Mary Jo Deschanel
TV Actress
Mother of actresses Emily and Zooey Deschanel, she was an actress herself, appearing in the surrealistic series Twin Peaks as Eileen Hayward, her most well known television role.
She landed a major role in 1983 as Annie Glenn in the film adaptation of the novel The Right Stuff.
She was featured in other films such as 2010: The Year We Make Contact and Winter Passing.
She married Caleb Deschanel in 1972.
She appeared alongside Ed Harris in The Right Stuff.