Jackie Burroughs

Jackie Burroughs

Born: February 2, 1939
Died: September 22, 2010
in Lancashire, England, UK
Jacqueline Burroughs (February 2, 1939 – September 22, 2010) was an English-born Canadian actress.

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Small Town Murder Songs
Title: Small Town Murder Songs
Character: Olive
Released: September 14, 2010
Type: Movie
Walter is the chief of police in a small Ontario town that has its first murder victim, an attractive young woman who is found naked on the shores of the nearby lake. The woman isn't local and while the Ontario Provincial Police have taken the lead in the investigation, Walter assists where he can. The town is mostly a close-knit Mennonite community and Walter has recently returned to his church. He is also trying to deal with his own temper that led to a violent incident some months before. As the young woman is identified, it becomes apparent that Walter's former love interest may be lying.
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Higglety Pigglety Pop! or There Must Be More to Life
Title: Higglety Pigglety Pop! or There Must Be More to Life
Character: Mother Goose
Released: March 2, 2010
Type: Movie
Jennie the terrier has everything a dog could ever wish for, but still feels that something is missing. She leaves home to discover what that is.
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Deck the Halls
Title: Deck the Halls
Character: Mrs. Ryor
Released: November 22, 2006
Type: Movie
Determined to unseat Steve Finch's reign as the town's holiday season king, Buddy Hall plasters his house with so many decorative lights that it'll be visible from space! When their wives bond, and their kids follow suit, the two men only escalate their rivalry - and their decorating.
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First Snow
Title: First Snow
Character: Maggie
Released: May 5, 2006
Type: Movie
A psychic's ominous reading sends a man into a tailspin.
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Bailey's Billion$
Title: Bailey's Billion$
Character: Constance Pennington
Released: August 5, 2005
Type: Movie
Sweet and savvy talking golden retriever, Bailey, is one doggone lucky pooch when his devoted owner, Constance Pennington, leaves him her entire billion-dollar fortune. Bailey is lucky, that is, until he becomes the target of an elaborately-designed dognap scheme hatched by Constance's nasty nephew Caspar and his money-hungry wife Dolores. The despicable duo's wicked plan is to ultimately gain custody of the canine so they can get their greedy paws on his inheritance. Unfortunately for them, there's a thing or two they don't know about Bailey. Not only does he have great street smarts, he has great pals too. Bailey's loyal guardian Ted, kind-hearted animal advocate Marge, her daughter Sam, and a clever border collie named Tessa set out on a hilarious madcap adventure to free their four-legged friend and put the nasty dognappers out of business-for good!
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King's Ransom
Title: King's Ransom
Character: Granny
Released: April 22, 2005
Type: Movie
Hoping to foil his own gold-digging wife's plan, a loathsome businessman arranges his own kidnapping, only to realize that there are plenty of other people interested in his wealth as well.
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Snow
Title: Snow
Character: Lorna
Released: December 13, 2004
Type: Movie
Nick Snowden is reluctantly taking over the family business and with only three days before the big night, one of Nick's younger reindeer is stolen from the North Pole and taken to a zoo.
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The Republic Of Love
Title: The Republic Of Love
Character: Betty
Released: October 31, 2004
Type: Movie
A thrice-divorced radio DJ meets the woman of his dreams but can he convince her of the truth of his feelings? An exploration of love, adapted from the novel by Pulitzer prize winning author Carol Shields.
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Going the Distance
Title: Going the Distance
Character: Mother Libby
Released: August 20, 2004
Type: Movie
Nick is a successful young man whose comfortable West Coast life couldn't be better. However, when his girlfriend falls under the influence of lecherous music producer Lenny Swackhammer, Nick impulsively decides to travel to Toronto to intervene. Nick's buddies Tyler and Dime opt to turn the quest into a cross-country road trip that's complete with wacky antics and encounters with beautiful women.
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Cavedweller
Title: Cavedweller
Character: Grandma Windsor
Released: May 4, 2004
Type: Movie
A traumatic event sends a musician back to her hometown in an effort to reunite with the daughters she abandoned. To do so, she must confront her abusive ex-husband, from whom she fled years ago.
