Margo Martindale
Margo Martindale | |
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Montclair Film Festival, May 2016 | |
Born | Jacksonville, Texas, U.S. | July 18, 1951
Education | Lon Morris College University of Michigan (BA) |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1987–present |
Spouse |
Bill Boals (m. 1986) |
Children | 1 |
Relatives | Billy Martindale (brother) |
Margo Martindale (born July 18, 1951)
Martindale is known for her extensive supporting roles in numerous films such as The Rocketeer (1991), Lorenzo's Oil (1992), The Firm (1993), Dead Man Walking (1995), Marvin's Room (1996), The Hours (2002), Million Dollar Baby (2004), Walk Hard (2007), The Savages (2007), Hannah Montana: The Movie (2009), Secretariat (2010), Win Win (2011), August: Osage County (2013), Instant Family (2018), Uncle Frank (2020), and Cocaine Bear (2023).
She has had numerous recurring roles in shows such as
Early life and education
Martindale was born in Jacksonville, Texas, the youngest of three children and only daughter of William Everett and Margaret (née Pruitt) Martindale.[5][6] In addition to owning and operating a lumber company in Jacksonville, her father was known as a champion dog handler in Texas and throughout the Southern United States.[citation needed]
Her oldest brother is the professional golfer and golf course designer Billy Martindale. The middle child, brother Bobby Tim, died in 2004.[5] Margo participated in golf, cheerleading and drama at school, and was crowned Football Sweetheart[7] and Miss Jacksonville High School 1969.[8]
Following graduation in 1969,[9] she attended Lon Morris College, then transferred to the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. While at Michigan, she attended summer courses at Harvard University, appearing onstage with future movie and TV stars Jonathan Frakes and Christopher Reeve.[8]
Career
1980–2010
In the early 1980s, Martindale worked for four years at the
Martindale made her
2011–present
In 2011, Martindale joined the cast of Justified for the second season. She played the role of Mags Bennett, matriarch of the Bennett crime family which controlled much of the drug activity in the fictional version of Harlan County, Kentucky.[15] She won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for her performance.[16]
After learning of the nomination, Martindale told
Martindale had a role in August: Osage County (2013), a film adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Tracy Letts. She played Mattie Fae Aiken, the sister of lead character Violet Weston (Meryl Streep). Filming took place in the fall and winter of 2012.[21][22] Martindale returned to television in late January 2013 in the spy drama The Americans on FX Network. She played Claudia, the KGB "handler" of two Soviet spies living in 1980s Cold War America.[23]
She co-starred in the sitcom The Millers on CBS. In 2015, she began a recurring role as Ruth Eastman, Peter Florrick's new campaign manager on The Good Wife. Martindale took up the role of Ruth again in 2018 in season two of The Good Fight, the sequel to The Good Wife. She appears as a fictionalized version of herself on the Netflix animated comedy BoJack Horseman. Her fictional version is easily angered and temperamentally violent, moonlighting as a bank robber and going on frequent criminal heists. BoJack consistently refers to her as "Esteemed Character Actress Margo Martindale", while most other characters begin addressing her with "Beloved."[24]
Martindale played Audrey Bernhardt, matriarch of the family on the Amazon series Sneaky Pete starring Giovanni Ribisi, for the 2015 pilot, the first season which aired in January 2017,[25] and the second and third seasons as well.[26] She also played Mike's ‘Aunt Rosemary’ in two episodes of Mike & Molly. I Spy, a podcast hosted by Martindale and produced by Foreign Policy, was released in November, 2019.[27]
