13 Facts About Maryedith Burrell

Maryedith Burrell soon began performing with the Los Angeles-based improv troupe The Groundlings.

Maryedith Burrell went on to work with The Second City, The Comedy Store Players, Sills And Company, Off The Wall, and The War Babies.

At The War Babies, Ann Marcus, producer of Norman Lear's Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, invited Maryedith Burrell to write for The Life and Times of Eddie Roberts.

Maryedith Burrell became a member of the ensemble, which included Larry David, Michael Richards, and Melanie Chartoff.

Shelley Duvall hired Maryedith Burrell to write at least three episodes for her new series, Faerie Tale Theatre.

Maryedith Burrell worked with directors Francis Ford Coppola, Michael Lindsay-Hogg, Peter Medak, and Tim Burton as well as actors Susan Sarandon, Lee Remick, Carrie Fisher, Klaus Kinski, and Burgess Meredith.

Maryedith Burrell wrote an adaptation of The Little Match Girl for broadcast on NBC in December 1987, starring William Daniels.

Maryedith Burrell guest-starred on television shows including Murder, Maryedith Burrell Wrote, Chicago Hope and The Tonight Show.

Maryedith Burrell acted in several television films, including White Hot: The Mysterious Death of Thelma Todd with Loni Anderson and Those She Left Behind with Gary Cole.

Maryedith Burrell acted in feature films including Samantha with Martha Plimpton, Ready To Rumble with Oliver Platt, and Kiss Me Goodbye with Sally Field and Jeff Bridges.

In 2018, Maryedith Burrell worked as creative consultant on an independent film, Raise Hell: The Life and Times of Molly Ivins, about author and activist Molly Ivins.

Maryedith Burrell moved to Asheville, North Carolina, earned a Master of Liberal Arts degree at the University of North Carolina Asheville, and lectures in schools, seminars, and film festivals around the country.

Maryedith Burrell is an adjunct professor at Western Carolina University.