# Lisa Banes

Lisa Lou Banes (July 9, 1955 – June 14, 2021) was an American actress known for more than 80 film and television roles, as well as stage appearances on Broadway and elsewhere.
Banes won a 1981 Theatre World Award for her performance as Alison Porter Off-Broadway in Look Back in Anger and, in 1984, was nominated for a Drama Desk Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for Isn't it Romantic?. She played Lady Croom in the 1995 American premiere of Tom Stoppard's play Arcadia. In film, she appeared in Cocktail (1988), Freedom Writers (2007), Gone Girl (2014), and A Cure for Wellness (2016).

## Early life

Banes was born in Chagrin Falls, Ohio. She studied acting at the Juilliard School in New York City.

## Career
### Stage

Banes appeared on Broadway several times. She played Cassie in the Neil Simon play Rumors in 1988 with Christine Baranski, Margaret Lord in the musical High Society with Anna Kendrick in 1998, was in Accent on Youth with David Hyde Pierce in 2009, and most recently in the 2010 revival of Present Laughter with Victor Garber.

### Television and film

On television, Banes had regular roles as Doreen Morrison in The Trials of Rosie O'Neill starring Sharon Gless, and as Mayor Anita Massengil on the Fox comedy series Son of the Beach (2000–01). She also had recurring roles on The King of Queens as Carrie's boss Georgia Boone, Six Feet Under as Victoria, on One Life to Live as Eve McBain, and on Nashville Season 6 as the Ranch Director. She also guest starred as a Trill doctor in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "Equilibrium". Banes played Anne Kane in the 1985 TV miniseries Kane & Abel. Her other television credits include China Beach; Murder, She Wrote; The Practice; NYPD Blue; Desperate Housewives; Law & Order: Special Victims Unit; The Good Wife; NCIS; and Once Upon a Time. From 2010 to 2016, she had a recurring role as Ellen Collins on Royal Pains.
Banes also starred as Mrs. Berry in The Hotel New Hampshire (1984), Bonnie in Cocktail (1988), Flora in Dragonfly (2002), and Christina Ricci's mother in Pumpkin (2002). In 2014, she appeared in David Fincher's Gone Girl as Marybeth Elliott, mother of Amy Elliott (Rosamund Pike).

## Personal life and death

Banes lived in Los Angeles. She was married to Kathryn Kranhold.

