Mary Jo Deschanel (born 1945 as Mary Jo Weir in Los Angeles, California) is an American actress. She attended UCLA in the film department. She played the wife of John Glenn (played by Ed Harris) in the movie adaptation of The Right Stuff (for which her husband, Caleb Deschanel was the cinematographer) and Doc Hayward's wife Eileen in Twin Peaks. Interestingly she was featured a second time as the wife of an Ed Harris character in the movie Winter Passing although she was only seen in a photograph on the wall. In spite of never appearing physically in the movie, she did receive full billing in the credits as the character "Mary".
She is married to cinematographer Caleb Deschanel, and is the mother of actresses Emily and Zooey Deschanel.
Mother of Zooey Deschanel
Mother of actress Emily Deschanel.
