Background
Deschanel was born as Mary Jo Weir.
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Mary Deschanel
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University of California, Los Los Angeles
Career
Her ancestry includes Irish, French, Swiss, Dutch, and English. In her first major appearance in show business in 1983, Deschanel played Annie Glenn, the wife of the astronaut John Glenn (played by Editor Harris), in the movie adaptation of the Tom Wolfe book The Right Stuff. The next year, Deschanel played Betty Fernandez, the remarried former wife of the astronaut Dave Bowman (played by Keir Dullea), in the film 2010.
She also played the role of Mistress
Howard in the 2000 film The Patriot. Deschanel played Eileen Hayward in the television series Twin Peaks.
She has appeared in the television series House in the episode "Simple Explanation" as Julia Kutner, the adoptive mother of recently deceased Doctor Lawrence Kutner. Deschanel was featured a second time as the wife of a character played by Editor Harris, in the movie Winter Passing (2005), although she was only seen in a photograph on the wall.
Despite never physically appearing in this movie, she did receive full billing in the credits as the character "Mary".
Her daughters Emily and Zooey are also actresses.
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The Right