Marilyn Busch
Biography
Born in South Boston and Irish through and through. Marilyn is a proud member of SAG-AFTRA and has made her career playing working-class women, chock full of sunshine and laughter - until they burn you with shade. Actress in Best Picture Academy Award Winning film "CODA" with Marlee Matlin and Emilia Jones, directed by Sian Heder. Seen on NBC, Netflix, Showtime, HULU, Apple TV+ and more.
Known For & Full Filmography13 Titles
Drama Series - 1990, 16 episodes • as Attorney
In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing the evidence and questioning the suspects until someone is taken into custody. The district attorney's office then builds a case to convict the perpetrator by proving the person guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Working together, these expert teams navigate all sides of the complex criminal justice system to make New York a safer place.
Drama Series - 2026, 16 episodes • as Kathy
The mayor of a New England town resolves to turn it into the next tourist hot spot, despite local warnings that it's cursed.
Drama Series - 2018, 16 episodes • as Big Tina
The new medical director breaks the rules to heal the system at America's oldest public hospital. Max Goodwin sets out to tear up the bureaucracy and provide exceptional care, but the doctors and staff are not so sure he can succeed. They've heard this before. Not taking "no" for an answer, Dr. Goodwin's instinctive response to problems large and small is four simple words: "How can I help?" He has to disrupt the status quo and prove he'll stop at nothing to breathe new life into this underfunded and underappreciated hospital, returning it to the glory that put it on the map.
Drama Series - 2020, 16 episodes • as Court Clerk
A family's lives are irreparably disrupted when the 14-year-old son is accused of murdering a fellow classmate.
Movie - 2021, 2h 15m • as Nina
As a CODA (Child of Deaf Adults), Ruby is the only hearing person in her deaf family. When the family's fishing business is threatened, Ruby finds herself torn between pursuing her love of music and her fear of abandoning her parents.
Movie - 2024, 2h 15m • as Eva Miller
Author Ben Mears returns to his childhood home of Jerusalem's Lot only to discover his hometown is being preyed upon by a bloodthirsty vampire.
Movie - 2022, 2h 15m • as Fifty-Something Fan
Cleaning out his childhood home at Christmas, a novelist meets a woman searching for her birth mother. Will an old diary unlock their pasts — and hearts?
Movie - 2017, 2h 15m • as Sheila
Local Pennsylvania polka legend Jan Lewan develops a plan to get rich that shocks his fans and lands him in jail.
Movie - 2024, 2h 15m • as Exhausted Woman
Ann is a yoga teacher struggling to achieve inner peace despite the fact her family is driving her crazy and her dating life is miserable. She doesn't know how to say no and wants to fix everyone's problems.
Movie - 2023, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
The sudden death of Ruth's beloved hamster reveals a decaying marriage with her curmudgeon wife, Connie. Ruth can either accept the death of things or keep spinning the wheel.
Movie - 2023, 2h 15m • as Nancy
Answering the age old question "How many laughs can one elevator hold?" BETWEEN FLOORS throws three women together and traps them in an elevator where they find out more than they ever wanted to know about each other.
Movie - 2025, 2h 15m • as Helen
Dragged on a vacation to the woods, teenagers Lisa and Eric fight for their lives against an unstoppable cannibal pig farmer.
Movie - 2022, 2h 15m • as Anthony's Mother
An adopted introvert aims to find his biological parents to feel a sense of belonging, but after taking a genealogy test he discovers he may not belong to the human race.