She portrayed Ruth Eastman in
Personal life
Martindale has been married to musician Bill Boals since 1986. They have a daughter, Margaret.[citation needed]
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1990 | Days of Thunder | Donna | |
1991 | The Rocketeer | Millie | |
1992 | Lorenzo's Oil | Wendy Gimble | |
1993 | Emma and Elvis | Jenny | |
1993 | The Firm | Nina Huff | |
1994 | Nobody's Fool | "Birdy" | |
1995 | Dead Man Walking | Sister Collegeville | |
1995 | Sabrina | Nurse | |
1996 | Marvin's Room | Dr. Charlotte Samit | |
1996 | Ghosts of Mississippi | Clara Mayfield | |
1997 | Critical Care | Constance "Connie" Potter | |
1997 | Eye of the God | Dorothy | |
1998 | Twilight | Gloria "Mucho" Lamar | |
1998 | Practical Magic | Linda Bennett | |
1999 | In Dreams | Nurse Floyd | |
1999 | Ride with the Devil | Wilma Brown | |
2000 | 28 Days | Betty | |
2000 | Proof of Life | Ivy | |
2002 | The Hours | Mrs. Latch | |
2003 | It's All About Love | Betsy | |
2003 | The Human Stain | Psychologist | |
2004 | The Best Thief in the World | Miss Mason | |
2004 | Million Dollar Baby | Earline Fitzgerald | |
2006 | Out There | Jeri | |
2006 | Wedding Daze | Betsy | |
2006 | Paris, je t'aime | Carol | |
2007 | The Savages | Roz | |
2007 | Rocket Science | Coach Lumbly | |
2007 | Mo | Pam | |
2007 | The Death and Life of Bobby Z | Macy | |
2007 | Rails & Ties | Judy Neasy | |
2007 | Feast of Love | Mrs. Maggarolian | |
2007 | Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story | Ma Cox | |
2008 | Management | Trish Flux | |
2009 | The Winning Season | Donna | |
2009 | Hannah Montana: The Movie | Grandma Ruby | |
2009 | Orphan | Dr. Browning | |
2009 | La soga | Flannigan | |
2010 | Forged | Dianne | |
2010 | Secretariat | Elizabeth Hamm | |
2010 | Main Street | Myrtle Parker | |
2011 | Win Win | Eleanor Cohen | |
2011 | Scalene | Janice Trimble | |
2013 | Beautiful Creatures | Aunt Del | |
2013 | Bluebird | Crystal | |
2013 | August: Osage County | Mattie Fae Aiken | |
2014 | Heaven is for Real | Nancy Rawling | |
2016 | Sophie and the Rising Sun | Anne Morrison | |
2016 | The Hollars | Sally Hollar | |
2016 | The Boss | Sister Agnes Aluminata | |
2016 | Mother's Day | Florence "Flo" | |
2016 | My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea
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Mrs. Brinson (voice) | |
2017 | Wilson | Alta | |
2017 | Table 19 | Freda Eckberg | |
2017 | Cars 3 | Louise "Barnstormer" Nash (voice) | |
2017 | Downsizing | Woman On Shuttle | Cameo |
2018 | Instant Family | Sandy Wagner | |
2019 | Blow the Man Down | Enid Nora Devlin | |
2019 | The Kitchen | Helen O'Carroll | |
2020 | Uncle Frank | Mammaw Bledsoe | |
2020 | Lazy Susan | Mary O'Connell | |
2022 | Family Squares | Diane Worth | Also C & D Camera Operator |
2023 | Cocaine Bear | Ranger Liz |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1988 | The Child Saver | Alma | TV film |
1989 | Lonesome Dove
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"Buffalo" Heiffer | Episode: "The Plains" |
1994 | New York Undercover | Nurse Warner | Episode: "Tasha" |
1996 | Law & Order | Ms. Best | Episode: "Atonement" |
1996 | Ruby Jean and Joe | Frankie | TV film |
1997 | ...First Do No Harm | Marjean | TV film |
1999 | Homicide: Life on the Street | Verna Henderson | Episode: "The Same Coin" |
1999 | Earthly Possessions | Libby | TV film |
1999 | Snoops | Hannah Larson | Episode: "Pilot" |
2000 | Perfect Murder, Perfect Town: JonBenét and the City of Boulder | Linda Hoffmann-Pugh | TV film |
2001 | Welcome to New York | Rose | Episode: "Dusting Diva" |
2001 | A Girl Thing | May | TV film |
2001 | What Girls Learn | Lainey | TV film |
