Meg Tilly

Margaret Chan
1960 -
Canadian born Texada

Meg Tilly was set on being a dancer, and at 17 connected to the Connecticut Ballet Company and later Throne Dance Theatre. It was in this capacity that she had her screen debut in Alan Parker's Fame (1980). Unfortunately, an injury to her back cut short her plans for a dance career, and a small appearance in the TV series "Hill Street Blues" (1981) turned her towards acting (her dancing skills were not all forgotten, as was evident in The Big Chill (1983) and Psycho II (1983)). She received an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress for Agnes of God (1985), and nobody doubted that she was on her ay to stardom. One step on the road to that status was her being cast in Milos Forman's Amadeus (1984) as Constanza, but again her body interfered, and seven weeks into the production with her foot in a cast were more than the producers could accept, and she was replaced. Her "consolation", was a role in Forman's next project Valmont (1989), didn't do her career much good. Since then she has averaged a movie a year, and with the exception of Leaving Normal (1992), none have tapped the enormous reservoir of talent she has. Spouse John Calley (13 October 1995 - 2 February 2002) (divorced), Tim Zinnemann (? - 1989) (divorced) 2 children.

Journey (1995) , Trick of the Eye (1994) , Sleep with Me (1994) , "Winnetka Road" (1994) , "Fallen Angels" (1993) , Body Snatchers (1993) , "Road to Avonlea" (1993) , Leaving Normal (1992) , The Two Jakes (1990) , In the Best Interest of the Child (1990) , "Nightmare Classics" (1990) , Valmont (1989) , The Girl in a Swing (1988) , Masquerade (1988) , Off Beat (1986) , Agnes of God (1985) , Impulse (1984) , The Big Chill (1983) , Psycho II (1983) , One Dark Night (1983) , Tex (1982) , "Hill Street Blues" (1982) , The Trouble with Grandpa (1981) , Fame (1980)