Lisa Lou Banes (July 9, 1955 – June 14, 2021) was an American actress known for more than 80 film and television roles, including as Marybeth Elliott, mother of Amy Elliott, in the 2014 film Gone Girl, as well as for stage appearances on Broadway and elsewhere.
Early life and education Banes was born in Chagrin Falls, Ohio, the daughter of Ken Banes, an advertiser, and Mary Lou (Shalenhamer) Banes, a model, and raised in Colorado Springs, where she attended Cheyenne Mountain High School. After acting professionally from the age of 15, she studied at the Juilliard School in New York City in the 1970s.
Career Stage Banes found quick success on the New York stage. In 1980, she played Alison Porter in the Roundabout Theatre's production of John Osborne's Look Back in Anger and won a Theatre World Award for her performance. In 1981, in James M. Barrie's The Admirable Crichton, at the Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven, Connecticut, a New York Times critic, Mel Gussow, praised the "panache" with which as Lady Mary she transformed into "a kind of Jane of the jungle". She subsequently had lead roles in Wendy Kesselman's My Sister in This House, in Chekhov's Three Sisters, and was nominated for a Drama Desk Award for her role in Wendy Wasserstein's Isn't It Romantic in 1984.
Banes appeared on Broadway several times, beginning with the role of Cassie in the Neil Simon play Rumors in 1988. In 1995, she played Lady Croom in the American premiere of Tom Stoppard's Arcadia. Other appearances included the Broadway premieres of Tom Stoppard's Arcadia in 1995 and the musical High Society in 1998, Accent on Youth in 2009, and most recently the 2010 revival of Noël Coward's Present Laughter. She continued to appear in non-Broadway stage productions; in 2018 she shared the lead in the premiere of Eleanor Burgess's The Niceties at the Huntington Theater in Boston; the following year she repeated the role at the Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles.
Film Banes's first film role was as Mrs. Berry in The Hotel New Hampshire in 1984. In her first major on-screen role, she played Tom Cruise's girlfriend Bonnie in Cocktail (1988); later film roles included Flora in Dragonfly (2002), and Christina Ricci's mother in Pumpkin (2002). In 2014, she appeared in David Fincher's Gone Girl as Marybeth Elliott, mother of Amy Elliott, the role for which she became best known. Other film appearances included A Cure for Wellness in 2016.
Television On television, Banes had regular roles as Doreen Morrison in The Trials of Rosie O'Neill, as Ellen Collins on Royal Pains, and as Mayor Anita Massengil on the Fox comedy series Son of the Beach (2000–01). She also had recurring roles on The King of Queens as Carrie's boss Georgia Boone, Six Feet Under as Victoria, on One Life to Live as Eve McBain, and on Nashville Season 6 as the Ranch Director. She also guest starred as a Trill doctor in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "Equilibrium". Banes played Anne Kane in the 1985 TV miniseries Kane & Abel. Her other television credits include China Beach; Murder, She Wrote; The Practice; NYPD Blue; Desperate Housewives; Law & Order: Special Victims Unit; The Good Wife; NCIS; and Once Upon a Time. Her last work was on episodes of The Orville and Them.
Personal life Banes married Kathryn Kranhold, a reporter for the Center for Public Integrity, in 2017. They lived in Los Angeles.
Death On June 4, 2021, Banes was visiting friends in New York and was in a marked crosswalk on Amsterdam Avenue approaching the Juilliard School when she was struck by a person operating an electric scooter. The scooter rider, who had gone through a red light, fled the scene of the hit and run collision. Banes was admitted to Mount Sinai Morningside Hospital with a traumatic brain injury and died there on June 14 at the age of 65. The suspect immediately drove to an Upper Manhattan shop to get his vehicle fixed.
On August 5, 2021, police arrested 26-year old Brian Boyd at his apartment in the Amsterdam Houses, near where he ran down Banes. He was jailed on a bail of $30,000 cash or $100,000 bond. He was charged with leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death, and failure to yield to a pedestrian. On September 28, 2022, Boyd pleaded guilty to manslaughter; on November 30, 2022, he was sentenced to up to three years in prison.
Honors Banes won a 1981 Theatre World Award for her performance as Alison Porter in Look Back in Anger. In 1984, she was nominated for a Drama Desk Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for Isn't it Romantic.
Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 1984The Hotel New Hampshire Mother 1985 Marie Toni Greer 1988 Cocktail Bonnie 1988 Young Guns Mallory 1995 Miami Rhapsody Gynecologist 1998Without Limits Elfriede Prefontaine2002PumpkinChippy McDuffy2002DragonflyFlora2007Freedom WritersKarin Polachek2008BrothelPriscilla2009Legally BlondesHeadmistress Higgins2014Gone GirlMarybeth Elliott2016A Cure for WellnessHollis2017Six WomenHollyShort film
Television Year Title Role Notes 1985 Spenser: For Hire Meghan Farrell Episode "No Room at the Inn" 1985 Look Back in Anger Allison Porter TV movie 1986 One Police Plaza Erica TV movie 1986 The Equalizer Allison Episode: "Nightscape" 1987 Leg Work Celia Checkman Episodes: "Pilot", "The Art of Murder" 1988 Hemingway Martha Gelhorn Television miniseries,Main cast 1989Life Goes On Kathryn Henning Episode: "Paige's Mom" 1989 China Beach Cat Von Steeger Episodes: "How to Stay Alive in Vietnam (Parts 1 & 2)" 1990 American Dreamer Jessica Episode: Pilot 1990 A Killer Among Us Joanna Westrope TV movie 1990 Close Encounter Andrea Griffin TV movie 1990–1992 The Trials of Rosie O'Neill Doreen Morrison Main cast 1992 The Presence Diana TV movie 1993 Revenge on the Highway Vi Sams TV movie 1993 A Family Torn Apart Barbara Forester TV movie 1993 Gloria Vane Doreen TV movie 1993 L.A. Law Cara Mitchell Episode: "Leap of Faith" 1993 Sisters Barbara Buckley Episode: "The Good Daughter" 1994Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Doctor Renhol Episode: "Equilibrium" 1994 Roseanne Mrs. Simms Episode: "White Men Can't Kiss" 1994 Cries from the Heart Ms. Tolbert TV movie 1995 Murder, She Wrote Lucy Hedrix Episode: "Shooting in Rome" 1995 High Society Tippi Von Schlaugger Episode: "The Naked and the Deadline" 1995 The Avenging Angel Rebecca Heaton TV movie1996My Son is InnocentLisa Eubanks TV movie1996Last Exit to EarthElder TV movie1996Mother, May I Sleep with Danger?Jessica Lewsohn TV movie 1996Murder One Vivien Barone Episode: "Chapter Ten" 1996 Frasier Pamela Episode: "A Lilith Thanksgiving" 1998 Michael Hayes Madeline Episodes: "Imagine (Parts 1 & 2) 1999Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke Barbara Hutton Television miniseries 1999 Legacy Georgina Winters 4 episodes 2000–2001 Son of the Beach Mayor Anita Massengil Main cast (seasons 1–2) 2002 Philly Carolyn Minelli Episode: "Lies of Minelli" 2002 The Practice Judge Samantha Cooke Episode: "Eat and Run" 2002 Girls Club Meredith Holt Recurring role (canceled after 2 episodes) 2004 One Life to Live Eve McBain 13 episodes 2004 It's All Relative Viveca Episode: "Ready, Aim, Sing" 2004 NYPD Blue Defense Attorney Episode: " Divorce, Detective Style"2004CombustionMayor Wallker TV movie 2004King of Queens Georgia Boone 2 episodes 2005 Jake in Progress Valerie Page Episode: "Harpy Birthday" 2005 Six Feet Under Victoria 3 episodes 2005 Out of Practice Chef Vivian Episode: "Key Ingredients" 2005Boston Legal Attorney Kimberly Mellon Episode: "Truly, Madly, Deeply" 2006 In Justice D.A. Margaret Mannheim Episode: "Another Country" 2006 The Unit Dr. Rhea Morrison Episode: "SERE" 2006 Saved Dr. Victoria Cole Episodes: "Fog" and "Family" 2006 Desperate Housewives Vera Keck Episode: "Like It Was" 2007 Psych Edna Crocker Episode: "Forget Me Not" 2010 The Good Wife Georgia McGowen Episode: "Cleaning House" 2011Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Elaine Fyre Cavanaugh Episode: "Totem" 2011 How to be a Gentleman Madeline Episode: "How to Attend Your Ex-Fiance's Wedding" 2012 Perception Irene Reardon Episodes: "Nemesis", "Kilimanjaro" 2015 NCIS Ambassador Olivia Edmunds Episode: "Patience" 2016 Rosewood Esther Wilford Episode: "Hydrocephalus and Hard Knocks" 2010–2016 Royal Pains Ellen Collins 9 episodes 2016 Once Upon a Time Lady Tremaine Episode: "The Other Shoe" 2016 Masters of Sex Nina Clavermore Episodes: "Outliers", "Topeka" 2016 Madam Secretary Arabelle Marsh Episode: "Tectonic Shift" 2018 Nashville Ranch Director 4 episodes 2021 Them Esther Haber Episode "Day 6" 2022 The Orville Speria Balask 3 episodes; Posthumous release
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