# Marianne Muellerleile

Marianne Muellerleile is an American actress.

## Early life

Muellerleile was born in St. Louis, Missouri, the daughter of Margaret (née Keaney) and Cecil E. Muellerleile, an American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator and oil company executive.

## Career

Muellerleile played the role of Sophie, a waitress, in the film Return to Me, directed by and starring Bonnie Hunt, and then later appeared as a series regular on Hunt's comedy series, Life with Bonnie, as Gloria, the housekeeper, for two seasons until the show ended. She also appeared in The WB television series Charmed episode "Primrose Empath". She also has a recurring role on the soap opera Passions, playing the disturbed character of Norma Bates. She also played the nanny on Melrose Place and a no-nonsense mother hosting a Halloween party on Highway to Heaven. She guest-starred in one episode of Will and Grace, in one episode of Anger Management and in one episode of How I Met Your Mother. In 1991, Muellerleile made her first appearance on the situation comedy Night Court as Miss Gilly; she would subsequently appear on the series three more times, as three different characters.
In the 1984 film The Terminator, she had a role as a woman named Sarah Connor, who is murdered by the Terminator because she shares the name of its target. Also in 1984, she appeared in the hit comedy film Revenge of the Nerds as the pedophilic woman who answers the door where Harold Wormser goes to ask about the room for rent. In 1994, she played the role of Diana Beaujolais in Saved By the Bell: Wedding in Las Vegas.
Muellerleile recurred as a nun-teacher Sister Dominick at the school of the characters Madeline Fitzpatrick and London Tipton in The Suite Life of Zack & Cody episodes Forever Plaid, Books & Birdhouses and A Kept Man.
She also recurred in Zeke and Luther as Nana Waffles, Luther's grandmother.
She voiced Mrs. Rudolph in W.I.T.C.H. and had a role in Smokin' Aces as Margie Turlock, where she treats shooting victim Hollis Elmore (Martin Henderson) after a botched drive-by attempt by the "Tremor Brothers". She has had memorable roles in films such as Memento, Thank You for Smoking, Norbit and Nina. Muellerleile later had a recurring role in the Disney Junior animated series The Rocketeer as Lucille.
In addition to TV and film, Muellerleile has an extensive resume in theater, commercials and print work.