2001–2002 | 100 Centre Street | Michelle Grande | 14 episodes |
2002 | The Laramie Project | Trish Steger | TV film |
2003 | Ed | Amanda Myers | Episode: "Partners" |
2003 | An Unexpected Love | Maggie | TV film |
2004 | Iron Jawed Angels | Harriot Blatch | TV film |
2004 | Plainsong | Mrs. Beckman | TV film |
2005 | Silver Bells | Mrs. Quinn | TV film |
2006 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Rita Gabler | Episode: "Cage" |
2006–2008 | Dexter | Camilla Figg | 5 episodes |
2007–2008 | The Riches | Nina Burns | Regular role (20 episodes) |
2009 | Hung | Molly | Episode: "The Pickle Jar" |
2009–2010 | Mercy | Nurse Klowden | Recurring role (11 episodes) |
2011 | Harry's Law | Gina Powell | Episode: "Innocent Man" |
2011 | Justified | Mags Bennett | Recurring role (10 episodes) |
2011 | Chaos | Doris Balshik | Episodes: "Pilot", "Proof of Life" |
2011–2012 | A Gifted Man | Rita Perkins-Hall | Main role (16 episodes) |
2012 | Counter Culture | Billie | TV film |
2012 | Suits | Nell Sawyer | Episode: "Meet the New Boss" |
2012 | Person of Interest | Barbara Russell | Episode: " Bad Code "
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2013 | Smash
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Miriam Abramson | Episode: "The Fallout" |
2013 | New Girl | Bonnie | Episode: "Chicago" |
2013 | Masters of Sex | Miss Horchow | Episode: "Pilot" |
2013–2014 | The Millers | Carol Miller | Main role (34 episodes) |
2013–2018 | The Americans | Claudia | Recurring role (32 episodes) |
2014–2020 | BoJack Horseman | Character Actress Margo Martindale | Voice; 8 episodes; fictionalized version of self |
2015 | Mike & Molly | Rosemary Ritter | Episodes: " Mother From Another Mudlick "
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2015–2016 | The Good Wife | Ruth Eastman | Recurring role (13 episodes) |
2015–2019 | Sneaky Pete | Audrey Bernhardt | Main role (30 episodes) |
2016 | BrainDead | Dr. Joanne Alaimo | Episode: "Back to Work: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at Congress and How It Gets Things Done (and Often Doesn't)" |
2017–2021 | DuckTales | Ma Beagle (voice)
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8 episodes |
2017 | The Guest Book | Alice | 3 episodes |
2018–2021 | The Good Fight | Ruth Eastman | 4 episodes |
2019 | The Act | Emma Lois Gisclair Pitre | Episode: "A Whole New World" |
2020 | Mrs. America | Bella Abzug | Main role; Miniseries |
2020–2021 | Your Honor
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Senator Elizabeth Guthrie
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5 episodes |
2021 | Infinity Train | Judge Morpho (voice) | Recurring; Book 4 – Duet |
2021 | Ada Twist, Scientist | Great Aunt Rose (voice) | Episode: "Movie Night/The Banana Peel Problem" |
2021 | Impeachment: American Crime Story | Lucianne Goldberg | 5 episodes |
2022 | The Watcher | Maureen | 7 episodes |
2023 | Accused | Joanna Lynn Pierce | Episode: "Laura's Story" |
2023 | Mrs. Davis | Mother Superior
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3 episodes |
2024 | Big City Greens | Dr. Bloom | Episode: "Unguarded" |
Theatre
Year | Title | Role | Venue(s) | Ref. |
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1982 | Talking With | performer ("Rodeo") | Manhattan Theatre Club | [28][29] |
1987 | Steel Magnolias | Truvy | WPA Theater, Lucille Lortel Theatre | [30][31] |
1990 | Steel Magnolias | Truvy | Westport Country Playhouse | [32] |
1995 | The Sugar Bean Sisters | Faye Clementine | WPA Theater | [33] |
1997 | Always … Patsy Cline | Louise | Variety Arts Theater | [34] |
2003 | Cat on a Hot Tin Roof | Big Mama | Broadway
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[35] |
Awards and nominations
References
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