Actress Molly Shannon spent six years on Saturday Night Live cultivating her own sharply comedic characters like Mary Catherine Gallagher and Sally O'Malley but has always considered herself a "dramatic comedian." She channels just that in her most recent role as a mother dying of cancer in Other People. She visits The Treatment to discuss the bizarre experience filming scenes as a corpse and the emotional connection she had with director and fellow SNL alum Chris Kelly over maintaining humor through tragedy in each of their lives.
Molly Shannon: Other People
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