Meg Tilly (born February 14, 1960) is a Canadian -
American actress,
Broadway stage dancer and
ballerina.
Early life
Tilly, the third of four children, was born
Margaret E. Chan in
Long Beach, California,
[According to the State of California. California Birth Index, 1905-1995. Center for Health Statistics, California Department of Health Services, Sacramento, California. At Ancestry.com] the daughter of Patricia Tilly, a schoolteacher, and Harry Chan, a
Chinese American used car salesman.
[Meg Tilly Biography (c. 1960-)] Following her parents' divorce when she was three, she was raised by her mother and stepfather, John Ward, on rural
Texada Island in
British Columbia,
Canada. Tilly graduated from
Esquimalt High School in
Victoria, British Columbia. She has a brother, Steve, and two sisters, Rebecca, and
Jennifer (born 1958).