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Margo Martindale

Acting

Born July 18, 1951 · Jacksonville, Texas, USA

Also known as مارگو مارتیندال · مارگو مارتیندیل

Biography

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Margo Martindale, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Awards & recognition

  • Primetime Emmy AwardOutstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series · 2016
  • Primetime Emmy AwardOutstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series · 2015
  • Primetime Emmy AwardOutstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series · 2011
  • Tony AwardBest Featured Actress in a Play · 2004 · nominated

Filmography50+ titles

BoJack Horseman

2014as Character Actress Margo Martindale (voice)

Suits

2011as Nell Sawyer

Dexter

2006as Camilla

Your Honor

2020as Elizabeth Guthrie

Person of Interest

2011as Barbara Russell

Homicide: Life on the Street

1993as Verna Henderson

Justified

2010as Mags Bennett

Million Dollar Baby

2004as Earline Fitzgerald

The Americans

2013as Claudia

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999as Rita Gabler

Lonesome Dove

1989as Buffalo Heiffer

DuckTales

2017as Ma Beagle (voice)

The Act

2019as Emma Blanchard

American Crime Story

2016as Lucianne Goldberg

The Good Wife

2009as Ruth Eastman

Poker Face

2023as Dr. Hamm

Instant Family

2018as Sandy Wagner

The Good Fight

2017as Ruth Eastman

Sneaky Pete

2015as Audrey Bernhardt

Medium

2005as Catherine

New Girl

2011as Bonnie

Secretariat

2010as Miss Ham

Uncle Frank

2020as Mammaw

Mrs. America

2020as Bella Abzug

The Hours

2002as Mrs. Latch

Dead Man Walking

1995as Sister Colleen

New York Undercover

1994as Nurse Warner

Law & Order

1990as Ms. Best

The Sticky

2024as Ruth Landry

BrainDead

2016as Dr. Joanne Alaimo

Plainsong

2004as Mrs. Beckman

The Watcher

2022as Mo

Masters of Sex

2013as Miss Horchow

Lorenzo's Oil

1992as Wendy Gimble

The Chicken Sisters

2024as Narrator

Orphan

2009as Dr. Browning

Mrs. Davis

2023as Mother Superior

Cars 3

2017as Louise Nash (voice)

August: Osage County

2013as Mattie Fae Aiken

The Savages

2007as Roz

The Riches

2007as Nina Burns

...First Do No Harm

1997as Marjean

Nobody's Fool

1994as Birdy

Heaven Is for Real

2014as Nancy Rawling

Win Win

2011as Eleanor

Paris, Je T'aime

2006as Carol (14ème arrondissement)

Iron Jawed Angels

2004as Harriot Blatch

Practical Magic

1998as Linda Bennett

My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea

2016as Mrs. Brinson (voice)

Sophie and the Rising Sun

2016as Anne Morrison