Mary Beth Peil

June 25, 1940 · Davenport, Iowa, USA

Mary Beth Peil is an American singer, stage and screen actress, best known for her television roles as Evelyn 'Grams' Ryan on "Dawson's Creek" and as Jackie Florrick on "The Good Wife".

Notable work

7.2
Collateral Beauty (2016)
as Whit's Mother
8
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
as Deborah Boyd
8.1
Fringe (2008)
as Jessica Warren
6.3
Mirrors (2008)
as Anna Esseker
6.9
Flags of Our Fathers (2006)
as Mrs. Bradley
5.7
The Stepford Wives (2004)
as Helen Devlin
7.3
Law & Order (1990)
as Dr. Emma Hiltz
7.6
The Good Wife (2009)
as Jackie Florrick
7.3
Dawson's Creek (1998)
as Evelyn 'Grams' Ryan
6.3
Shortbus (2006)
as Ann, Our Lady of the Gutter
6.9
The Home (2025)
as Norma

Often works with

Dann Florek
2 titles together
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Law & Order
Joshua Jackson
2 titles together
Fringe, Dawson's Creek
Jason Kravits
2 titles together
The Stepford Wives, Halston
Chris Noth
2 titles together
Law & Order, The Good Wife
Christine Baranski
2 titles together
The Good Wife, The Odd Couple II
Alan Cumming
2 titles together
The Good Wife, Maladies

Full filmography · 34

A Break in the Rain
as Debbie
2025
The Home
as Norma
20256.9
The Reunion
as Phyllis Corcoran
2024
Death Wish
as Jerry's Wife
2024
Jimmy and Carolyn
cast
2022
Watch on the Rhine
as Anise
2021
The 8th Year of the Emergency
as Lil
2019
The Song of Sway Lake
as Charlie Sway
20195.2
Here and Now
as Doctor Marianna Holt
20185.3
Collateral Beauty
as Whit's Mother
20167.2
Contest
as Angela Maria 'Gran' Tucci
2013
Maladies
as Blind Woman
20125.3