Mary Pat Gleason
Gleason in 2011
Born	Mary Pat Gleason (1950-02-23)February 23, 1950 Lake City, Minnesota, U.S.
Died	June 2, 2020(2020-06-02) (aged 70)
Occupation(s)	Actress, television writer
Years active	1982–2019

Mary Pat Gleason (February 23, 1950^{[citation needed]} – June 2, 2020) was an American film and television actress and anEmmy Award-winning writer. From 1983 to 1985, she appeared as "Jane Hogan" on the daytime soap operaGuiding Light, for which she was also a writer.^[1]

Gleason was born inLake City, Minnesota, the daughter of Mary Elizabeth (Kane) and Harold Clifford Gleason. During her high school years she starred in a local theater's production ofOnce Upon a Mattress.^[1]

Her first screen role was the a 1982 episode ofTexas, a soap opera that aired on NBC.^[2] She appeared on, among many others, such television series asFull House,Dear John,Murphy Brown,Empty Nest,L.A. Law,Saved by the Bell,Friends,Sex and the City andStep by Step. She appeared in more than 50 feature films, includingI Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry,Basic Instinct,Traffic,Bruce Almighty,13 Going on 30,The Crucible,Bottle Shock,A Cinderella Story,The Island,Killing Kennedy, andNina. In one of her last roles, she voiced Professor Foxtrot inCollegeHumor's animated web seriesWTF 101.^{[citation needed]}

In addition to acting, Gleason also wrote forGuiding Light and was part of the team that won the 1986Daytime Emmy for outstanding daytime drama series writing.^[1]

Gleason became a vocal proponent of mental health treatment, and in 2006 wrote and starred inStopping Traffic, a one-woman play about her struggles withbipolar disorder. The play is now used as a teaching aid for theMayo Clinic's mental health programs.^[3]

Gleason died ofuterine cancer on June 2, 2020, at age 70.^[1][2]

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