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by Doug Jones
Character actress Mary Stein received a BA from Marquette University and attended Julliard. After working on many theatre stages and in over 100 TV commercials, everything from Pop Tarts to Circuit City. Mary worked on several TV shows, including Star Trek: Next Generation and Murphy Brown.
Mary’s feature film break came with the unforgettable role of ‘Angela’ in Orion Pictures’ 1996 sleeper hit Man of the Year (1995).
Mary grabbed Ron Howard’s attention with her enigmatic performance as ‘Miss Floom’, the hotel landlady in Babe: Pig in the City (1998) which was voted by Siskel & Ebert “The Best Film of 1998” and is the sequel to the Oscar nominated film Babe. She went on to play, the Whoville school teacher, ‘Miss Rue Who’ under Ron’s direction in Universal Pictures’ blockbuster release of How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000), alongside Jim Carrey, Molly Shannon, and Christine Baranski . During the shooting of The Grinch, she also worked with Chris Columbus’ 1492 Company alongside Whoopi Goldberg and Brendan Fraser as the less than sober bar tart ‘Lulu La Rue’ in Fox Searchlights’ Monkeybone (2001) released in 2001. After impressing, six time Oscar winning makeup artist Rick Baker on the set of The Grinch, with her unique look and grace, Mary often makes cameo appearances in his many projects.
Mary practices a meditative healing art called Sat Nam Rasayan, both kundalini and ashtanga yoga, and as an accomplished athlete enjoys long distance cycling, kayaking, horse riding and snow skiing. A staunch advocate for children’s rights, Mary volunteered to teach an acting/writing course for a program called ‘Inside Out’ at Central Juvenile Hall in Los Angeles, helping young offenders win back self- esteem and re-gain control of their lives. Stein has also been a big sister to The Westside Kids and is involved with LA based charity, ‘Free Arts for Abused Kids’.
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