Mary Chris Wall
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Series
The Mentalist
Dr. Wendelyn McCormick
2008
Series
Criminal Minds
Melissa Hamilton
2005
Series
Dexter
Carolyn Jillian
2006
Series
24
Reporter #2
2001
Series
Monk
Home Shopping Salesperson
2002
Series
Scandal
Reporter Lanie
2012
Series
Ghost Whisperer
Mother Ghost
2005
Series
Without a Trace
Dr. Scotto
2002
Series
Cold Case
Holly Beaudry
2003
Series
Boston Legal
Elizabeth Tilley
2004
Series
Veronica Mars
Karen
2004
Series
The Practice
A.D.A. Lisa Holton
1997
Series
Private Practice
Ellen Weston
2007
Series
Step by Step
Miss Crawford
1991
Series
Walker, Texas Ranger
Elena Parsons
1993
Series
Walker, Texas Ranger
Claudia Carlson
1993
Series
Walker, Texas Ranger
Dana Brower
1993
Series
Saving Grace
Parks' Lawyer
2007
Series
Ally McBeal
Sally Emerson
1997
Series
Cory in the House
Professor Bushwick
2007
Series
Secrets and Lies
Angry Wife
2015
Series
Secrets and Lies
Paula
2015
Series
Summerland
Mary Ellen
2004
Film
Inspector Gadget
Snoopy News Anchor
1999
Series
Wishbone
Ellen Talbot
1995
Film
Ruby
Jackie Kennedy
1992
Film
Wishbone's Dog Days of the West
Ellen MacWilliam Talbot
1998
Film
Mr. Murder
Swimmer's Mother
1998
Film
Challenger
Barbara Morgan
1990
Film
What's the Story, Wishbone?
Self
2026
Home, James, and Don't Spare the Horses
Older Man’s Wife
2006
Film
Three Days to a Kill
Frank
1992
Film
Hometown Killer
Detective O'Connell
2018
Dead Write
Ilene
2007
Film
Steele's Law
Waitress
1991
Burlap
Mom
2016
Film
Wishbone: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Ellen MacWilliam Talbot
1997