Tribute to Mary Donnelly Haskell

[NutBrnHair]

Mary Donnelly Haskell is an incredible woman...and she's our Sister! She attended the 2004 Chi Omega Convention, along with her husband, Sam Haskell (head honcho of the TV side of the powerful William Morris Agency). Mary, a former Miss Mississippi, is a talented actress, singer, wife & mom. One of the most impressive things about this couple is all that they give back to their Mississippi community. They began a Foundation to award college scholarships to needy Mississippi students in memory of Sam's mother. They have raised over $3 million, primarily through hosting the star-studded "Stars Over Mississippi" gala which is held every 2 years.

[NutBrnHair]

Mary sang regularly in the Kids of the Kingdom review both at Disneyland and on tour. Also, she performed in lead roles in musicals such as "South Pacific," "Barnum," "Annie Get Your Gun" and "Into the Woods." Her performance as "Millie" in "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers" at the San Diego Civic Light Opera won her the Los Angeles Critics DramaLogue Award.

Mary was a featured performer on the "64th Annual Academy AwardsTM " show and landed the recurring role of "Fern Neuswanger" on the acclaimed NBC-TV series, "Sisters." Subsequently, she has been featured in numerous television productions, including the NBC mini-series "The Secrets of Lake Success," the NBC movies of the week "One Woman's Courage" starring Patty Duke, "Her Hidden Truth" starring Kellie Martin, "Seduced by Madness" starring Ann-Margret and the BET feature film, "Out of Sync," directed by Debbie Allen and co-starring L.L. Cool J.

Most recently, she played Sidney Wells in the short-lived CBS series "Four Corners," guest-starred in episodes of "Touched By An Angel" and "Diagnosis Murder" co-starred in "The Secret World of Alex Mack" on Nickelodeon and appeared in two Lifetime Original Movies, "Blue Valley Songbird" starring Dolly Parton and "Life of the Party: The Pamela Harriman Story" starring Ann-Margret. She will soon co-star with Kathy Ireland and "Touched By An Angel's" John Dye in a new movie for the Family Channel.

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TV / Film:
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"Superior Court" USA Dr. Samantha Fletcher
"Lily For President" CBS Featured Performer
"Funny" ABC Co-Host
"Sisters" NBC Fern Neuswanger
"Academy Awards" ABC Featured Performer
"Secrets of Lake Success" NBC Mavis Peters
"One Woman's Courage" NBC Judge Alicia Spradlin
"Out of Sync" Feature Film Featured
"The Martin Short Series" TV Co-Star
"Days Of Our Lives" TV Co-Star
"Her Hidden Truth" TV Co-Star
"Seduced By Madness" TV Co-Star
"Secret World of Alice Mack" Nickelodeon Recurring
"Dr. Quinn" TV Recurring

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Stage:
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"South Pacific" Nellie Forbush San Diego Civic Light Opera
"Barnum" Charity San Jose Civic Light Opera
"Annie Get Your Gun" Annie Univ. of Mississippi
"Into the Woods" Baker's Wife Univ. of Mississippi
"Seven Brides For Seven Brothers" Millie* San Diego Civic Light Opera

(* L.A. Critics DramaLogue Award)

[NutBrnHair]

"Stars Over Mississippi" website

List of stars for 2004 event:

Wynonna to Headline
Brad Paisley to Co-Headline
Tony Danza, Patricia Heaton, and Lance Bass to Host
Doris Roberts
Brad Garrett
Sean Hayes
Jean Smart
Kirstie Alley
Michael Feinstein
The Honorable Rod Paige
Governor Haley Barbour
Debbie Allen
Gary Collins
Mary Ann Mobley
Mary Donnelly Haskell
Guy Hovis
Laurie Gayle Stephenson

[NutBrnHair]

[NutBrnHair]

Mary has also recorded 3 CDs of personalized songs for kids. Over 500 names are available.

Tunes for Toddlers website

[xo_kathy]

Originally posted by NutBrnHair
landed the recurring role of "Fern Neuswanger" on the acclaimed NBC-TV series, "Sisters."

Isn't that the show Sela Ward was on, too? Wonder if they chatted about their college Chi O days!

The Foundation she and her husband have created is very impressive!!!

[NutBrnHair]

Originally posted by xo_kathy
Isn't that the show Sela Ward was on, too? Wonder if they chatted about their college Chi O days!

I bet they did -- especially since they had a Mississippi conncetion too (Mary attending Ole Miss & Sela from Meridian)

[NutBrnHair]

Mary Haskell's new CD will be released Tuesday.

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[jhujenn]

Did any of you ladies catch your sister this past Saturday morning on the CBS Saturday Early Show. She was part of the Second Cup Cafe and she was just great.

[NutBrnHair]

Originally posted by jhujenn
Did any of you ladies catch your sister this past Saturday morning on the CBS Saturday Early Show. She was part of the Second Cup Cafe and she was just great.

Darn it, I did not see the show last Saturday! Thanks for letting us know, jhujenn!

From the CBS website:

SECOND CUP CAFÉ: Inspirational Singer Mary Haskell will be the featured performer in our Second Cup Cafe. She'll be singing standards from her debut album entitled, appropriately, "Inspired."

[TxAPhi]

She was on Tony Danza today! He introduced her as a good friend and her husband was his agent. She sang "All My Tomorrows".


ETA: http://www.maryhaskell.com/appear.html

[NutBrnHair]

Sam & his wife Mary attended the Chi Omega Convention in 2006. She sang and he did a presentation. Outstanding people.





Romano, Garrett to pay tribute to agent Haskell
Associated Press
May 11, 2007

The battling Barone brothers will be back together next week, but it's not a reunion of "Everybody Loves Raymond."

Ray Romano and Brad Garrett will pay tribute to veteran Hollywood agent Sam Haskell at a May 17 dinner. Their TV mom, Doris Roberts, will be there, too.

Haskell is the former head of worldwide television for William Morris, who specialized in "packaging" clients and ideas to take to the networks for possible shows. "Everybody Loves Raymond" was one, along with "Murphy Brown" and "The Cosby Show."

"Sam broke the barriers of television by packaging groundbreaking shows that will be remembered throughout time while changing the way audiences viewed television," Romano said.

Former clients Sean Hayes, Jean Smart, Rick Schroder, Kathie Lee Gifford, Kirstie Alley and Debbie Allen are also scheduled to be at the Beverly Hilton.

[NutBrnHair]

Did anyone see her on the Saturday Morning Early Show on CBS on Saturday? She has a new CD of religious songs she recorded with the Symphony in the Czech Republic.

She looked fabulous and sounded great!