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Rhinoceros Eyes
Title: Rhinoceros Eyes
Character: Mrs. Walnut
Released: April 23, 2004
Type: Movie
Rhinoceros Eyes is a fantastical coming-of-age story revolving around Chep, a young, reclusive prop-house employee who falls in love with a detail-obsessed movie production designer named Fran. Fran's need for authentic props sends Chep to great and questionable lengths as he tries to satisfy her requests, and ultimately... win her heart.
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Title: Dead Like Me
Character: Florence
Released: June 27, 2003
Type: TV
When her life comes to an abrupt end, George discovers that death is nothing like she thought it would be. Recruited to collect the souls of others as they die, she suddenly finds herself an unwilling participant in a line of work she never knew existed: Grim Reaping!
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Willard
Title: Willard
Character: Mrs. Stiles
Released: March 14, 2003
Type: Movie
Desperate for companionship, the repressed Willard befriends a group of rats that inhabit his late father's deteriorating mansion. In these furry creatures, Willard finds temporary refuge from daily abuse at the hands of his bedridden mother and his father's old partner, Frank. Soon it becomes clear that the brood of rodents is ready and willing to exact a vicious, deadly revenge on anyone who dares to bully their sensitive new master.
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A Guy Thing
Title: A Guy Thing
Character: Aunt Budge
Released: January 17, 2003
Type: Movie
Paul Morse is a good guy. When his friends throw him a wild bachelor party, he just wants to keep his conscience clean -- which is why he's shocked when he wakes up in bed with a beautiful girl named Becky and can't remember the night before. Desperate to keep his fiancée, Karen, from finding out what may or may not be the truth, he tells her a teensy lie. Soon his lies are spiraling out of control and his life is a series of comical misunderstandings.
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On Their Knees
Title: On Their Knees
Character: Flora
Released: October 25, 2001
Type: Movie
Willie and Mo are half sisters who have never seen eye to eye. A cross-country road trip in an ice cream truck carrying their dead grandmother may not change that, but it will give them the opportunity to laugh and learn.
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Title: Smallville
Character: Cassandra Carver
Released: October 16, 2001
Type: TV
The origins of the world’s greatest hero–from Krypton refugee Kal-el’s arrival on Earth through his tumultuous teen years to Clark Kent’s final steps toward embracing his destiny as the Man of Steel.
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Title: Further Tales of the City
Character: Mother Mucca
Released: May 6, 2001
Type: TV
Residents of 28 Barbary Lane continue to navigate human life, flawed love, and blind hope in 1980's San Francisco.
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Lost and Delirious
Title: Lost and Delirious
Character: Fay Vaughn
Released: January 21, 2001
Type: Movie
After starting at an upmarket boarding school, a teenage girl forms close friendships with her two older roommates. However, when she discovers that her new friends are lovers she finds herself caught in a complicated situation.
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An Avonlea Christmas
Title: An Avonlea Christmas
Character: Hetty King
Released: December 13, 1998
Type: Movie
An Avonlea Christmas pays tribute to the indomitable and sometimes intolerable matriarch of the King family, Hetty King. When she suddenly collapses during the holidays, Hetty is hospitalized. Feeling homesick and alone, she begins to re-evaluate her relationships and her accomplishments in life. The story takes place against the backdrop of World War I as the King family prepares for its traditional Christmas dinner. The reunion is marred by the fact that one of its youngest members, Felix, is missing in action; making differences of opinion about the war effort glaringly obvious. This wonderful and accomplished cast comes together in an uplifting drama that illustrates the frailty of life and the importance of strength of family in turbulent times. (from DVD liner notes)
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Last Night
Title: Last Night
Character: The Runner
Released: October 23, 1998
Type: Movie
Various citizens of Toronto anxiously await the end of the world, which is occurring at the stroke of midnight on New Year's Day.
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Title: More Tales of the City
Character: Mother Mucca
Released: June 7, 1998
Type: TV
Lonely inhabitants at 28 Barbary Lane search for love and identity, turning to each other in the hope of finding happiness in San Francisco.
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Evidence of Blood
Title: Evidence of Blood
Character: Granny Dollar
Released: April 13, 1998
Type: Movie
When a brilliant crime writer investigates a 40-year-old murder, he confronts a small town's worst fears.
