On the big screen, Mary Birdsong’s credits include ADVENTURELAND as Kristen Stuart’s evil stop-mom Francy, Rob Zombie’s HALLOWEEN II with Martin McDowell, KILLERS with Katherine Heigl and Ashton Kutcher, and MADE OF HONOR opposite Patrick Dempsey. On the small screen, Birdsong is best known as Deputy Kimball on Comedy Central’s “Reno 911,” and as a special correspondent for the “The Daily Show with John Stewart.” Her other television credits include roles on “Mad Love,” “Shake It Up,” and “Svetlana.”
Birdsong appeared as Mona Ramsay in the rock musical Tales of the City at the American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco. She won a Theatre World Award for her Broadway debut in the hit musical Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me! and appeared as Velma Von Tussle opposite George Wendt in Hairspray. Off-Broadway, Birdsong appeared opposite Jane Lynch in Love, Loss and What I Wore by Nora and Delia Ephron, as entrepreneurial porn star Vixen Fox in Adult Entertainment with Danny Aielo, and as Judy Garland in her biographical one-woman musical triumph – Judy Speaks, which was written by Birdsong.
Other one-woman shows penned by Birdsong include her Sedaris-style family tell-all 3 Days in the Tub: A Mama Drama, which was directed and co-created by Eric Gilliland, and The Janet Lamé Film Festival – a B-movie buff’s wet dream. A published author, Birdsong’s writing most recently appeared in Dirty Laundry: Real Life. Real Stories. Real Funny. – a book of humorous, confessional short stories. Some fans may be familiar with the music of her rock band and alter-ego, 99 Cent Whore.
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