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Judy Greer Turned Down Audition for ‘Modern Family’s’ Claire Dunphy Because She Didn’t Want to Be ‘America’s Mom’: The Role ‘Felt So Limiting’

Judy Greer passed on an audition for the role of Claire Dunphy on 'Modern Family.'

Judy Greer revealed in a recent episode of the “Dinner’s on Me” podcast that she passed on an audition for the role of Claire Dunphy on “ Modern Family.” Greer told “Dinner’s on Me” host Jesse Tyler Ferguson, who portrayed Claire’s brother Mitchell Pritchett on the hit ABC sitcom, that was she was asked to audition for the Dunphy family matriarch. She also starred as Bree Marie Jensen on “Reboot,” the short-lived Hulu series from “Modern Family” co-creator Steven Levitan.

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