Debra McGrath

Debra McGrath

Born: July 5, 1954
in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Debra McGrath (born July 5th, 1954) is a Canadian actress.

Movies for Debra McGrath...

Christmas by Candlelight
Title: Christmas by Candlelight
Character: Grandma Ruth
Released: December 13, 2023
Type: Movie
Wellness expert, Juliet, pitches Christmas memory candles to her boss in hopes of earning a promotion and enlists the help of boutique candle store owner, Tom, to create new candle scents. Tom, who thinks the wellness industry is a scam, refuses at first but agrees when he realizes the money will help make his daughter’s Christmas wish come true.
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Junior’s Giant
Title: Junior’s Giant
Character: Dale
Released: April 1, 2023
Type: Movie
A close-knit Grandfather and his trans Granddaughter struggle when his dementia sparks an imaginary giant and gender confusion, causing pain for them both.
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Love Hacks
Title: Love Hacks
Character: Lucy Tyler
Released: February 25, 2023
Type: Movie
Relationship coach, Sam, believes she can fix any romance and she’s creating a podcast to prove it. But fun-loving producer, Josh, challenges her to put her own heart to the test.
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Baking All the Way
Title: Baking All the Way
Character: Vicky Weaver
Released: November 24, 2022
Type: Movie
When Julia Wilson, an accomplished pastry chef from Chicago, heads to a small town bakery famous for their gingerbread to complete her Christmas cookbook curated with recipes from across the country, she finds herself at odds with Kris Thompson, the bakery's charming but private owner, who is ambivalent about sharing his secret recipe.
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Title: The Kids in the Hall
Character: Donna
Released: May 12, 2022
Type: TV
The iconic Canadian sketch comedy show returns with an exciting new season, a fresh batch of fun, off-beat characters and beloved favorites, and sketches that pack a satirical punch, all laced with the edgy and fearless comedy the Kids are synonymous for.
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Title: Homeschooled
Character: Mrs. Rizzi
Released: March 25, 2022
Type: TV
Two homeschooled 16-year-old intellectuals make a documentary showcasing what home education is really like. The documentary and their friendship take a turn when one enrolls in "real" high school.
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Home in Time
Title: Home in Time
Character: Fran
Released: March 23, 2019
Type: Movie
Kate and Felix get a surprise visitor for Christmas - an older, drunken Felix, from 2044. He's come back to visit his young family, when things were good. Before everything went to shizz.
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Title: Carter
Character: Gretchen Jacott
Released: May 15, 2018
Type: TV
An actor returns home after a public meltdown. Partnering with his police detective friend, he tries to use his acting experience to solve real crimes.
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Title: Baroness von Sketch Show
Character: Roberta
Released: June 14, 2016
Type: TV
This all-female comedy satirizes modern life's everyday concerns, from the pretentiousness of ordering a fancy coffee to office and sexual politics.
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Title: Private Eyes
Character: Deena Duncan
Released: May 26, 2016
Type: TV
Ex-pro hockey player Matt Shade irrevocably changes his life when he teams up with fierce P.I. Angie Everett to form an unlikely investigative powerhouse.
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Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town
Title: Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town
Character: Mrs. Pepperleigh
Released: February 12, 2012
Type: Movie
Stephen Leacock recounts his growing up period in the small town of Mariposa, Ontario, located on the shores of Lake Wissanotti with its notoriously leaky holiday steamer. It is a town similar to many other small towns in Canada with its odd assortment of residents.
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Title: Single White Spenny
Character: Sheila
Released: June 2, 2011
Type: TV
Single White Spenny is a Canadian television series that aired briefly on Showcase in 2011, and chronicles the misadventures a fictitious version of Spencer Rice, played by himself, has dating various women after his wife divorced him for being "an immature man-child emotionally incapable of a serious relationship." IFC Canada announced that Single White Spenny had been cancelled due to poor ratings and its inability to capture Kenny vs. Spenny audiences.
