Mairlyn Smith

Mairlyn Smith is a Canadian actress, author, critic, food blogger, television show host and professional home economist. She is well known in Canada for her various cookbooks and expert advice on CityLine and Breakfast TV in Toronto. Outside of Canada, Smith is well-known mostly for her roles as Mrs. Woodhouse, the morbid wife of Principal Woodhouse in the 1999 film The Virgin Suicides, and as Agnes Thurston, the overly cheerful deceased mother of Karen Thurston and wife of deceased chemical factory worker Mr. Thurston, on the 1990s Goosebumps film Welcome to Dead House. Smith resides in Ontario, Canada with her partner, Scott, and their son.