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Mary Jo Deschanel
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Born
November 25
,
1945
·
Los Angeles, California, USA
Birth name
Mary Josephine Weir
Height
5′ 2″ (1.57 m)
Mini Bio
Mary Jo Deschanel was born on November 25, 1945 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She is an actress, known for
The Right Stuff (1983)
,
2010 (1984)
and
The Patriot (2000)
. She has been married to
Caleb Deschanel
since July 8, 1972. They have two children.
Family
Spouse
Caleb Deschanel
(July 8, 1972 - present) (2 children)
Children
Zooey Deschanel
Emily Deschanel
Trivia
Mother of actress
Zooey Deschanel
and actress
Emily Deschanel
.
She played an astronaut's wife two years in a row: one historic, one fictional: In 1983 as the wife of John Glenn (Ed Harris) in The Right Stuff and Dave Bowman's wife in 2010: The Year We Make Contact.
Mother-in-law of
David Hornsby
.
Grandmother of Henry Hornsby.
Ex-mother-in-law of Benjamin Gibbard.
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