Debra Mooney

Debra Mooney
Born	Debra Vick (1947-08-28) August 28, 1947 Aberdeen, South Dakota, US
Years active	1976–present
Spouse(s)	Porter Van Zandt (19??-present; 1 child)

Debra Mooney (born August 28, 1947) is an American character actress, best known for her role as Edna Harper on the drama series Everwood.

Life and career

Mooney was born Debra Vick in Aberdeen, South Dakota, the daughter of Isabel (née Smith) and Henry M. Vick. She is married to stage producer and director Porter Van Zandt.

Mooney is best known for her role as Edna Harper on the drama series Everwood (2002-2006). She appeared in many stage production and plays roles of over 80 films and TV shows. Her notable film credits include Chapter Two opposite Marsha Mason, and well Tootsie, Dead Poets Society and Domestic Disturbance. On television she also starred of short-lived series Dream Street, Davis Rules and Kirk. Mooney guest-starred on the Roseanne, ER, Everybody Loves Raymond, Grey's Anatomy as Owen Hunt's mother, Bones and Weeds.

Mooney played Supreme Court Justice Verna Thornton in second season of ABC's drama series Scandal created by Shonda Rhimes.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1979	Chapter Two	Marilyn
1982	Supervisors	Ms. Barnes	Short film
1982	Tootsie	Mrs. Mallory
1986	Agent on Ice	Mrs. Kirkpatrick
1989	Dead Poets Society	Mrs. Anderson
1994	Schemes	Ruby	Video
1997	Anastasia	Actress	voice
2001	Domestic Disturbance	Theresa
2010	The Last Godfather	Sister Theresa

