
Mary Chris Wall
Biography
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.
Movie Appearances

Ruby
as Jackie Kennedy
1992
Dead Write
as Ilene
2007

Three Days to a Kill
as Frank
1992

Wishbone: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
as Ellen MacWilliam Talbot
1997
Burlap
as Mom
2016

Inspector Gadget
as Snoopy News Anchor
1999

Mr. Murder
as Swimmer's Mother
1998

Steele's Law
as Waitress
1991

Hometown Killer
as Detective O'Connell
2018

Wishbone's Dog Days of the West
as Ellen MacWilliam Talbot
1998

Challenger
as Barbara Morgan
1990

What's the Story, Wishbone?
as Self
2026
Home, James, and Don't Spare the Horses
as Older Man’s Wife
2006
TV Appearances

Ally McBeal
as Sally Emerson
1997

Ghost Whisperer
as Mother Ghost
2005

Monk
as Home Shopping Salesperson
2002

Wishbone
as Ellen Talbot
1995

Cold Case
as Holly Beaudry
2003

Walker, Texas Ranger
as Elena Parsons
1993

Without a Trace
as Dr. Scotto
2002

The Practice
as A.D.A. Lisa Holton
1997

Summerland
as Mary Ellen
2004

24
as Reporter #2
2001

Dexter
as Carolyn Jillian
2006

The Mentalist
as Dr. Wendelyn McCormick
2008