Mary Historian

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Hi everyone! This page will become an archive and all posts will now be exclusively on the other sunny blue site. If you want to take part in our 3rd annual Mary Madness you’ll need to join us over there! Thanks!!
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Legends never die.
#SheMattered
#MaryMcDonnell

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November 17, 2024
29th RNCI Red Nation International Film and Television Awards
#MaryMcDonnell

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You can find us over on the other site 🦋
#marymcdonnell

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November 10, 2015
Palm Springs Women In Film & TV (PSWIFT) Broken Glass Awards

“PSWIFT have presented Broken Glass Awards to pay tribute to women who have “broken through the glass ceiling” in film, television, the arts and philanthropy”

#MaryMcDonnell is one of five recipients

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@PDSNPH We need to let it out

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The next few days, heck even the next week is going to be extremely nerve wracking, anxious, and scary. Take care of yourself history lovers. We’ll never tell how many times you’ve watched your the same comfort shows and movies.
And if you can vote and you haven’t yet, GO VOTE!

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November 4, 1990
Dances with Wolves premieres in LA.
This premiere was also a fundraiser for the Futures for Children charity raising $500k, $1.1 million in todays money.

#MaryMcDonnell as Stands With A Fist

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October 31, 2017
The season that shall not be named begins.

#MaryMcDonnell as Commander Sharon Raydor

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October 30, 1995
High Society premieres on CBS and would run for 13 episodes, ending in Feb 1996.
#MaryMcDonnell as Dott Emerson
Also starring our favorite, Jean Smart as Ellie Walker.

To the powers that be, we are begging for this show to be added to a streaming service.

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Jamie dressed in his Where’s Waldo best.

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October 26, 2001
Donnie Darko is released in 58 theaters in the United States after having its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 19, 2001.

#MaryMcDonnell as Rose Darko

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October 25, 2004
Crazy Like A Fox appears at the Savannah Film Festival. This film would later go on to play at theaters in NYC and VA in May 2006.
#MaryMcDonnell as Amy Banks

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October 19, 1990
Dances With Wolves premieres in Washington, D.C.
#MaryMcDonnell as Stands With a Fist

DWW would have 4 separate premieres within the US so stay tuned for more DWW content!

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October 18, 2004
Battlestar Galactica (Season 1) premiers in Brazil and UK.
#MaryMcDonnell as President Laura Roslin
BSG season 1 would premiere in the US in January 2005 (A lot more BSG content is on the way!).

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@PDSNPH There’s a club for this. We meet on Mondays.

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October 17, 2011
Margins Call has its New York City premiere after debuting at the Sundance Film Festival on January 25, 2011.
#MaryMcDonnell as Mary Rogers