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1976	Delvecchio	Dr. Petrie	Episodes: "The Silent Prey", "APB: Santa Claus"
1983	The Cradle Will Fall	Vangie Lewis	TV movie
1985	ABC Afterschool Special	Mrs. Anderson	Episode: "Don't Touch"
1986	Rage of Angels: The Story Continues		TV movie
1988	Too Young the Hero	Calvin's Mother	TV movie
1988	Kate & Allie		Episode: "Wedding Belle Blues"
1989	Dream Street	Lillian DeBeau	Main role (6 episodes)
1990	Roseanne	Mrs. Wellman	Episodes: "Hair", "I'm Hungry", "Fender Bender", "Happy Birthday"
1990	Joshua's Heart	Claudia's Mother	TV movie
1990	Empty Nest	Mrs. Bierman	Episode: "The Tortoise & the Harry"
1990	thirtysomething	The Preceptor	Episode: "The Guilty Party"
1991	L.A. Law		Episode: "The Gods Must Be Lawyers"
1991	Tales from the Crypt	Ellen	Episode: "Easel Kill Ya"
1991-1992	Davis Rules	Mrs. Rush	Regular role (20 episodes)
1992	The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air	Nurse Petty	Episode: "Ill Will"
1992	Love & War	Saleswoman	Episode: "Bustiers and Body Points"
1993	Flying Blind	Joan	Episode: "The Long Goodbye"
1993	Dream On	Receptionist	Episode: "The French Conception"
1993	Seinfeld	Mrs. Sweedler	Episode: "The Bris"
1993	Grace Under Fire	Peg	Episode: "Grace in the Middle"
1993	Murphy Brown	Dr. Lee Larkin	Episode: "Trickster, We Hardly Knew Ye"
1994	Murphy Brown	Dr. Lee Larkin	Episode: "Anything But Cured"
1994	Breathing Lessons	Mrs. Stuckey	TV movie
1994	Herman's Head	Herman's Mother	Episode: "Bedtime for Hermo"
1994	The George Carlin Show	Rosemarie	Episode: "George Destroys a Way of Life"
1994	One West Waikiki	Sarah Gaines	Episode "Along Came a Spider"
1994	Something Wilder	Mrs. Thorton	Episode: "Holy Water"
1995	Something Wilder	Mrs. Thorton	Episode: "Hanging with Mr. Cooper"
1995	Northern Exposure	Jane Stowe O'Connell	Episode: "The Mommy's Curse"
1995	Step by Step	Nurse Deckers	Episode: "One Truck, Al Dente"
1995	Pig Sty	Kasha	Episode: "Mr. Nice Guy"
1995	Party of Five	Gloria Metzler	Episode: "Brother's Keeper"
1995	Mad About You	Sister Dorothea	Episode: "Mad Without You"
1995-1996	Kirk	Sally	Main role (31 episodes)
1996	Sisters	Paulette Brown	Episode: "Taking a Gamble"
1996	Touched by an Angel	Mrs. Shaw	Episode: "Flesh and Blood"
1996	Champs	Prof. Carnovsky	Episode: "To Be There or Not to Be There"
1996	Mary & Tim		TV movie
1996	Ellen	Barbara	Episode: "Not So Great Expectations"
1996	Boston Common	Mrs. Taggert	Episode: "Coming Clean"
1996	Unhappily Ever After	Saleslady	Episode: "The Tell-Tale Lipstick"
1997	Meego	DMV Lady	Episode: "Car and Driver"
1997	The Naked Truth	Eleanor	Episode: "He Ain't Famous, He's My Brother"
1997	Caroline in the City	Eleanor	Episode: "Caroline and the Decanter"
1998	House Rules	Mother Superior	Episode: "Twisted Sister"
1998	Maggie Winters	Idah	Episode: "Suburban Myth"
1999	Silk Hope	Violet	TV movie
1999	ER	Leila Morgan	Episodes: "Rites of Spring", "Getting to Know You"
2000	Just Shoot Me!	Ellen Gelman	Episode: "Blinded by the Right"
2000	Will & Grace	Sister Robert	Episode: "Sweet (and Sour) Charity"
2000-2003	The Practice	Judge P. Spindle	Recurring role (7 episodes)
2001	Judging Amy	Marjorie Landsdown	Episode: "Adoption Day"
2001	Any Day Now	Teacher	Episode: "Blinded by the White"
2002	Philly	Brenda Pagano	Episode: "Lies of Minelli"
2002	Everybody Loves Raymond	Lee	Episode: "The Skit"
2002-2006	Everwood	Edna Harper	Main role (89 episodes)
2003	Everybody Loves Raymond	Lee	Episode: "Thank You Notes"
2004	Joan of Arcadia	Ruth Washington	Episode: "Silence"
2006	The Mermaid Chair	Kat	TV movie
2006	The Closer	Elaine Donahue	Episodes: "Serving the King: Parts 1 & 2"
2007	Psych	Mrs. Lassiter	Episode: "Poker? I Barely Know Her"
2007	Private Practice	Sylvie	Episode: "In Which Addison Has a Very Casual Get Together"
2007	Boston Legal	Judge Patrice Webb	Episodes: "Nuts", "The Good Lawyer", "The Bride Wore Blood"
2008	Boston Legal	Judge Patrice Webb	Episode: "Rescue Me"
2008	Pushing Daisies	Calista Cod	Episode: "Frescorts"
2008	Cold Case	Betty Sue Baker	Episode: "Pin Up Girl"
2009	ER	Barbara Feingold	Episode: "Love Is a Battlefield"
2009	Eleventh Hour	Pete Hammer	Episode: "Pinocchio"
2009	Grey's Anatomy	Mrs. Hunt	Episode: "Here's to Future Days"
2010	Grey's Anatomy	Mrs. Hunt	Episode: "With You I'm Born Again"
2010	Untitled David Litt Project	Lizzie Herman	TV pilot
2010	Den Brother	Mrs. Jacklitz	TV movie
2010	Hawthorne	Maureen	Episode: "No Exit"
2011	Bones	Allison Rose	Episode: "The Change in the Game"
2011	Weeds	Shelby Keene	Episodes: "Game-Played", "Synthetics"
2011	The Mentalist	Lydia Bibb	Episode: "Blood and Sand"
2012	The Neighbors	Theresa	Episode: "Thanksgiving Is for the Bird-Kersees"
2012-2013	Scandal	Verna Thornton	Recurring role (10 episodes)

Theatre

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1975	The Farm
1977	Chapter Two	Faye Medwick / Jennie Malone	Replacement
1980	Talley's Folly	Sally Talley	Replacement
1985	The Odd Couple	Mickey	Replacement
1992	The Price	Esther Franz
1998	Getting and Spending	Mary Phillips

External links

• Debra Mooney at IMDb
• Debra Mooney at the Internet Broadway Database