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Platinum
Title: Platinum
Released: October 12, 1997
Type: Movie
An up-and-coming indie band consider signing a record deal.
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Bleeders
Title: Bleeders
Character: Lexie
Released: July 31, 1997
Type: Movie
A man with an unknown disease travels to an island with his girlfriend where his relatives once lived, hoping to find a cure to his illness. Although his relatives were all thought to be dead, he finds them living underground.
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Star Wars: Ewoks - The Haunted Village
Title: Star Wars: Ewoks - The Haunted Village
Character: Morag (voice)
Released: February 11, 1997
Type: Movie
Morag the Tulga Witch seeks revenge on her old enemy Logray, shaman of the Ewoks, who holds the magic Sunstar while she possesses it's darker half, the Shadowstone.
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Title: Due South
Character: Gladys Caunce
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: Tales of the City
Released: September 28, 1993
Type: TV
Mary Ann Singleton, a naïve young secretary from the mid-west, tumbles head first into the colorful world of San Francisco, where carefree chaos revolves around the funky old apartment house at 28 Barbary Lane.
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Night Owl
Title: Night Owl
Character: Dr. Matthews
Released: August 19, 1993
Type: Movie
New York: Every night the mysterious "Night Owl" goes on the air with her moody radio show. She seems to have an inexplicable influence on some men; several of Julie's friends commit suicide while listening to her voice. She fears for her husband Harry, who becomes more and more distant from her.
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Careful
Title: Careful
Character: Frau Teacher
Released: September 30, 1992
Type: Movie
The mountain-village passions of a German widow and her sons unfold in the style of a 1920s movie.
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Heritage Minutes: Rural Teacher
Title: Heritage Minutes: Rural Teacher
Character: Narrator
Released: June 28, 1992
Type: Movie
Teacher Kate Henderson sways school trustees to embrace new methods, and the event is represented in the famous painting by Robert Harris: A Meeting of the School Trustees.
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Distress Signals
Title: Distress Signals
Character: Self - Narrator (voice)
Released: June 4, 1991
Type: Movie
American television programming dominates around the world at the expense of regional cultural voices.
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Whispers
Title: Whispers
Character: Mrs. Yancey
Released: December 7, 1990
Type: Movie
A woman is stalked by a psychopathic killer. She eventually kills him, only for the man to show up again, this time sane and without any knowledge of the attacks. The police don't believe her, but one detective agrees to look into it.
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The Midday Sun
Title: The Midday Sun
Character: Lilian
Released: February 22, 1990
Type: Movie
Maggie is an ordinary Canadian girl with the best of intentions who has signed on to work in a Catholic mission in Zimbabwe. With an ample supply of enthusiasm and ignorance, she consistently demonstrates her lack of understanding of the local culture. When she is robbed, she fights for the release of the man convicted of the crime and belatedly makes some attempt to understand her environment.
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Title: Road to Avonlea
Character: Hetty King
Released: January 7, 1990
Type: TV
In the fictional small town of Avonlea, Prince Edward Island, in the early 20th century, 10-year-old Montreal heiress Sara Stanley is sent by her wealthy father to live with her two maiden aunts, Hetty and Olivia King, to be near her late mother's side of the family.
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Road to Avonlea: The Movie
Title: Road to Avonlea: The Movie
Released: January 1, 1990
Type: Movie
After her father is accused of embezzlement, wealthy Sara Stanley is sent to live with her deceased mother's relatives on Prince Edward Island. While there, she must adjust to life in the small rural town of Avonlea, learn to cope with her infamous aunts, Hetty and Olivia, and learn to get along with her jealous cousins who become victims and cohorts in Sara’s antics and misadventures. Everything comes to a head when the adults are called away and her older cousin, Felicity, is left in charge – not knowing what troubles will ensue. Soon Sara must make a heart wrenching decision: whether to stay in Avonlea or return to her father. Through the combination of the episodes “The Journey Begins” and “Proof of the Pudding” this digitally-mastered movie was created as an introduction to the award-winning “Road to Avonlea” series.
