Marceline Hugot (born February 10, 1960) is an American stage and screen actress. Best known for playing Kathy Geiss on NBC sitcom 30 Rock, she has also appeared in the films Working Girl, Julie & Julia, To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar, and United 93 and the television shows Sex and the City, Ed, Onion News Network, The Leftovers, and Godless.

Marceline Hugot
Born
Marceline A. Hugot

(1960-02-10) February 10, 1960 (age 64)[1]
OccupationActress
Years active1988–present

Life and career

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Marceline A. Hugot was born in Hartford, Connecticut, and had dual citizenship in both the US and France. Her father, Francois Hugot, was a professor of French studies at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island.[2] She began acting on College Hill, Providence, Rhode Island, as a freshman in college. While studying in San Diego for a master's degree in theatre, Hugot landed roles in films such as Working Girl and Woody Allen's Alice before moving to television with Ellen, ER, Law & Order, and Spin City.

In the 2008 PBS film Jump at the Sun, directed by Sam Pollard, Hugot played 1940s radio personality Mary Margaret McBride opposite Kim Brockington's character Zora Neale Hurston. More recently, she starred as Shirley Hartland on AMC's Better Call Saul, Gretel on Fox's Gotham, and in the 2020 American black comedy thriller film Blow the Man Down alongside Annette O'Toole, June Squibb, and Margo Martindale.

On stage, Hugot performed in Eugene O'Neill's A Moon for the Misbegotten at the Actors Theatre of Louisville Victor Jory Theatre in Louisville, Kentucky.[3] She also performed in Jackie Sibblies Drury's Marys Seacole at Lincoln Center Theater’s LCT3 and as Aunt Dorothy in Craig Lucas's play Prelude to a Kiss in 2007 on Broadway at the American Airlines Theatre.[4][5] Hugot is considered a character actress. "I'm the queen of cameos," says Hugot.[2][6]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role
1988 Working Girl Bitsy
1989 Longtime Companion Soap Opera Reader
1990 Alice Monica
1991 Bed & Breakfast Eloise
1995 To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar Katina
1996 Dunston Checks In Mrs. Harrison
1997 Office Killer Young Carlotta
1997 Hudson River Blues Helen
1998 Went to Coney Island on a Mission from God... Be Back by Five Homeless Woman
1999 The Autumn Heart Donna
2002 Personal Velocity Pam
2003 Uptown Girls Nurse
2006 The Night Listener Nurse
2006 Stephanie Daley Mrs. Werner
2006 United 93 Georgine Rose Corrigan
2006 The Treatment Upstate Nurse
2006 Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus Tippa Henry
2006 The Hoax Talia Merton
2006 Beautiful Ohio Math Teacher
2007 Never Forever Dr. Hanson
2007 The Favor History Teacher
2008 Be Kind Rewind City Hall Employee
2008 The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 Parsons
2009 (Untitled) Corporate Art Buyer
2009 The Messenger Mrs. Flanigan
2009 The Winning Season Dr. Parsons
2009 Motherhood Curious Tourist
2009 Confessions of a Shopaholic Saleswoman
2009 Julie & Julia Madame Bernheim
2011 Win Win Woman #2 Jogging
2011 Our Idiot Brother Judy
2011 The Oranges Christmas Caroler
2011 I Don't Know How She Does It Beth
2012 Price Check Mrs. Raphael
2012 The Dictator Woman in Helicopter
2012 Girl Most Likely Librarian
2012 Backwards Mrs. Atkinson
2012 The Discoverers Assistant Dean
2013 The Incredible Burt Wonderstone Piñata Woman
2013 The Happy House Hildie
2013 Labor Day Mrs. Farnsworth
2013 Cold Comes the Night Denise
2014 The Last Five Years Mrs. Whitfield
2015 Slow Learners Joyce Lowry
2016 Indignation Dorm Matron
2016 Certain Women Teacher 3
2016 Custody ACS Rep
2017 Freak Show Mrs. Monusky
2017 The Meyerowitz Stories Lady at Gallery Opening
2018 Tully Nosy Customer
2018 A Vigilante Counseling Group Woman #2
2018 Wanderland Donny's Mom
2018 To Dust Carol
2019 The Sunlit Night Mrs. Glenny
2019 Blow the Man Down Doreen Burke
2019 A Call to Spy Sister Francis
2020 I'm Your Woman Evelyn
2022 Mr. Harrigan's Phone Old Woman
2022 She Said Linda Fairstein
2024 Which Brings Me to You Olivia

