Cast & creator
Marilu Henner
Best known for The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, Grey's Anatomy, Saturday Night Live
Mary Lucy Denise Henner (born April 6, 1952), known professionally as Marilu Henner, is an American actress, producer, and New York Times best-selling author best-known for her role as Elaine O'Connor Nardo on the sitcom Taxi from 1978 to 1983.
Also known as: Mary Lucy Denise Henner
82
film credits
50
television credits
130
1944–2026 · acting roles
6.4
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (132)
Showing 132 of 132 credits
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962
Grey's Anatomy
Alice Moser
2005
Saturday Night Live
Self (uncredited)
1975
The View
Self
1997
NCIS: Los Angeles
Elizabeth Kilbride
2009
Hollywood Squares
Self - Panelist
1998
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self
2003
Two and a Half Men
Linda
2003
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest
1988
Dancing with the Stars
Self - Contestant
2005
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Vivian Ludley
2013
Project Runway
Self
2004
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
ER
Linda
1994
Great Performances
Louise
1971
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee / Presenter
1944
Numb3rs
Regina Landers
2005
Taxi
Elaine O'Connor-Nardo
1978
Batman: The Animated Series
Veronica Vreeland (voice)
1992
Intimate Portrait
Self
1993
Who's the Boss?
1984The Tony Danza Show
Self
2004
The Neighborhood
Paula
2018
Unforgettable
Aunt Evie
2011
Providence
Georgia
1999
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Claire
1985Film '72
Self
1971
Stars in the House
Self
2020
Cybill
Terry Belmont
1995
The Celebrity Apprentice
Self - Contestant
2004
Today
Self
1952
Party Down
Pepper McMasters
2009
Match Game
Self - Panelist
2016
Bob Hearts Abishola
Trish
2019
The New Batman Adventures
Veronica Vreeland (voice)
1997
Celebrity Name Game
Self
2014
Evening Shade
Ava Evans Newton
1990
Fridays
Self
1980
Haunted Mansion
Carol Tourist
2023
The Crazy Ones
Paige
2013
Greg the Bunny
2002
George & Leo
1997
Living with Fran
2005
Center of the Universe
Sharon Singleton
2004
Man on the Moon
Self (uncredited)
1999
Titanic
Margaret "Molly" Brown
1996
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm
Additional Voices (voice)
1993
Shatner's Raw Nerve
Self
2008
Cannonball Run II
Betty
1984
Signed, Sealed, Delivered
Glynis Rucker
2014The Very Very Best of the 70s
Self - Commentator
2019
The Fran Drescher Show
2010
Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero
Veronica Vreeland (voice)
1998
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Vamps
Angela
2012
A Bundle of Trouble: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery
Aida Teagarden
2017
Chasers
Katie, Waitress
1994
L.A. Story
Trudi
1991
Three Bedrooms, One Corpse: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery
Aida Teagarden
2016
Noises Off...
Belinda Blair / Flavia Brent
1992
Johnny Dangerously
Lil
1984
Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Til Death Do Us Part
Aida Teagarden
2021
Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Haunted By Murder
Aida Teagarden
2022
Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Reunited and It Feels So Deadly
Aida Teagarden
2020
A Bone to Pick: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery
Aida Teagarden
2015
Last Scene Alive: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery
Aida Teagarden
2018
The Man Who Loved Women
Agnes Chapman
1983
Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: A Very Foul Play
Aida Teagarden
2019
Gone But Not Forgotten
Nancy Gordon
2005
Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: How to Con A Con
Aida Teagarden
2021
Real Murders: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery
Aida Teagarden
2015
Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: A Game of Cat and Mouse
Aida Teagarden
2019
Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Something New
Aida Teagarden
2023
Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: An Inheritance to Die For
Aida Teagarden
2019
Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Heist and Seek
Aida Teagarden
2020Good Behavior
Sydney Lake
2008
I Am Burt Reynolds
Self-Interviewee
2020
The Julius House: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery
Aida Teagarden
2016
Dead Over Heels: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery
Aida Teagarden
2017
Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows
Self
2016
Perfect
Sally
1985
Hammett
Kit Conger / Sue Alabama
1982
Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: The Disappearing Game
Aida Teagarden
2018
Hitched for the Holidays
Maxine
2012
Reap What You Sew: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery
Aida Teagarden
2018
Imperfections
Val Harper
2018
Mister Roberts
Nurse Girard
1984
A Kiss Before Christmas
Rona
2021
I'm from Hollywood
Self
1989
Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Honeymoon, Honeymurder
Aida Teagarden
2021
Thank You Very Much
Self
2025
Love on a Limb
Zee Roarke
2016
Miss Valentine
Candace Sutton
2025
Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: A Lesson in Murder
Aida Teagarden
2024
My Son Is Innocent
Margaret Sutter
1996
Holiday Touchdown: A Bears Love Story
2026
Accidentally in Love
Carol
2011America's Ballroom Challenge
2006
Grand Larceny
Freddy Grand
1987
Fight for Justice: The Nancy Conn Story
Nancy Conn
1995
Between the Lines
Danielle
1977
In-Lawfully Yours
Naomi
2016
Rocket's Red Glare
Meg Baker
2000
Love, Lights, Hanukkah!
Ruth Berman
2020
The Governor's Wife
Ann Danville
2008
A Tale of Two Bunnies
Miranda
2000
The Mimic
The Assistant Editor
2021
A Kismet Christmas
Grandma Mia
2022
Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Death at the Diner
Aida Teagarden
2024
Memory Hackers
Self
2016
Chains of Gold
Jackie
1991
James L. Brooks: A Singular Voice
Self
2011
A Vision of Murder: The Story of Donielle
Executive Producer
2000
Bloodbrothers
Annette
1978
Love with a Perfect Stranger
Victoria Ducane
1986
Rustlers' Rhapsody
Miss Tracy
1985
June in January
Diana Blackwell
2014
A Husband to Die For: The Lisa Aguilar Story
Lisa's Grandmother
2025
Voices That Care
Self - Choir Member
1991
Lost in the Pershing Point Hotel
Mother
2000
Abandoned and Deceived
Executive Producer
1995
For the Future: The Irvine Fertility Scandal
Debbie Challender
1996
Christmas Crush
Beverly Hunt
2012
Ladykillers
Samantha Flannery
1988
The Titanic Chronicles
(voice)
1999
Dream House
Laura Griffith
1981
Love Rules!
Carol
2004
Channel 99
1988
Stark
Ashley Walters
1985
Enemies of Laughter
Dani
2000
Life with Dog
Alice Bigler
2018