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Final Notice
Title: Final Notice
Released: November 29, 1989
Type: Movie
Detective Harry Stoner has only a few clues. A year ago someone mutilated the nude photos found in the city library's art books. And shortly after, a young murder victim was found carved up in the same grisly way. Now, more mangled art books have suddenly turned up. And it's Harry's job to make sure another corpse doesn't.
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Food of the Gods II
Title: Food of the Gods II
Character: Dr. Kate Travis
Released: May 18, 1989
Type: Movie
A growth hormone experiment gets out of hand, when the the resulting giant man-eating rats escape, reaking havoc on the unsuspecting campus. Much blood-letting follows.
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A Winter Tan
Title: A Winter Tan
Character: Maryse Holder
Released: October 2, 1988
Type: Movie
Jackie Burroughs stars as Maryse Holder, the ill-fated feminist author who met an untimely death in Acapulco. Her attitude of cultural and racial condescension toward Mexican men was to regard them as nothing more than beasts of burden for her own sexual pleasure, and her hedonistic pursuits of sex and drugs led to her death at the hands of one of her many boytoys.
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Taking Care of Terrific
Title: Taking Care of Terrific
Character: Mrs. Forbes
Released: January 16, 1988
Type: Movie
14-year-old Enid Crowley hates her name and everything about her boring life. All this changes when she becomes a full-time babysitter to a sheltered boy. The two hook up for some hilarious adventures in the park with a mysterious bag lady and a street musician. With the help of Enid's boyfriend, Seth, they try to give the park dwellers a "special evening," but their good deed backfires and lands them in trouble.
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John and the Missus
Title: John and the Missus
Character: Missus
Released: October 23, 1987
Type: Movie
A small Canadian town is devasted when a local mine--the town's only source of income--is closed. One man incurs the wrath of the townsmen when he stubbornly refuses the small amount of settlement money offered by the government.
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A Judgment in Stone
Title: A Judgment in Stone
Character: Joan Smith
Released: January 1, 1986
Type: Movie
An English woman, psychotic and sexually repressed, murders her sadistic father, then moves to America. She soon secures a job as a maid for a wealthy family. Soon her severe psychosis and her attempts to keep her sexuality from asserting itself combine to cause trouble for all concerned.
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Title: Anne of Green Gables
Character: Mrs. Amelia Evans
Released: December 1, 1985
Type: TV
When Anne Shirley arrives at the Cuthbert’s Farm on Prince Edward Island, she is a precocious, romantic child, desperate to be loved, and highly sensitive about her red hair and homely looks. Anne moves from one mishap to another as her wild imagination and far-fetched antics combine to constantly bring trouble upon her shoulders.
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Anne of Green Gables
Title: Anne of Green Gables
Character: Mrs. Amelia Evans
Released: December 1, 1985
Type: Movie
At the turn of the century on Prince Edward Island, Matthew Cuthbert and his sister Marilla decide to take on an orphan boy as help for their farm. But they get an unexpected jolt when they're mistakenly sent a girl instead: Anne Shirley.
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Title: The Twilight Zone
Released: September 27, 1985
Type: TV
This 1980s revival of the classic sci-fi series features a similar style to the original anthology series. Each episode tells a tale (sometimes two or three) rooted in horror or suspense, often with a surprising twist at the end. Episodes usually feature elements of drama and comedy.
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Title: Ewoks
Character: Morag (voice)
Released: September 7, 1985
Type: TV
The Ewok Wicket and his friends from the Bright Tree Village go on many magical adventures.
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The Undergrads
Title: The Undergrads
Character: Nancy Galik
Released: May 5, 1985
Type: Movie
An elderly man discovers that his son wants to put him in an old-age home. However, the old man's grandson refuses to allow it, and the man and his grandson wind up becoming roommates at the boy's college dorm.
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The Care Bears Movie
Title: The Care Bears Movie
Character: Spirit (voice)
Released: March 23, 1985
Type: Movie
The Care Bears team up with a troubled brother and sister who just moved to a new town to help a neglected young magician's apprentice whose evil spell book causes sinister things to happen.
