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Mary Ruth Clarke is… a workshop leader/teacher in story skills for presenters Story Workshop. a Chicago based screenwriter and playwright Writing Life.
Mary Ruth Clarke writes for the stage, screen, and little screen. She co-wrote and starred in the original low-budget Meet the Parents and adapted it into the blockbuster Meet the Parents , starring Robert De Niro, for which she shares Story credit with Greg Glienna.
Mary Ruth has had poems published in the anthology The Thing About Second Chances, An Ode to Ralph Mills, and InPrint. She has an MFA from Emerson College, a BFA in Theater and a BFA in Art History from Ohio University. She is a member of Writers Guild East, the Dramatist Guild.
Mary Ruth Clarke as Fay Burns; Emo Philips as Video Store Employee; Domenic Sfreddo as Hit & Run Driver; Harry Hickstein as Lee; Mike Toomey as Priest; Marc Vann as Second Customer; Development. Glienna conceived of the core idea for Meet the Parents while studying improvisational comedy at The Second City in the 1980s.
Mary Ruth Clarke was born on 23 July 1959 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. She is a writer and actress, known for Meet the Parents (2000), Little Fockers (2010) and Meet the Fockers (2004).
- Writer, Actress
- July 23, 1959
- Mary Ruth Clarke
Mary Ruth is a screenplay consultant for clients in LA and Chicago. She is a Resident Playwright at Chicago Dramatists, where she teaches screenwriting and TV writing, and also teaches screenwriting at Story Studio.
Why Mary Ruth? My two worlds have collided! As a screenwriter/playwright/performer who has freelanced in marketing for over 20 years, I unite my expertise as a story creator with my understanding and experience in the corporate world.
