The List (2007) - Daisy Stokes
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (12/6/2005) - Deb Boyd in episode: "Alien"
The Stepford Wives (2004) - Helen Devlin
The Reagans (2003) (TV) - Edith Davis
The Job (4/11/2001) - Mrs. Peg Bermance in episode: "Massage"
Advice From a Caterpillar (1999) - Homeless Woman
Number One (1998) - Lana
The Odd Couple II (1998) - Felice
Dawson's Creek (1998-2003) TV Series - Evelyn 'Grams' Ryan
Reckless (1995) - Bartender
Comfortably Numb (1995) - Emily Best
Law & Order (10/12/1994) - Dr. Emma Hiltz in episode: "Family Values"
Jersey Girl (1992) - Day Care Center Teacher
About Mary Beth
Full Name: Mary Beth Peil
Birthdate: June 25, 1930
Birthplace: Davenport, Iowa
After a 20-year career as a professional opera singer, Mary Beth Peil launched an acting career that earned her a Tony nomination and landed her the role as "Grams" on Dawson's Creek. Born and raised in Davenport, Iowa, Peil majored in opera at Northwestern University and headed to New York after graduation. She began working steadily and soon was under contract with the Metropolitan Opera National Company, performing in operas across the country.
The turning point in Peil's career came with a role in the musical Kiss Me Kate. The regional production in Minnesota was a major breakthrough and inspired her to pursue the path of acting.
She appeared on Broadway with Yul Brynner in The King and I as Anna, garnering a Tony Award nomination for Best Featured Actress in 1985. She has also been honored with several Obie Awards for off-Broadway performances in Paul Rudnick's The Naked Truth, A.R. Gurney's A Cheever Evening and Craig Lucas' Missing Persons. Peil worked with Dawson's Creek star James Van Der Beek a few years ago playing his mother in the off-Broadway play Finding the Sun, which was written and directed by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Edward Albee.
Peil currently lives in New York. This summer she appeared in Sweeney Todd, as part of the Sondheim Celebration at the Kennedy Center.
*This page last updated September 5, 2006.*
