shelley long played claire's mom on modern family.
shelley long played claire's mom on modern family.
who plays claire's mom on modern family?
shelley long
several notable actors made guest appearances throughout the second season of "modern family". the season featured the return of shelley long as dede pritchett who brought a new boyfriend, claire's ex-boyfriend who was played by matt dillon. another ex-partner that appeared on the show is mitchell's ex-girlfriend who was played by mary lynn rajskub in the twelfth episode. celia weston also made her first appearance as cameron's mother, barb tucker in the ninth episode. nathan lane appeared as ultra-flamboyant "friend" of mitchell & cameron, pepper saltsman. in the episode, "earthquake", it is revealed pepper is cameron's ex-boyfriend. other guest appearances included danny trejo played a janitor at manny and luke's school who is feared by many students and adds tension to claire's relationship with gloria in the tenth episode. james marsden played mitchell and cameron's new shirtless "neighbor" in the eleventh episode. fred willard was originally set to return this season, but didn't for unknown reasons.
modern family (season 2)
the episode was filmed in los angeles in the united states and is set in a nameless suburban neighborhood. it was written and produced by christopher lloyd and steven levitan, who had worked together on "frasier." when julie bowen, who plays claire dunphy, read the script, she "desperately wanted to do it" but was pregnant with twins. bowen "auditioned, begged and pleaded", eventually convincing the show makers to film around her stomach. in the pilot, shot when bowen was 8½ months pregnant, bowen hides her stomach with laundry. when phil was dancing to the "high school musical" song it was very difficult for the child actors not to laugh with everyone laughing when they had finished filming the scene.
pilot (modern family)