People named Mary Willard

Mary Elizabeth (Lovell) Willard was born on March 8, 1947 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts United States, and died at age 71 years old on July 13, 2018 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA. Mary Willard was buried on July 18, 2018 at Forest Lawn 6300 Forest Lawn Dr, in Los Angeles. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Mary Elizabeth Willard.

Mary Vivian Willard of Duncanville, Dallas County, Texas was born on August 2, 1924, and died at age 83 years old on May 24, 2008.

Mary E Willard of Lakeland, Polk County, FL was born on February 3, 1915, and died at age 88 years old on September 30, 2003. Mary Willard was buried at Florida National Cemetery Section 1B Row 8C Site 1 6502 Sw. 102nd Ave., in Bushnell.

Mary Eliza Eliza (Willard) Pearson of Ballarat East Australia. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Mary Eliza (Willard) Pearson.

Mary Hannah Mary Hannah (Willard) Traylor of Doncaster Australia. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Mary Hannah Willard Traylor.

Mary Olive (Murray) Willard of Warburton Australia, was married to James Willard, and has children Alan James Willard and Maxwell Colin Willard. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Mary Olive (Murray) Willard.

Mary May (Millard) Willard of Dunmore Australia. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Mary Mary Willard.

Mary Willard (1947-2018), playwright, TV writer and wife of four-time Emmy nominee Fred Willard, has died at the age of 71. Willard died on July 13, but news of her death was recently made public. Champion is the one word that comes to mind when remembering Mary Willard and she wasn’t just Fred Willard’s best cheerleader, but she also mentored and nurtured a number of creative comedic writers and actors through the Willards’ Los Angeles-based comedy sketch group The Mohos over the last two-plus decades (which anecdotally I was a part of some years ago). ‘Let’s put on a show’ was an unofficial mantra, and within less than two-weeks time, the troupe would pull wigs out of the closet and brush up pages for performances at the IO West and The Bang Theater and even as far as the Inland Empire. Those trying out sketches at Mohos had the opportunity to cast and bounce material off of such distinguished comedic personalities as Fred Willard himself, Laugh-In‘s Jo Anne Worley, Saturday Night Live Emmy-winning writer T. Sean Shannon, CHiPs and Raising Hope actor Lou Wagner, late Groundling co-founding member Kip King (father of Chris Kattan), voice-over actor Bill Farmer (Disney’s official voice of Goofy and Pluto). Mary had a wonderful laugh and even when a joke fell flat in the room, she always got a writer back on track. In addition, Mary directed the Moho shows and always knew how to stage the laughs. She was also known for throwing great Christmas and July 4th parties at the Willard home where the evening was typically capped off by sketch performances related to the holiday. She also had a huge heart. When Moho member Charlie Shannon unexpectedly passed away many years ago, she had the Mohos hold a retrospective of his sketches with the group for a memorial performance. Mary was also a great philanthropist and worked very hard to raise money for PETA, Actors & Others for Animals and was President of Farrah’s Angels for The Farrah Fawcett Foundation. Mary was born March 8, 1947 in Boston Massachusetts and graduated from University of Maryland. She met Fred in San Francisco and they were married for 50 years. As a playwright, her first play, the comedy, Elvis and Juliet, opened in February 1994 and enjoyed a one year successful, sold out run at the Theatre at the Improv in Hollywood. In June 2007 Elvis and Juliet opened off Broadway at the Abingdon theatre and enjoyed a six week sold out run. The New Yorker called it a “zingy comedy of manners.” In October 2009 it had a successful run at the Grove Theatre in Upland, California. Elvis and Juliet had staged readings in five countries and 15 cities on the anniversary of Elvis Presley’s 70th birthday. Her musical comedy Moon Shine!, with music and lyrics by Marty Stuart, was produced at the Grove in the summer 2004. It garnered three Inland Empire awards. Moon Shine! was first presented at the ASCAP/Disney Musical theatre workshop at the Disney Studios in Burbank, in 2003. A production of Moon Shine! in Los Angeles was nominated for 11 and won three Artistic Director Awards in Spring of 2008. Other works include Her eight women and two men play An Occasional Sin, produced by the Company of Angels Theatre in Los Angeles in 2005; Deathtroupe, produced by the Grove Theatre in Upland, California in 2010; and A Really, Really, Good Time, Holly Jolly, Christmas Carol produced by the Grove in December 2012. In 1995 her short plays, Meanwhile, Back At The Ranch, At The Vanity Fair, The Old Folks At Home, The Wedding Waltz, A Little New York Romance, Murder, She Rewrote, and Chateaux Beaux Eaux were produced by the Burbage Theatre in Los Angeles as “A Show Of Farce.” Her television credits include A Year At The Top, produced by Norman Lear, starring Greg Evigan and Paul Shaffer; Fernwood Tonight and a “ghostwriting” stint for The Love Boat. She also appeared as a regular on ABC’s The Home Show. Mary started attending the Sewanee Writers’ Conference in the early 1990’s where she enjoyed studying playwriting with Marsha Norman, Horton Foote, Romulus Linney and Doris Baizley. She also enjoyed studying fiction writing with such luminaries as Tim O’Brien, Alice McDermott, Tony Early, Ernest Gaines and Richard Ford. In memory of Mary, The Mary Willard Scholarship in playwriting is funded by the friends of Mary Willard. The scholarship will cover the cost of tuition for a playwright to attend the Sewanee Conference each summer. Mary leaves behind Fred, their daughter Hope, Grandson Freddy, son-in-law Mitch Mulbarger and a multitude of friends who already miss her laugh.

Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Mary (Heinis) Willard.

Mary Ann Mary Ann (Willard) Mackey of Prahran Australia. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Mary Ann Willard Mackey.

Mary A Willard of TX was born circa 1956. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Mary A. (Bauer) Willard.

Mary A Willard of TX was born circa 1951. Mary Willard was married to Kevin D. Willard on August 23, 1990 in Bexar County, TX. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Mary A. (Lipking) Willard.

Mary Willard of TX was born circa 1941. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Mary (Barrett) Willard.

Mary J Willard of TX was born circa 1956. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Mary J. (Albores) Willard.

Mary Willard of TX was born circa 1921. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Mary (Meyers) Willard.

Mary E Willard of TX was born circa 1965. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Mary E. (Johnson) Willard.

Mary J Willard of TX was born circa 1947. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Mary J. (Goggan) Willard.

Mary S Willard of Dallas County, TX was born circa 1951. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Mary S. (Mathews) Willard.

Mary L Willard of Harris County, TX was born circa 1949. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Mary L. (Challender) Willard.

Mary A Willard of Guadalupe County, TX was born circa 1982. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Mary A. (Mullins) Willard.

Mary M Willard of Spartanburg County, South Carolina United States was born circa 1924. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Mary M Willard.

Mary F Willard was born on May 28, 1921, and died at age 48 years old on February 15, 1970. Mary Willard was buried at Leavenworth National Cemetery Section 32 Row 16 Site 34 150 Muncie Road, in Leavenworth, Ks. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Mary F Willard.

Mary Helen Willard was born on January 23, 1937, and died at age 25 years old on December 2, 1962. Mary Willard was buried at Ft. Scott National Cemetery Section 5 Site 2180 900 East National Street, in Fort Scott, Ks. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Mary Helen Willard.

Mary P Willard of Belzoni, Humphreys County, MS was born on May 5, 1962, and died at age 45 years old on May 21, 2007.

Mary J Willard of Baltimore, Baltimore City County, MD was born on March 9, 1911, and died at age 83 years old in October 1994.

Mary L Willard of Tallahassee, Leon County, FL was born on December 25, 1909, and died at age 85 years old on December 4, 1995.

Mary Willard of Seattle, King County, Washington was born on October 12, 1926, and died at age 55 years old in January 1982.

Mary E Willard of Temple City, Los Angeles County, CA was born on September 5, 1906, and died at age 85 years old in March 1992.

Mary M Willard of Elyria, Lorain County, OH was born on July 6, 1917, and died at age 73 years old in March 1991.