- Angela George
Newport native Mary Steenburgen is headed to “30 Rock” for a guest spot in which she’ll play Charlotte, the “highly spirited…uber-WASP” mother of Elizabeth Banks’ Avery, EW reports. Steenburgen’s character will butt heads with Alec Baldwin’s jack.
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NBC has yet to set a date for “30 Rock’s” return.
On Monday, Steenburgen also begins a four-episode guest stint on HBO’s consistently winning “Bored to Death,” where she’ll play a love interest for husband Ted Danson’s George (best role for Danson since “Cheers”).
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