Personal Info
Birth date
1964-01-04 (61 Years)
Gender
Female
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Turlock, California, USA
Also known as
Dorothy-Marie Jones
Dot Jones
Dot-Marie Jones
Biography
Dorothy-Marie Jones (born January 4, 1964) is an American actress and retired athlete who has had multiple roles in television. She attended California State University, Fresno, where she set records for shot put. Jones is also a 15-time world arm wrestling champion. She was a recurring guest star starting in the second season of the musical television series Glee as Coach Beiste, and appeared through the show's sixth and final season, when she was promoted to starring status. She was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series in 2011, 2012, and 2013 for her portrayal of Coach Beiste. She is also known for her roles as Coach Kelly in Lizzie McGuire and Butch Brenda in Material Girls.
Filmography
The Rookie
8.519
Overview:
Starting over isn't easy, especially for small-town guy John Nolan who, after a life-altering incident, is pursuing his dream of being an LAPD officer. As the force's oldest rookie, he’s met with skepticism from some higher-ups who see him as just a walking midlife crisis.The Mentalist
8.4
Overview:
Patrick Jane, a former celebrity psychic medium, uses his razor sharp skills of observation and expertise at "reading" people to solve serious crimes with the California Bureau of Investigation.iCarly
7.988
Overview:
Watch Carly, Sam, and Freddie, as they try to balance their everyday 8th grade lives with their newfound fame managing and starring in the most awesome show on the web.The Goldbergs
7.5
Overview:
Before there were parenting blogs, trophies for showing up, and peanut allergies, there was a simpler time called the '80s. For geeky 11-year old Adam these were his wonder years and he faced them armed with a video camera to capture all the crazy. The Goldbergs are a loving family like any other, just with a lot more yelling.My Name Is Earl
7.666
Overview:
When petty criminal Earl Hickey wins the lottery, he sets off on a quest to repair his questionable karma.Desperate Housewives
7.915
Overview:
Looking down on her friends and family isn't a way of life for Mary Alice Young... it's a way of death. One day, in her perfect house, in the loveliest of suburbs, Mary Alice ended it all. Now she's taking us into the lives of her family, friends and neighbors, commenting from her elevated P.O.V.Modern Family
7.9
Overview:
The Pritchett-Dunphy-Tucker clan is a wonderfully large and blended family. They give us an honest and often hilarious look into the sometimes warm, sometimes twisted, embrace of the modern family.Married... with Children
7.721
Overview:
Al Bundy is an unsuccessful middle aged shoe salesman with a miserable life and an equally dysfunctional family. He hates his job, his wife is lazy, his son is dysfunctional (especially with women), and his daughter is dim-witted and promiscuous.American Horror Story
8.111
Overview:
An anthology horror drama series centering on different characters and locations, including a house with a murderous past, an asylum, a witch coven, a freak show, a hotel, a farmhouse in Roanoke, a cult, the apocalypse and a summer camp.The Resident
8.402
Overview:
A tough, brilliant senior resident guides an idealistic young doctor through his first day, pulling back the curtain on what really happens, both good and bad, in modern-day medicine.2 Broke Girls
7.196
Overview:
Comedy about the unlikely friendship that develops between two very different young women who meet waitressing at a diner in trendy Williamsburg, Brooklyn, and form a bond over one day owning their own successful cupcake business. Only one thing stands in their way – they’re broke.Glee
6.762
Overview:
In this musical comedy, optimistic high school teacher Will Schuester tries to refuel his own passion while reinventing the high school's glee club and challenging a group of outcasts to realize their star potential as they strive to outshine their singing competition while navigating the cruel halls of McKinley High.The Penguins of Madagascar
7.4
Overview:
The Penguins of Madagascar is an American CGI animated television series airing on Nickelodeon. It stars nine characters from the DreamWorks Animation animated film Madagascar: The penguins Skipper, Kowalski, Private, and Rico; the lemurs King Julien, Maurice, and Mort; and Mason and Phil the chimpanzees. Characters new to the series include Marlene the otter and a zookeeper named Alice. It is the first Nicktoon produced with DreamWorks Animation. A pilot episode, "Gone in a Flash", aired as part of "Superstuffed Nicktoons Weekend" on November 29, 2008, and The Penguins of Madagascar became a regular series on March 28, 2009. The series premiere drew 6.1 million viewers, setting a new record as the most-watched premiere. Although the series occasionally alludes to the rest of the franchise, The Penguins of Madagascar does not take place at a precise time within it. McGrath, who is also the co-creator of the film characters, has said that the series takes place "not specifically before or after the movie, I just wanted them all back at the zoo. I think of it as taking place in a parallel universe."9-1-1: Lone Star