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Title: The Ron James Show
Released: September 25, 2009
Type: TV
The Ron James Show is a Canadian television comedy show, which debuted on CBC Television on September 25, 2009. Starring comedian Ron James, the show intersperses filmed and stage sketches with clips of James performing his stand-up routine. One of the show's more noted features is L'il Ronnie James, an animated recurring sketch which depicts James as a young child growing up in Cape Breton in the vein of Terry Gilliam's animation style.
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Title: Murdoch Mysteries
Character: Zinnia Hobson (as Deb McGrath)
Released: January 24, 2008
Type: TV
A Victorian-era Toronto detective uses then-cutting edge forensic techniques to solve crimes, with the assistance of a female coroner who is also struggling for recognition in the face of tradition, based on the books by Maureen Jennings.
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Betsy Bubblegum's Journey Through Yummi-Land
Title: Betsy Bubblegum's Journey Through Yummi-Land
Character: Beaver Mom (voice)
Released: October 2, 2007
Type: Movie
In this animated adventure based on the popular toy line, Betsy Bubblegum travels to Yummi-Land, a whimsical land full of sugar-coated streets and beautiful music. She quickly makes friends with the Candy, Flower and Ice Cream Pop Girls, helping them plan a big event. Betsy does all kinds of new things, like play in a band and work in a beauty salon. She discovers that it's doing her best and being a good friend that makes her the most welcome.
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Title: Little Mosque on the Prairie
Character: Mayor Ann Popowicz
Released: January 9, 2007
Type: TV
The series focuses on the Muslim community in the fictional prairie town of Mercy, Saskatchewan (population 14,000).
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Title: The Jane Show
Character: Sally
Released: June 1, 2006
Type: TV
Aspiring novelist Jane Black suddenly winds up unemployed. Hoping for a more conventional lifestyle, she goes in search of a job, hoping to find something with a 40-hour work week and maybe even dental insurance. Her adventures in the corporate world are not so ordinary, however, and she learns that a normal life may not be so normal after all.
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Burnt Toast
Title: Burnt Toast
Character: Ursula
Released: October 1, 2005
Type: Movie
An irreverent and hilarious spin on opera, domestic drama and the hallowed institutions of love and marriage, Burnt Toast is an hour-long television opera comprised of a series of eight comic operas each depicting a different stage of romantic love. The relationships depicted run the gamut: from the passionate to the fantasized, the bored and of course the dead relationship, each as recognizable as the last.
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Title: Getting Along Famously
Character: Ruby Kendall
Released: January 10, 2005
Type: TV
It's 1964. Constantly feuding showbiz couple Kip and Ruby have a variety show on CBC television, and must sort out their personal problems, as well as the ones caused by network exec Littleman.
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Title: This Is Wonderland
Character: Marty Klein
Released: January 12, 2004
Type: TV
This Is Wonderland was a Canadian television series which aired on CBC Television. The series was a legal drama with comedic elements, or a comedy-drama. It was created by playwright George F. Walker, his writing partner Dani Romain, and Osgoode Hall Law School graduate and longtime Canadian TV producer Bernard Zukerman. The first season aired in 2004, the second season began on January 25, 2005 and the third season began on November 23, 2005. On February 13, 2006, the CBC declined to order a fourth season, effectively cancelling the show. The final episode aired on March 15, 2006. Repeats of the first and second season currently air on Canadian digital specialty channel, bold, as well as on VisionTV.
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Eloise at Christmastime
Title: Eloise at Christmastime
Character: Cornelia the Owner's Secretary
Released: November 22, 2003
Type: Movie
Eloise is a precocious but lovable six-year-old girl who lives in New York's Plaza Hotel. The owner's daughter is getting married, but Eloise discovers that the fiance has devious plans to defraud kind Rachel! When her true love is revealed to be none other than Eloise's best friend Bill who works in the kitchen, Eloise goes on a mission to bring about a Christmas miracle and get the starcrossed lovers back together.. will things work out in time for a happy holiday ending?
