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Mary Beth Peil

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Mary Beth Peil in The Good Wife (2009)
Trailer for The Song of Sway Lake. http://SwayLake.com

It's summer on Sway Lake, the most glamorous lake in the Adirondacks - former playground of the jazz-age New York aristocracy. Music collector Ollie Sway recruits his only friend, a rowdy Russian drifter, to help him steal a 78 record from his own family's estate. Ollie believes that this mysterious piece of music - recorded at his grandparents' wedding by Cole Porter's lover - was hidden for him by his father before his suicide. He believes possessing the record will change his life.

The boys' mission should be as easy as meeting a pretty girl on the water, but the arrival of the beguiling matriarch herself, Charlie Sway, changes everything. For Charlie has her own plans. And this song that hasn't been heard in half a century may possess the answer to the deepest riddles about love and death - for whichever of these three lost souls will be the first to find it. 

The Song of Sway Lake is a lush romantic drama about the vanished grace of America, and the spell cast by the melodies of the dead. 

Starring RORY CULKIN (Signs), ROBERT SHEEHAN (Misfits, Peter Jackson's Mortal Engines, 2018), MARY BETH PEIL (Tony nomination for Anastasia, 2017), ISABELLE MCNALLY, ELIZABETH PEÑA, and JACK FALAHEE.

Featuring vocal/music performances by JOHN GRANT, THE STAVES, and BRIAN DENNEHY.
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Mary Beth Peil was born on 25 June 1940 in Davenport, Iowa, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Mirrors (2008), The Stepford Wives (2004) and Dawson's Creek (1998).
BornJune 25, 1940
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Stockard Channing and Mary Beth Peil in The Good Wife (2009)
Kerr Smith, Mary Beth Peil, and Michelle Williams in Dawson's Creek (1998)
Mary Beth Peil and Michelle Williams in Dawson's Creek (1998)
Mary Beth Peil and Michelle Williams in Dawson's Creek (1998)
James Van Der Beek, Katie Holmes, Joshua Jackson, Meredith Monroe, Kerr Smith, Mary Beth Peil, Michele Scarabelli, and Michelle Williams in Dawson's Creek (1998)
Stockard Channing and Mary Beth Peil in The Good Wife (2009)
Mary Beth Peil in The Good Wife (2009)
Mary Beth Peil, Kenton Duty, and Danny Flaherty in Contest (2013)
Mary Beth Peil and Danny Flaherty in Contest (2013)
Mary Beth Peil and Yul Vazquez in The Good Wife (2009)
Stockard Channing and Mary Beth Peil in The Good Wife (2009)
Julianna Margulies and Mary Beth Peil in The Good Wife (2009)

Known for

Kiefer Sutherland in Mirrors (2008)
Mirrors
6.1
  • Anna Esseker
  • 2008
Nicole Kidman in The Stepford Wives (2004)
The Stepford Wives
5.3
  • Helen Devlin
  • 2004
James Van Der Beek, Katie Holmes, Joshua Jackson, and Michelle Williams in Dawson's Creek (1998)
Dawson's Creek
6.8
TV Series
  • Evelyn 'Grams' Ryan
Flags of Our Fathers (2006)
Flags of Our Fathers
7.1
  • Mrs. Bradley
  • 2006

Credits

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Actress

  • Phyllis, Silenced
    • Phyllis Corcoran
    • Post-production
  • Ewan McGregor and Gian Franco Rodriguez in Halston (2021)
    Halston
    • Martha Graham
    • TV Mini Series
    • 2021
  • Katherine LaNasa, Lucy Hale, Julia Chan, Ashleigh Murray, and Jonny Beauchamp in Katy Keene (2020)
    Katy Keene
    • Mrs. Lacy
    • TV Series
    • 2020
  • Mitchell Anderson and Kevin Spirtas in After Forever (2018)
    After Forever
    • Helen
    • TV Series
    • 2019
  • Lorraine Toussaint, Frankie Faison, Warren Christie, Moran Atias, Grace Van Dien, Michaela McManus, and Jerod Haynes in The Village (2019)
    The Village
    • Gwendolina Ferrari
    • TV Series
    • 2019
  • Sarah Jessica Parker in Here and Now (2018)
    Here and Now
    • Doctor Marianna Holt
    • 2018
  • Mary Beth Peil in The 8th Year of the Emergency (2018)
    The 8th Year of the Emergency
    • Lil
    • Short
    • 2018
  • The Song of Sway Lake (2018)
    The Song of Sway Lake
    • Charlie Sway
    • 2018
  • Will Smith, Helen Mirren, Kate Winslet, Edward Norton, Naomie Harris, Keira Knightley, Michael Peña, and Jacob Latimore in Collateral Beauty (2016)
    Collateral Beauty
    • Whit's Mother
    • 2016
  • Julianna Margulies in The Good Wife (2009)
    The Good Wife
    • Jackie Florrick
    • TV Series
    • 2009–2016
  • Contest (2013)
    Contest
    • 'Gran' Angela Maria Tucci
    • 2013
  • Catherine Keener, James Franco, and Fallon Goodson in Maladies (2012)
    Maladies
    • Blind Woman
    • 2012
  • Submissions Only (2010)
    Submissions Only
    • Beverly Wilcox
    • TV Series
    • 2012
  • American Masters (1985)
    American Masters
    • Mrs. Carr (voice)
    • TV Series
    • 2011
  • Small, Beautifully Moving Parts (2011)
    Small, Beautifully Moving Parts
    • Marjorie Sparks
    • 2011
  • The Locksmith (2010)
    The Locksmith
    • Celine
    • 2010

Producer

  • Betsy Brandt in Claire in Motion (2016)
    Claire in Motion
    • executive producer
    • 2016

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The Locksmith
Trailer 1:36
The Locksmith
Mirrors: Trailer #2
Trailer 2:30
Mirrors: Trailer #2
Mirrors: Theatrical Trailer
Trailer 0:52
Mirrors: Theatrical Trailer
Contest
Trailer 2:34
Contest
The Song of Sway Lake
Trailer 2:08
The Song of Sway Lake
CONTEST Official Trailer
Trailer 2:35
CONTEST Official Trailer

Personal details

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  • Born
    • June 25, 1940
    • Davenport, Iowa, USA
  • Other works
    Plays Beggar Woman in "Sweeney Todd" musical by Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler (Kennedy Center, Washington, District of Columbia, USA).

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    Clasically trained singer who appeared on Broadway in a revival of "The King and I", and was nominated for a 1985 Tony Award as Best Actress (Featured Role - Musical).

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