Martha Henry

Martha Henry

Born: February 17, 1938

Movies for Martha Henry...

Three Tall Women
Title: Three Tall Women
Character: A
Released: October 16, 2022
Type: Movie
An elderly women looks back on her life as she relates to two younger, female visitors a caregiver and a lawyer. An unexpected turn of events casts the three women in a very different light.
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The Tempest
Title: The Tempest
Character: Prospero
Released: April 13, 2019
Type: Movie
In Shakespeare’s great drama of loss and reconciliation, a long-deposed ruler uses magical arts to bring within her power the enemies who robbed her of her throne and marooned her on a remote island. But what revenge does she mean to take?
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Unless
Title: Unless
Character: Lois
Released: October 14, 2016
Type: Movie
A writer struggles with her daughter's decision to drop out of college and live on the streets.
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Title: At the Hotel
Character: Lucy
Released: March 7, 2006
Type: TV
At the Hotel is a Canadian drama-comedy-musical mini-series concerning the goings-on at an illustrious Montreal hotel, known for its favourable treatment of struggling artists. Created by Ken Finkleman and produced by One Hundred Percent Television, the series aired on CBC Television in 2006. The music is composed by Robert Carli. This is the only Ken Finkleman production in which he did not cast himself as a character. He does however make a very brief on-screen appearance as a member of the crew shooting a music video in the hotel.
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Title: H2O
Character: Julia McLaughlin
Released: October 31, 2004
Type: TV
H2O is a Canadian political drama two-part miniseries that first aired on the CBC Television October 31, 2004. It starred Paul Gross and Leslie Hope, with former politician Belinda Stronach making a cameo appearance. Written by Gross and John Krizanc and directed by Charles Binamé, it was nominated for five Gemini Awards and four DGC Craft Awards. It won one Golden Nymph Award for best actor.
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H2O
Title: H2O
Character: Julia McLaughlin
Released: October 31, 2004
Type: Movie
When Canada's Prime Minister drowns in what appears to be a boating accident, his son takes office and is drawn into a deceptive world of power and corruption.
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Clean
Title: Clean
Character: Rosemary Hauser
Released: September 1, 2004
Type: Movie
After she ends up in prison and loses custody of her son, a woman struggles to assimilate outside her former life and remain clean long enough to regain custody of her son.
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Long Day's Journey Into Night
Title: Long Day's Journey Into Night
Character: Mary Tyrone
Released: November 8, 1996
Type: Movie
The remaining members of a once-great American family succumb to addictions, selfishness and disease.
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L5: First City in Space
Title: L5: First City in Space
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: October 11, 1996
Type: Movie
Ready for the countdown to tomorrow? Raring to swoop over the rippled red terrain of Mars or touch down on an icy comet? Or do you simply prefer to tune to Channel 29 of your virtual-reality set and join friends for fun and games? L5: First City in Space is your port of departure for all this and more.
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And Then There Was One
Title: And Then There Was One
Character: Dr. Moore
Released: August 4, 1994
Type: Movie
After struggling and finally conceiving a child, Roxy and Vinnie Ventola, a successful television writing couple, learns that their newborn has AIDS. Soon afterward, the two parents are also diagnosed with the fatal virus.
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Mustard Bath
Title: Mustard Bath
Character: Grace
Released: January 1, 1993
Type: Movie
Matthew, a young medical student from Toronto, Ontario, returns to his birthplace in Guyana on receiving a letter from his mother three months after her death. Prompted by his surroundings to sort through the idealized memories of his childhood, Matthew reaches the horrifying realization that he has returned to a world which he was never a part of. Contemporary Guyanese reality highlights the white colonialist privilege his family had enjoyed.
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White Light
Title: White Light
Character: Dr. Ella Wingwright
Released: September 20, 1991
Type: Movie
A police officer recovers from a nearly fatal injury with visions of a mysterious woman.
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Goddess Remembered
Title: Goddess Remembered
Character: Narrator
Released: January 1, 1989
Type: Movie
Goddess Remembered is a salute to 35,000 years of "pre-history," to the values of ancestors only recently remembered and to the goddess-worshipping religions of the ancient past. This documentary features Merlin Stone, Carol Christ, Luisah Teish, Starhawk, Charlene Spretnak and Jean Bolen, who link the loss of goddess-centered societies with today's environmental crisis.
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Dancing in the Dark
Title: Dancing in the Dark
Character: Edna
Released: May 14, 1986
Type: Movie
Via the New York Times: "To all outward appearances, Edna Cormick (Martha Henry) is the perfect housewife.... She's married to a man who'll stand up in public and say, "This is my wife," so that there'll be no confusion as to who she is. Edna has no identity without Harry, an ambitious, successful salesman who seems to love and care for Edna long after other men might become worried about her housewifely obsessions... Edna is reviewing her life - in neatly chronological flashbacks - from the room in the psychiatric hospital where she's been confined ever since Harry's sudden death."
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30 Minutes, Mister Plummer
Title: 30 Minutes, Mister Plummer
Character: Herself
Released: January 1, 1963
Type: Movie
This film profiles Canadian actor Christopher Plummer of the Shakespearean Theatre, Stratford, Ontario. As the minutes tick by, cameras register the transformation as he dons his make-up for the title role in Cyrano de Bergerac. We also see Toronto actress Kate Reid as well as actors Len Birman and Martha Henry.