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DC 9/11: Time of Crisis
Title: DC 9/11: Time of Crisis
Character: Mary Matalin
Released: September 7, 2003
Type: Movie
This is the story of the days directly after 9/11, and the president's whereabouts. Scheduled to air shortly before the second anniversary of the September 11 attacks, DC 9/11 takes an inside look at the Bush Administration, beginning with the day of the attacks, and following the President's journey to Ground Zero, culminating with his now famous national address nine days after the attacks.
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Eloise at the Plaza
Title: Eloise at the Plaza
Character: Cornelia the Owner's Secretary
Released: April 27, 2003
Type: Movie
Eloise is a precocious but lovable six-year-old girl who lives in New York's Plaza Hotel. Her caretaker "Nanny" watches over her while her mom is away. Then one day, while trying to figure out how to get invited to a fancy ball as well as how to meet a visiting prince, Eloise makes a new friend around her age! So she decides to take him on a tour of the city - and all while plotting some matchmaking hijinks for her other friends too!
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Expecting
Title: Expecting
Character: Anita
Released: August 27, 2002
Type: Movie
No overview for this movie has been given. It was a Canadian movie.
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Title: Degrassi
Character: NYU interviewer (as Deb McGrath)
Released: October 14, 2001
Type: TV
The life of a group of adolescents going through the trials and tribulations of teendom at Degrassi Community School.
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Title: Paradise Falls
Character: Shirley Armstrong
Released: June 25, 2001
Type: TV
Paradise Falls was a weekly soap opera shown nationally on the Showcase channel in Canada, starting in 2001. It is set in a summer cottage community in Central Ontario.
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Title: Seven Little Monsters
Character: Mama (voice)
Released: September 30, 2000
Type: TV
Seven Little Monsters is a Canadian-Chinese children's television program. It is about a family of seven monsters and their mother.
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Title: Code Name: Eternity
Character: Nurse
Released: May 14, 2000
Type: TV
Code Name: Eternity is a Canadian science fiction series that ran for 26 episodes starting in 1999. It was later shown on the Sci Fi Channel in the United States. The plot involves an alien scientist who comes to Earth and assumes human form in order to perfect technology which will radically change Earth's environment to be suitable for habitation by his own species. Another of the aliens, having discovered the true nature of Banning's plans, abandons him and joins up with a human scientist in an attempt to prevent the destruction of Earth and humanity. The series was filmed in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was cancelled after a single season and ended on a cliffhanger. Echo Bridge Home Entertainment announced Code Name: Eternity: The Complete series on DVD.
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Title: George and Martha
Released: April 1, 1999
Type: TV
George and Martha is an animated children's television show which comprises 26 episodes made in 1999. The program revolves around the lives of two hippos: George and Martha. Produced by Nelvana and initially seen on YTV in Canada, the show is based on a series of books written and illustrated by James Marshall. It now airs in reruns on qubo, as of April 12, 2008. Its theme song is "Perfidia", by Mambo All-Stars.
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Mr. Headmistress
Title: Mr. Headmistress
Character: Dawn
Released: March 15, 1998
Type: Movie
Tucker recently got out of prison, but is soon sought after by other bad men. So to escape them, he disguises himself as the new Headmistress of an all-girl school.
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The Real Blonde
Title: The Real Blonde
Character: Cis
Released: February 27, 1998
Type: Movie
An aspiring actor and his girlfriend handle life's frustrations, while his friend seeks fulfillment with a blonde.
