Margo Martindale
Margo Martindale (born July 18, 1951) is an American film, stage, and television actress. In 2011, she won an Emmy Award for her role as Mags Bennett on Justified. She has played supporting roles in several films, including The Hours, Million Dollar Baby as Hilary Swank's character's mother, The Firm, Lorenzo's Oil, Marvin's Room, The Savages, and Paris, je t'aime. She was also nominated for a Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in 2004.
Margo Martindale was born July 18, 1951, in Jacksonville, Texas, to parents William Everett and Margaret (Pruitt) Martindale. In addition to owning and operating a lumber company in Jacksonville, her father was known as a champion dog handler in Texas and throughout the southern United States. Margo was the youngest of three children and only daughter. Her oldest brother is professional golfer and golf course designer Billy Martindale. Middle child, brother Bobby Tim, died in 2004. Margo Martindale participated in golf, cheerleading and drama while in school and was crowned "Football Sweetheart" as well as "Miss Jacksonville High School 1969." Following graduation from Jacksonville High School in 1969, Martindale attended Lon Morris College, then transferred to the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. While at Michigan, she also did summer study at Harvard University, appearing onstage with future movie and TV stars Jonathan Frakes and Christopher Reeve.
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Rita Gabler
Dexter
Camilla
Law & Order
Ms. Best
Suits
Nell Sawyer
The Good Wife
Ruth Eastman
Person of Interest
Barbara Russell
Medium
Catherine
New Girl
Bonnie
BoJack Horseman
Character Actress Margo Martindale (voice)
The Good Fight
Ruth Eastman
Justified
Mags Bennett
The Americans
Claudia
DuckTales
Ma Beagle (voice)
Homicide: Life on the Street
Million Dollar Baby
Earline Fitzgerald
Poker Face
Dr. Hamm
Sneaky Pete
Audrey Bernhardt
American Crime Story
Lucianne Goldberg
The Twits
Credenza Twit (voice)
Hung
Molly
Cars 3
Louise Nash (voice)
Masters of Sex
Miss Horchow
The Death and Life of Bobby Z
Macy
New York Undercover
Nurse Warner
Practical Magic
Linda Bennett
Your Honor
Elizabeth Guthrie
Days of Thunder
Donna
Harry's Law
Gina Powell
The Hours
Mrs. Latch
Smash
Miriam Abramson
Ed
Amanda Myers
Doctor Odyssey
Mother of the Bride
Orphan
Dr. Browning
Instant Family
Sandy Wagner
The Millers
Carol Miller
Lonesome Dove
Buffalo Heiffer
Mrs. America
Bella Abzug
The Act
Emma Blanchard
The Watcher
Mo
Wedding Daze
Betsy
The Best Thief in the World
Miss Mason
Ghosts of Mississippi
Clara Mayfield
My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea
Mrs. Brinson (voice)
Heaven Is for Real
Nancy Rawling
Sabrina
Nurse
...First Do No Harm
Marjean
Downsizing
Woman on Shuttle
Lorenzo's Oil
Wendy Gimble
Mrs. Davis
Mother Superior
The Firm
Nina Huff
Dead Man Walking
Sister Colleen
28 Days
Betty
Cocaine Bear
Ranger Liz
Critical Care
Constance 'Connie' Potter
The Hollars
Sally Hollar
The Riches
Nina Burns
Secretariat
Miss Ham
Ride with the Devil
Wilma Brown
BrainDead
Dr. Joanne Alaimo
Mercy
Snoops
Hannah Larson
The Winning Season
Donna
Mother's Day
Flo
Blow the Man Down
Enid Nora Devlin
Nobody's Fool
Birdy
Win Win
Eleanor
100 Centre Street
Michelle Grande
Uncle Frank
Mammaw
Wilson
Alta
Hannah Montana: The Movie
Ruby
The Kitchen
Helen O'Carroll
Rails & Ties
Judy Neasy
The Savages
Roz
The Sticky
Ruth Landry
Beautiful Creatures
Delphine Duchannes
Rocket Science
Coach Lumbly
What Girls Learn
Lainey
A Gifted Man
Rita Perkins-Hall
Paris Je T'aime
Carol (14ème arrondissement)
The Rocketeer
Millie
The Human Stain
Psychologist
Sophie and the Rising Sun
Anne Morrison
Proof of Life
Ivy
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
Ma Cox
The Child Saver
Alma
Silver Bells
Mrs. Quinn
The Boss
Sister Aluminata
La Soga
Flannigan
August: Osage County
Mattie Fae Aiken
Twilight
Gloria Lamar
Feast of Love
Mrs. Maggarolian
The Laramie Project
Trish Steger
The Chicken Sisters
Narrator
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Mrs. Beckman
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Mrs. Quinn
Stop-Loss
Senator's Secretary (voice)
Golden Years
Thelma
Marvin's Room
Charlotte Samit
An Unexpected Love
Maggie
Management
Trish
It's All About Love
Betsy
Superheroes
Ben's Mother
Golden Years
Thelma
Table 19
Freda Eckberg
Main Street
Myrtle Parker
Emma and Elvis
Jenny
In Dreams
Nurse Floyd
Iron Jawed Angels
Harriot Blatch
Eye of God
Dorothy
Dead Letters
Mo
Pam
Lazy Susan
Mary
The Age of Innocence
Mrs. Manson-Mingott
Forged
Dianne
Bluebird
Crystal
A Girl Thing
May
Prison Break
Jessica Strand
Showing Up
Self
Scalene
Janice Trimble
Out There
Jen
Earthly Possessions
Libby
Plainsong
Mrs. Beckman
14e Arrondissement
Carol
Family Squares
Diane