<P> In 2006 , she landed the role of Susan Grey on the ABC drama Grey 's Anatomy where she played the stepmother of one of the main characters , Dr. Meredith Grey . Her character was killed off in May 2007 . In 2006 , Winningham voiced the audio version of Stephen King 's Lisey 's Story . In 2007 , she voiced Alice Hoffman 's Skylight Confessions . In 2010 , Winningham starred in an episode of Cold Case as main character Lilly Rush 's stepmother , Celeste Cooper . In 2011 she appeared in the fourth episode of Torchwood : Miracle Day as character Ellis Hartley Monroe . She also starred in miniseries Mildred Pierce and Hatfields & McCoys and garnered another two Emmy nominations . In 2012 , she appeared Off - Broadway as Beth , the mother in an intellectual , though dysfunctional , British family , in the award - winning comic - drama Tribes by Nina Raine . </P>
<P> In 2006 , she landed the role of Susan Grey on the ABC drama Grey 's Anatomy where she played the stepmother of one of the main characters , Dr. Meredith Grey . Her character was killed off in May 2007 . In 2006 , Winningham voiced the audio version of Stephen King 's Lisey 's Story . In 2007 , she voiced Alice Hoffman 's Skylight Confessions . In 2010 , Winningham starred in an episode of Cold Case as main character Lilly Rush 's stepmother , Celeste Cooper . In 2011 she appeared in the fourth episode of Torchwood : Miracle Day as character Ellis Hartley Monroe . She also starred in miniseries Mildred Pierce and Hatfields & McCoys and garnered another two Emmy nominations . In 2012 , she appeared Off - Broadway as Beth , the mother in an intellectual , though dysfunctional , British family , in the award - winning comic - drama Tribes by Nina Raine . </P>
who plays susan grey on grey 's anatomy
who plays susan grey on grey 's anatomy
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