Personal Info
Birth date
1948-09-25 (76 Years)
Gender
Female
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Rochester, New York, USA
Also known as
-Mimi Kennedy
Biography
Mary Claire "Mimi" Kennedy (born September 25, 1948) is an American actress, author, and activist. Best known for her roles in television sitcoms, Kennedy co-starred in numerous short-lived sitcoms before her role as Ruth Sloan on Homefront (1991–93). She received wider recognition with her roles in the Chuck Lorre created sitcoms; Dharma & Greg (1997–2002), and Mom (2013–2021). For her performance in the latter, Kennedy received a nomination for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Guest Performer in a Comedy Series. Kennedy has also appeared in various films, including; Pump Up the Volume (1990), Erin Brockovich (2000), In the Loop (2009), Due Date (2010), Midnight in Paris (2011), and The Five-Year Engagement (2012). From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Filmography
Grey's Anatomy
8.225
Overview:
Follows the personal and professional lives of a group of doctors at Seattle’s Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital.Criminal Minds
8.308
Overview:
An elite team of FBI profilers analyze the country's most twisted criminal minds, anticipating their next moves before they strike again. The Behavioral Analysis Unit's most experienced agent is David Rossi, a founding member of the BAU who returns to help the team solve new cases.House
8.592
Overview:
Dr. Gregory House, a drug-addicted, unconventional, misanthropic medical genius, leads a team of diagnosticians at the fictional Princeton–Plainsboro Teaching Hospital in New Jersey.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.Ghost Whisperer
8.076
Overview:
Newlywed Melinda Gordon tries to help the dead communicate with loved ones, but sometimes the messages she receives are intense and confusing. Most of Melinda's efforts involve resolving conflicts that are preventing the spirits from passing over.Medium
7.464
Overview:
Allison Dubois works in the District Attorney’s office using her natural intuition about people and her ability to communicate with the dead to help to solve crimes. Her dreams often give her clues to the whereabouts of missing people.Knots Landing
6.868
Overview:
The domestic adventures, misdeeds and everyday interactions of five families living on a cul-de-sac in a small California community.Mom
7.3
Overview:
Aan irreverent and outrageous take on true family love‐and dysfunction. Newly sober single mom Christy struggles to raise two children in a world full of temptations and pitfalls. Testing her sobriety is her formerly estranged mother, now back in Christy's life and eager to share passive-aggressive insights into her daughter's many mistakes.Switched at Birth
7.454
Overview:
The story of two teenage girls who discover they were accidentally switched as newborns in the hospital. Bay Kennish grew up in a wealthy family with two parents and a brother, while Daphne Vasquez, who lost her hearing at an early age due to a case of meningitis, grew up with a single mother in a working-class neighborhood. Things come to a dramatic head when both families meet and struggle to learn how to live together for the sake of the girls.ER
7.828
Overview:
ER explores the inner workings of an urban teaching hospital and the critical issues faced by the dedicated physicians and staff of its overburdened emergency room.Hollywood Squares
7.2
Overview:
On September 14, 1998, a Hollywood Squares revival debuted with Tom Bergeron as its host. In addition to her production duties, Whoopi Goldberg served as the permanent center square, with series head writer Bruce Vilanch, Gilbert Gottfried, Martin Mull, and Caroline Rhea as regular panelists and Brad Garrett, Bobcat Goldthwait, Jeffrey Tambor, George Wallace, Kathy Griffin and various others as semi-regular panelists. Shadoe Stevens returned to announce, although he was not given a square on the panel as he had been when John Davidson was host.Night Court