## Personal life

She married Air Force officer Joseph T. "Tom" Norris Jr. on May 7, 1988. She is a Roman Catholic and a registered Democrat.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1972 | The Heartbreak Kid | Co-ed | Uncredited |
| 1977 | Exorcist II: The Heretic | Patient | Uncredited |
| 1978 | An Unmarried Woman | Partygoer | Uncredited |
| 1979 | Manhattan | Jaywalker | Uncredited |
| 1980 | Hero at Large | Woman in Line | Uncredited |
| 1980 | Willie & Phil | Moviegoer | Uncredited |
| 1980 | Stardust Memories | Woman with Cigarette | Uncredited |
| 1981 | Endless Love | Nurse | Uncredited |
| 1981 | Arthur | Partygoer | Uncredited |
| 1981 | They All Laughed | Dinner Guest | Uncredited |
| 1983 | Going Berserk | Waitress | |
| 1984 | Revenge of the Nerds | Woman | |
| 1984 | The Terminator | Wrong Sarah | |
| 1987 | The Trouble with Dick | Betty Ball | |
| 1988 | Portrait of a White Marriage | Roxanne | |
| 1988 | Going to the Chapel | Linda | |
| 1989 | Curse II: The Bite | Trucker Big Flo | |
| 1991 | Life Stinks | Head Nurse | |
| 1991 | Soapdish | Housewife | |
| 1992 | Passion Fish | Drushka | |
| 1993 | Night Eyes Three | Mrs. O'Brien | |
| 1993 | Heaven & Earth | Dinner Guest #2 | |
| 1994 | Clifford | Kevin's Mother | |
| 1994 | The Road to Wellville | Nurse Bloethal | |
| 1995 | The Low Life | Temp Dispatcher | |
| 1995 | Chameleon | Betty Bowen | |
| 1996 | Executive Decision | Diabetic Woman | |
| 1996 | Infinity | Nurse Gracie | |
| 1996 | Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story | Landlady | |
| 1996 | Jingle All the Way | Tow Truck Driver | |
| 1996 | One Fine Day | Ruta | |
| 1997 | The Beautician and the Beast | Chef | |
| 1997 | Liar Liar | Ms. Berry | |
| 1997 | A Smile Like Yours | | |
| 1997 | An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn | Sheila Caslin | |
| 2000 | Return to Me | Sophie | |
| 2000 | Memento | Tattooist | |
| 2001 | Devil's Prey | Grace | |
| 2001 | The Man from Elysian Fields | Obnoxious Lady | |
| 2005 | Thank You for Smoking | Teacher | |
| 2006 | Running with Scissors | Nurse | |
| 2006 | Smokin' Aces | Margie Turlock | |
| 2007 | Adventures of Johnny Tao | Kate | |
| 2007 | Norbit | Helga | |
| 2007 | Welcome to Paradise | Doris Fargo | |
| 2008 | The Hottie and the Nottie | Mrs. Blount | |
| 2008 | Uncross the Stars | Waitress | |
| 2008 | Sex Drive | Grandma Prisoner | |
| 2014 | Some Kind of Beautiful | Principal Chandler | |
| 2015 | Damn Foreigners | Judge | |
| 2016 | Nina | Nurse Mary | |
| 2021 | Queen Bees | Anne Rothstein | |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1977 | Seventh Avenue | Hefty Sales Girl | Episode #1.1 |
| 1978 | To Kill a Cop | Choir singer | Television film |
| 1978 | The Doctors | Nurse | 2 episodes |
| 1981 | Magnum, P.I. | Olga | Episode: "From Moscow to Maui" |
| 1981 | The Greatest American Hero | Stella | Episode: "Hog Wild" |
| 1982 | Gimme a Break! | Betty | Episode: "Porko's II" |
| 1982 | The Jeffersons | Connie | Episode: "How Now Dow Jones" |
| 1982 | I'd Rather Be Calm | Second Nurse | Television film |
| 1982 | Archie Bunker's Place | Laura | Episode: "Captain Video" |
| 1982 | The A-Team | Nurse Schneider | Episode: "Mexican Slayride" |
| 1983 | Remington Steele | Cab Driver | Episode: "Steele Among the Living" |
| 1983 | Amanda's | Mrs. Brighton | Episode: "Amanda's Number One Son" |
| 1984 | One Day at a Time | Lillian | Episode: "Up in Smoke" |
