Connie Ray is an American actress and playwright. Among her highest-profile appearances are Thank You for Smoking (2006) and Stuart Little (1999), and the television drama ER (1997). She also appeared in Ice Princess (2005) and on George Lopez (2002).
Biography
Connie Ray was one of three children born to Shelton Ray and raised on the family's dairy farm in Orange County, North Carolina. At the age of ten, Ray wrote a play with her brother Lester for a 4-H club talent show that went on to win at county and district competitions. She went on to study dance at East Carolina University and earned a Master of Fine Arts at Ohio University.
Ray wrote the bluegrass gospel musicals Smoke On The Mountain, which opened off-Broadway in 1990, Sanders Family Christmas (1999), and Smoke on the Mountain Homecoming (2006), three of the most produced musicals in the United States for the last 20 years.Smoke on the Mountain
Filmography
Film Year Title Role Notes1996A Very Brady SequelFlight AttendantSpace JamOwner's GirlfriendMy Fellow AmericansGenny1997Speed 2: Cruise ControlFran Fisher1998Hope FloatsBobbi-Claire Patterson1999Idle HandsMrs. TobiasStuart LittleAunt Tina 2000Lost SoulsMother2002The Time MachineTeacherAbout SchmidtVicki Rusk2003How to DealMarion Smith2004Bobby Jones: Stroke of GeniusClara Jones2005Ice PrincessMrs. FletcherThank You for SmokingPearl2006FlourishWendy CovnerFlags of Our FathersMrs. Sousley2007Welcome to ParadisePatsy Nellis2022American RejectBonnie
Television Year Title Role Notes1991Harry and the HendersonsGinger HiggsEpisode: "Harry Goes Ape"1991–1993The Torkelsons/Almost HomeMillicent TorkelsonMain role1992Quantum LeapCarol PruittEpisode: "Killin' Time"1993L.A. LawPhilomena BannisterEpisode: "Leap of Faith"1995Murphy BrownMs. HowardEpisode: "Murphy's Law"Never Say Never: The Deirdre Hall StoryShaneTV movie1996CoachMary LubaEpisode: "Nice Guys Get Cut"Dream OnMandyEpisode: "Second Time Aground"1997Touched by an AngelSandra MillsEpisode: "The Road Home: Part 1"Promised LandSandra MillsEpisode: "The Road Home: Part 2"ERGlendaEpisode: "Friendly Fire"1998The PretenderEpisode: "Red Rock Jarod"Marilyn Miller1999Veronica's ClosetJan SchaeferEpisode: "Veronica's Big Homecoming"It's Like, You Know...BeverlyEpisode: "Two Days in the Valley"2000Zoe, Duncan, Jack and JaneBettyEpisode: "The Feud"2002Andy Richter Controls the UniverseLorieEpisode: "Wedding"ProvidenceHazelEpisodes: "All the King's Men", "Gotcha", "Out of Control"George LopezDebbieEpisode: "No Free Launch"2003Less than PerfectNonaEpisode: "High Maintenance"2005–2006Still StandingJoyEpisodes: "Still Bill Vol. 1", "Still Deceitful"2006Twenty Good YearsSusanEpisode: "John's Old Lady"2007My Name Is EarlMrs. ClevengerEpisode: "Burn Victim"2008GreekNormaEpisode: "47 Hours and 11 Minutes"Worst WeekSheilaEpisodes: "The Cake", "The Wedding"2011JustifiedMrs. ReasonerEpisode: "Blaze of Glory"Law & Order: Special Victims UnitBiological MotherEpisode; "Double Strands"2011–2013The Big CConnie SchulerEpisodes: "The Little c", "What's Your Story?", "Quality of Life", "The Finale"2012Hart of DixieMrs. BeaudryEpisode: "Walkin' After Midnight"2013 & 2017Blue BloodsRuth / Ann HarrisEpisodes: "Lost and Found" & "Ghosts of the Past"2014–2015Grey's AnatomyKaren KepnerEpisodes: "Don't Let's Start" & "The Bed's Too Big Without You"2017The Marvelous Mrs. MaiselMrs. WintersEpisode: "Mrs. X at the Gaslight"Kick Me, I'm ChristianBetsy RaffertyUnsold TV pilot2018The Good FightMrs. HoneycuttEpisode: "Day 443"2019Kim PossibleNana PossibleTV movie
Theater Year Title Role Theater1988The Heidi Chronicles1990Smoke on the MountainJune SandersLamb's Theatre2010Next FallArleneHelen Hayes Theatre2013Hands on a HardbodyCindy BarnesBrooks Atkinson Theatre
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