Eve Gordon


Eve Gordon is an American actress. Her television roles include playing Marilyn Monroe in the Emmy Award-winning miniseries A Woman Named Jackie, Congressional aide Jordan Miller in the short-lived sitcom The Powers That Be, the mother of the title character in the drama series Felicity, and Monica Klain, the wife of Ron Klain in the 2008 Emmy Award-winning HBO film Recount. She also starred in the 1997 film Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves, starring opposite Rick Moranis.

Life and career

Gordon was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Mary, a historian, and Richard Bennett Gordon, a history professor and lawyer. After graduating with Honors in History from Brown University, she received her MFA in Acting from the Yale School of Drama.
She started her acting career in 1982, playing Marge Tallworth in the film The World According to Garp. After that, she appeared in ER, , Avalon and Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves, and starred in David Chase's first original series, Almost Grown, and The Good Life with Drew Carey.
On the stage, she has starred on and off-Broadway, in Paris, Madrid, Chicago, Los Angeles, and many other cities, working with Peter Sellers, Richard Foreman, and Daniel Sullivan in classics, musicals, and comedies.
Eve is married to actor Todd Waring, with whom she has two daughters.

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1981Ryan's HopeMindy Peters2 episodes
1987'GlendaEpisode: "Planning Parenthood"
1988–89Almost GrownSuzie Long FoleyMain cast; 9 episodes
1990Murphy BrownAlexandraEpisode: "Frankly Speaking"
1991'Marilyn MonroeMiniseries; episode: "The Bouvier Years"
1992–93'Jordan MillerMain cast; 21 episodes
1994'Maureen BowmanMain cast; 13 episodes
1998Party of FiveJeanie HansonEpisode: "Of Human Bonding"
1998Something So RightLorraine HadleyEpisode: "Something About Egg on Your Farce"
1998–2002FelicityBarbara Porter/Hunter7 episodes
1998'Janet Walsh2 episodes
1999'Ann Jenkin-PatrickEpisode: "Such Sweet Dreams"
2001Touched by an AngelErica BakerEpisode: "Bringer of Light"
2002MonkJanieEpisode: "Mr. Monk Goes to the Asylum"
2002Family AffairJennyEpisode: "Pilot: Part 1"
2002Judging AmyMrs. PowellEpisode: "Lost and Found"
2004'Ruth RingstonEpisode: "As I Was Going to St. Ives..."
2004Veronica MarsEmily WilliamsEpisode: "The Girl Next Door"
2005Without a TraceMarian PetersonEpisode: "Lost Time"
2007HouseJodyEpisode: "Resignation"
2007Grey's AnatomyMary ChapmanEpisode: "Let the Truth Sting"
2007Cold CaseMelinda Levy Episode: "Justice"
2008MonkMadgeEpisode: "Mr. Monk Goes to the Bank"
2008Two and a Half MenBrendaEpisode: "Meander to Your Dander"
2009ERMrs. NugentEpisode: "Love Is a Battlefield"
2009'Brenda FitzsimmonsEpisode: "San Diego"
2010Ghost WhispererMariahEpisode: "On Thin Ice"
2010GleeMrs. FrettholdEpisode: "Laryngitis"
2011NCISAmanda McCormickEpisode: "Restless"
2011'Dr. Hall4 episodes
2011–12Hart of DixieDelia Ann Lee3 episodes
2012–13Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23Connie Colburn10 episodes
2012Mad MenGiselleEpisode: "Signal 30"
2012'Phylis GreerEpisode: "Bullies"
2012Necessary RoughnessMrs. BrinksEpisode: "Might as Well Face It"
2012ScandalJanet NystromEpisode: "Beltway Unbuckled"
2014SupernaturalJoy MeyersEpisode: "Sharp Teeth"
2014Mind GamesDianeEpisode: "Pet Rock"
2014The McCarthysKarenEpisode: "Love, McCarthys Style"
2015Masters of SexJudith2 episodes
2017The Good DoctorNurse Fryday2 episodes
2017LongmireGloria DoddEpisode: "Cowboy Bill"