Maryanne Walker-Tate — Shameful Secrets Character Profile

About Maryanne Walker-Tate

The frightened mother at the center of the nightmare. She leads her children in a daring escape from her husband's violent outbursts, assuming new identities to go underground, before ultimately deciding to confront her tormentor face to face.

Maryanne Walker-Tate — Character Profile

Character Facts

Played by

Joanna Kerns

Appears in

Shameful Secrets (1993)

Role

Protagonist

Relationships (8)

• Maryanne Walker-Tate — mother — Maryanne's Mother (Elizabeth Franz)
• Maryanne Walker-Tate — Professional Legal Authority — Judge Ian Greenstein (Bruce McGill)

  Professional relationship with the court system

• Maryanne Walker-Tate — Professional Legal Support — Ella Lange (Katherine Cortez)

  Professional relationship, possibly legal counsel

• Maryanne Walker-Tate — Professional Legal Support — Louise Levy (LaTanya Richardson Jackson)

  Professional relationship, possibly legal counsel

• Maryanne Walker-Tate — Family Daughter — Maryanne's Mother (Elizabeth Franz)

  Mother-daughter relationship

• Maryanne Walker-Tate — Family Mother — Josie (Ashley Peldon)

  Protective mother unable to shield daughter from abuse

• Maryanne Walker-Tate — Family Mother — Jason (Justin Isfeld)

  Protective mother unable to shield son from abuse

• Maryanne Walker-Tate — Family Husband — Daniel (Tim Matheson)

  Married couple with hidden abuse issues

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More characters from Shameful Secrets

• Daniel (Tim Matheson)
• Louise Levy (LaTanya Richardson Jackson)
• Ella Lange (Katherine Cortez)
• Rachel Morales (Theresa Saldana)
• Maryanne's Mother (Elizabeth Franz)
• Molly (Marie Barrientos)
• Judge Ian Greenstein (Bruce McGill)
• Bruised Woman (Maria J. Rockwell)
• Lee Rosenberg (Robert Nadir)
• Walter (Andrew Craig)
• Principal Grayson (Charles Walker)
• Sarah (Jeanette O'Connor)