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Neon, an Electric Memoir
Title: Neon, an Electric Memoir
Character: Gloria Raposo
Released: October 31, 1984
Type: Movie
The film is a pop culture history of neon as told by Gloria Raposo, a show girl in love with all the tubes of colored light that illuminate the theaters, bars, diners and hotels of North America. Raposo introduces viewers to famous and obscure neon from New York's 42nd Street to the Las Vegas Strip
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The Surrogate
Title: The Surrogate
Character: Woman at Anouk's
Released: October 15, 1984
Type: Movie
Frank and Lee have marital problems: he's been impotent for 18 months, she alternates between sympathy and criticism. His temper gets the best of him, so he's seeing a psychotherapist who finds the anger and the impotence related. She recommends that Frank and Lee hire a mysterious European woman to lead them through fantasies intended to unlock passion and help them heal. At the same time this is going on, the police are investigating a series of stabbings: as corpses pile up, we wonder if Frank's temper may be behind this; or perhaps it's Eric, a cross-dressing neighbor and friend of Lee's; it may even be the European woman, who keeps popping up with new fantasies.
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Overdrawn at the Memory Bank
Title: Overdrawn at the Memory Bank
Character: Emmaline Ozmondo Fingal
Released: September 22, 1984
Type: Movie
A futuristic rebel becomes a Humphrey Bogart character after watching repeated reruns of Casablanca.
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The Wars
Title: The Wars
Character: Miss Davenport
Released: November 20, 1983
Type: Movie
Robert Ross (Brent Carver) lives a protected adolescence in a well-off Toronto suburb. Secretive and withdrawn, he shares his thoughts only with his sister Rowena (Anne-Marie MacDonald) who is mentally disabled. He feels compassion for his weak and conventional father. He avoids any confrontation with his mother (Martha Henry), a dominating woman whose despondency at having given birth to a handicapped child has turned to bitterness. Rowena occupies a central position in Robert's existence of daydreams and make-believe. When she dies, Robert clashes openly with his family, and decides to take himself in hand. It's 1914. He enrolls in the Canadian army, and, after training in Alberta and Montreal, he finds himself in England and France. The war becomes another way for him to resolve his conflicts, his dramas, his passions--his wars.
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The Dead Zone
Title: The Dead Zone
Character: Vera Smith
Released: October 21, 1983
Type: Movie
Johnny Smith is a schoolteacher with his whole life ahead of him but, after leaving his fiancee's home one night, is involved in a car crash which leaves him in a coma for 5 years. When he wakes, he discovers he has an ability to see into the past, present and future life of anyone with whom he comes into physical contact.
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The Grey Fox
Title: The Grey Fox
Character: Kate
Released: December 16, 1982
Type: Movie
Old West highwayman Bill Miner, known to Pinkertons as "The Gentleman Bandit," is released in 1901 after 33 years in prison, a genial and charming old man. Entering a world unfamiliar to him, he returns to the only thing that gives him purpose — robbery.
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The Intruder
Title: The Intruder
Character: Eleanor
Released: September 16, 1981
Type: Movie
An entertainer arrives to put on a show in a small town. It turns out that he has mystical powers that give each person a glowing aura, and forces them to tell the truth. Complications ensue.
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Heavy Metal
Title: Heavy Metal
Character: Katherine (voice)
Released: August 7, 1981
Type: Movie
The embodiment of ultimate evil, a glowing orb terrorizes a young girl with bizarre stories of dark fantasy, eroticism and horror.
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The Kidnapping of the President
Title: The Kidnapping of the President
Character: Woman Agent
Released: August 15, 1980
Type: Movie
A South American quasi-revolutionary/guerilla/terrorist and a misled, admiring girl compatriot manage to kidnap the U.S. President during a diplomatic visit to Toronto.
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Out of Our Fathers' House
Title: Out of Our Fathers' House
Character: Maria Mitchell
Released: August 2, 1978
Type: Movie
Drawn from the diaries and letters of noted feminists, such as women's suffrage founder Elizabeth Cady Stanton and labor organizer "Mother" Mary Jones, this unique production paints a compelling portrait of the women's liberation movement.
