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Mary Gross

  • Born: Mar 25, 1953 in Chicago, Illinois
  • Occupation: Actor
  • Active: '80s-'90s
  • Major Genres: Comedy
  • Career Highlights: Feds, Troop Beverly Hills, Jailbait
  • First Major Screen Credit: Saturday Night Live: Season 07 (1981)

Biography

Well-trained in the exacting school of improvisational comedy, Mary Gross was a regular on Saturday Night Live from 1981 to 1985. Her later series-TV credits include the roles of Abigail McIntyre Kellogg in The People Next Door (1989-90) and Phoebe in the 1992 Billy Connolly vehicle Billy. Mary Gross has made many a welcome comic visit to such big-screen fare as Troop Beverly Hills (1988) and The Santa Clause (1994). Actress Mary Gross is the sister of actor Michael Gross, with whom she appeared in the 1988 film Big Business. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

 
 
Wikipedia: Mary Gross

Mary Gross (born March 25, 1953 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American comedian and actress 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. She is the sister of Michael Gross, star of the 1980s sitcom Family Ties. Gross' trademark is her soft, treacly voice. She is an alumna of the Second City comedy troupe.

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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.
  • Siobahn 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 ('Siobahn Fallon and Beth Cahill).
  • 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)
  • Celeste, a repressed wife married to an equally repressed man (played by Tim Kazurinsky)

Celebrity Impersonations

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Media offices
Preceded by
Chevy Chase
Weekend Update as SNL NewsBreak
1981 – 1982
Succeeded by
Christine Ebersole
Notes & References
1. Gross co-anchored with Brian Doyle-Murray

 
 

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