Mare Winningham Overview

Born Mary Megan Winningham in Phoenix, Arizona, American actress and singer-songwriter Mare Winningham knew she wanted to act from a young age when she saw Kym Karath (Gretl in The Sound of Music) in the '60s on the TV show House Party. When Mare was in Grade 12, she starred with classmate/fellow actor Kevin Spacey in a production of The Sound of Music. She made her TV acting debut at 16 in the TV movie Young Pioneers, which evolved into a 1978 television series. Roles in popular TV series at... See All