Martha Burns

Martha Burns

Born: April 23, 1957
in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Movies for Martha Burns...

Title: Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities
Character: Agatha
Released: October 25, 2022
Type: TV
Bizarre nightmares unfold in eight tales of terror in this visually stunning, spine-tingling horror collection curated by Guillermo del Toro.
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We're All in This Together
Title: We're All in This Together
Character: Kate Parker
Released: April 1, 2022
Type: Movie
The members of the dysfunctional Parker family have had their fair share of complications. When matriarch Kate Parker miraculously survives plummeting over a waterfall in a barrel, a feat captured on a video that goes viral-,the Parkers have to do something they never thought possible: act like a real family.
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Title: Alias Grace
Character: Mrs. Parkinson
Released: September 25, 2017
Type: TV
Based on the true story of Grace Marks, a housemaid and immigrant from Ireland who was imprisoned in 1843, perhaps wrongly, for the murder of her employer Thomas Kinnear. Grace claims to have no memory of the murder yet the facts are irrefutable. A decade after, Dr. Simon Jordan tries to help Grace recall her past.
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Boxing
Title: Boxing
Character: Janet
Released: September 12, 2015
Type: Movie
Returning to boxing class after a traumatic event, Sheila has a tough time coping with a classmate's far-from-selfless efforts to express her concern.
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Title: Remedy
Character: Rebecca Baker
Released: February 24, 2014
Type: TV
Griffin Conner, a med-school dropout having left in a haze of disgrace, is forced to return to Bethune General Hospital as its newest orderly and work alongside his family.
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After All These Years
Title: After All These Years
Character: Phyllis
Released: April 19, 2013
Type: Movie
When a woman is wrongly accused of the death of her ex-husband, she sets out to solve the murder mystery and find the real killer before the day of the funeral, when she is to be taken into custody.
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Mad Ship
Title: Mad Ship
Character: Judith
Released: March 29, 2013
Type: Movie
A poor young Scandinavian immigrant couple winds up in Canada in search of prosperity, but the hardship of the Great Depression takes a toll in a way they never feared when they went in search of the dream.
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The Samaritan
Title: The Samaritan
Character: Gretchen
Released: March 2, 2012
Type: Movie
After twenty years in prison, Foley is finished with the grifter's life. When he meets an elusive young woman named Iris, the possibility of a new start looks real. But his past is proving to be a stubborn companion.
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French Immersion
Title: French Immersion
Character: Cathy
Released: October 7, 2011
Type: Movie
Four Anglo-Canadians and a New Yorker find themselves in a two-week long total French immersion program in the fictional, remote town of St-Isidore-du-Coeur-de-Jésus, tucked away somewhere in Northern Quebec. The place is perfect for total immersion since, according to the most recent census, 99% of the population is comprised of pure laine Quebeckers for the most part unilingual French, fervently nationalist, and all, save one person, named Tremblay.
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Title: Michael: Tuesdays and Thursdays
Character: Jasmina Hart
Released: September 14, 2011
Type: TV
Michael, a neurotic young man, sees his therapist David twice a week. David views Michael as an ideal guinea pig for the experimental psychiatric techniques he hopes will turn him into a bestselling pop psychology writer.
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A Wake
Title: A Wake
Character: Sabina
Released: February 18, 2011
Type: Movie
After the mysterious death of their infamous director, members of a formerly renowned theatre company reunite for his wake. The grieving widow welcomes the thespians to her country house, but the drama intensifies when old rivalries and jealousies erupt, exposing a myriad of secrets and lies.
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Title: Republic of Doyle
Character: Joyce
Released: January 6, 2010
Type: TV
Jake Doyle and his ex-cop father, Malachy, run a Newfoundland detective agency. Their rugged seaside town never lacks for intriguing cases, and the Doyles don't always land on the right side of the law.
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Love & Savagery
Title: Love & Savagery
Character: Mother Superior
Released: August 6, 2009
Type: Movie
In 1969, a visiting geologist from Newfoundland arouses scandal in a small Irish village when he romances a local girl who’s destined for the convent.
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Blindness
Title: Blindness
Character: Woman with Insomnia
Released: May 14, 2008
Type: Movie
When a sudden plague of blindness devastates a city, a small group of the afflicted band together to triumphantly overcome the horrific conditions of their imposed quarantine.
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Title: The Trojan Horse
Character: Mary Miller
Released: March 30, 2008
Type: TV
Politician Tom McLaughlin watches from the sidelines as Canada relinquishes sovereignty and joins the United States. He refuses to lose his country without a fight, whether it's fair or not.
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Title: Murdoch Mysteries
Character: Mrs. Burgess
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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Silk
Title: Silk
Character: Mme. Joncour
Released: September 14, 2007
Type: Movie
Based on the best-selling novel by Alessandro Baricco, this visually stunning film tells the story of a French trader who finds unexpected love far away from home.
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Siblings
Title: Siblings
Character: Miss Bradford
Released: September 14, 2004
Type: Movie
Joe and his siblings have a couple of problems. First off, their stepparents are despicably evil. Secondly, they seemed to have killed them. Now this mixed up mess of half-sisters and step-brothers have to figure out how to dispose of the bodies, cover up the murders, collect their grandfather's inheritance and somehow stick together as a family -- all without getting caught. Not to mention Joe's incessant need to keep tabs on his promiscuous sister, an eye on the precocious little ones and a lustful watch on the girl next-door. Growing up has its complications. Murder's just one of them.
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The Skulls III
Title: The Skulls III
Character: Swim Coach
Released: March 23, 2004
Type: Movie