7.352
Overview:
An eccentric fun-loving judge presides over an urban night court and all the silliness going on there.Veep
7.4
Overview:
A look into American politics, revolving around former Senator Selina Meyer who finds being Vice President of the United States is nothing like she expected and everything everyone ever warned her about.The Twilight Zone
7.762
Overview:
This 1980s revival of the classic sci-fi series features a similar style to the original anthology series. Each episode tells a tale (sometimes two or three) rooted in horror or suspense, often with a surprising twist at the end. Episodes usually feature elements of drama and comedy.Scandal
7.14
Overview:
Everyone has secrets and Olivia Pope has dedicated her life to protecting and defending the public images of the elite by keeping those secrets under wraps. Pope and her team are at the top of their game when it comes to getting the job done for their clients, but it becomes apparent that these "gladiators in suits," who specialize in fixing the lives of other people, have trouble fixing those closest at hand -- their own.Cold Case
7.774
Overview:
The Philadelphia homicide squad's lone female detective finds her calling when she is assigned cases that have never been solved. Detective Lilly Rush combines her natural instincts with the updated technology available today to bring about justice for all the victims she can.Homicide: Life on the Street
8.1
Overview:
An American police procedural chronicling the work of a fictional version of the Baltimore Police Department's Homicide Unit.Childrens Hospital
7.175
Overview:
A hospital isn't a place for lazy people. It's a place for smart people who take care of people who aren't smart enough to keep themselves healthy. So begins Children's Hospital, a parody series that follows the lives, loves and laughs of a hospital staff.Anger Management
6.2
Overview:
Charlie is a non-traditional therapist specializing in anger management. He has a successful private practice and he performs pro bono counseling for an inmate group at a state prison. Prior to his career as a therapist, he was a major league baseball player whose career was put on the shelf for good by his own struggle with anger issues.Tales from the Crypt
7.949
Overview:
Cadaverous scream legend the Crypt Keeper is your macabre host for these forays of fright and fun based on the classic E.C. Comics tales from back in the day. So shamble up to the bar and pick your poison. Will it be an insane Santa on a personal slay ride? Honeymooners out to fulfill the "til death do we part" vow ASAP?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.Strong Medicine
7.1
Overview:
The lives of staff in the womens' health clinic of a fictitious hospital in Philadelphia.Dinosaurs
7.779
Overview:
Dinosaurs follows the life of a family of dinosaurs, living in a modern world. They have TV's, fridges, microwaves, and every modern convenience.Private Practice
7.517
Overview:
Having left behind Seattle Grace Hospital, renowned surgeon Addison Forbes Montgomery moves to Los Angeles for sunnier weather and happier possibilities. She reunites with her friends from medical school, joining them at their chic, co-op, Oceanside Wellness Center in Santa Monica.St. Elsewhere
5.5
Overview:
St. Elsewhere is an American medical drama television series that originally ran on NBC from October 26, 1982 to May 25, 1988. The series starred Ed Flanders, Norman Lloyd and William Daniels as teaching doctors at a lightly-regarded Boston hospital who gave interns a promising future in making critical medical and life decisions.Major Dad
6.6
Overview:
Major Dad is an American sitcom created by Richard C. Okie and John G. Stephens, developed by Earl Pomerantz, that originally ran from 1989 to 1993 on CBS, starring Gerald McRaney as Major John D. MacGillis and Shanna Reed as his wife Polly. The cast also includes Beverly Archer, Matt Mulhern, Jon Cypher, Marisa Ryan, Nicole Dubuc and Chelsea Hertford.American Playhouse
