Mary-Margaret Humes is one of the most popular and richest TV Actress who was born on April 4, 1954 in New York, United States. American actress who is best famous for her role as Gail Leery on the teen drama Dawson’s Creek. She also appeared in Knight Rider and Matlock.
James Van Der Beek played her son, Dawson Leery, on Dawson’s Creek. was her son who played Dawson Leery, on Dawson’s Creek.
Humes was born at Mercy Hospital in Watertown, New York. She attended Watertown High School (’72) and competed as Miss Thousand Islands in the 1974 Miss New York State contest. She won the Miss Florida USA pageant and was third runner up in the 1975 Miss USA pageant behind eventual winner and fellow actress Summer Bartholomew of California.
In 1981, Humes made her big screen debut as the Vestal Virgin Miriam in the Mel Brooks’s comedy film History of the World, Part I. Later Aaron Spelling cast her for the pilot for the action-adventure series Velvet alongside Leah Ayres, Shari Belafonte, and Sheree J. Wilson. During 1980s, Humes guest-starred in a number of shows, including The Dukes of Hazzard, The Love Boat, The A-Team, The Fall Guy and T.J. Hooker. From 1991 to 1992, she played the mother of lead character in the short-lived NBC series Eerie, Indiana. She starred in the 1992 television movie Perry Mason: The Case of the Reckless Romeo, and later made appearances in Matlock (three times in different roles), Diagnosis: Murder, In the Heat of the Night and Murphy Brown.
She got married to Raul A. Bruce in 1992.
