Mary Tanner Bailey
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.
Filmography
An Uncommon Grace
as Rose Fisher
An Uncommon Grace
as Rose Fisher
The Work and the Glory II: American Zion
as Elsa Johnson
The Work and the Glory II: American Zion
as Elsa Johnson
Existo
as Lahlo
Existo
as Lahlo
Getting Up and Going Home
as Barbara Montgomery
Getting Up and Going Home
as Barbara Montgomery
Return to Green Acres
as Daisy Ziffel
Return to Green Acres
as Daisy Ziffel
Little Miss Perfect
as Debbie Welker
Little Miss Perfect
as Debbie Welker
Willy/Milly
as Stephanie
Willy/Milly
as Stephanie
Izzy & Moe
as Lilly
Izzy & Moe
as Lilly
Private Sessions
as Millie Braden
Private Sessions
as Millie Braden
A Billion for Boris
as Annabel Andrews
A Billion for Boris
as Annabel Andrews