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 Partons Smokey Mountain Christmas Carol at the Emerson Colonial Theater in Boston MA and God Help Us costarring Ed Asner at the Franklin Theater in Franklin TN