{{Short description|American retired judge and lawyer}} {{Infobox person | name = Mary Chrzanowski | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = | birth_place = United States | death_date = | death_place = | other_names = Scary Mary | occupation = Judge, television personality, lawyer | spouse = | children = | parents = | relatives = | years_active = | known_for = ''Face the Truth'' | notable_works = }} '''Mary Chrzanowski''' (known as '''Scary Mary''' during her time as a Macomb Country, Michigan Circuit Judge)<ref name=M/> is a retired American judge, lawyer and a former co-host on the television series ''Face the Truth''.<ref>{{cite web|author=Cain, Carol|title=Ex-Macomb Co. judge 'Scary Mary' brings no-nonsense approach to TV|url=https://www.freep.com/story/money/business/columnists/carol-cain/2018/10/04/face-truth-judge-mary-chrzanowski/1511120002/|work=Detroit Free Press}}</ref>
In 1992, she was elected as a Macomb County Cicruit Judge where she served 24 years and then retired to take an appointed administrative law judgeship with the United States federal government.<ref>{{cite web|title=3 Democrats join race for Macomb County prosecutor|work=The Detroit News|author=Martindale, Mike|url=https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/macomb-county/2020/04/07/democrats-join-race-macomb-county-prosecutor/2965600001/|date=April 7, 2020}}</ref>
In 2020, Chrzanowski defeated Jodi Switalski in the Democratic primary for Prosecuting Attorney of Macomb County, Michigan.<ref name=M>{{cite web|work=The Macomb Daily|url=https://www.macombdaily.com/2020/08/05/scary-mary-chrzanowski-beats-jodi-switalski-in-macomb-prosecutor-primary/|title='Scary Mary' Chrzanowski beats Jodi Switalski in Macomb prosecutor primary|author=Cook, Jameson|date=August 5, 2020}}</ref> Republican candidate Peter Lucido ultimately won the 2020 race for Macomb Prosecuting Attorney.<ref>{{cite web|title=Macomb County past election results|date=2020|website=pastelections.macombgov.org|url=https://pastelections.macombgov.org/eng/candidates/view/Mary-A-Chrzanowski}}</ref>
Chrzanowski appeared in a 2014 episode of ''Dateline NBC''<ref>{{cite web|publisher=NBC News|title=FULL EPISODE: 'Scary Mary Presiding'|date=June 9, 2014|url=https://www.today.com/video/judge-helps-scare-people-in-the-right-direction-276215875953|work=Today}}</ref> and has been featured on such television series as ''Dr. Phil'', ''The Doctors'' and ''Face the Truth''.<ref name=M/><ref>{{cite web|author=Cain, Carol|title=Ex-Macomb Co. judge 'Scary Mary' brings no-nonsense approach to TV|work=Detroit Free Press|url=https://www.freep.com/story/money/business/columnists/carol-cain/2018/10/04/face-truth-judge-mary-chrzanowski/1511120002/}}</ref>
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==External links== * {{IMDb name|10154508}} * {{twitter|judgescarymary}} * {{instagram|judgescarymary}}
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