8.043
Overview:
Nearly 20 years ago, Owen Strand was the lone survivor of his Manhattan firehouse on 9/11. In the wake of the attack, Owen had the unenviable task of rebuilding his station. After a similar tragedy happens to a firehouse in Austin, Owen, along with his troubled firefighter son, T.K., takes his progressive philosophies of life and firefighting down to Texas, where he helps them start anew. On the surface, Owen is all about big-city style and swagger, but underneath he struggles with a secret he hides from the world - one that could very well end his life.Full House
7.545
Overview:
After the death of his wife, Danny enlists his best friend and his brother-in-law to help raise his three daughters, D.J., Stephanie, and Michelle.Jane the Virgin
7.9
Overview:
A comedy-drama following a chaste young woman who is accidentally impregnated via artificial insemination as she struggles to inform her devoutly religious family and make the right choices concerning the child. Based on the telenovela "Juana la virgen."Cougar Town
6.4
Overview:
Jules Cobb is a mom in her forties facing the often humorous challenges, pitfalls and rewards of life's next chapter. Along for the journey is her son, her ex-husband, her husband/neighbor and her friends who together make up her dysfunctional, but supportive and caring extended family... even if they have a funny way of showing it sometimes.Chicago Hope
7.243
Overview:
Chicago Hope is an American medical drama television series, created by David E. Kelley. It ran on CBS from September 18, 1994, to May 4, 2000. The series is set in a fictional private charity hospital in Chicago, Illinois. The show is set to return in the fall of 2013 on TVGN in reruns.California Dreams
6.7
Overview:
California Dreams is an American teen-oriented sitcom that aired from 1992 to 1996 on Saturday mornings during NBC's Teen NBC programming block. It was created by writers Brett Dewey and Ronald B. Solomon and executive produced by Peter Engel, all known for their work on Saved by the Bell.The Exes
6.538
Overview:
A sitcom about three divorced men sharing an apartment across the hall from their female divorce attorney, who is also their landlord.The Suite Life of Zack & Cody
7.6
Overview:
Meet Zack and Cody, 11 year-old identical twins and the newest residents of Boston's swanky Tipton Hotel. Living in a suite with their mom Carey, the boys treat the Tipton like their own personal playground.Birds of Prey
6
Overview:
The series is set in New Gotham City, several years after it has been apparently abandoned by Batman. In his absence, Huntress, Oracle and Dinah are now the protectors of New Gotham: the Birds of Prey, and had taken over his war on crime. They are joined by Alfred Pennyworth, who serves Helena as she is heir to the Wayne estate; and Detective Jesse Reese, a police officer confronted with crimes and abilities he cannot explain. A central feature of the series is the concept of metahumans: individuals born with powers that cannot be explained. No two metahumans have the same abilities (unless hereditary), and there exists a whole subculture of metahuman society that the outside world knows nothing about.Dharma & Greg
6.4
Overview:
Dharma & Greg is an American television sitcom that aired from September 24, 1997, to April 30, 2002. It stars Jenna Elfman and Thomas Gibson as Dharma and Greg Montgomery, a couple who got married on their first date despite being complete opposites. The series is co-produced by Chuck Lorre Productions, More-Medavoy Productions and 4 to 6 Foot Productions in association with 20th Century Fox Television for ABC. The show's theme song was written and performed by composer Dennis C. Brown. Created by executive producers Dottie Dartland and Chuck Lorre, the comedy took much of its inspiration from so-called culture-clash "fish out of water" situations. The show earned eight Golden Globe nominations, six Emmy Award nominations, and six Satellite Awards nominations. Elfman earned a Golden Globe in 1999 for Best Actress.She Spies
7.375
Overview:
She Spies is an action-adventure television show that ran from September 9, 2002 until May 17, 2004, in two seasons. The show was sold into syndication but the first four episodes premiered on the NBC network, whose syndication arm was one of the producers. Disappointing ratings during the show's second season led to its cancellation after season two ended. She Spies bore noticeable production and directive similarities with Charlie's Angels.Baby Daddy
7.1
Overview:
Baby Daddy follows Ben, a young man in his early 20s living the life of a bachelor in New York City with his buddy, Tucker, and his brother, Danny. Their lives are turned upside down when they come home one day to find a baby girl left on the doorstep by an ex-girlfriend of Ben's. After much deliberation, Ben decides to raise the baby with the help of his friends and his protective and sometimes over-bearing mother, Bonnie, and his close female friend, Riley.The Naked Truth
