Mary Tanner Bailey

Born: 1963-05-21

Mary Tanner (born 21 May 1963) is an actress whose career includes over 100 professional roles in film, television and theatre. After high profile roles for CBS and PBS in the 1980s, she returned to her native Nashville in the early '90s and began writing and producing local productions. She eventually went into puppeteering and puppet building with Wishing Chair Productions and, later, Brianimations, with Brian Hull. Tanner continues to act, and in 2019, she was seen in Dolly Parton’s Smokey Mountain Christmas Carol at the Emerson Colonial Theater in Boston, MA and God, Help Us!, co-starring Ed Asner, at the Franklin Theater in Franklin, TN.


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An Uncommon Grace

as Rose Fisher
Released: 2017-02-12

An army nurse returning from Afghanistan discovers her purpose in a rural Ohio farm community,...

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Willy/Milly

as Stephanie
Released: 1986-11-14

Milly is annoyed whenever her mom tells her to behave more appropriate for a girl. She's just...

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The Work and the Glory II: American Zion

as Elsa Johnson
Released: 2005-10-21

"The Work and The Glory: American Zion" sets the story of the fictional Steed family against the...

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Return to Green Acres

as Daisy Ziffel
Released: 1990-05-18

Tv movie that reunites most the show's cast members. The Douglases move back to New York. But...

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Private Sessions

as Millie Braden
Released: 1985-03-18

A therapist goes outside his office and into his patients' personal lives to help them. He is...

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Getting Up and Going Home

as Barbara Montgomery
Released: 1992-07-21

A middle-aged lawyer struggles to face his inner demons as he finds himself embroiled in affairs...

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A Billion for Boris

as Annabel Andrews
Released: 1984-01-01

In this family-friendly sequel to Freaky Friday, teenaged Boris realizes that his television set...

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Murder, She Wrote

as Monica McCumber
First aired: 1984-09-30

An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life...

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CBS Schoolbreak Special

as Debbie Welker
First aired: 1980-04-19

CBS Schoolbreak Special is an American anthology series for teenagers that aired on CBS from...

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