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Margaret Elizabeth Chan was born on 14 February 1960, in Long Beach, California USA, of Finnish, Irish (mother) and Cantonese (father) decent. Meg is a novelist and actress, best known for being part of the film “Agnes of God” which got her an Academy Award nomination as well as a Golden Globe Award. All of her efforts have helped put her net worth to where it is today.

How rich is Meg Tilly? As of early-2017, sources inform us of a net worth that is at $3 million, mostly earned through success in both writing and acting. She’s written six novels including the Sheila A. Egoff Children’s Literature Prize finalist “Porcupine”. As she continues her career it is expected that her wealth will increase.

Tilly attended Esquimalt High School in British Columbia, and after matriculating moved to the United States to pursue a career in dance. She studied on a scholarship in New York City, and then joined the Connecticut Ballet Company. She made her debut in the musical drama “Fame” which was released in 1980, however, a back injury stopped her career in dance.

She then moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in acting, making her debut a year later in the drama “The Trouble with Grandpa”. She then made an appearance in the second season of “Hill Street Blues” before getting her first starring role in “Tex” which stars Matt Dillon. In 1983, she continued her rise to prominence with the films “Psycho II” and “The Big Chill” which got several Academy Award nominations. Her net worth was starting to rise at this point.

In 1985, she was cast in the film “Agnes of God” which earned her a Golden Globe Award. In the late 1980s, she appeared in “Valmont” and “The Two Jakes”. In 1993, she starred in the horror film “Body Snatchers”, but would then stop acting for the next 15 years after sustaining an injury while playing soccer. She returned in 2010 in an episode of “Caprica”, and then became part of the six part “Bomb Girls” which won her several awards.

Aside from acting, Meg started publishing novels beginning with 1994’s “Singing Songs”; the book earned good reviews and was praised by numerous critics. Her second novel would come 12 years later in “Gemma” which is about a 12 year old girl who is kidnapped and abused. In 2007, she then published “Porcupine” which would earn numerous honors, about a girl who experiences a life shattering event when her father died through friendly fire in Afghanistan. It gained a lot of popularity and helped her net worth rise considerably. She followed this up with the novel “First Time” which would again earn several honors. In 2013, she released her fifth novel entitled “A Taste of Heaven” which had a very different theme compared to Tilly’s previous books, tackling friendship, family, and other issues. The book would win several awards including the 2014/2015 Chocolate Lilly Award. One of her latest writings is the novel, “Behind the Scenes” published in 2014.

For her personal life, it is known that Meg married Tim Zinnemann in 1983 and they had two children, but the marriage ended in 1989. She then had a relationship with actor Colin Firth which lasted for five years, and they had a son. In 1995, she married studio executive John Calley but their marriage also ended in divorce, in 2002. In the same year she married author Don Calame, and they currently reside in Toronto.

IMDB Wikipedia $3 Million 1960 1960-2-14 5′ 6″ (1.68 m) Actress American Aquarius Body Snatchers (1993) California David David Zinnemann Don Calame m. 2002 Emily Emily Zinnemann Esquimalt High School February 14 Harry Chan Jennifer Tilly John Calley m. 1995–2002 Long Beach Margaret Elizabeth Chan Matt Dillon Meg Tilly Net Worth Patricia Tilly Psycho II (1983) Rebecca Tilly Steve Tilly The Big Chill (1983) Tim Zinnemann Tim Zinnemann m. 1983–1989 United States Valmont (1989) Will Will Firth

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Margaret Elizabeth Chan Quotes

