Biography
A comic actress who also has excelled as steely, somewhat brittle women in dramas, Mimi Kennedy has been through the network TV wars, appearing in numerous short-lived series while building a reputation as a fine performer. She first won notice playing Jan in the Broadway musical "Grease" and by 1977 joined Debbie Allen and Ellen Foley as "Three Girls Three" (NBC), a critically-praised but short-lived program which was part variety, part …
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Career Milestones
1972 | Stage debut, "The Last of the Red Hot Lovers" |
1975 | Broadway debut in "Grease" |
1977 | Off-Broadway debut, "Hot Grog" |
1977 | TV series debut, NBC's "Three Girls Three" |
1979 | Appeared in supporting role on "Stockard Channing in Just Friends" (CBS) |
1980 | Cast as regular on the NBC variety series "The Big Show" |
1981 | Landed regular role on the CBS sitcom "The Two of Us" |
1981 | Made TV-movie debut in "Thin Ice" (CBS) |
1984 | Played mother to "Spencer" (NBC) |
1986 | Played the mother in "Mr. Boogedy" (ABC) and its 1987 sequel "Bride of Boogedy" |
1988 | Cast as series regular on "Family Man" (ABC) |
1989 | Feature film debut, "Chances Are" |
1991 | Guest starred on "Knots Landing" (CBS); also wrote episode titled "Gone Microfiching" |
1991 | Played steely Ruth Sloan on "Homefront" (ABC) |
1993 | Co-starred on "Joe's Life" (ABC) |
1996 | Appeared as bitchy Eleanor Alexander on the primetime soap "Savannah" (The WB) |
1996 | Published memoir Taken to the Stage |
1997 | Played recurring role on "Pacific Palisades" (Fox) |
1997 | Returned to sitcoms as regular on ABC's "Dharma & Greg" |
2000 | Landed featured role in "Erin Brockovich," directed by Steven Soderbergh |
2006 | Guest starred on "The Young and the Restless" (CBS) |
2008 | Cast as one of the storytellers in the biographical feature "A Single Woman" |
2011 | Appeared in Woody Allen's "Midnight in Paris" |
2012 | Cast opposite Jason Segel and Emily Blunt in romantic comedy "The Five-Year Engagement" |