| 1984 | P.O.P. | Betty Jo | Television film |
| 1984 | Double Trouble | Hansi | Episode: "Do You Believe in Magic?" |
| 1984, 1985 | Knots Landing | Bonnie Merriwether | 2 episodes |
| 1985–1991 | Night Court | Various roles | 4 episodes |
| 1986 | The Twilight Zone | Woman #1 In Accident | Episode: "A Matter of Minutes" |
| 1986 | Child's Cry | Eric's Teacher | Television film |
| 1986 | Blacke's Magic | April Dileen | Episode: "Address Unknown" |
| 1986 | You Again? | Harriet | Episode: "Small Change" |
| 1986 | Moonlighting | Beauty Salon Customer | Episode: "Camile" |
| 1986 | Fresno | Gloria | Miniseries |
| 1986 | Amen | Nurse Etta | Episode: "After the Fall" |
| 1986, 1987 | Highway to Heaven | Mrs. Harper / Mrs. MacPhee | 2 episodes |
| 1986, 1991 | Perfect Strangers | Athena / Cop #2 | 2 episodes |
| 1987 | Falcon Crest | Bertha | Episode: "The Great Karlotti" |
| 1987 | CBS Summer Playhouse | Nurse | Episode: "Puppetman" |
| 1987 | Hooperman | Murphy's Wife | Episode: "Don We Now Our Gay Apparel" |
| 1987 | Hotel | Evie | Episode: "Dark Horses" |
| 1988 | Sledge Hammer! | Big Mabel | Episode: "The Secret of My Excess" |
| 1988 | The Bronx Zoo | Margo Bleiweiss | Episode: "Truancy Blues" |
| 1988 | Disaster at Silo 7 | Matilda Recer | Television film |
| 1988 | Thirtysomething | Matron | Episode: "We'll Meet Again" |
| 1988 | Murphy Brown | Secretary #8 | Episode: "Baby Love" |
| 1988, 1989 | Mr. Belvedere | Various roles | 2 episodes |
| 1989 | Day by Day | Gretchen Kierney | Episode: "Smart Women, Nice Refreshments" |
| 1989 | She Knows Too Much | Guard | Television film |
| 1989 | Family Ties | Cecelia | Episode: "They Can't Take That Away from Me: Part 2" |
| 1989 | Growing Pains | Nurse Bauer | Episode: "Second Chance" |
| 1989 | An Eight Is Enough Wedding | Greta Wolfson | Television film |
| 1989 | Life Goes On | Dora | Episode: "Pets, Guys and Videotape" |
| 1990 | Dream On | Melkis | Episode: "The First Episode" |
| 1990 | The World According to Straw | Vanessa Neff | Television film |
| 1990 | Good Grief | Mrs. Haversham | Episode: "Cub Scouts and Horses & Whiskers on Kittens" |
| 1990 | Grand | Colleen | 3 episodes |
| 1991 | Sons and Daughters | Makeup Person | Episode: "Throw Mama from the Terrain" |
| 1991 | The Trials of Rosie O'Neill | Judith Ann | Episode: "The Reunion" |
| 1991 | Top of the Heap | Mrs. O'Miley | Episode: "The Last Temptation of Charlie" |
| 1991 | The Hogan Family | Grace Alsop | Episode: "A Sneaking Suspicion" |
| 1991 | Morton & Hayes | Mrs. Shubb | Episode: "The Vase Shop" |
| 1992 | Santa Barbara | Mrs. Sturm | 9 episodes |
| 1992 | Sisters | Heidi | Episode: "Sunstroke" |
| 1992 | Picket Fences | Mrs. Tilly | Episode: "Frank the Potato Man" |
| 1993 | Sirens | Mrs. Pavel | 4 episodes |
| 1993 | At Home with the Webbers | Mrs. Nelson's Friend | Television film |
| 1993 | Getting By | Mrs. Bergner | Episode: "Give Peace a Chance" |
| 1993 | Ned Blessing: The Story of My Life and Times | Eta | Episode: "The Smink Brothers" |
| 1993 | Based on an Untrue Story | Prison Matron | Television film |
| 1993 | Grace Under Fire | Trisha | Episode: "Second Time Around" |
| 1993 | Melrose Place | Nurse Colleen | Episode: "Under the Mistletoe" |
| 1993 | The Trouble with Larry | Roberta Sue / Burglar | 7 episodes |
| 1993–1994 | Phenom | Sister Felicia | 6 episodes |
| 1994 | The Nanny | Andrea's Mother | Episode: "The Show Must Go On" |
| 1994 | Columbo | Nurse Hilda | Episode: "Undercover" |
