Audrie J. Neenan is an American actress. She is best known on screen for her role as the raucous, abrasive

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Ray Parkins in the 1983 action film ''

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'' and for playing judges in the TV series ''

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'' and '' Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'' as Lois Preston. Many of her roles have been portrayals of intimidating female figures such as judges, policewomen and mouthy waitresses. Neenan appeared as a waitress in ''

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'' (1988) serving Chevy Chase lamb fries and as a policewoman in ''

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'' (1989) opposite Gene Wilder. In 2006, Neenan had a small role as a bar waitress in Martin Scorsese's '' The Departed''. In 2008, she appeared in the John Patrick Shanley-directed sexual abuse drama '' Doubt'', starring Meryl Streep and Philip Seymour Hoffman. The red-haired Neenan has appeared in numerous TV shows such as ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Ally McBeal'', the '' Cosby Show'', and '' The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson''. She is also a noted stage actress and made her Broadway debut opposite Faye Dunaway in

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's ''Curse of an Aching Heart'', and appeared at

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and the Chicago Shakespeare Festival.

Selected filmography

*'' Towing'' (1978) - Irate Lady *'' Somewhere in Time'' (1980) - Maid in Play (1912) *''

'' (1983) - Ray Parkins *'' Love at Stake'' (1987) - Mrs. Babcock *''

'' (1988) - Ivy *''

'' (1989) - Policewoman and Marilyn *''Wedding Band'' (1989) - Judy *'' Slippery Slope'' (2006) - Floozy *'' The Departed'' (2006) - Woman at Bar #2 *'' Ghost Town'' (2008) - Admitting Nurse *'' Doubt'' (2008) - Sister Raymond *''BuzzKill'' (2012) - Waitress *'' Shelter'' (2014) - Shelter Worker 2 *'' Crashing'' (2017) - Mrs Rita Holmes, Pete's mom *''

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'' (2018) - Aunt Emily

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Living people American film actresses American television actresses American stage actresses 20th-century American actresses 21st-century American actresses Place of birth missing (living people) Year of birth missing (living people) {{US-film-actor-1950s-stub