Mary Mara, a heroic actor best known for her work on Nash Bridges, ER, Law & Order: SVU, Nip / Tuck \ and dozens of other TV shows and movies, drowned Sunday in the St. Lawrence River in Cape Vincent, New York, according to at the New York State Police Department. She was 61.
A state police statement said Mara was found in the river Sunday morning by soldiers and a fire and ambulance on Cape Vincent following a report of a possible drowning. Preliminary investigation shows that she drowned while swimming in the river. Police said there were no indications of wrongdoing and that an autopsy would be performed to determine the official cause of death. The investigation is ongoing.
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A family spokesman said Mara was staying at her sister Marta Mara’s summer home in Syracuse. The property is in front of the river outside the village of Cape Vincent, in the area of the Thousand Islands, where St. Lawrence separates Canada and the United States
Mara, who made her television debut in 1989 with The Preppie Murder, worked primarily as a protagonist in dozens of film and television roles, as well as on stage off Broadway and in Los Angeles, but had a regular role in the series as Inspector Byrne Carson. for the first two seasons of CBS Nash Bridges’ police drama Don Johnson-Cheach Marin.
She specializes in complex images of often troubled characters. She may be best known for her recurring role as Loretta Sweet, a cute, desperate prostitute and single mother, in the NBC ER series.
She also portrays a murderous psychopath in the CBS Criminal Minds detective drama, as well as the vulnerable elderly daughter of the emotionally distant, washed-out comedian Billy Crystal in the 1992 film, Mr. Saturday Night. Her comedy work also includes Love Decoction № 9, her debut in a feature film as a young, overdressed and haired prostitute.
Mara plays opposite stars like Michael J. Fox (The Hard Way), (Mr. Saturday Night), Sandra Bullock (Love Potion No. 9), John Travolta (A Civil Action) and Mandy Patinkin (Criminal Minds, True Colors). Her last appearance was in the movie Break Even in 2020.
She appeared on stage in 1989 with Michelle Pfeiffer, Jeff Goldblum, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio and Gregory Hines in a production of the Twelfth Night Shakespeare Festival in New York, along with William Hurt in Yale’s 1990 repertory theater performance. Anton Chekhov.
Mara survived by her stepdaughter Katie Mersola; her sister Martha Mara; another sister and son-in-law, Susan Mara and Scott Daly; and nephew Christopher Daly.
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