<P> Rush has worked in television, film and on Broadway . In 1984, she was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play for Michael Frayn's comedy Noises Off . She also acted in Stephen Adly Guirgis' The Last Days of Judas Iscariot . In 2003 she acted in the comedy film American Wedding, as Mary Flaherty, Michelle Flaherty's mom . </P> <P> In December 2008, she joined the cast of the Broadway revival of Blithe Spirit . </P> <P> Rush has acted in a number of movies and television series, including the Woody Allen films Zelig and The Purple Rose of Cairo . She was a regular cast member of the television series Strangers with Candy . She had a recurring role on Spin City as Helen Winston, eventual ex-wife of mayor Randall Winston, and on Orange Is the New Black, as Piper's mother . </P> <P> She is the wife of Walter (Chip) Cronkite III (born April 22, 1957) and daughter - in - law of the late television journalist Walter Cronkite and is the mother of two sons, Walter Cronkite IV and the late Peter Cronkite . </P>

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