6.25
Overview:
American Playhouse is an anthology television series periodically broadcast by Public Broadcasting Service in the United States.Stockard Channing: In Just Friends
NYR
Overview:
Stockard Channing in Just Friends is a 1979 American television sitcom starring Stockard Channing, who was already known for her appearances in Grease and other films. Gerrit Graham, Mimi Kennedy, Lou Crisculo and Sydney Goldsmith co-starred with her on the series. The show premiered on CBS on March 4, 1979 and ended on June 24, 1979. A year later, Channing starred in her self-titled The Stockard Channing Show.Acting
TBALast Hand as Rudy Fudent
2025Going Places as Sue
2024Scrambled as Zandra
2024Death Pays Flora a Visit as Flora
2021Saving Paradise as Barbara Peterson
2020Eat Wheaties! as Edna Straw
2014Squatters as Judge Janovich
2013Gus as Dr. Grayson
2013The Goldbergs (1 Episode) as Charlotte
2013Mom (155 Episodes) as Marjorie Armstrong-Perugian
2012Anger Management (1 Episode) as Elaine
2012The Five-Year Engagement as Carol Solomon
2012Veep (2 Episodes) as Mary King
2012Scandal (1 Episode) as Sharon Marquette
2012Best Friends Forever (1 Episode) as Marilyn
2012American Judy as Judy One
2011Life of Lemon as Louise Phillips
2011Up All Night (1 Episode) as Sally
2011Switched at Birth (1 Episode) as Andrea Askowitz
2011Midnight in Paris as Helen
2010Due Date as Sarah's Mom
2009The Three Gifts as Rita Green
2009In the Loop as Karen Clarke
2008Childrens Hospital (1 Episode) as Ma Richie
2008A Single Woman as Storyteller
2007Private Practice (1 Episode) as Eleanor Bergin
2007Cane (1 Episode) as Unknown
2007Man in the Chair as Judy Kincaid
2005Ghost Whisperer (1 Episode) as Tracy Edmondson
2005Criminal Minds (1 Episode) as Miss Rogers
2005Grey's Anatomy (1 Episode) as Verna Bradley
2005Medium (1 Episode) as Helen Fitzpatrick
2004House (1 Episode) as Greta
2003Cold Case (1 Episode) as Elena Bistrong (1978 & 2005)
2000Strong Medicine (1 Episode) as Chancellor Eleanor Brubeck
2000Erin Brockovich as Laura Ambrosino
1998Hollywood Squares (10 Episodes) as Unknown
1997Dharma & Greg (119 Episodes) as Abby O'Neill
1997Buddy as Mrs. Bowman
1997Pacific Palisades (3 Episodes) as Unknown
1996Reasons of the Heart as Celia Burton
1996Once You Meet a Stranger as Connie
1996Savannah (3 Episodes) as Unknown
1995Baywatch Nights (1 Episode) as Paparazzi Agent
1995Fast Forward as Elaine Marshall
1995Partners (1 Episode) as Unknown
1995Bless This House (1 Episode) as Unknown
1994ER (1 Episode) as Sergeant O'Malley
1994Flashfire as Kate Cantrell
1993Joe's Life (11 Episodes) as Unknown
1993Homicide: Life on the Street (1 Episode) as Unknown
1992Death Becomes Her as Second Woman
1991Homefront (42 Episodes) as Unknown
1991Dinosaurs (1 Episode) as Glenda Molehill (voice)
1991Sins of the Mother as Karen Turner
1990A Promise to Keep as Annie
1990Pump Up the Volume as Marla Hunter
1990Dream On (1 Episode) as Hilaury
1989Immediate Family as Eli's Mom
1989Major Dad (1 Episode) as Unknown
1989Tales from the Crypt (1 Episode) as Distraught Woman (segment "The Man Who Was Death")
1989Chances Are as Sally
1988Family Man (7 Episodes) as Unknown
1987Bride of Boogedy as Eloise Davis
1987Baby Girl Scott as Jane
1986Davy Crockett as Ben's Mom
1986The Mouse and the Motorcycle as Mrs. Gridley
1986Mr. Boogedy as Eloise Davis
1985The Twilight Zone (1 Episode) as (segment "Aqua Vita")
1985Tall Tales & Legends (1 Episode) as Ben's Mom
1984Spencer (13 Episodes) as Unknown
1984Night Court (1 Episode) as Patty Douglas
1982St. Elsewhere (2 Episodes) as Unknown
1982American Playhouse (1 Episode) as Unknown
1981The Two of Us (20 Episodes) as Nan Gallagher
1981Thin Ice as Arlene
1980The Big Show (11 Episodes) as Self
1979Knots Landing (1 Episode) as Doris
1979Stockard Channing: In Just Friends (11 Episodes) as Unknown
1978Getting Married as Jenny
19773 Girls 3 (1 Episode) as Unknown
1976Battle of the Network Stars (1 Episode) as Unknown
Production
2015Consumed ... Executive Producer