becoming confrontational with any cameras filming her or talking about and demonstrating her habit of sticking her hands under her arms and then smelling her fingers. She also had a habit of flashing her underwear either accidentally or on purpose.

The character began on SNL in popular sketches that would generally unfold in the same manner: Mary Katherine would run on stage and introduce herself and attend some sort of school-related function where she didn't fit in. She would attempt to participate, and seemingly do an unexpectedly good job, until she would lose her cool and do something socially inappropriate.

She also would announce that her feelings would be best expressed by melodramatic monologues from films or made-for-TV movies, such as Little Darlings, West Side Story or The Betty Broderick Story starring Meredith Baxter-Birney. When doing so, she would become caught up in the emotion of the monologue and vent her feelings excessively to the point that others would have to intervene. It was later revealed that she worked at a movie rental store, and would somehow pick these things up as the movie rewound (from the movie "Superstar").

Ultimately, she would lose control of herself and end up destroying something. She would then jump up, extend her hands in the air, and proclaim herself a "Superstar!".

Cast members Will Ferrell and Cheri Oteri would routinely appear as fellow students, with Mark McKinney or guest stars appearing as a priest, nun, or professor.

The character was popular enough to produce a feature length film, entitled Superstar. It featured Shannon as Gallagher, as well as Will Ferrell and Mark McKinney with a cast of mostly adult actors portraying extreme versions of archetypical high school students.

In the film, Mary Katherine lives with her disabled grandmother (was often referred to in the SNL skits but never shown), who believed Mary Katherine bore a very striking resemblance to a young Elizabeth Taylor. She has the modest dreams common of most misfit youngsters: wishing to kiss a popular boy, fit in better, win a school talent contest. Her over-protective grandmother prevents her from pursuing her dreams. That, however, doesn't stop Mary Katherine. Naturally, mishaps occur.

Mary Katherine Gallagher shares some similarities with the character of Dawn Weiner from the film Welcome to the Dollhouse.

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Catch phrases attributed to the character:

  • "Superstar!"
  • "Sometimes, when I get nervous, I put my fingers under my arms, and then smell them like this..."
  • "I think my feelings would be best expressed by a monologue from [name of movie or TV show]."

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