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Gertrude & Alice in Passing
Title: Gertrude & Alice in Passing
Character: Gertrude Stein
Released: January 1, 1978
Type: Movie
This experiment in point of view, narrative structure, and time attempts to reproduce cinematically Gertude Stein's notion of a "continuous present." In four rhyming shots/scenes, it suggests the development of a relationship over many years. Based on biographical details from the lives of Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas, with improvised performances by Jackie Burroughs and Anne Anglin.
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125 Rooms of Comfort
Title: 125 Rooms of Comfort
Released: November 7, 1974
Type: Movie
The film stars Tim Henry as Billie Joyce, a gay and transvestite former musician who has been institutionalized in an asylum due to mental illness. Inheriting the smalltown hotel formerly owned by his deceased father, he returns home intending to sell the hotel to real estate developer Oscar Kidd (Robert A. Silverman), but soon finds himself in the position of defending the rights of the hotel's staff against Kidd's renovation plans.
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‘Rameau’s Nephew’ by Diderot (Thanx to Dennis Young) by Wilma Schoen
Title: ‘Rameau’s Nephew’ by Diderot (Thanx to Dennis Young) by Wilma Schoen
Character: Carla
Released: November 5, 1974
Type: Movie
Various unrelated vignettes, often juxtaposing sound and image.
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Monkeys in the Attic
Title: Monkeys in the Attic
Character: Wanda
Released: October 2, 1974
Type: Movie
Two artsy/hippie couples sharing a townhouse play head-games with each other and with a pizza-delivery driver.
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Running Time
Title: Running Time
Character: The Old Lady
Released: January 1, 1974
Type: Movie
This feature film is an exotic romp through the ’60s in song and dance. A fantasy that pokes fun not only at some hallowed institutions but at itself as well.
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A Fan's Notes
Title: A Fan's Notes
Character: Betty Blind
Released: July 2, 1972
Type: Movie
A writer has a mental breakdown, unable to deal with the society around him.
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Title: Great Performances
Character: Maria Mitchell
Released: January 28, 1971
Type: TV
The best in the performing arts from across America and around the world including a diverse programming portfolio of classical music, opera, popular song, musical theater, dance, drama, and performance documentaries.
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The Psychiatrist: God Bless the Children
Title: The Psychiatrist: God Bless the Children
Character: Jane
Released: December 14, 1970
Type: Movie
A hip psychiatrist teams up with an ex-addict to combat drug addiction in a small town in this pilot for "The Psychiatrist."
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The Ernie Game
Title: The Ernie Game
Character: Gail
Released: November 14, 1968
Type: Movie
This fictional feature follows a twenty-something man who is struggling to define his position in the world in early adulthood. He has left their parents' home but still has not made an home of his own. Our protagonist’s alienation is palpable; for him life is a game, not because he chooses to make it so, but because he is unable to make anything more of it. But for those who befriend him and eventually turn him loose again, his game is not enough.
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Bill's Hat
Title: Bill's Hat
Released: January 1, 1967
Type: Movie
"The whole film are non-art portraits of people in which they do what they want with this hat – and therefore, act or stand in front of my camera. It’s only love: therefore it can’t harm you". Joyce Wieland.
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Title: Wojeck
Character: Heroin Addict
Released: September 13, 1966
Type: TV
A coroner searches for truth and justice with the help of his friends, while trying to hold his family together. (inspired by the headlines of Dr. Morton Shulman, chief coroner in Toronto) In the 1960s, Canadian TV underwent a shift led by "Wojeck" and "This Hour Has Seven Days." "Wojeck," influenced by Dr. Morton Shulman's work, explored safety standards through naturalistic filmmaking by Ronald Weyman and Grahame Woods. John Vernon's portrayal of Wojeck, a Polish Catholic confronting moral dilemmas, tackled societal issues like abortion and drug addiction. Guided by Weyman and David Peddie, the show bravely addressed topics like homosexuality and elderly neglect, gaining acclaim and international recognition.
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Notes for a Film About Donna & Gail
Title: Notes for a Film About Donna & Gail
Character: Gail
Released: January 1, 1966
Type: Movie
The story of two young women who go to the city to work in a dress factory, and who share a room to ease their expenses and their loneliness. The film shows the currents that brought them together and the facets of their natures that first made them seem compatible but eventually drove them apart. Their story reflects, to a degree, the situation of anyone who has ever shared the life of another.