Molly Cheek
This poorly sourced must be removed immediately from the article and its talk page, especially if potentially libelous. )Find sources: "Molly Cheek" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (March 2013) |
Molly Cheek | |
---|---|
Born | Bronxville, New York, U.S. | March 2, 1950
Education | Connecticut College |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1979–2012 |
Molly Cheek (born March 2, 1950) is an American actress. A Connecticut College graduate[1] she worked in ‘dinner-theater productions and summer stock’[2] before finding television and film work.
Cheek is best known for her roles in the television sitcoms as Nancy Bancroft on .
Cheek played the mother of main character Jim Levenstein in the 1999 film American Pie and in its sequels.[4] She also has appeared in films Purple People Eater (1988), April's Shower (2003), A Lot like Love (2005), Good Time Max (2007), and Drag Me to Hell (2009).
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
1985 | Deadly Intruder | Jessie | |
1988 | Purple People Eater | Mrs. Orfus | |
1993 | Stepmonster | Abby Dougherty | Video |
1998 | Smoke Signals | Penny Cicero | |
1999 | American Pie | Mrs. Levenstein | |
2001 | American Pie 2 | Mrs. Levenstein | |
2003 | American Wedding | Mrs. Levenstein | |
2003 | April's Shower | Franny | |
2004 | Spider-Man 2 | Society Woman | |
2005 | A Lot like Love | Christine | |
2007 | Good Time Max | Carol | |
2007 | Cougar Club | Mrs. Holmes | |
2009 | Drag Me to Hell | Trudy Dalton | |
2009 | Where Do the Balloons Go? | Mary | Short |
2009 | Sick Chick | Jen | Short |
2011 | Low Fidelity | Lynn |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
1979 | Torn Between Two Lovers | Sherry Sanders | TV film |
1979 | Breaking Up Is Hard to Do | Kate | TV film |
1980 | The Yeagers | Carrie Yeager | "The Strong Survive", "The Neighbors" |
1980 | To Find My Son | Julie | TV film |
1980 | Mark, I Love You | Jeanne | TV film |
1981 | CHiPs | Pam | "11–99: Officer Needs Help" |
1981 | Dynasty | Doris | "Oil", "The Bordello" |
1982 | Chicago Story | Megan Powers | Main role |
1982 | St. Elsewhere | Leslie Stevenson | "Tweety and Ralph" |
1983 | The Powers of Matthew Star | Marla Evans | "Matthew Star D.O.A." |
1984 | Simon & Simon | Shannon Trammel | "Harm's Way" |
1984 | Finder of Lost Loves | Margaret Keller | "Portraits" |
1984 | Hardcastle and McCormick | Cyndy Wenzek | "Never My Love" |
1985 | Hardcastle and McCormick | Diane Templeton | "Games People Play" |
1985 | T. J. Hooker | Lee Stockwell | "Serial Murders" |
1985 | A Summer to Remember | Trish | TV film |
1985 | Family Ties | Frances Wilder | "The Old College Try" |
1986–90 | It's Garry Shandling's Show | Nancy Bancroft | TV series |
1990 | Beanpole | Wanda Pinkerton | TV pilot |
1990 | Murder, She Wrote | Anne Stephenson | "Trials and Tribulations" |
1991 | Good Sports | Nina Logan | "Pros and Ex-Cons" |
1991–93 | Harry and the Hendersons | Nancy Henderson | Main role |
1993 | Family Dog | Bev Binsford | Main role |
1995 | Ellen | Sylvia | "The Spa" |
1995 | Step by Step | Coach Harris | "Maid to Order" |
1998 | The Tony Danza Show | Laura Taylor | "Vision Quest" |
1998 | Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction | Tom's Wife | "The Gun" |
1999 | Once and Again | Nancy | "The Scarlet Letter Jacket" |
1999 | Locust Valley | Mrs. Mancini | TV film |
2000 | Diagnosis: Murder | Anita Tashman | "Jake's Women" |
2000 | Sabrina, the Teenage Witch | Mrs. Cavanaugh | "Sabrina's Perfect Christmas" |
2001 | Go Fish | Annie Troutner | Main role |
2003 | Happy Family
|
Diane Michaelson | "Dinner with Friends" |
2003 | Judging Amy | Cecile | "The Wrong Man" |
2003 | Hope & Faith | Molly | "About a Book Club" |
2004 | Becker | Donna | "Subway Story" |
2004 | Married to the Kellys | Patty Evans | "The Contractor" |
2004 | Cold Case | Gretchen Culliver | "The Boy in the Box" |
2006 | Without a Trace | Teri Lawson | "911" |
2007 | General Hospital: Night Shift | Marion Moore | "Paternity Ward", "Bed, Bath and Be Gone" |
2012 | New Girl | Marion | "Menzies" |
References
- ^ Toni D'Amato, 'Ask Me About TV' Muscatine Journal 17 December 1987 p. 20
- ^ Lane Crockett 'It’s Molly Cheek on Shandling' Port Huron Michigan Times Herald, 27 March 1988 p. 53
- ^ "Molly Cheek Biography". Retrieved 13 November 2014.
- ^ Queens of the bone age – Time Out Chicago Archived 2008-04-09 at the Wayback Machine
External links
- Molly Cheek at IMDb