### Death

On June 4, 2021, Banes was in a marked crosswalk on Amsterdam Avenue approaching her destination, the Juilliard School, when she was struck by a person operating an electric scooter. The scooter rider, who had gone through a red light, fled the scene of the hit and run collision on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. Banes was admitted to Mount Sinai Morningside Hospital with a traumatic brain injury and died there on June 14 at the age of 65. The suspect immediately drove 4 miles (6.4 km) to an Upper Manhattan shop to get his vehicle fixed.
On August 5, 2021, police arrested 26-year old Brian Boyd at his apartment in the Amsterdam Houses, near where he ran down Banes. He was jailed on a bail of $30,000 cash or $100,000 bond. He was charged with leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death, and failure to yield to a pedestrian. On September 28, 2022, Boyd pleaded guilty to manslaughter; on November 30, 2022, he was sentenced to up to three years in prison.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1984 | The Hotel New Hampshire | Mother | |
| 1985 | Marie | Toni Greer | |
| 1988 | Cocktail | Bonnie | |
| 1988 | Young Guns | Mallory | |
| 1995 | Miami Rhapsody | Gynecologist | |
| 1998 | Without Limits | Elfriede Prefontaine | |
| 2002 | Pumpkin | Chippy McDuffy | |
| 2002 | Dragonfly | Flora | |
| 2007 | Freedom Writers | Karin Polachek | |
| 2008 | Brothel | Priscilla | |
| 2009 | Legally Blondes | Headmistress Higgins | |
| 2014 | Gone Girl | Marybeth Elliott | |
| 2016 | A Cure for Wellness | Hollis | |
| 2017 | Six Women | Holly | Short film |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1985 | Spenser: For Hire | Meghan Farrell | Episode "No Room at the Inn" |
| 1985 | Look Back in Anger | Allison Porter | TV movie |
| 1986 | One Police Plaza | Erica | TV movie |
| 1986 | The Equalizer | Allison | Episode: "Nightscape" |
| 1987 | Leg Work | Celia Checkman | Episodes: "Pilot", "The Art of Murder" |
| 1988 | Hemingway | Martha Gelhorn | Television miniseries, Main cast |
| 1989 | Life Goes On | Kathryn Henning | Episode: "Paige's Mom" |
| 1989 | China Beach | Cat Von Steeger | Episodes: "How to Stay Alive in Vietnam (Parts 1 & 2)" |
| 1990 | American Dreamer | Jessica | Episode: Pilot |
| 1990 | A Killer Among Us | Joanna Westrope | TV movie |
| 1990 | Close Encounter | Andrea Griffin | TV movie |
| 1990–1992 | The Trials of Rosie O'Neill | Doreen Morrison | Main cast |
| 1992 | The Presence | Diana | TV movie |
| 1993 | Revenge on the Highway | Vi Sams | TV movie |
| 1993 | A Family Torn Apart | Barbara Forester | TV movie |
| 1993 | Gloria Vane | Doreen | TV movie |
| 1993 | L.A. Law | Cara Mitchell | Episode: "Leap of Faith" |
| 1993 | Sisters | Barbara Buckley | Episode: "The Good Daughter" |
| 1994 | Star Trek: Deep Space Nine | Doctor Renhol | Episode: "Equilibrium" |
| 1994 | Roseanne | Mrs. Simms | Episode: "White Men Can't Kiss" |
| 1994 | Cries from the Heart | Ms. Tolbert | TV movie |
| 1995 | Murder, She Wrote | Lucy Hedrix | Episode: "Shooting in Rome" |
| 1995 | High Society | Tippi Von Schlaugger | Episode: "The Naked and the Deadline" |
| 1995 | The Avenging Angel | Rebecca Heaton | TV movie |
| 1996 | My Son is Innocent | Lisa Eubanks | TV movie |
| 1996 | Last Exit to Earth | Elder | TV movie |
| 1996 | Mother, May I Sleep with Danger? | Jessica Lewsohn | TV movie |
| 1996 | Murder One | Vivien Barone | Episode: "Chapter Ten" |
| 1996 | Frasier | Pamela | Episode: "A Lilith Thanksgiving" |
| 1998 | Michael Hayes | Madeline | Episodes: "Imagine (Parts 1 & 2) |
| 1999 | Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke | Barbara Hutton | Television miniseries |
| 1999 | Legacy | Georgina Winters | 4 episodes |
| 2000–2001 | Son of the Beach | Mayor Anita Massengil | Main cast (seasons 1–2) |
| 2002 | Philly | Carolyn Minelli | Episode: "Lies of Minelli" |
| 2002 | The Practice | Judge Samantha Cooke | Episode: "Eat and Run" |
| 2002 | Girls Club | Meredith Holt | Recurring role (canceled after 2 episodes) |
| 2004 | One Life to Live | Eve McBain | 13 episodes |
| 2004 | It's All Relative | Viveca | Episode: "Ready, Aim, Sing" |
| 2004 | NYPD Blue | Defense Attorney | Episode: " Divorce, Detective Style" |
| 2004 | Combustion | Mayor Wallker | TV movie |
| 2004 | King of Queens | Georgia Boone | 2 episodes |
| 2005 | Jake in Progress | Valerie Page | Episode: "Harpy Birthday" |
| 2005 | Six Feet Under | Victoria | 3 episodes |
| 2005 | Out of Practice | Chef Vivian | Episode: "Key Ingredients" |
| 2005 | Boston Legal | Attorney Kimberly Mellon | Episode: "Truly, Madly, Deeply" |
| 2006 | In Justice | D.A. Margaret Mannheim | Episode: "Another Country" |
| 2006 | The Unit | Dr. Rhea Morrison | Episode: "SERE" |
| 2006 | Saved | Dr. Victoria Cole | Episodes: "Fog" and "Family" |
| 2006 | Desperate Housewives | Vera Keck | Episode: "Like It Was" |
| 2007 | Psych | Edna Crocker | Episode: "Forget Me Not" |
| 2010 | The Good Wife | Georgia McGowen | Episode: "Cleaning House" |
| 2011 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Elaine Fyre Cavanaugh | Episode: "Totem" |
| 2011 | How to be a Gentleman | Madeline | Episode: "How to Attend Your Ex-Fiance's Wedding" |
| 2012 | Perception | Irene Reardon | Episodes: "Nemesis", "Kilimanjaro" |
| 2015 | NCIS | Ambassador Olivia Edmunds | Episode: "Patience" |
| 2016 | Rosewood | Esther Wilford | Episode: "Hydrocephalus and Hard Knocks" |
| 2010–2016 | Royal Pains | Ellen Collins | 9 episodes |
| 2016 | Once Upon a Time | Lady Tremaine | Episode: "The Other Shoe" |
| 2016 | Masters of Sex | Nina Clavermore | Episodes: "Outliers", "Topeka" |
| 2016 | Madam Secretary | Arabelle Marsh | Episode: "Tectonic Shift" |
| 2018 | Nashville | Ranch Director | 4 episodes |
| 2021 | Them | Esther Haber | Episode "Day 6" |
| 2022 | The Orville | Speria Balask | 3 episodes; Posthumous release |