Spotlight There's always hope for mothers-in-law says 'Georgie and Mandy’s First Marriage' star Rachel Bay Jones BRUCE R. MILLER Sioux City Journal Oct 13, 2024 Oct 13, 2024 Updated Jun 12, 2025 Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save LOS ANGELES – Rachel Bay Jones won a Tony, an Emmy and a Grammy for playing the heartbreaking mother in “Dear Evan Hansen.”kAm}@H D96’D 2 =6DD\E92?\86?6C@FD >@E96C\:?\=2H :? “v6@C8:6 2?5 |2?5J’D u:CDE |2CC:286” 2?5 D96’D ?@E BF:E6 2D 9F8823=6]k^AmkAm“$96’D 492?8:?8[” y@?6D D2JD H:E9 2 D>:=6] “$96’D 2 3:E @7 2 >2>2 362C 2?5 D96 H2?ED H92E’D 36DE 7@C 96C 49:=5] $96 E9:?<D D96 <?@HD H92E E92E :D – 2?5 D96 >2J 36 C:89E – 3FE E96C6 2C6 D:8?D D96’D 492?8:?8]”k^Am Emily Osment, left, tries to reason with her mother, played by Rachel Bay Jones, in "Georgie and Mandy's First Marriage." 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MILLER Sioux City Journal kAm(96? y@?6D[ E96 >@E96C @7 2 a`\J62C\@=5[ 7:CDE DE2CE65 E6=6G:D:@?[ D96 H2D?’E DFC6 9@H D96 H@F=5 25;FDE E@ 2 42>6C2] “*@F’C6 4@>>F?:42E:?8 E9C@F89 E96 =6?D E@ 2 8C62E6C 2F5:6?46]”k^Am kAmr92C24E6CD @? “*@F?8 $96=5@?” 2?5 ?@H “v6@C8:6 2?5 |2?5J’D” 92G6 2 F?:G6CD2=:EJ[ D96 D2JD] “(6 2== 42? C6=2E6 E@ E96>… x E9:?< H6 ?665 >@C6 @7 E92E ?@H – E@ 7:?5 E96 H2JD :? H9:49 H6 4@??64E 2?5 … 2C6 E96 D2>6]”k^Am A fight with her daughter (played by Emily Osment) gives Audrey (Rachel Bay Jones) plenty to consider on "Georgie and Mandy's First Marriage." Troy Harvey/Warner Bros. kAmtG6?EF2==J[ pF5C6J H:== >@CA9 :?E@ “D@>63@5J E92E H6 42? 2== 7:?5 2D 2 C6=2E23=6 >@E96C[” D96 D2JD]k^AmkAmp=C625J[ y@?6D D2JD[ E96 D:E4@> CF?D =:<6 2 DJ>A9@?J] “xE’D D@ 362FE:7F= 9@H 6G6CJE9:?8 86ED AFE E@86E96C] *@F 5@?’E E9:?< @7 E92E H96? 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