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Molly Shannon

  • Born Sept. 16, 1964
  • Shaker Heights, Ohio, USA
  • 62 years old

Molly Shannon (born September 16, 1964) is an American actress and comedian. She was a cast member on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live from 1995 to 2001. In 2017, she won the Film Independent Spirit Award for playing Joanne Mulcahey in the Chris Kelly autobiographical film Other People. Shannon appeared in supporting …

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Molly Shannon (born September 16, 1964) is an American actress and comedian. She was a cast member on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live from 1995 to 2001. In 2017, she won the Film Independent Spirit Award for playing Joanne Mulcahey in the Chris Kelly autobiographical film Other People. Shannon appeared in supporting roles in several films, including Happiness (1998), A Night at the Roxbury (1998), Never Been Kissed (1999), How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000), Wet Hot American Summer (2001), Osmosis Jones (2001), My Boss's Daughter (2003), Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006), More of Me (2007), Evan Almighty (2007) and Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (2015). She appeared in the animated films Igor (2008) and Hotel Transylvania (2012). On television, Shannon had roles in Enlightened (2013), Divorce (2016–2019), The Other Two (2019-2022), The White Lotus (2021), I Love That for You (2022) and Only Murders in the Building (2024). Description above from the Wikipedia article Molly Shannon, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Betty Lou Who

Wanda (voice)

Melody (Garrett's Mom)

Wanda (voice)

Eve Adams

Mrs. Fisher

Marilyn

Mrs. Mary Larson (uncredited)

Heather Daltry

Wanda (voice)

Kidnapper

Aunt Victoire

Denise Kushner

Judy Swain

Sam

Kristy (voice)

Bev Melon

Caroline

Eve

Lily Martin

Mrs. Dennit

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Onion Chef

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Mrs. Boyd

Emily Sanderson

Brenda Castle

Nancy

Gail

Linda

Katherine Catherine

Janet

Wanda

Audrey Bennett

Geenie Slocum

Nancy

Beverly Shannon

Sister Marea

Eva (voice)

SouthBest Airlines Lady

Joan

Val Bassett

Stage Actor Joyce

Dilly Balsam

Diane

Cynthia Grimes

Molly (voice)

Burgess

Maxine

Sheila

Mary Katherine Gallagher

Denise Lemmon

Molly (voice)

Gail von Kleinenstein

Jamie

Joanne Mulcahey

Homeless Lady

Mrs. Baker

Allie

Checker

Meg (New York)

Gail

Carrie

Deb

Margaret Lipka

Jeannie

Molly Shannon

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Paula Reilly

Val

Diane

Janice

Pat Dubek

Peggy

Meredith Sennheiser

Nancy

Stacy

Woman

Linda Berringer

Emily McCoy

Miss Pam

Patience the Vampire (voice)

Mistress Valesca

Emily Dickinson

Deborah

Traci

Silca (voice)

Phyllis Marmatan

Kirsten Noble

Penelope Little

Business Woman (voice)

Markie

Mrs. Eulalie Mackechnie Shinn

Jane Spencer

Angie

Judge Conner

Pam Walton

Barbara Van Dyke

Tish Cattigan

Jackie Stilton

Kelly

Tricksy

Tina Hellman (voice)

Vivian

Kirsten Noble

Tish Cattigan

Trish

Tish Cattigan

Kath Day

Aani

Rhonda

Melody Pugh

Jackie Frost (voice)

Arguing Woman in Cafe

Alice

Lesley Shackleton

Amanda Masterson

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