Mary Bogue
- Actress
Born to upstate New York parents Nelson Binner and Gladys Witt, Mary Bogue
was the fourth of five children. Her love of acting was apparent early
in her life, when she acted out imagined scenes in the second story
hallway of their home on Division Street. Moving to California in 1959
only fueled the fire and soon she tried out and got the part in Beauty
and the Beast, a children's production at The Old Globe Theatre in San
Diego. The bug followed her into junior and high school productions,
but when she struck out on her own in the early 70s, she found it
wasn't as easy as sitting at the world famous Schwab's on Sunset. Her
first audition stopped her dead in her tracks for years when the
"casting director" expected nudity.
It was only in 1990 that she returned to her first love, albeit slowly as she was a caregiver to 16 foster daughters. Only when she was cast in Antonio Bandera's directorial debut, Crazy in Alabama (1999)(which she was cut from) did she pursue this dream.
It was only in 1990 that she returned to her first love, albeit slowly as she was a caregiver to 16 foster daughters. Only when she was cast in Antonio Bandera's directorial debut, Crazy in Alabama (1999)(which she was cut from) did she pursue this dream.
