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Trivia
Birth name: Mary Marg Helgenberger
Date of birth: 16 November 1958
Place of birth: Fremont, Nebraska, USA
Nickname: Marg, Margalicious
Height: 5' 6" (1.68 m)
Spouse: Alan Rosenberg (9 September 1989 - present) 1 son.
Mary Marg Helgenberger (pronounced with a hard 'G', unlike the name Marge).
Helgenberger was born in Fremont, Nebraska to Roman Catholic parents Hugh (a German American) and Kay Helgenberger (an Irish American).
Grew up in North Bend, Nebraska; worked part-time in a meat packing
plant while a teenager
Earned a B.S. degree from the School of Speech (now the School of
Communications) at Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois).
Until she went to college, Marg wanted to be a nurse like her mother.
A scout for the soap opera Ryan's Hope discovered Helgenberger when she performed as Kate in a Northwestern University production of William Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew, in the summer of 1981.
One her first jobs, as a teenager, was spending her summers and her
Christmas breaks working as a ‘boner’ at the meat packing plant
where her father was employed.
2000 Portrayed Patsy Ramsey in CBS miniseries about the killing of Jon Benet Ramsey, "Perfect Murder, Perfect Town"; second TV project with Ann-Margret
On "ER" (1994) episode #2.21, "ER: Take These Broken
Wings (#2.21)" (1996), Karen Hines, the character she played, wears
a Northwestern University pullover.
Marg's production company "Don't Call Me Marge!" is her
humorous jab at peoples mispronounciation of her name.
2002 Received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress in a Drama for
her role in "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation"
Marg played the french horn in her high school (North Bend Central High
School) marching band.
In 1984, Helgenberger met Alan Rosenberg, a guest actor on Ryan's Hope. The two became friends and started dating in 1986.
She started on the local news as a weather girl in her native Nebraska.
The news producer felt her name was too long and made her change it to
Margi McCarty.
They married in 1989 and have one son, Hughie (born October 21, 1990), named after Marg's father, Hugh
Helgenberger.
At one time both Marg and Alan had successful series on CBS. 2000 - present Marg, Crime Scene Investigation.
Her son Hugh Rosenberg Was born on october 21 1990. He's named after her
father.
5 yeas before CSI she and Gary Dourdan stared togather in the
unsuccessfull pilot for a TV movie called Keys.
Played "Ann Foreman" in the 2004 movie In Good Company.
She played Dr. Laura Baker in the 1998 movie "Species II.
Co-starred with David
Caruso(CSI Miami) in Gold Coast (an Elmore Leonard novel
adaptation).
CSI co-star Gary Dourdan's nickname for Marg is "Margalicious”.
Has a son: Hugh Howard Rosenberg; born Oct 21, 1990 and named after
Marg's father, who died of complications from Multiple Sclerosis.
Got her start as a local news weather girl in her native Nebraska. The
news producer felt her name was too long and made her change it to Margi
McCarty. This was her night job. Her day job was as a meat boner at the
meat packing plant where her father was a meat inspector.
Marg started as a local news weather girl in
her native Nebraska. The news producer felt her name was too long and
made her change it to Margi McCarty.
Her Hollywood home once
belonged to silent movie star William S. Hart
Six years before the
premiere of "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" (2000), she and
Gary Dourdan starred together in an unsuccessful TV series pilot called
Keys (1994) (TV).
She won the Peoples Choice
Award for Favorite Female TV Star in 2005.
Had a plane scare while
attempting to fly from Dallas, Texas to Omaha, Nebraska. The pilot
aborted take-off after the plane blew two tires. Marg eventually made it
to Omaha. [October 20, 2005].
She played Donna Jensen in
the movie "Erin Brockovich".
Nominated for a Golden Globe in the catagory of Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV for her role in China Beach in 1988.
Starred as "Bobbi Anderson" in the 1993 made for TV movie "The Tommyknockers", based on Stephen King's book.
Sister-in-law of Mark
Rosenberg and Paula Weinstein.
Middle of 3 children. Her
older sister is Ann Helgenberger and her younger brother is Curt
Helgenberger.
While not appearing in-frame, she is the unrequited love interest of the bespectacled amphibian Buddy in Mark Heath's "Spot the Frog" comic strip.
Daughter of Hugh
Helgenberger, who was a meat inspector, and Kay Helgenberger, who was a
nurse. Marj originally wanted to be a nurse like her mother.
Marg's character,
Catherine Willows, along with the character of Gil Grissom, was named
number 82 in "Bravo's 100 Greatest TV Characters".
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