Meagen Fay

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 (2022).

Meagen Fay
Born	Joliet, Illinois, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1979–present
Spouse	William Gunther (m. 1993)

Career

Born and raised in Joliet, Illinois,^[1][2] Fay was a featured cast member with Chicago's The Second City in the early 1980s.^[3]

Fay's first television role was in the 1987 television series Ohara.^[4]

She has guest-starred on numerous shows including Thirtysomething, Roseanne, Mad About You, 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.^{[citation needed]}

She made her directorial debut with playwright Jeffrey Sweet's play Kunstler at the 59 East 59 Theaters in Manhattan.^[1]

Personal life

Fay married William Gunther, a camera operator, in January 1993.^[4]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1988	Dirty Rotten Scoundrels	Lady from Oklahoma
1991	Barton Fink	Poppy Carnahan
1992	Big Girls Don't Cry... They Get Even	Mom
1993	Rising Sun	Hamaguri receptionist
1994	Love Affair	SSA flight attendant
1997	Fathers' Day	Megan
1999	Magnolia	Dr. Diane
2002	Full Frontal	Diane
	The Country Bears	Mrs. Barrington
2004	Catch That Kid	Doctor
	Home of Phobia	Mrs. Paul
2005	Extreme Dating	Detective Branson
2007	Evan Almighty	Neighbor
2008	Mad Money	Mindy Arbogast
	Extreme Movie	Len's Mom
2009	Wake	Mrs. Williams
	Halloween II	Deputy Lyons
	I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell	Mrs. Jorgens
2012	That's My Boy	Helen Martin
2013	The Pretty One	Mrs. Matthews
2014	Authors Anonymous	Maureen
2015	Entourage	Larsen's Secretary
	To Keep the Light	Mrs. Williams
2016	La La Land	Mia's Mom

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1983	The Yesterday Show[5]
1984	The Imposter		TV movie
1987–1988	Ohara	Roxy Baldwin
1989	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
1992	Woops!	Alice McConnell
	Mad About You	Connie	2 episodes
1994	Tales of the City	Binky Gruen
	Locals	Rita Levine[5]
	The First Gentleman	Rosie Duff[5]
1995–1996	The Home Court	Greer
1995–1998	Life with Louie	Principal Halloran	Voice
1996	Love and Marriage	Trudy Begg
	Seinfeld	Mrs. Burns	Episode: "The Abstinence"
1997	Over the Top	Mrs. Hampstead	Episode: "The Bee Story"
2000	Diagnosis: Murder	Connie Carmichael	Episode: "Too Many Cooks"
	Freaks and Geeks	Mrs. Kentner	Episode: "Dead Dogs and Gym Teachers"
	Gilmore Girls	Mrs. Shales	Episode; "Kill Me Now"
2001	3rd Rock from the Sun	Annabet	Episode: "Mary Loves Scoochie: (Part 1)"
2002–2004	Malcolm in the Middle	Gretchen Mannkusser	11 episodes
2004	Kingdom Hospital	Dr. Brenda Abelson	7 episodes
2005	Desperate Housewives	Norma Harper	Episode: "Color and Light"
2006	Charmed	Nanta	Episode: "Mr. and Mrs Witch"
	Hollis & Rae	Winnie	TV movie
2007–2008	According to Jim	Susan Karp	Episode: "Coach Jim"
2007	How I Met Your Mother	Janice Aldrin	2 episodes
	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Rochelle Dorley	Episode: "Living Doll"
	Big Love	Laura Tuttle	2 episodes
	State of Mind	Bonnie Cheuse	Episode: "Lost & Found"
	Species: The Awakening	Celeste	Television film
2008	Single with Parents	Nancy	Unaired pilot[5]
2009–2010	Two and a Half Men	Martha	2 episodes
2010	Party Down	Nora Doyle	Episode: "Precious Lights Pre-School Auction"
	Chase	Mrs. McGraw	Episode: "The Posse"
2011	Good Luck Charlie	Claire	Episode: "Snow Show: Part 1"
	Happy Endings	Barbara	Episode: "Why Can't You Read Me?"
	Free Agents	Dorothy Potter	Episode: "Rebranding"
2012	Franklin & Bash	Sharon Wright	Episode: "Last Dance"
	Retired at 35	Joanne	Episode: "The Apartment"
	The Neighbors	Principal Birker	Episode: "Bathroom Etiquette"
	The Big Bang Theory	Mrs. Rostenkowski	Episode: "The Fish Guts Displacement"
	Strawberry Summer (Hallmark name) Easy Heart (Pixl name)	Mimi Henderson
2013	The Mentalist	Joanne Parsons	Episode: "Red and Itchy"
	Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23	Katherine	Episode: "The Original B----"
2014	Murder in the First	Joanna Gibbs	2 episodes
	Friends with Better Lives	Frances Bowmont	Episode: "The Deceivers"
2015–2016	Transparent	Blossie	3 episodes
2015	Agent Carter	Miriam Fry	4 episodes
	Mad Men	Sharon Hill	Episode: "The Milk and Honey Route"
	The Muppets	Holly	2 episodes
2016	The Ranch	Priscilla	Episode: "There Goes My Life"
	Good Girls Revolt	Bea Burkhart	3 episodes
2017	Salem	Mrs. Stoughton	Episode: "Night's Black Agents"
	Shrink	Renetta	8 episodes
	Bones	Judge Celia Stockwell	Episode: "The Day in the Life"
	Dr. Ken	Virginia	2 episodes
	Criminal Minds	Irene Jacobs	Episode: "The Bunker"
2018, 2020	Superstore	Marilyn Simms	2 episodes
2018	Titans	Nun	2 episodes
2019	The Conners	Austin's grandmother	Episode: "A Kiss is Just a Kiss"
2020	Supernatural	Mrs. Butters	Episode: "Last Holiday"
2021	Hightown	Linda Murphy	2 episodes
	Dopesick	Sister Beth Davies	2 episodes
2022–present	Loot	Rhonda	Series regular (season 2) Recurring cast (season 1)
2022	Ghosts	Debbie	Episode: "Spies"

Stage

Year	Title	Role	Venue	Notes
1980–81	Well, I'm Off to the Thirty Years War or Swing Your Partner to the Right[6]		Chicago Mainstage
1981–82	Miro, Miro on the Wall[6]		Chicago Mainstage
1982	Glenna Loved It or If You Knew Sushi[6]		Chicago Mainstage
1982–83	Exit Pursued by a Bear[6]		Chicago Mainstage
1983	Also Available in Paperback – A Retrospective[6]		Chicago Mainstage
1983–85	Orwell That Ends Well[7]		Chicago Mainstage, The Village Gate	Second City production
1986	Twelfth Night; or, What You Will[8]	Maria	New York Shakespeare Festival, The Public Theater, Delacorte Theater
1987	Stepping Out[9]	Vera	John Golden Theatre
1995	I Sent a Letter to My Love[10]	Miss Morgan	Primary Stages Theatre
1999	Merton of the Movies[11]	Casting director	Geffen Playhouse
2000	Bluff		Coronet Theatre	Staged reading
2003	To Be Young, Gifted and Black[12]	Mavis