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Title: The Wonderful World of Disney
Character: Dawn
Released: September 28, 1997
Type: TV
Walt Disney Productions (later The Walt Disney Company) has produced an anthology television series under several different titles since 1954. The original version of the series premiered on ABC in 1954. The show was broadcast weekly on one of the Big Three television networks until 1990, a 36-year span with only a two-year hiatus in 1984-85. The series was broadcast on Sunday for 25 of those years. From 1991 until 1997, the series aired infrequently. The program resumed a regular schedule in 1997 on the ABC fall schedule, coinciding with Disney's recent purchase of the network. From 1997 until 2008, the program aired regularly on ABC. Subsequently, ABC continued the series as an occasional special presentation.
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Title: Wind at My Back
Character: Reenie Bigelow
Released: December 1, 1996
Type: TV
A recently widowed mother loses her children to a cold mother-in-law in Ontario during the Great Depression of the 1930s.  Based loosely on the books "Never Sleep Three in a Bed" and "The Night We Stole the Mounties’ Car" by Max Braithwaite
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Title: Due South
Character: Tammy Markles
Released: September 22, 1994
Type: TV
Constable Benton Fraser, an officer of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, is attached to the Canadian consulate but works with Chicago Police Department to solve crimes.
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Title: RoboCop: The Series
Character: Bambi Taker
Released: March 12, 1994
Type: TV
RoboCop: The Series is a 1994 television series based on the film of the same name. It stars Richard Eden as the title character. Made to appeal primarily to children and young teenagers, it lacks the graphic violence that was the hallmark of RoboCop and RoboCop 2. RoboCop has several non-lethal alternatives to killing criminals, which ensures that certain villains can be recurring. The OCP Chairman and his corporation are treated as simply naïve and ignorant, in contrast to their malicious and immoral behavior from the second film onward.
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Partners 'n Love
Title: Partners 'n Love
Character: Rosemary Hudson
Released: February 14, 1993
Type: Movie
David Grodin has an obsessive-compulsive personality. But he is also just plain obsessed with Maxine Smith, his ex-wife of five years and his business partner. Their small business is Mr & Mrs, a small swimwear company he founded but that only became successful when she became its creative director. They work well together and are best friends, but Max feels that they just could not live together and be married to each other. They learn that because of a legal technicality, their divorce was never executed and thus they are still legally married.
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Termini Station
Title: Termini Station
Character: Liz Dunshane
Released: August 21, 1989
Type: Movie
Termini Station is a Canadian made drama, released in 1989 and directed by Allan King. The film stars Colleen Dewhurst and Megan Follows as Molly and Micheline Dushane, a mother and daughter living in a small Northern Ontario town. Molly is an alcoholic, which creates tension between her and Micheline and inspires Micheline's fantasies of escaping her stifling small-town life. The cast also includes Gordon Clapp and Debra McGrath as Molly's son and daughter-in-law. Termini Station was the only film besides the Anne of Green Gables movies in which Follows and Dewhurst worked together. The film was nominated for six awards at the 11th Genie Awards, including Best Picture and Best Actress nods for both Dewhurst and Follows. Filmed on location in Kirkland Lake Ontario.
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Title: Street Legal
Character: Julia McCrindle
Released: January 6, 1987
Type: TV
Street Legal is a Canadian television series, which aired on CBC Television from 1987 to 1994. It was revived for an additional season in 2019.
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Title: Street Legal
Character: Real Estate Agent
Released: January 6, 1987
Type: TV
Street Legal is a Canadian television series, which aired on CBC Television from 1987 to 1994. It was revived for an additional season in 2019.
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Really Weird Tales
Title: Really Weird Tales
Character: Mother (segment "I'll Die Loving")
Released: October 4, 1986
Type: Movie
The movie consists of three odd and strange tales that each teach a different lesson.
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One Magic Christmas
Title: One Magic Christmas
Character: Mrs. Noonan
Released: November 22, 1985
Type: Movie
Ginny Grainger, a young mother, rediscovers the joy and beauty of Christmas, thanks to the unshakable faith of her six-year-old daughter Abbie and Gideon, Ginny's very own guardian angel.