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Mary Alice Young
BRENDA STRONG
THE SKINNY:
- First of the housewives on Wisteria Lane
- Real name was Angela
- Her dark past led to her suicide
Mary Alice SAYS
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Ian Hainsworth knew his love for Susan was indestructible. Unfortunately for his mother... chiffon was not.
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We first meet Mary Alice Young moments before she shoots herself in the head. Not a very neighborly thing to do, Mary Alice. The friends you left behind on Wisteria Lane always thought of you as a happy, loving wife and mom. But there are so many secrets that need to be told about this little slice of suburban life. And only Mary Alice can tell them. Nobody around here seems to mind if she does so from beyond the grave.
Yes, everyone on Wisteria Lane was shocked by their friend Mary Alice’s suicide. How could she do such a thing? What could have led to such a desperate move? Little was known about Mary Alice’s past until flashbacks revealed how she got her adopted son, Zack. It was this secret that drove her to her tragic act. Flashbacks also tell the tale of how she met her friends Susan, Bree, Gaby and Lynette. Friends she left all too soon.
We feel Mary Alice may be the greatest deceased narrator in TV history! She’s been waxing poetic on the not-so-perfect lives of all the Desperate Housewives since day one. No one on Wisteria Lane is safe from Mary Alice’s insightful observations and intimate knowledge. Some secrets need to be told. And nobody dishes the dirt in a more comforting, neighborly way than Mary Alice Young.
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We feel Mary Alice may be the greatest deceased narrator in TV history! She’s been waxing poetic on the not-so-perfect lives of all the Desperate Housewives since day one. No one on Wisteria Lane is safe from Mary Alice’s insightful observations and intimate knowledge. Some secrets need to be told. And nobody dishes the dirt in a more comforting, neighborly way than Mary Alice Young.
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Where would Desperate Housewives be without perhaps its most familiar voice to guide us through each episode? Brenda Strong can be seen—mostly heard—as Mary Alice Young, the departed narrator of the hit ABC series.A native of Portland, OR, Strong left home to attend Arizona State University, where she earned a bachelors degree in Musical Theater. After graduation she moved to Los Angeles, where she soon began appearing in television and films.
A familiar face on television, Strong has guest starred on C.S.I. and had recurring roles on the popular series Nip/Tuck, Everwood and the critically-acclaimed Sports Night. She is also recognizable to Seinfeld fans as Sue Ellen Mishkie, better known as "The Braless Wonder."
Strong starred in the features The Kid and I, The Work and the Glory, Starship Troopers, Starship Troopers 2, The Deep End of the Ocean, opposite Michelle Pfeiffer and Treat Williams, The Craft, and the Mel Brooks comedy Spaceballs.
Strong is a certified yoga instructor in Los Angeles and has a line of videos designed to help infertile couples through yoga therapy. She has also taught at UCLA's Mind-Body Institute.
She lives in Los Angeles with her husband and son.
