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She is perhaps best known as {{posthumous narrat|ion}}or Mary Alice Young in ''Series/DesperateHousewives''. Before that, she was better known as the secondary character Sue Ellen Mischke in ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}''.

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''Series/{{Seinfeld}}''. She also played Ann Ewing in the short-lived {{revival}} of ''Series/{{Dallas}}''.
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Brenda Lee Strong (March 25, 1960 in Portland, Oregon) is a prolific American actress. She is perhaps best known as Mary Alice Young in ''Series/DesperateHousewives''. Before that, she was better known as the secondary character Sue Ellen Mischke in ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}''.

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Brenda Lee Strong (March 25, 1960 in Portland, Oregon) is a prolific an American actress. actress.

She is perhaps best known as Mary Alice Young in ''Series/DesperateHousewives''. Before that, she was better known as the secondary character Sue Ellen Mischke in ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}''.
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Brenda Lee Strong (March 25, 1960 in Portland, Oregon) is a prolific American actress. She is perhaps best known as Mary Alice Young in ''Series/DesperateHousewives''.

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Brenda Lee Strong (March 25, 1960 in Portland, Oregon) is a prolific American actress. She is perhaps best known as Mary Alice Young in ''Series/DesperateHousewives''.
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Brenda Lee Strong (March 25, 1960) is a prolific American actress. She is perhaps best known as Mary Alice Young in ''Series/DesperateHousewives''.

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Brenda Lee Strong (March 25, 1960) is a prolific American actress. She is perhaps best known as Mary Alice Young in ''Series/DesperateHousewives''.

She was a Beauty Queen prior to her acting career, having won the Miss Arizona crown in 1980. Outside of her acting career, she's also a certified yoga instructor and fertility expert, and has taught at UCLA's Mind/Body Institute.

[[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant Not to be confused with]] Creator/BrendaSong.
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!!Filmography:
!!! Television
* ''Film/{{Spaceballs}}'' (1987) as Nurse Gretchen
* ''Film/SkinDeep'' (1989) as Real Estate Agent
* ''Film/{{Malice}}'' (1993) as Claudia
* ''Film/TheCraft'' (1996) as Doctor
* ''Film/StarshipTroopers'' (1997) as Capt. Deladier
* ''Film/RedDragon'' (2002) as Dinner Guest
* ''Film/TheKidAndI'' (2005) as Bonnie Roman

