Mary McDonnell

 Mary McDonnell salary and net worth: Mary McDonnell, an American actress, has a net worth in excess of 12 million dollars. Over the course of a career which has stretched over 40 years, Mary has earned accolades for her work on both the big and small screen. She has been nominated twice for Academy Awards as of the time this article was written. The first nomination was due to her performance in 1991's "Dances with Wolves".Born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, Mary McDonnell grew up in upstate New York. After graduation from Fredonia's State University of New York, she joined the Long Wharf Theatre Company. She worked with the Long Wharf Theatre Company for a total of twenty years and has been in numerous theatre productions along with other companies. She won an Obie Award for her work in "Still Life" in 1980. She has also appeared on Broadway in the productions of "The Heidi Chronicles", "Summer and Smoke", and "The Execution of Justice". In the late 1980s, she began appearing on television in guest starring and recurring roles such as "As the World turns", E/R, and "Matewan". She was a finalist for the role Stands with a Fist in "Dances with Wolves" in the year 1990. The role that made her a household-name. Her performance earned her an Oscar nomination.