Mary Pat Gleason

Mary Pat Gleason is another actress who sadly passed away in 2020. Some of us may have a hard time remembering her name, but we’re sure that it’ll be quite easy to distinguish her beauty and personality. Gleason played the role of Madame Oeuf in the film Saved by the Bell and Mrs. Butters on the iconic television show Desperate Housewives. She also appeared in Intolerable Cruelty, Cinderella Story, and other blockbuster hits over the past decades.

Besides acting, Gleason was also an incredibly successful writer. As a writer, she managed to win an Emmy Award back in 1986 for her work in the television soap opera Guiding Light, a soap in which she also has an acting credit. Finding success as a writer and actress truly is a difficult achievement in Hollywood. You could say that she definitely paved the way for those who also wanted to have a successful, multi-faceted career in Hollywood.