Acting · Wappingers Falls, New York, USA · Born August 15, 1962
Mary Chris Wall is an actress, who is best known for the role of Ellen Talbot, the mother of Joe Talbot, on the 1995-1998 children's television show Wishbone that aired on PBS. She has appeared in such feature films as Blank Check and Ruby, in which she played Jackie Kennedy. She also has appeared in the 1990 ABC movie Challenger, the Walker, Texas Ranger television series and has more than 250 industrial films and commercials to her credit. Her stage experience includes the Broadway and national touring company of "42nd Street" and regional exposure in Six Women with Brain Death or Expiring Minds Want to Know, Grease and Misalliance. She received her professional training from New York University, London University and the Image Theatre and Studio in New York. She can now be seen in "Get a Mac" commercials as a spokeswoman for "PC." Also has been in a back to school commercial for Walmart in the summer of 2009.
MovieWhat's the Story, Wishbone?
2026
as Self
MovieHometown Killer
2018
as Detective O'Connell
Burlap
2016
as Mom
TVSecrets and Lies
2015
as Angry Wife
TVScandal
2012
as Reporter Lanie
TVThe Mentalist
2008
as Dr. Wendelyn McCormick
TVPrivate Practice
2007
as Ellen Weston
TVSaving Grace
2007
as Parks' Lawyer
Dead Write
2007
as Ilene
TVCory in the House
2007
as Professor Bushwick
TVDexter
2006
as Carolyn Jillian
Home, James, and Don't Spare the Horses
2006
as Older Man’s Wife
TVGhost Whisperer
2005
as Mother Ghost
TVCriminal Minds
2005
as Melissa Hamilton
TVBoston Legal
2004
as Elizabeth Tilley
TVVeronica Mars
2004
as Karen
TVSummerland
2004
as Mary Ellen
TVCold Case
2003
as Holly Beaudry
TVWithout a Trace
2002
as Dr. Scotto
TVMonk
2002
as Home Shopping Salesperson
TV24
2001
as Reporter #2
MovieInspector Gadget
1999
as Snoopy News Anchor
MovieMr. Murder
1998
as Swimmer's Mother
MovieWishbone's Dog Days of the West
1998
as Ellen MacWilliam Talbot
MovieWishbone: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
1997
as Ellen MacWilliam Talbot
TVAlly McBeal
1997
as Sally Emerson
TVThe Practice
1997
as A.D.A. Lisa Holton
TVWishbone
1995
as Ellen Talbot
TVWalker, Texas Ranger
1993
as Elena Parsons
MovieThree Days to a Kill
1992
as Frank
MovieRuby
1992
as Jackie Kennedy
TVStep by Step
1991
as Miss Crawford
MovieSteele's Law
1991
as Waitress
MovieChallenger
1990
as Barbara Morgan
