Cast & creator
Marsha Mason
Best known for The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, The Mike Douglas Show, Seinfeld
Marsha Mason (born April 3, 1942) is an American actress and theater director. She received four Academy Award nominations as Best Actress for her performances in Cinderella Liberty, The Goodbye Girl, Chapter Two, and Only When I Laugh. She is also known for starring in the 1986 film Heartbreak Ridge. Mason was married for ten years (1973–1983) to the playwright and screenwriter Neil Simon, who wrote many of the films in which she starred. Description above from the Wikipedia article Marsha Mason, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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film credits
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television credits
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1961–2026 · acting roles
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Across film & television
Filmography (59)
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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
1961
Seinfeld
Jennie MacLaine
1989
Frasier
Sherry Dempsey
1993
The Good Wife
Judge Louisa Page
2009
The Middle
Pat Spence
2009
Great Performances
Roxane
1971Great Performances
1971
Madam Secretary
Kinsey Sherman
2014
Army Wives
Charlotte Meade
2007
Intimate Portrait
Self
1993
Grace and Frankie
Arlene
2015Film '72
Self
1971
Stars in the House
Self
2020
Where the Heart Is
1969
Lipstick Jungle
Lorraine Lipman
2008
Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King
Aunt Trudy
2006
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Self
1973
Heartbreak Ridge
Aggie
1986
2 Days in the Valley
Audrey Hopper
1996
Sibs
Nora Rusico
1991
Nick of Time
Gov. Eleanor Grant
1995
Hothouse
Courtney Woods
1988
I Love Trouble
Senator Gayle Robbins
1994
Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows
Ethel Gumm
2001
Bride & Prejudice
Catherine Darcy
2004
The Goodbye Girl
Paula McFadden
1977
The Cheap Detective
Georgia Merkle
1978
Young Dr. Kildare
Nurse Lord
1971
Drop Dead Fred
Polly
1991
Audrey Rose
Janice Templeton
1977
Only When I Laugh
Georgia
1981
Holiday Touchdown: A Bears Love Story
Darlene
2026
Bereft
Helen
2004
Max Dugan Returns
Nora McPhae
1983All Star Party for Clint Eastwood
Self
1986
Chapter Two
Jennie MacLaine
1979
Stella
Janice Morrison
1990
Blume in Love
Arlene
1973
The Image
Jean Cromwell
1990
Lois Gibbs and the Love Canal
Lois Gibbs
1982
Promises in the Dark
Dr. Alexandra Kendall
1979
Clint Eastwood: The Man from Malpaso
Self
1994
Cinderella Liberty
Maggie Paul
1973
Cyrano de Begerac
Roxane
1974
Restless Spirits
Lydia
1999
The Good Doctor
Various Roles
1978
Broken Trust
Judge Ruth Fraser
1995
Surviving
Lois
1985
Dinner at Eight
Millicent Jordan
1989
Trapped in Silence
Jennifer Hubbell
1986
The Long Shot
Mary Lou O'Brian
2004The Making of 'The Goodbye Girl'
Self
1977
SEGAL
Self
2025The Amazing Miss Cummings: An Actress at Work and Play
1977
Beyond the Law
Marcia Stillwell
1968
Across Grace Alley
Grandmother
2013
Little Miss Perfect
Director
1987