[1] Small got her acting start in a 1966 theatre production of The Sound of Music in Stowe, Vermont.
[3] She was later joined by cast members John Travolta, Patrick Swayze, Treat Williams, and Marilu Henner.
[4] Small is best known for her roles as Candy in the film One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (credited as Marya Small)[5][6] and Dr. Nero in Woody Allen's film Sleeper.
[7] She also portrayed the Janis Joplin-inspired role of Frankie[8] in the animated rotoscope film American Pop.
Mews Small ran as the Natural Law Party nominee for the United States House of Representatives for California's 25th congressional district in 2000.