| 1994 | Past Tense | Receptionist / Nurse | Television film |
| 1994 | Saved by the Bell: Wedding in Las Vegas | Diana Beaujolais | Television film |
| 1994 | Ellen | Edna | Episode: "Mrs. Koger" |
| 1994 | Sister, Sister | Wrangler | Episode: "Free Billy" |
| 1994, 1995 | Saved by the Bell: The New Class | Hilda / Mrs. Steele | 2 episodes |
| 1995 | Coach | Technician | Episode: "Did Someone Call Me Snorer?" |
| 1995 | Me and the Boys | Nurse | Episode: "The Age of Reason" |
| 1995 | American Masters | Maria Clemm | Episode: "Edgar Allan Poe: Terror of the Soul" |
| 1995 | Problem Child 3: Junior in Love | Miss Hicks | Television film |
| 1995 | Minor Adjustments | Receptionist | Episode: "Everybody's Got a Secret" |
| 1995 | Family Values | Cleark | Television film |
| 1995, 1996 | Aaahh!!! Real Monsters | Gertrude, Tourist | Voice, 2 episodes |
| 1996 | The Crew | Muriel Packer | Episode: "A League of Their Own" |
| 1996 | Cybill | Sister Mary Rose | Episode: "A Who's Who for What's His Name" |
| 1996 | Partners | Aunt Betty | Episode: "Will You Marry Me?" |
| 1996 | Hope & Gloria | Meter Maid | Episode: "Note to Self" |
| 1996 | Norma Jean & Marilyn | Mrs. Dewey | Television film |
| 1996 | The Faculty | Mrs. Reed | Episode: "Parents' Night" |
| 1996 | The Wayans Bros. | Nurse Benson | Episode: "Grandma's in the Hiz-House" |
| 1996 | Homeboys in Outer Space | Miss 2080 | Episode: "House Party or, Play That Funky White Music Droid" |
| 1996 | Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman | Matron | Episode: "The People v. Lois Lane" |
| 1996, 1997 | Married... with Children | Health Inspector | 2 episodes |
| 1997 | Promised Land | Nurse Marianne | Episode: "Mirror Image" |
| 1997 | The Single Guy | Mrs. Fingerman | 2 episodes |
| 1997 | ER | Mrs. Jarnowski | Episode: "Faith" |
| 1997 | Sunset Beach | Mrs. Frazier | Episode #1.98 |
| 1997 | Meego | Ilsa Scrotenbuster | Episode: "Pilot" |
| 1997 | Caroline in the City | Nurse Marva | Episode: "Caroline and the Love That Dares Not Speak Its Name" |
| 1998 | Cow and Chicken | Farm Wife, Lady Gunslinger | Voice, 2 episodes |
| 1998 | Chicago Hope | Peggy Fritz | Episode: "The Ties That Bind" |
| 1998 | Holding the Baby | Mrs. Brookover | Episode: "Pilot" |
| 1998 | Costello | Kelly | Episode: "Pilot" |
| 1998 | Rude Awakening | Large Woman | 2 episodes |
| 1998 | Love Boat: The Next Wave | Russian Woman | Episode: "Captains Courageous" |
| 1998 | Guys Like Us | Bea | Episode: "A Turkey Too Far" |
| 1998 | Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show | Luther's Mom | Episode: "Honey, I've Joined the Big Top" |
| 1998–1999 | 3rd Rock from the Sun | Lucy | 6 episodes |
| 1998–2000 | The Journey of Allen Strange | Miss String | 7 episodes |
| 1999 | Smart Guy | Mrs. Tudjman | Episode: "Never Too Young" |
| 1999 | The Young and the Restless | Nurse Maris Voorhies | 2 episodes |
| 1999 | 7th Heaven | Mrs. Jasper | Episode: "Who Nose?" |
| 2000 | Party of Five | Professional Wrapper | Episode: "Dog Day After New Year" |
| 2000 | Will & Grace | Jodie | Episode: "Girls, Interrupted" |
| 2000 | Gideon's Crossing | Mrs. Brigitte Henna | Episode: "The Gift" |
| 2000 | Charmed | Receptionist #2 | Episode: "Primrose Empath" |
| 2001 | Rugrats | Sunny | Voice, episode: "Dayscare" |
| 2001 | The Lot | Mrs. Meriam Bozer | Episode: "Danny Matthews Takes a Wife" |
| 2001–2008 | Passions | Norma Bates | 97 episodes |
