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Meagen Fay

b. 1957

American actress

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About Meagen Fay

Born 1957. Meagen Fay is an American actor, television actor, stage actor, film actor and voice actor.

Meagen Fay is an American actress known for her work in television. She is best known as Roxy in Ohara (1987–1988), Principal Halloron in Life with Louie (1995–1998), Gretchen Mannkusser in Malcolm in the Middle (2002–2004) and Rhonda in Loot.

Career Born and raised in Joliet, Illinois, Fay was a featured cast member with Chicago's The Second City in the early 1980s.

Fay's first television role was in the 1987 television series Ohara.

She has guest-starred on numerous shows including Thirtysomething, Roseanne, Mad About You, Boy Meets World, Seinfeld, Dharma & Greg, Gilmore Girls, Suddenly Susan, Charmed and Freaks and Geeks. She starred in Carol & Company, The Home Court, Tales of the City, and Woops!, as well as appearing in Magnolia (1999). In 2004, she starred in Stephen King's Kingdom Hospital.

She has also had recurring roles on Malcolm in the Middle and The Bernie Mac Show, and has guest starred on Six Feet Under, Nip/Tuck, Desperate Housewives, The Big Bang Theory, and as Chelsea's mother on several episodes of Two and a Half Men.

She made her directorial debut with playwright Jeffrey Sweet's play Kunstler at the 59 East 59 Theaters in Manhattan. 1984 The Imposter TV movie 1987–1988 Ohara Roxy Baldwin

Your Mother Wears Combat Boots Edie Winchell TV movie Alien Nation Coroner Barkley 2 episodes 1990–1991 Carol & Company 1991 The Carol Burnett Show 1991–1992 Roseanne Kathy Bowman 4 episodes

Woops! Alice McConnell Mad About You Connie 2 episodes

Tales of the City Binky Gruen Locals Rita Levine Chicago Mainstage 1981–82 Miro, Miro on the Wall Chicago Mainstage, The Village Gate Second City production 1986 Twelfth Night; or, What You Will Maria New York Shakespeare Festival, The Public Theater, Delacorte Theater 1987 Stepping Out Vera John Golden Theatre 1995 I Sent a Letter to My Love Miss Morgan Primary Stages Theatre 1999 Merton of the Movies Casting director Geffen Playhouse 2000 Bluff Coronet Theatre Staged reading 2003 To Be Young, Gifted and Black Mavis

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1957, Joliet
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Also known as
Meagen Helen Fay

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Who is Meagen Fay?

American actress

When was Meagen Fay born?

Meagen Fay was born in 1957 in Joliet.

What is Meagen Fay's occupation?

Meagen Fay is an actor, television actor, stage actor, film actor and voice actor.

What nationality is Meagen Fay?

Meagen Fay is American.

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· Wikidata: Q3303794

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