
Welcome to Mary McDonnell Vault, your online resource dedicated to actress Mary McDonnell. You better know Mary for her role as Captain Sharon Raydor for the TNT crime series The Closer & Major Crimes. But she also did others like Battlestar Galactica, Independence Day, Donnie Darko, Dances with Wolves, Sneakers and many others. Site is comprehensive of a big photogallery with events, photoshoots, magazines, stills, a media archive dedicated to all fans fanarts on Mary, an extensive press library to collect all the articles and interviews on her and a video gallery section for recorded interviews, sneak peeks and trailers of her projects. We claim no rights to know her personally and it’s absolutely respectful of her privacy and paparazzi-free!!!



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Buried Child
Character: Shelly
Directed by: Robert Woodruff
Written by: Sam Shepard
Produced by: Circle Repertory Company
Cast Members: Jacqueline Brookes, William M. Carr, Christopher McCann, Tom Noonan, Edward Seamon, Bill Wiley
Venue: Circle Theatre
Production Dates: June 20, 1979 - September 29, 1979
Genre: Drama
Dodge and Halie are barely hanging on to their farmland and their sanity while looking after their two wayward grown sons Tilden and Bradley. When their grandson Vince arrives with his girlfriend Shelly, no one seems to recognize him, and confusion abounds. As Vince tries to make sense of the chaos, the rest of the family dances around a deep, dark secret.
In Mary’s Memories…
In the rehearsal process of Sam Shepard’s Buried Child in New York, right before we opened, the director turned to all of us and said I want you to go out there and try some new things, don’t be afraid to make a mistake just because it’s your opening. It was an extraordinarily freeing concept, we all responded and did some of our very best work. I’ve kept that close to me during moments of extreme pressure. It is a great reminder that the point is to come out and offer your creativity freely and surprise the audience and hopefully surprise yourself. [from Reddit Chat]
Reviews
I remember vividly first seeing her in Sam Shepard’s Buried Child as Shelley, the giggly, hippie-chick girlfriend of the youngest son; the only character onstage not part of the family circle, she seemed literally to be acting at a different speed from the others, a walking 45 in a roomful of long-playing records. The performance had such a distinctive rhythm that it seemed ingrained, a quality McDonnell would be hired to demonstrate again and again. – Don Shewey



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If you have photos or videos of Mary McDonnell you have taken personally or collected during the years and you wish to donate them to the site, read how to do and get in touch with us.
- Mary McDonnell Vault
- marymcdonnell.org & mary-mcdonnell.com
- Online since December 28, 2014
- Contact the owner via form
- Merged with Mostly Mary (May 2018)
- Read our Disclaimer & Privacy Policy
- Visitors
For optimal viewing: This website is best viewed in a resolution of 1024 or higher and in Firefox, Opera and Chrome. Javascript, CSS and Tables.

This fansite is strictly against any paparazzi or stalkerazzi pictures. We will not support any kind of bashing or privacy intrusion into Mary’s life and/or the one of people around her. We will also not post any gossip or rumors on private life matters.