A young college co-ed tries joining the elite, all-male, secret society, the Skulls, and in so doing, she uncovers some unscrupulous methods used by some of the members to get what they want.
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Title: Slings & Arrows
Character: Ellen Fanshaw
Released: November 3, 2003
Type: TV
This darkly comic Canadian series follows the fortunes of a dysfunctional Shakespearean theatre troupe at the fictional New Burbage Festival, exposing the high drama, scorching battles, and artistic miracles that happen behind the scenes.
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Profoundly Normal
Title: Profoundly Normal
Character: Dr. Maswell
Released: February 9, 2003
Type: Movie
Donna Lee Shelby, a mentally challenged girl who lives in Forest Haven, an institution for the developmentally disabled, meets Ricardo Thornton, a fellow resident. When Forest Haven is closed by a court order, Donna and Ricardo venture into the real world on their own.
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Murder Most Likely
Title: Murder Most Likely
Released: March 22, 2000
Type: Movie
In 1981, former RCMP Undercover Agent "Patrick Kelly" was accused of causing the mysterious death of his wife. Managing to elude the authorities, Kelly married his second wife, and continued to live the extravagant lifestyle he so desperately desired. However, in 1984, based on the testimony of a key witness, Kelly was finally convicted of the first-degree murder of his wife, (allegedly by throwing her off the balcony of their luxury high-rise condo). But then a whole ten years later, the witness claimed she lied on the stand.
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The Life Before This
Title: The Life Before This
Character: Gwen Maclean
Released: September 15, 1999
Type: Movie
Several innocent persons are hurt after two robbers, fleeing from the police, run into a neighborhood cafe.
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The Last 100 Days
Title: The Last 100 Days
Released: March 28, 1999
Type: Movie
Canadian military accomplishments in the last hundred days of World War I, when the German Army was destroyed, surpassed those of any other army. The Canadian success was, in no small measure, due to Arthur Currie, whom a recent British historian describes as "the most successful Allied General and one of the least well known."
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Title: Storm of the Century
Character: Counselor
Released: February 14, 1999
Type: TV
When a blizzard hits an isolated island town it brings with it a mysterious stranger intent on terrorizing the people for a sinister purpose.
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What Katy Did
Title: What Katy Did
Character: Aunt Izzie
Released: January 1, 1999
Type: Movie
Kevin Whately (The English Patient) stars as Dr. Philip Carr, along with Alison Pill (The Judy Garland Story), as his daughter Katy Carr, Megan Follows (Anne of Green Gables), as her cousin Helen, and long-time favorite Dean Stockwell in this warm family drama that tells the story Katy, a headstrong, energetic thirteen-year-old girl with a feisty, rebellious streak who seems to be more than her father can handle at times, even with the aid of Aunt Izzie (Martha Burns). The arrival of her ill cousin begins to alter Katy's perception of the world; then a serious accident confides Katy to her room, which changes the young girl's outlook on life forever. Based on the classic novel, What Katy Did, by Susan Coolidge.
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Thanks of a Grateful Nation
Title: Thanks of a Grateful Nation
Character: Dr. Rosemary Dove
Released: May 31, 1998
Type: Movie
An examination of the aftermath of Desert Storm and how servicemen and women were affected by it medically.
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Marie Curie: More Than Meets the Eye
Title: Marie Curie: More Than Meets the Eye
Character: Lisette Boudreau
Released: June 6, 1997
Type: Movie
During World War 1, the young Boudreau sisters decide to aid the war effort by catching spies. The strange activities of Nobel-Prize winning scientist Marie Curie make her a prime suspect. When the girls follow Curie to the battlefront, they witness her fight to use science and her X-ray machine to save the lives of the wounded, including their father.
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Long Day's Journey Into Night
Title: Long Day's Journey Into Night
Character: Cathleen
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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The Boys Next Door
Title: The Boys Next Door
Released: February 4, 1996
Type: Movie
Kind-hearted social worker Jack Palmer feels guilty about not spending enough time with his wife due to the pressures of his job taking care of four developmentally disabled men: obsessive-compulsive Norman, bipolar Arnold, childlike Lucien, and schizophrenic Barry. When Jack announces his decision to leave his job, his four charges react quite unexpectedly to the news.
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Never Talk to Strangers
Title: Never Talk to Strangers
Character: Maura
Released: October 20, 1995
Type: Movie
Sarah Taylor, a police psychologist, meets a mysterious and seductive young man, Tony Ramirez, and falls in love with him. As a cause of this relationship, she changes her personality when she begins to receive anonymous telephone calls.
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Title: No Price Too High
Character: Jean Partridge
Released: January 1, 1995
Type: TV
The Canadian contribution to World War Two was extraordinary in scale and variety. More than one million people, out of nation of just eleven million, volunteered to serve. To transform a small, virtually unequipped military into a powerful army, navy and air force was a remarkable achievement. No Price Too High traces Canada's involvement from the prewar years through 1945, explaining the events of the war in the context of the political and military realities of the time. There is none of the second guessing that has characterized so much recent analysis of the war. No Price Too High draws on original sources - personal letters and diary entries, and powerful photographs - to evoke the mood of those momentous years. The thoughts, hopes, dreams, fears, and heartbreaks of the generation of Canadians who faced the war are captured. Produced by Norflicks, No Price Too High chronicles Canada's role in the major events of the war, including The Battle of Britain, Dieppe and D-Day.
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Title: Due South
Character: Caroline Fraser
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: Due South
Character: Nadia
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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Paint Cans
Title: Paint Cans
Character: Melda
Released: September 13, 1994
Type: Movie
A Canadian take on The Player.
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Title: Great Performances
Character: Cathleen
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.