- Mary Carillo was born on March 15, 1957 in Queens, New York City, New York, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for La plus belle victoire (2004), American Experience (1988) and Billie Jean King: Portrait of a Pioneer (2006).
- Once partnered in mixed doubles with John McEnroe.
- She won the Peabody Award for co-writing the HBO documentary "Dare To Compete: The Struggle of Women in Sports" with Frank DeFord. Named "Broadcaster of the Year" by Women's Tennis Association (1981 and 1985), "Best Commentator" by World Tennis Magazine (1986), Toronto Star (1986), and by Tennis Magazine (1988-1991).
- Widely regarded as one of the most popular female sports commentators, she has worked as a tennis analyst and host on almost every major television network including ESPN, NBC, CBS, HBO, TNT, Bravo and CNBC. Has also served as a television analyst for several Olympic events and a variety of sports (both winter and summer Games)
- She played on the women's professional tennis circuit from 1977 to 1980. She was ranked as high as No. 33 from January through March 1980, when she retired. She won the French Open mixed doubles title with partner John McEnroe in 1977 and was a doubles runner-up at the U.S. Clay Courts and a doubles quarterfinalist at the U.S. Open that year.
- She has written two books: "Tennis My Way" with Martina Navratilova and Rick Elstein's "Tennis Kinetics"
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