{"id":18400,"date":"2022-06-29T19:34:02","date_gmt":"2022-06-29T19:34:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/womenmag.net\/news\/mary-mara-actress-on-er-dexter-and-nash-bridges-dies-at-61\/"},"modified":"2022-06-29T19:34:14","modified_gmt":"2022-06-29T19:34:14","slug":"mary-mara-actress-on-er-dexter-and-nash-bridges-dies-at-61","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/womenmag.net\/news\/mary-mara-actress-on-er-dexter-and-nash-bridges-dies-at-61\/","title":{"rendered":"Mary Mara, Actress on \u2018ER,\u2019 \u2018Dexter\u2019 and \u2018Nash Bridges,\u2019 Dies at 61"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mary Mara, a character actress who appeared on television shows including \u201cNash Bridges,\u201d \u201cDexter\u201d and \u201cER\u201d in a career that spanned more than 30 years, has died in upstate New York. She was 61.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The death was announced by the New York State Police, who said that Ms. Mara\u2019s body was found on Sunday morning in the St. Lawrence River near Cape Vincent, N.Y., near the Canadian border, and that a preliminary investigation suggested that she had drowned while swimming.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">She lived in Cape Vincent.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Ms. Mara was a daughter of Roger Mara and Lucille Mara. She was born in Syracuse, N.Y. on Sept. 21, 1960. Her brother, Roger, who was a puppeteer, told The San Francisco Examiner in 1996 that he and Mary were encouraged by their mother\u2019s flair for the dramatic.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">After graduating from Corcoran High School in Syracuse, Ms. Mara studied at San Francisco State University and later earned a master\u2019s degree in fine arts from the Yale School of Drama. Throughout her career she dabbled in theater, most notably in the New York Shakespeare Festival\u2019s production of \u201cTwelfth Night,\u201d alongside Michelle Pfeiffer, Jeff Goldblum and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, in 1989.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">That same year, she had her first onscreen credit, in the television movie \u201cThe Preppie Murder,\u201d based on the true story of a young woman\u2019s murder in New York. In 1992 she appeared in \u201cLove Potion No. 9\u201d and \u201cMr. Saturday Night,\u201d in which Billy Crystal starred as a veteran stand-up comedian. Ms. Mara played his estranged child.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Her other films included the 2008 horror movie \u201cProm Night.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">She was perhaps best known for her recurring roles on \u201cER,\u201d in which she played a patient, Loretta Sweet, from 1995-96, and on \u201cNash Bridges,\u201d in which she played Inspector Bryn Carson from 1996-97.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">She once stated that she felt her character was overshadowed on the show by the male detectives Cheech Marin and Don Johnson.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cIt is a male-dominated show with Don and Cheech the principals,\u201d she told The Post-Standard of Syracuse in 1999. Although the show\u2019s writers \u201cstarted to write for me really well about halfway through the season,\u201d she added, the producers \u201cwere afraid I would stand out too much.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Ms. Mara later appeared on \u201cDexter,\u201d \u201cRay Donovan,\u201d \u201cBones,\u201d \u201cStar Trek: Enterprise\u201d and other shows. Her last credit was in the 2020 movie \u201cBreak Even.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In a statement, Ms. Mara\u2019s manager, Craig Dorfman, described her as \u201celectric, funny and a true individual.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Variety reports that Katie Mersola is her stepdaughter and two sisters, Martha Mara (and Susan Dailey) are her survivors.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-l0zicj etfikam0\">Reporting was contributed by The Associated Press.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/06\/29\/arts\/television\/mary-mara-dead.html\">NY Times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mary Mara, a character actress who appeared on television shows including \u201cNash Bridges,\u201d \u201cDexter\u201d and \u201cER\u201d in a career that spanned more than 30 years, has died in upstate New York. She was 61. 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