
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.
Filmography

What's the Story, Wishbone?
2026
as Self

Hometown Killer
2018
as Detective O'Connell
- No poster
Burlap
2016
as Mom
- No poster
Dead Write
2007
as Ilene
- No poster
Home, James, and Don't Spare the Horses
2006
as Older Man’s Wife

Inspector Gadget
1999
as Snoopy News Anchor

Mr. Murder
1998
as Swimmer's Mother

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

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

Three Days to a Kill
1992
as Frank

Ruby
1992
as Jackie Kennedy

Steele's Law
1991
as Waitress

Challenger
1990
as Barbara Morgan