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
1995 Ellen The Nurse "The Therapy Episode"
1995 ER Bonnie Curtis "Everything Old Is New Again"
1998 Law & Order Dr. Sandi Ruskin "Grief"
1998 Remember WENN Nurse Naomi Brumpton "And If I Die Before I Sleep"
1999 Spin City Doggie Day Care "How to Bury a Millionaire"
2000 Now and Again Nurse "The Bugmeister"
2000 Cupid & Cate Tourist Woman TV movie
2000 Sex and the City Mary "Where There's Smoke..."
2001 Law & Order: Criminal Intent Gloria "Art"
2002–2003 Ed Mrs. Vanacore 2 episodes
2004, 2011 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Leslie Price / Sister 2 episodes
2006 Law & Order: Trial by Jury Justine Ashford "Eros in the Upper Eighties"
2007–2013 30 Rock Kathy Geiss 12 episodes
2008 American Masters Mary Margaret McBride "Jump at the Sun"
2011 Blue Bloods Mrs. Carmichael "Age of Innocence"
2011 Mildred Pierce Table Two Woman 2 episodes
2011 Boardwalk Empire Sister Bernice "21"
2011 Onion News Network Mayor Sue Hallinan 5 episodes
2013 The Big C Ina "The Finale"
2013 Zero Hour Nurse "Suspension"; uncredited
2014–2023 The Blacklist Mother 2 episodes
2015 Nurse Jackie Pawnbroker "Deal"
2015 Power Bar Judge "Ghost Is Dead"
2015 Flesh and Bone Matilda "Scorched Earth"
2014–2015 The Leftovers Gladys 7 episodes
2016 The Good Wife Edna "Iowa"
2016 The Daily Show with Trevor Noah Betty Childs "Joe Nocera"
2016 The Americans Theresa Rawlings "Dinner for Seven"
2016 Falling Water Beverley "Three Half Blind Mice"
2017 Chicago P.D. Geraldine Crane "Remember the Devil"
2017 The Detour Judith 3 episodes
2017 Godless Lucy Cole 3 episodes
2018 Madam Secretary Evelyn Schultz "My Funny Valentine"
2018 The Sinner Sister Joanna "Part VII"
2018 Better Call Saul Shirley Martland "Wiedersehen"
2019 Gotham Gretel "Legend of the Dark Knight: Pena Dura"
2019, 2023 What We Do in the Shadows Barbara Lazarro 2 episodes
2020 New Amsterdam Annie Singer "14 Years, 2 Months, 8 Days"
2020 Ozark[7] Anita Knarlson 2 episodes
2020 Love Life Sharon Field "Bradley Field"
2021 Dr. Death Rose Keller 3 episodes
2021 Evil Head Nun "U Is for U.F.O."
2021 Chicago Fire Sister Montclair 2 episodes
2021 Dickinson Patient "A little Madness in the Spring"
2021 FBI: Most Wanted Blanche "Run-Hide-Fight"
2022 The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Molly 3 episodes
2023 Black Mirror Bookshop Clerk "Beyond the Sea"

Stage

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Year Title Role Theater
Jan 7 – 24, 1987 A Moon for the Misbegotten Josie Hogan Victor Jory Theatre
Nov 4 – 22, 1987 Coriolanus Valeria McCarter Theatre
Feb 3 – May 7, 1989 Measure for Measure Francisca Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater
Nov 1, 1992 – Jan 31, 1993 Them...Within Us Sarah Theatre Row
Nov 3, 1998 – Jan 2, 1999 Twelfth Night Maria The Lansburgh Theatre
Apr 17 – Jun 5, 1999 The Cider House Rules, Part One: Here in St. Cloud's Nurse Edna/Prostitute Atlantic Theater Company Linda Gross Theater
Feb 17 – Apr 29, 2007 Prelude to a Kiss Leah/Aunt Dorothy American Airlines Theatre
Feb 9 – Mar 24, 2019 Marys Seacole Merry The Claire Tow Theater at Lincoln Center

References

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  1. ^ "Marceline Hugot". ETimes. The Times Group. Retrieved February 13, 2024.
  2. ^ a b Bunch, Will (March 10, 2015). "Seen, Not Heard". www.brownalumnimagazine.com. Brown. Archived from the original on September 15, 2021. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
  3. ^ About the Artists. A Moon for the Misbegotten. Actors Theatre of Louisville.
  4. ^ PLAYBILL. What Did Critics Think of Jackie Sibblies Drury's "Marys Seacole"? Ruthie Fierberg. Feb 26, 2019.
  5. ^ Stewart, Zachary (February 25, 2019). "Marys Seacole and the Black Female Caretakers Who Make the World Go Round". www.theatermania.com. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
  6. ^ ‘Gotham’: Who Is Gretel In “Pena Dura” Episode? Marceline Hugot. 2paragraphs.com.
  7. ^ "Ozark Season 3 Cast Guide". Decider. March 27, 2020. Retrieved December 4, 2023.
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