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Mary Beth is a supporting character in The Book of Life. She is a museum tour guide who narrates the life story of Manolo Sánchez's adventure and journey to a group of young kids who visited museum.

She is later revealed to be a human disguise for La Muerte.

Appearance[]

Mary Beth is a beautiful and attractive young woman with butt-length red hair that has bangs swept to the left side, blue eyes, red lipstick

She wears a blue jacket over a white dress with a white bandanna on her neck, a small blue hat on the right side of her head and black high heels.

Personality[]

Mary Beth is a very kind lady who can be somewhat playful as she led the Detention Kids into the secret room. She is very patient and even motherly with the kids in her care. She is a bit mysterious and unpredictable.

In The Book of Life[]

Mary Beth was first seen outside the museum where she would take the kids on the Tour for Thomas, but when she heads up the stairs and doesn't go to the museum door, Sanjay pointed to where the door was but she said that they aren't like the other kids and wanted them to see something special she then leads them through an secret door. 

As they are walking, Mary Beth then tells them that it November 2nd which was "El Día de los Muertos" (Day of the Dead) when suddenly a spooky guard named Guicho appeared out of the dark scaring the children and said that they can't go this way but she was able to make him change his mind and give him a kiss on the forehead, they then continue down the hall. 

In a huge room full of folkloric artifacts from mexico, Mary Beth she shows them a big book called The Book of Life and a trunk with many wooden dolls, which according to her "represented real people" in the story she wanted to tell them: the story of Manolo Sánchez, María Posada and Joaquín Mondragon. Three mortals who had been chosen by La Muerte and Xibalba in their most recent bet. Whoever wins would have control of the Land of the Remembered.

Back in the museum, after Manolo's death, the kids were shocked. Sasha was about to cry, but Mary comforted her by assuring the little girl that the story wasn't over yet.

When the story ends with a happy ending for the three protagonists, Mary closes the book and informs the kids that the bus is waiting for them outside the museum.

While the kids say goodbye to her, she is then revealed to be La Muerte in a human disguise.

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