Cast & creator
Mary Beth Hurt
Best known for Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Law & Order, Law & Order
Mary Beth Hurt (née Supinger; September 26, 1946 - March 28, 2026) was an American actress of stage and screen. For her work on Broadway, she had been nominated for three Tony Awards. She was previously married to actor William Hurt, and since 1982 she was married to filmmaker Paul Schrader.
Also known as: Mary Beth Supinger, Mary-Beth Hurt, Marybeth Hurt, Mary Supinger
45
film credits
10
television credits
55
1971–2023 · acting roles
6.5
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (55)
Showing 55 of 55 credits
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Jessica Blaine-Todd
1999
Law & Order
Gillian Berrow
1990Law & Order
Sela Dixon
1990
Saturday Night Live
Betsy (uncredited)
1975
Great Performances
Caroline Mitford
1971
Kojak
Karen Foster
1973
The Beat
2000
The Family Man
Adelle
2000
The Exorcism of Emily Rose
Judge Brewster
2005
Lady in the Water
Mrs. Bell
2006
The Age of Innocence
Regina Beaufort
1993
Autumn in New York
Dr. Sibley
2000
Monty
1994
Bringing Out the Dead
Nurse Constance
1999
Young Adult
Jan
2011
Untraceable
Stella Marsh
2008Tattingers
1988
D.A.R.Y.L.
Joyce Richardson
1985
Dominion: Prequel to The Exorcist
Pazuzu (voice) (uncredited)
2005
The World According to Garp
Helen Holm
1982
The Dead Girl
Ruth
2006
Six Degrees of Separation
Kitty
1993Working It Out
1990
Light Sleeper
Teresa Aranow
1992
Affliction
Lillian
1998
Red Dragon
Museum Curator (uncredited)
2002
Interiors
Joey
1978
My Boyfriend's Back
Mrs. Dingle
1993
Change in the Air
Jo Ann Bayberry
2018
Chilly Scenes of Winter
Laura
1979
From the Journals of Jean Seberg
Jean Seberg
1995
The Walker
Chrissie Morgan
2007
Slaves of New York
Ginger Booth
1989
Defenseless
Ellie Seldes
1991
Hide in Plain Sight
Matty's Chick
1980
A Change of Seasons
Kasey Evans
1980
The Volunteer
Donna
2013
Noisy Nora
Narrator (voice)
1994
Parents
Lily Laemle
1989
Alkali, Iowa
June
1995
Perception
Dorothy
2005
The Five Forty-Eight
Jane Dent
1979
Shimmer
Mother
1993
Boys Life 2
June Gudmanson
1997
Compromising Positions
Peg Tuccio
1985
Musical Max
(voice)
1993
The Island of the Skog
2000
Secret Service
Caroline Mitford
1977Baby Girl Scott
Wendy Scott
1987
No Ordinary Baby
Dr. Amanda Gordon
2001
The Gay Agenda 23
2023
The Gay Agenda 13
2021
A Weekend with Wendell
Narrator
1998
Leo the Late Bloomer
Narrator (voice)
1999Royce
Susan Mabry
1976