The Screen Actors Guild is the main union for movie performers. You may be wondering why those talents who earn millions of dollars per film need a union, but let me assure you. For every rich and famous actor, there are so many who are getting by waiting for a break, or who take bit parts hoping for a return to some measure of public recognition.

And SAG- which was once headed by Ronald Reagan- is indeed a legitimate union. It’s even a member of the AFL-CIO.

Last week, SAG announced 24 new Board of Directors. One of the new selectees is from Portland. You may not have heard of her, but I am betting you have heard her.

Her name is Mary McDonald-Lewis.

According to her website, MaryMac (as she is called), has starred and appeared in hundreds of cartoon episodes: Lois Lane in Superfriends; Lady Jaye in GI Joe; Maven in Batman; Princess Goleeta in Galtar and the Golden Lance; Myke in Sherlock Holmes in the Twenty First Century; The Mask, Prince Valiant (and) Where’s Waldo.

OK, so maybe you don’t watch cartoons. But do you happen to drive a General Motors vehicle with an OnStar navigation system? That’s MaryMac’s voice telling you where to steer.

And now, as one of a total of 69 SAG national directors, she’ll help steer that organization as well.

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