| 2002 | The Hughleys | Booze Hag | Episode: "Leaving Las Vegas" |
| 2002–2004 | Life with Bonnie | Gloria | 42 episodes |
| 2004 | Method & Red | Parole Commissioner | Episode: "Chu Chu's Redemption" |
| 2005–2006 | W.I.T.C.H. | Mrs. Rudolph | Voice, 4 episodes |
| 2006 | Crossing Jordan | Alice | Episode: "Loves Me Not" |
| 2006 | Nip/Tuck | Mrs. Gunther | Episode: "Shari Noble" |
| 2006 | Untitled Brad Copeland Project | Mrs. Miller | Television film |
| 2006–2007 | The Suite Life of Zack & Cody | Sister Dominick | 5 episodes |
| 2007 | Playing Chicken | Donna | Television film |
| 2008 | Medium | Bartender | Episode: "Wicked Game: Part Two" |
| 2008 | Days of Our Lives | Mail Clerk | Episode #1.10868 |
| 2008 | Twenty Good Years | Sonia | Episode: "Murder He Thought" |
| 2008 | Boston Legal | Evelyn | Episode: "Last Call" |
| 2009 | NCIS | Nurse Hannah Dunstan | Episode: "Toxic" |
| 2009 | Curb Your Enthusiasm | Madeline | Episode: "The Bare Midriff" (Season 7, Episode 6) |
| 2009 | Desperate Housewives | Anne Peterson | Episode: "Don't Walk on the Grass" |
| 2009 | 12 Men of Christmas | Diane | Television film |
| 2009 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Dolores Rinaldi | Episode: "Better Off Dead" |
| 2009–2011 | Zeke and Luther | Nana Waffles | 9 episodes |
| 2010 | American Dad! | Jugendherberge Hostess / Olga | Voice, 2 episodes |
| 2010 | How I Met Your Mother | Meredith | Episode: "Home Wreckers" |
| 2011 | Big Love | — | Episode: "Winter" |
| 2011 | Wizards of Waverly Place | Fake Linda | Episode: "Meet the Werewolves" |
| 2011 | Body of Proof | Mary Vranich | Episode: "Lazarus Man" |
| 2011 | The League | Nurse Bernice | Episode: "The Funeral" |
| 2011–2015 | Mike & Molly | Connie | 4 episodes |
| 2012 | The Middle | Liz | Episode: "Hecking It Up" |
| 2012 | Ben 10: Ultimate Alien | Maureen | Voice, episode: "Catch a Falling Star" |
| 2012 | The Mentalist | Manager's Wife | Episode: "Pink Champagne on Ice" |
| 2012 | Parenthood | Dog Breeder | Episode: "Left Field" |
| 2013 | Maron | Russian Woman | Episode: "Projections" |
| 2013 | The Millers | Natalie | Episode: "The Mother Is In" |
| 2014 | Instant Mom | Pat | Episode: "Buy Any Jeans Necessary" |
| 2014 | Anger Management | Dorothy | Episode: "Charlie & the Terrible, Horrible, No Good Very Bad Thanksgiving" |
| 2015 | Marry Me | Referee | Episode: "Mom Me" |
| 2016 | Kirby Buckets | Inga | Episode: "Weekend with Inga" |
| 2016 | Recovery Road | Mrs. Summers | Episode: "My Loose Thread" |
| 2016 | Heartbeat | Nurse | Episode: "What Happens in Vegas... Happens" |
| 2016 | Major Crimes | Mrs. Lutz | Episode: "Skin Deep" |
| 2017 | Elementary | Margaret | 2 episodes |
| 2017 | Untitled Kourtney Kang Project | Sister Frances | Television film |
| 2018 | School of Rock | Old Person | Episode: "Kool Thing" |
| 2019 | Why Women Kill | Backstreet Abortionist | 1 episode |
| 2019 | 9-1-1 | Ms. Ulyanov | Episode: "Fallout" |
| 2019 | To Whom It May Concern | Helene | Episode: "Pilot" |
| 2019–2020 | The Rocketeer | Lucille / Tightrope Walker | Voice, 12 episodes |
| 2021 | The Kominsky Method | Waitress | Episode: "Chapter 18. You Only Give Me Your Funny Paper" |

### Video Games

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2010 | Fallout: New Vegas | Daisy Whitman, Ethel Phebus, Jeannie May Crawford, Old Lady Gibson, Pearl, Ruby Nash, Lily Bowen, Malefic Maud, Maud's Muggers, Various minor NPCs. | Voice actor, Uncredited. |