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Mary Scheer (born March 19, 1963 in Detroit, Michigan) is an American actress, comedian and voice artist. Scheer is most notable for be one of the original cast of comedians on sketch comedy series MADtv
.

Biography

Mary Scheer was born on March 19, 1967 in Detriot, Michigan, USA. She is an alumnus of Los Angeles' improvisational comedy troup The Groundlings. Prior to joining the ast of MADtv, Scheer had appeared in feature film's like It's Pat (along with future cast member Phil LaMarr), Not of This Earth and Under a Killing Moon. Her television credits included Seinfeld, Party of Five, and Beverly Hills 90210.

Career

MADtv

Scheer was one of the original nine cast members of MADtv when the series aired in 1995. She came to the show with a solid background in sketch comedy from her Groundling days. Scheer was one of only three women on the original cast. Where as Nicole Sullivan and Debra Wilson tended to play outrageously strange and funny characters, Scheer, in contrast, tended to seek humor by playing the straight and mature motherly roles. Despite her tendacies, Scheer did develop some very memorable characters like chain smoker Mrs. Jewel Barone, Cabana Chat host Dixie Wetsworth, Connie Linder (Joel & Connie), Debbie Dander, Lily Don (Joe & Lily Don) and Mrs. Vigor (Killer Grandma).

Scheer also proved to be reliable to produce many notable and consistent impressions of celebrities and public figures during her tenure on MADtv. Some of Scheer's impressions included the following: U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno, Demi Moore, Susan Sarandon, Kathy Griffin, Mary Tyler Moore, Melissa Joan Hart, Ashley Olsen, Candince Bergen, Shirley McLaine and Emma Thompson. However, Scheer is most famous for her impersonations of Barbra Streisand in the MADtv spoof video "terms of Imprisonment," where she portrays Streisand with an over indulgent ego who smacks her co-star, Whitney Houston (as played by Debra Wilson) around; and for her impersonation of Gillian Anderson's Dana Scully (playing opposite David Herman as Fox Mulder) in the "XXX Files" Sketch.

During season two, Scheer became the first cast member to become visibly pregnant while still performing on the show. After giving birth, Scheer continued on the MADtv for the remainder of the second season and all of the third season. Once season three of MADtv ended, Scheer was offered an opportunity too appear in season four. However, she did not to renew her contract and she decided to focus on her new found motherhood. Thus, Scheer left the show in 1998, at the end of the third season.

Other television projects

Aside from MADtv
, Scheer has appeared in many television shows. Her credits include Reno 911!, Primetime Glick, X-Chromosome, Dropping Out and Seinfeld
. As of March 2006, Scheer's most recent television appearance is as the character Aunt Louise in the FOX comedy series Free Ride.

Flim projects

After she left MADtv, Scheer focused on raising her family, in lieu of Hollywood. However, after an absence of several years, Scheer started to make a comback. In 2001, she appeared in films like Elvira's Haunted Hills
, The New Women and Chump Change
. As of March 2006, Scheer's most recent film is It Can Always Get Worse Kathy.

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