Mary Jackson (November 22, 1910 – December 10, 2005) was an American character actress whose nearly fifty-year career began in 1950 and was spent almost entirely in television.

[5] She returned to college, enrolling in Michigan State University's fine arts program and subsequently beginning her performing career in summer stock theatre in Chicago.

Jackson was a member of the Chicago company of Tennessee Williams' “Garden District” and also toured with the play; was featured with Shirley Booth in Chicago in “The Desk Set.” (Jackson would later be a guest star on Booth's TV show, Hazel.)

[7] Always close to her Michigan roots, Jackson was a charter member of the Milford Historical Society.

[8] Jackson was buried there [citation needed] following her death from Parkinson's disease in Los Angeles, two and a half weeks after her 95th birthday.