Mary Page Keller is an American actress known for roles on television. Keller began her career on the daytime soap operas Ryan's Hope and Another World and later starred in a number of television sitcoms. She starred as Laura Kelly in the Foxcomedy seriesDuet and in the show's spin-off, Open House. Keller later had lead roles in the short-lived sitcoms Baby Talk, Camp Wilder, and Joe's Life. In film, Keller is known for her performance in the comedy-drama Beginners. In 2000s, she had recurring and guest-starring roles in a number of television dramas. From 2014 to 2015, Keller starred as the mother of the lead character in the ABC Familydrama seriesChasing Life.
Career
As a child, Keller participated in productions at Toby's Dinner Theatre under the direction of director Toby Orenstein. She later began her acting career on daytime soap operas. She played Amanda Kirkland on Ryan's Hope and Sally Frame on Another World. Moving to primetime, she played the part of Laura Kelly on two Fox sitcoms, Duet and its spinoff Open House. In 1992, Keller was lead actressin Season 2 of the ABC comedy series Baby Talk. She also starred in another short-lived ABC sitcom, Camp Wilder. In 1993, she starred in Joe's Life, also on ABC. During the same years, Keller acted in a number of television films and had a dramatic role in Life Goes On. As of mid-1990s, Keller has made many guest appearances on television series, including Ellen, The Practice, NCIS, Criminal Minds, 24, Mad Men, Castle, The Closer, ', Supernatural, Pretty Little Liars and Scandal. She had recurring roles in Cybill, JAG, NYPD Blue, Nip/Tuck, Commander in Chief and Hart of Dixie. She also was regular on Zoe, Duncan, Jack & Jane and starred as Johnny Kapahala's mother in the Disney Channel original movies Johnny Tsunami and '. She played the lead character's mother in the 2010 comedy-drama filmBeginners. In 2011, Keller was cast as the lead character's mother in the ABC Family drama pilot Chasing Life. In April 2013, ABC Family picked up the pilot to series, for airing in 2014.
Personal life
Keller has been married to her former Another World costar Thomas Ian Griffith since 1991. They have two sons, Conner and Eamon.