6.4
Overview:
The Naked Truth is an American television sitcom that aired on ABC from 1995 to 1996, and on NBC from 1996 to 1998. The series stars Téa Leoni and co-starred Holland Taylor. The show took place at the office of a tabloid news publication.Reba
6.6
Overview:
After her dentist husband of 20 years leaves her for his dental hygienist, Reba Hart's seemingly perfect world is turned upside down.Men in Trees
6.8
Overview:
Relationship coach Marin Frist knows what to look for, what to avoid and what will make her happy. As the many fans of her two bestselling books could tell you, we're all in charge of our own happiness. But like many people full of advice, she fails to apply it to herself. On her way to a speaking engagement in Alaska, she learns that her fiancé has cheated on her. Slapped in the face with personal failure, a snowstorm then leaves her stuck in a small town full of the one thing she really doesn't need—available men.Celebrity Ghost Stories
7.3
Overview:
Compelling, surprising and downright spooky — celebrities share their real-life personal encounters with the paranormal in each one-hour special. From encounters with ghosts and angry spirits to haunted homes, unexplainable spells and magic, these descriptive, first person narratives from our favorite stars delivers a brand new way of experiencing the thrills and chills of the addictive world of the paranormal.Playing House
6.382
Overview:
A single-camera buddy comedy about what happens when two best friends come back together, just when they need each other most. Inspired by the ultra-close friendship between the series' creators and stars, "Playing House" centers on mother to-be Maggie who asks her single and career-driven best friend Emma to return home from her job overseas to attend her baby shower, having no idea what’s truly in store.Acting
TBAQuarter as Annie
TBAThe Collected as Unknown
TBABreeder as Patti
TBAPretty/Handsome (1 Episode) as Mario Wallace
2025Don't Tell Larry as Unknown
2024Lost & Found in Cleveland as Sharon Weymouth
2024The Little Pageant That Could as Self (archive footage)
2024Tripping as Lisa
2024The Crossing Over Express as Dr. Gale Gustberg
2022Rattled! as Tennessee
2022Bar Fight as Elena
2022Bros as Cherry
2022Weird: The Al Yankovic Story as Mama Bear
2021Golden Arm as Big Sexy
2020The Swing of Things as Finley
2020Rag Doll as Rosheen
20209-1-1: Lone Star (1 Episode) as Patty
2019Greener Grass as Little Helen
20193 from Hell as Slackjaw
2019To Hell and Back: The Making of 3 From Hell as Self
2019Do Not Be Deceived as Louise
2018The Rookie (1 Episode) as Opal - Pawn Shop Owner
2018Hurricane Bianca: From Russia with Hate as Svetlana Zlopasnost
2018Dead Women Walking as Dorothy
2018This Close (1 Episode) as Judy
2018The Resident (2 Episodes) as Meg Mullins
2017Manic as Janice
2017After the End as Mom
2017Maybe Someday as Principal Ricki
2014Jane the Virgin (1 Episode) as Magda's Friend
2014Playing House (1 Episode) as Biker chick
2013The Goldbergs (1 Episode) as Sister Mary Theresa
2013White T as Thelma
2012Baby Daddy (1 Episode) as Masha
2011The Exes (1 Episode) as Woman #3
2011American Horror Story (1, 1 Episode) as Trooper Jan Remy, May
20112 Broke Girls (1 Episode) as Big Reba
2011The Glee Project (1 Episode) as Self
2009Celebrity Ghost Stories (1 Episode) as Self
2009Modern Family (1 Episode) as Louise
2009Cougar Town (1 Episode) as Woman
2009Prison Break: The Final Break as Skittlez
2009Glee (47 Episodes) as Sheldon Beiste
2008The Penguins of Madagascar (1 Episode) as Supervisor Eubanks (voice)
2008The Mentalist (1 Episode) as Airport Manager
2008Columbus Day as Cop #1
2007iCarly (1 Episode) as Corrections Officer
2007The Naked Trucker and T-Bones Show (1 Episode) as Unknown
2006Men in Trees (1 Episode) as Unknown
2006Material Girls as Butch Brenda
2006Pepper Dennis (1 Episode) as McGee
2006Pucked as Wendy Delvecchio
2005My Name Is Earl (1 Episode) as Letter Writer
2005The Suite Life of Zack & Cody (1 Episode) as Gretel
2004Desperate Housewives (1 Episode) as Female Guard
2002Birds of Prey (1 Episode) as Guard
2002She Spies (1 Episode) as Leon
2002Stray Dogs as Jolene Carter
2002George Lopez (2 Episodes) as The Inmate
2001Reba (1 Episode) as Unknown
2001Lizzie McGuire (5 Episodes) as Kelly
2000Love Her Madly as Handywoman
1999The Boondock Saints as Rozengurtle Baumgartener
1998Patch Adams as Miss Meat
1997Dharma & Greg (1 Episode) as Hey-19
1996Boston Common (1 Episode) as Jocelyn
1995The Courtyard as Lady Mover
1995Can't Hurry Love (1 Episode) as Cleo
1995The Naked Truth (1, 1 Episode) as Officer Debbie Tadzekian, Sheila
1995Under Lock and Key as Dot
1994Chicago Hope (1 Episode) as Unknown
1992California Dreams (1 Episode) as Heidi
1987Full House (1 Episode) as Muscular Woman
1987Married... with Children (1, 4 Episode) as Lola, Dot
Production
2020Rag Doll ... Producer