• [on her Chinese heritage] Unfortunately, we were not raised to respect our Chinese history and tradition. My mother and father divorced in 1963, when I was three. My mother was quite bitter. She spoke very angrily about him and everything Chinese. If ever you did anything bad or selfish, it was “the Chinese coming out in you.” We were told that we must never tell anyone that we were half Chinese, because if people knew they wouldn’t let their children play with us… The difficult part was growing up, feeling like I had to reject and deny and turn my back on half of what I was. The wonderful part is, that is behind me now. Things are different… You didn’t know I was Asian, because for many years, I had my mother’s warnings echoing in my ears. I didn’t tell anyone. I was grown, but still, I was scared. Thought it would limit me, the roles I would be offered. It wasn’t until I was in my late twenties that I started to tell the people closest to me. When they didn’t run in horror, I got braver and spoke of it more. What a relief it was to finally acknowledge all of me.
• [re 30th anniversary reunion of The Big Chill (1983) cast in 2013] It’s wonderful, I’m so happy they had the idea to bring us all together to do this. It’s such a gift, I get to see everybody again and I haven’t seen everybody in so long. To see their happy smiling faces, that was such a blessing, I’m really grateful.
• [on her role in Bomb Girls (2012)] It wasn’t just another job, stacking cans of tomatoes in a supermarket. I was building the bombs and the ammunition that my sons were using. If I built a faulty one, it might mean that they might die. There was a real sense that we needed to do the best job that we possibly can. At least for my character, it was vitally important. It was almost obsessive: that if she does her best she will keep her kids safe.
• If you meet people who have been successful in Hollywood, or look at their photographs, you see a haunted look in their eyes. You sense a trapped feeling.
• I’m not that fashion-conscious. A lot of time, when women are appearing to be so perfect, it’s because they’re a mess underneath.
• I still have a problem with nuns. I follow them around like a kitten with a ball of yarn.
• I really enjoy acting. At home I can’t even finish a sentence, and here am I reading these wonderful lines. I think it must be every housewife’s dream, to be an actress part-time.
• [on her retirement from acting] Do I regret quitting? Absolutely not. It was one of the best decisions I ever made. I had the privilege of watching my children grow up. I was there for the joys and the sorrows, the challenging heartbreaking times as well as the giddy, exuberant triumphs. I would not have traded those years for anything in the world.

Margaret Elizabeth Chan Important Facts

• Abandoned acting after Journey (1995) in order to focus on her family and her writings. She didn’t act again until Caprica: Unvanquished (2010).
• Younger sister, Becky, is a post-impressionist painter.
• Ex-sister-in-law of Sam Simon.
• Former daughter-in-law of Fred Zinnemann.
• Was in consideration for the part of Mia Wallace in Pulp Fiction (1994) but Uma Thurman, who went on to receive a Best Supporting Actress Oscar nomination for her performance, was cast instead.
• Children from her marriage to Tim Zinnemann: Emily (b. 1984) and David (b. 1986).
• Said that her worst film experience was working with Anthony Perkins in Psycho II (1983). Her best film experience was working with Norman Jewison, Jane Fonda and Anne Bancroft in Agnes of God (1985). Interestingly, both films resulted in Tilly being nominated for several awards, including a Golden Globe and an Oscar.
• While filming One Dark Night (1982), she was incredibly uncomfortable in the actual mausoleum. Her reactions to her surroundings were often genuine. During the scenes where she was hysterical, she actually did throw herself into hysterics and it took her awhile after each take to calm herself down.
• While older sister Jennifer Tilly has remained mum about the history of childhood sexual abuse in the family recently revealed by Meg (which included her stepfather and one of her mother’s boyfriends), youngest sister Becky has corroborated her sister’s revelations.
• Her first fiction novel was “Singing Songs” (1994; Dutton Books) based on memories of her own childhood. Her second novel “Gemma” (2006; Syren Book Company), is a graphic, disturbing tale about child sexual abuse, which has prompted her to recently reveal her own true-life sexual abuse as a youngster growing up.
• 1995: Retired from acting and moved to British Columbia, Canada, to devote herself to writing and raising a family.
• Her father was of Chinese descent and her mother had Irish and Finnish ancestry.
• In high school, everyone called Jennifer, Meg, and their younger sister Becky the Three Musketeers.
• Relationship with Colin Firth began while filming Milos Forman’s Valmont (1989).
• Was originally cast as Mozart’s wife in Amadeus (1984), but had to leave after tearing a ligament in her leg during a soccer game with her children one day before her shooting started.
• Younger sister of actress Jennifer Tilly and Steve Tilly.
• Son, with Colin Firth, William Joseph Firth (b. 1990).

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