Mallory Kessinger (Ellen Hollman) is the main villainess from "Will the Real Fred Rovick Please Stand Up?," episode 6.14 of Medium (airdate February 5, 2010). She is the wife of wealthy J. Donald Kessinger.
The episode opened with Donald and Mallory celebrating the former's 93rd birthday, with Mallory presenting a birthday cake, but having to blow out the candles for her husband. As Donald revealed, he had been stricken with cancer, but he informed Mallory that he was cancer free and received a clean bill of health from his doctor, which was met with a mix of shock and dismay from Mallory. Donald added a boast that he could live to the age of 100, and after hearing this, Mallory turned heel by tossing her husband off his wheelchair and down a flight of stairs.
After seeing that Donald survived, the evil Mallory became angered over her failure to kill her husband, and it was followed by the unhinged villainess bludgeoning Donald to death with a vase. Mallory ended up arrested and placed on trial, and during this point, she enlisted her lover, Fred Rovick, to hack into the computer systems and steal citizens' bank accounts. In all, $200,000 was stolen and used to pay a juror to cause a deadlock, with the plan succeeding by the episode's climax.
The episode's final scenes (one of Allison DuBois' dreams) showed Mallory on the phone with Fred, who was exposed for his role, with the villainess boasting about being close to receiving her late husband's massive wealth. However, Fred informed Mallory that he used his skills to take all of her ill-gotten wealth, and used part of it to pay back the people he stole from, leaving the greedy villainess shocked and humiliated.
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- Ellen Hollman also played villainous actress Melinda Murray on Victorious, as well as the evil Lola Sacco on Numb3rs.