!!! Television
* ''Series/StElsewhere'' (1985) as Nadine Aurora
* ''Series/MisfitsOfScience'' (1985) as Ms. Speedway
* ''Series/ShadowChasers'' (1985) as Angela Taylor
* ''Series/MacGyver'' (1986) as Lila
* ''Series/{{Cheers}}'' (1986) as Vicki
* ''Series/SledgeHammer'' (1986) as Miss Hotchkins
* ''Series/{{Dallas}}'' (1987, 2012=2014) as Cliff's One Night Stand / Ann Ewing
* ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' (1988) as Rashella
* ''Series/MidnightCaller'' (1989) as Kristen
* ''Series/{{Matlock}}'' (1989) as Jan Sinclair
* ''Series/FatherDowlingMysteries'' (1990) as Miss Cantrell/O'Grady
* ''Series/TwinPeaks'' (1991) as Jones
* ''Series/{{Blossom}}'' (1991-1992) as Diane
* ''Series/MurphyBrown'' (1991, 1996) as Janine / Tara Baker
* ''Series/DarkJustice'' (1992) as Jessica Sadler
* ''Series/HermansHead'' (1992-1993) as Dr. Holland
* ''Series/TheYoungIndianaJonesChronicles'' (1993) as Beatrice Kaufman
* ''Series/PicketFences'' (1993) aSarah Evans
* ''Series/{{ER}}'' (1994) as Sally Niemeyer
* ''Series/TheJohnLarroquetteShow'' (1996) as Christine Taylor
* ''Series/PartyOfFive'' (1996) as Kathleen Isley
* ''Series/ThirdRockFromTheSun'' (1996-1997) as Ms. Frost
* ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'' (1996-1997) as Sue Ellen Mischke
* ''Series/{{Roar}}'' (1997) as Megan
* ''Series/SportsNight'' (1998-2000) as Sally Sasser
* ''Series/SafeHarbor'' (1999) as Marilyn Conray
* ''Series/SeventhHeaven'' (2000-2002) as Mrs. Carmen Mackoul
* ''Series/AllyMcBeal'' (2001) as Jerry Hill
* ''Series/{{CSI}}'' (2001) as Dr. Leigh Sapien
* ''Series/GilmoreGirls'' (2001) as Eva
* ''Series/DawsonsCreek'' (2001) as Kay Liddell
* ''Series/MalcolmInTheMiddle'' (2002) as Amelia
* ''Series/{{Everwood}}'' (2002-2005) as Julia Brown
* ''Series/NipTuck'' (2003) as Iris
* ''Film/StarshipTroopers2HeroOfTheFederation'' (2004) as Sgt. Dede Rake
* ''Series/DesperateHousewives'' (2004-2012) as Mary Alice Young
* ''Series/CurbYourEnthusiasm'' (2007) as Dr. Flomm
* ''Series/{{Shark}}'' (2007) as Olivia Hartnell
* ''Series/LawAndOrderCriminalIntent'' (20008) as Kathy Jarrow
* ''Series/BostonLegal'' (2008) as Judge Judy Beacon
* ''Series/RizzoliAndIsles'' (2010) as Mel Gaynor-Randle
* ''Series/{{Scandal}}'' (2012, 2014) as Joan Reston
* ''Series/{{Bones}}'' (2015) as Senator Hayley Winters
* ''Series/ChicagoPD'' (2016) as Attorney Green
* ''Series/{{The 100}}'' (2016) as Queen Nia
* ''Series/FearTheWalkingDead'' (2016-2017) as Ilene Stowe
* ''Series/{{Supergirl 2015}}'' (2016-) as Lillian Luthor
* ''Series/ThirteenReasonsWhy'' (2018-) as Nora Walker

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* ChronicallyKilledActor: Her respective characters' demise are the PlotTriggeringDeath for ''Series/{{Everwood}}'' and ''Series/DesperateHousewives''.
* IronLady: Commonly plays authoritative female figures.
* MsFanservice: She was Miss Arizona prior to her acting career, so a lot of her earlier roles emphasized her beauty (and [[StatuesqueStunner her height]]).
* {{Narrator}} For ''Series/DesperateHousewives'' and ''Blood Relatives''.
* StatuesqueStunner: She stands 6 feet tall and is a former Beauty Queen, so this trope applies to virtually all her characters that doesn't necessitate BeautyInversion.
* ThoseTwoActors: She and her future ''Series/DesperateHousewives'' co-star Creator/MarciaCross both starred in ''Series/{{Everwood}}''. Strong guest-starred in a few episodes while Cross was a steady cast-member from 2003-2004. They never were in the same episodes. They also both guest-starred in different episodes of ''Series/AllyMcBeal''. They separately guest starred in back-to-back episodes of ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'' during Season 9. Cross appeared dating Jerry as life-saving dermatologist Dr. Sara Sitarides, and Strong in her recurring role as Sue Ellen "The Bra-less Wonder" Mischke.
* TypeCasting: Commonly play IronLady and MyBelovedSmother type of characters.
* YouLookFamiliar: She had a tendency to guest star in shows more than once, both times as different characters.
** Played a minor GirlOfTheWeek for Cliff Barnes in a 1987 ''Series/{{Dallas}}'' episode before being RecastAsARegular in the 2012 SequelSeries.
** Played Janine in a 1991 episode of ''Series/MurphyBrown'' before guesting again in 1996 as Tara Baker.
** Played Cap. Deladier in ''Film/StarshipTroopers'' before playing Sgt. Dede Reke in ''Film/StarshipTroopers2HeroOfTheFederation''.

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