Mary Margaret Humes

MaryMargaret Humes is an American actress best known in recent years for playing Gail Leery, the title characters mother on the WB television drama Dawsons Creek from 1998 to 2003.

Humes was born at Mercy Hospital in Watertown, New York. She attended Watertown High School and competed as Miss Thousand Islands in the 1973 Miss New York State contest. She won the Miss Florida USA pageant and was third runner up in the 1975 Miss USA pageant behind eventual winner and fellow actress Summer Bartholomew of California.

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