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Mary Jo Deschanel is an American actress, wife, and mother.

Deschanel, an Irish-American, was born Mary Jo Weir in Los Angeles, California, in 1945. She attended the University of California at Los Angeles in the film and acting department. In her first major appearance in show business in 1983, Deschanel played Annie Glenn, the wife of the astronaut John Glenn (who was played by the actor Ed Harris) in the movie adaptation of the Tom Wolfe book, The Right Stuff. Her husband, Caleb Deschanel was that film's cinematographer, and was nominated for an Academy Award for his work.

The nest year after acting in "The Right Stuff", Ms. Deschanel played "Betty Fernandez", the wife of the astronaut "Dave Bowman", in the film 2010: The Year We Make Contact. In this film, Bowman had been declared dead years before, and Betty has remarried, but Bowman's disembodied spirit - which has been resurrected by extremely-powerful extraterrestrials - visits her one last time to check up on her and to say his final good-byes. It is a very eerie extended scene, and Deschanel and Keir Dullea portray it well.

Ms. Deschanel also played Doc Hayward's wife Eileen in the TV series Twin Peaks. She was featured a second time as the wife of Ed Harris's character in the movie Winter Passing, although she was only seen in a photograph on the wall. In spite of never physically appearing in this movie, she did receive full billing in the credits as the character "Mary". Deschanel has appeared in the TV series House in the episode "Simple Explanation" as Julia Kutner, the adoptive mother of recently deceased man Lawrence Kutner.

Mary Jo is married to the cinematographer, director of photography, etc., Caleb Deschanel, who is graduate of the Univesity of Southern California school of films, has worked with George Lucas, and has been nominated for Academy Awards five times. Mary Jo and Caleb Deschanel are the parents of the noted actresses Emily Deschanel and Zooey Deschanel.

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Mary Jo Deschanel at IMDb

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 '''Mary Jo Deschanel''' is an American [[actress]], wife, and mother.
-Deschanel, an [[Irish-American]], was born '''Mary Jo Weir''' in [[Los Angeles]], [[California]], in 1945. She attended the [[Univesity of California at Los Angeles]] in the film and acting department. In her first major appearance in show business in 1983, Deschanel played [[Annie Glenn]], the wife of the [[astronaut]] [[John Glenn]] (who was played by the actor [[Ed Harris]]) in the movie adaptation of the [[Tom Wolfe]] book, ''[[The Right Stuff (film)|The Right Stuff]]''. Her husband, [[Caleb Deschanel]] was that film's cinematographer, and was nominated for an Academy Award for his work.
+Deschanel, an [[Irish-American]], was born '''Mary Jo Weir''' in [[Los Angeles]], [[California]], in 1945. She attended the [[University of California at Los Angeles]] in the film and acting department. In her first major appearance in show business in 1983, Deschanel played [[Annie Glenn]], the wife of the [[astronaut]] [[John Glenn]] (who was played by the actor [[Ed Harris]]) in the movie adaptation of the [[Tom Wolfe]] book, ''[[The Right Stuff (film)|The Right Stuff]]''. Her husband, [[Caleb Deschanel]] was that film's cinematographer, and was nominated for an Academy Award for his work.
-The nest year after acting in "The Right Stuff", Ms. Deschanel played "Betty Fernandez", the wife of the astronaut "Dave Bowman", in the film ''[[2010: The Year We Make Contact]]''.
+The nest year after acting in "The Right Stuff", Ms. Deschanel played "Betty Fernandez", the wife of the astronaut "Dave Bowman", in the film ''[[2010: The Year We Make Contact]]''. In this film, Bowman had been declared dead years before, and Betty has remarried, but Bowman's disembodied spirit - which has been resurrected by extremely-powerful extraterrestrials - visits her one last time to check up on her and to say his final good-byes. It is a very eerie extended scene, and Deschanel and [[Keir Dullea]] portray it well.
 Ms. Deschanel also played [[Doc Hayward]]'s wife [[Eileen Hayward|Eileen]] in the TV series ''[[Twin Peaks]]''. She was featured a second time as the wife of Ed Harris's character in the movie ''[[Winter Passing]]'', although she was only seen in a photograph on the wall. In spite of never physically appearing in this movie, she did receive full billing in the credits as the character "Mary".  Deschanel has appeared in the TV series ''[[House (TV series)|House]]'' in the episode "[[Simple Explanation]]" as Julia Kutner, the adoptive mother of recently deceased man [[Lawrence Kutner]].