Mary-Margaret Humes is an American actress and beauty pageant titleholder. She won the Miss Florida USA pageant and was third runner up in the 1975 Miss USA. Humes later began working as a television actress, appearing in more than 50 shows, most notably playing Gail Leery, the title character's mother in the drama series Dawson's Creek from 1998 to 2003.
Life and career Humes won the 1975 Miss Florida USA pageant and was third runner up in the 1975 Miss USA pageant.
In 1981, Humes made her big screen debut as the Vestal Virgin Miriam in the Mel Brooks comedy film History of the World, Part I. Later Aaron Spelling cast her for the pilot for the action-adventure series Velvet alongside Leah Ayres, Shari Belafonte, and Sheree J. Wilson. During the 1980s, Humes guest-starred in a number of shows, including: The Dukes of Hazzard, The Love Boat, The A-Team, The Fall Guy, Knight Rider and T.J. Hooker. From 1991 to 1992, she played the mother of lead character in the short-lived NBC series Eerie, Indiana. She starred in the 1992 television movie Perry Mason: The Case of the Reckless Romeo, and later made appearances in: Matlock (three times in different roles), Diagnosis: Murder, In the Heat of the Night and Murphy Brown.
From 1998 to 2003, Humes starred as Gail Leery, the mother of the title character in the WB drama series Dawson's Creek. After Dawson's Creek, Humes guest-starred in a number of shows, include Grey's Anatomy, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and Criminal Minds, and appeared in a number of Hallmark Channel television movies.
Filmography Year Title Role Notes1980Tinker ChurchillEpisode: "Mason Dixon's Girls"1981History of the World: Part 1Miriam1982Christina Smith (other sources: Vaughn)Episode: "The Reluctant Traveling Companion"Knight RiderCarol RestonEpisode: "No Big Thing"1983Cristina StelliniEpisode: "The Professor Has Class/When the Magic Disappears/We, the Jury"ManimalTerry SloanEpisode: "Night of the Scorpion"Randy SternEpisode: "Steel"1984Rae GrantEpisode: "Bite of the Wasp"RiptideDee DeeEpisode: "The Mean Green Love Machine"VelvetLauren 'Boots' DawsTelevision filmHunterSandy NewtonEpisode: "Legacy"Dana LordEpisode: "Bonecrunch"1985Hardcastle and McCormickPamela BayerEpisode: "What's So Funny?"SerenaEpisode: "Split Image"Half NelsonAprilEpisode: "Nose Job"Night CourtKimberley DanielsEpisode: "Halloween, Too"Shadow ChasersAllison CollingswoodEpisode: "Blood and Magnolias"T.J. HookerChrissi WildeEpisode: "Hollywood Starr"1986Lisa TempleEpisode: "Deadly Force"Gung HoMelissaEpisode: "Line of Credit"1987OutlawsLora KirbyEpisode: "Primer"1988KathleenEpisode: "Goodbye to All That"1989Making a LivingEpisode: "Daddy's Little Girl"1990Jake and the FatmanTishJanet FromerEpisode: "I Ain't Got Nobody"Episode: "My Boy Bill"The Hogan FamilyHoneyEpisode: "Come Fly with Me"MatlockBrigette LairdEpisode: "The Personal Trainer"1991Claudette HertzEpisode: "The Marriage Counselor"Father Dowling MysteriesMrs. WileyEpisode: "The Monkey Business Mystery"1991–1992Eerie, IndianaMarilyn Teller19 episodes1992MatlockCandace WinfieldEpisode: "The Legacy"Perry Mason: The Case of the Reckless RomeoLaura RandTelevision filmBodies of EvidenceAndie HarperEpisode: "Nearest and Dearest"1993BlossomCarolEpisode: "Time"Episode: "Hunger"Dark JusticeGlenda RossEpisode: "The Greening of Glenda Ross"Time TraxTulsa GilesEpisode: "Framed"1994Episode: "Happy Valley"Diagnosis MurderRuth GarfieldEpisode: "Shaker"1995RenegadeLaura TracyEpisode: "Ace in the Hole"In the Heat of the Night: By Duty BoundKaren GrampsBetsy MacGruderTelevision filmLegendLaura DavenportEpisode: "Knee-High Noon"Land's EndRebecca/Simone3 episodesPointmanMargeEpisode: "Going Home"1996Sworn to JusticeMegan1997Murphy BrownRaven-Haired ReceptionistEpisode: "Who Do You Truss?"Episode: "Blind Date"MoloneyEpisode: "The Ripple Effect"1998–2003Dawson's CreekGail Leery93 episodes2000Hazel ShowTelevision film2001MotocrossedGeneva CarsonDying to DanceHelene Lennox2002Touched by an AngelSandy ColletteEpisode: "A Rock and a Hard Place"CSI: Crime Scene InvestigationJeri NewmanEpisode: "Let the Seller Beware"2004Mrs. NewlandEpisode: "Hail, Hail, the Gang's All Here"2005CSI: NYHelen SandersEpisode: "Oedipus Hex"2006Grey's AnatomyNancy JenningsEpisode: "Desire"2007My First Christmas TreeMomShort filmGhost WhispererSusan DrakeEpisode: "Unhappy Medium"2008Criminal MindsAudrey HensonEpisode: "The Crossing"Broken WindowsDori2009Saving GraceDeanne WellsEpisode: "Have a Seat, Earl"2010Head Over Spurs in LoveLorraine WalkerMaryBettie ThompsonTelevision filmDad's HomeMrs. Dougherty2011The ProtectorJessica MooreEpisode: "Bangs"2012LuckLynetteEpisode: "Ace Meets with a Potential Investor"Matchmaker SantaKatherineTelevision film2013Beverly Hills CopGina NicklesTV pilot2014The Girl He Met OnlineAgatha CaseyTelevision film2015Fire City: End of DaysHuman CorneliaChasing Eagle RockMags Avery2017Christmas EveMaggie DeJesus2018Home by SpringSusanTelevision filmChristmas in LoveGrace Hartman2019Winter Love StoryJeannine JordanA Feeling of Home Constance2020A Valentine's MatchAlicia Simmons2022Two Tickets to ParadiseAlice
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