Mary Martha Gross is an American voice actress, comedian, and actress known for her four-year stint on Saturday Night Live from 1981 to 1985. Her credits also include minor roles on Animaniacs, Boston Legal, That's So Raven, Sabrina, the Teenage Witch, and Six Feet Under. Early life Gross was born in Chicago the daughter of William Oscar Gross, a tool designer, and Virginia Ruth (née Cahill), a telephone operator. She is the younger sister of actor Michael Gross, who starred in the 1980s sitcom Family Ties. The siblings were first cousins to actor Ron Masak. Career Early career She is an alumna of the Second City comedy troupe. Before becoming part of the group she was a secretary with the American Dental Association. Saturday Night Live (1981–1985) Gross joined SNL in 1981, during the show's 7th season following the show's disastrous sixth season, when the show was nearly canceled. She became co-anchor of SNL's Weekend Update segment (renamed SNL Newsbreak) during her first season. She and the rest of the cast left in 1985 following executive producer Dick Ebersol's departure from the show. Recurring characters Alfalfa, from SNLs recurring parody of The Little Rascals and skits regarding the murder of Eddie Murphy's Buckwheat character. Siobhan Cahill, an Irish woman who reports on Irish events on Saturday Night News (Weekend Update's name when Brad Hall was cast as anchor). Coincidentally, Saturday Night Live would have Siobhan Fallon and Beth Cahill as cast members in the 1990s. Chi Chi, a Hispanic woman who hosts two fake public-access television cable TV shows (The Ghostbusters Show and Let's Watch TV) with her best friend, Consuela (played by Julia Louis-Dreyfus) Celeste, a repressed woman married to an equally repressed man (played by Tim Kazurinsky) Celebrity impersonations Ann Landers Brooke Shields Dr. Ruth Westheimer (Dr. Ruth) Nancy Reagan Paul Reubens (as Pee Wee Herman) Eleanor Roosevelt Geraldine Ferraro Harriet Nelson Irlene Mandrell Marilyn Monroe Mary Tyler Moore Jeane Dixon Mary Hart Lena Horne Margaret Thatcher Simone de Beauvoir Suzanne Somers Leslie Uggams Filmography Film Television References External links Actresses from Chicago American film actresses American television actresses American voice actresses Living people American women comedians American sketch comedians Comedians from Illinois Year of birth missing (living people)