Mary-Beth Manning was born in Malden, MA. and began her professional acting career when she booked the role of Joanne Woodward's daughter in the Emmy winning TV movie "See How She Runs, " at age fourteen. She has been a performer of both stage and screen, as well as writing, producing and starring in her successful one woman show " Mother." Mary-Beth is a US citizen and also a Permanent Citizen of Canada where she resides in British Columbia with her husband, writer Alan Watt and her son.