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5th ACTRA Awards
The 5th ACTRA Awards were presented on April 21, 1976.Blaik Kirby, "CBC dominates ACTRA Awards, but show itself slips". ''The Globe and Mail'', April 22, 1976. The ceremony was hosted by Pierre Berton. Winners References {{Canadian Screen Awards 1976 in Canadian television ACTRA The Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists (ACTRA) is a Canadian trade union representing performers in English-language media. It has 25,000 members working in film, television, radio, and all other recorded media. The org ... ACTRA Awards ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre Berton
Pierre Francis de Marigny Berton, CC, O.Ont. (July 12, 1920 – November 30, 2004) was a Canadian writer, journalist and broadcaster. Berton wrote 50 best-selling books, mainly about Canadiana, Canadian history and popular culture. He also wrote critiques of mainstream religion, anthologies, children's books and historical works for youth. He was a reporter and war correspondent, an editor at ''Maclean's Magazine'' and ''The Toronto Star'' and, for 39 years, a guest on Front Page Challenge. He was a founder of the Writers' Trust of Canada, and won many honours and awards. Early years Berton was born on July 12, 1920, in Whitehorse, Yukon, where his father had moved for the 1898 Klondike Gold Rush. His family moved to Dawson City, Yukon in 1921. His mother, Laura Beatrice Berton (née Thompson), was a school teacher in Toronto until she was offered a job as a teacher in Dawson City at the age of 29 in 1907. She met Frank Berton in the nearby mining town of Granville shortly a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metro Morning
Metro Morning is CBC Radio One's local morning program in Toronto, airing on CBLA-FM. The program airs from 5:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. weekday mornings, and has frequently been Toronto's highest-rated radio program in its timeslot. The program is currently hosted by Ismaila Alfa. ''Metro Morning'' does not air on most of CBLA's rebroadcast transmitters outside of Toronto, which air the separate program ''Ontario Morning'' instead. However ''Metro Morning'' was broadcast on the Paris, Ontario transmitter CBLA-FM-2 to serve Waterloo Region and the westernmost parts of the Greater Toronto Area, until the start of that region's local morning programming, ''Morning Edition'', on March 11, 2013. History ''Metro Morning'' premiered in 1973 with the name ''Tomorrow Is Here''. It replaced ''I'm Here Till 9'' which had been hosted by Alex Trebek from 1971 until the end of 1972 when it was decided to replace it with a show that had a harder news format. George Rich hosted the morning show be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jane Mallett
Jane Mallett (April 17, 1899 – April 14, 1984) was a Canadian actress. She was born as Jean Dawson Keenleyside in London, Ontario, Canada. Career Her films included ''Love at First Sight'' with Dan Aykroyd, ''The Sweet and the Bitter'', ''The Yellow Leaf'', ''Nothing Personal'', and ''Improper Channels''. She was a stalwart on CBC Radio from the 1940s to the 1970s, working with such notables as Andrew Allan, John Drainie, and Barry Morse. She was most noted for ''Travels with Aunt Jane'', a 1974 CBC Radio comedy series in which she portrayed the character of "Aunt Jane", an unmarried woman who travelled across Canada to visit her relatives. Television producer Jack Humphrey also created a pilot for a television version of ''Aunt Jane'' in 1977, but the show was not picked up to series. Mallett's stage career included performances with the Shaw Festival of Canada and the Stratford Festival of Canada. She was named a Member of the Order of Canada in 1975. In 1976, she wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adrienne Clarkson
Adrienne Louise Clarkson (; ; born February 10, 1939) is a British Hong Kong, Hong Kong-born Canadian journalist who served from 1999 to 2005 as Governor General of Canada, the List of Governors General of Canada#Governors General of Canada, 1867–present, 26th since Canadian Confederation. Clarkson arrived in Canada with her family in 1941, as a refugee from Japanese occupation of Hong Kong, Japanese-occupied Hong Kong, and was raised in Ottawa. After receiving a number of university degrees, Clarkson worked as a producer and broadcaster for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) and a journalist for various magazines. Her first diplomatic posting came in the early 1980s, when she promoted Ontario, Ontarian culture in France and other European countries. In 1999, she was appointed Governor General of Canada, Governor General by Queen Elizabeth II, on the recommendation of Prime Minister of Canada Jean Chrétien, to replace Roméo LeBlanc as viceroy, a post which she occu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Drainie Award
The John Drainie Award was an award given to an individual who has made a significant contribution to broadcasting in Canada. Although meant to be presented annually there have been years where it was not presented. Originally created by ACTRA in 1968 as a standalone award,"Broadcasters Honor W.O. Mitchell" '' Calgary Herald'', October 5, 1968. the award was named in memory of Canadian actor following his death in 1966, and was presented as part of the |
Gordon Sinclair Award
The Gordon Sinclair Award is a Canadian journalism award, presented by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television for excellence in broadcast journalism. Originally presented as part of the ACTRA Awards, it was transferred to the new Gemini Awards in 1986. During the ACTRA era, the award was open to both radio and television journalists; when it was taken over by the Academy, it became a television-only award. In the late 1990s, the award transitioned from a competitive award with a shortlist of nominees, which was presented to honour journalism work within the past year, into a lifetime achievement award whose winner was announced in advance of the annual award ceremony. Since 2013, it has been presented as part of the Canadian Screen Awards. The award is named in honour of television and radio commentator Gordon Sinclair. Winners ACTRA *1972 - Pierre Berton *1973 - Max Ferguson *1975 - Jack Webster *1976 - Warner Troyer and Adrienne Clarkson *1977 - Judy LaMarsh *1978 - Lind ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth Gray (broadcaster)
Elizabeth Gray is a Canadian radio broadcaster, who has been a host and documentary producer for CBC Radio. Previously a researcher on '' Cross-Country Checkup'' and a substitute host on ''This Country in the Morning'' and '' Morningside'', Gray took over from Barbara Frum as cohost of ''As It Happens ''As It Happens'' is a Canadian interview show that airs on CBC Radio One in Canada and various public radio stations in the United States through Public Radio Exchange. Its 50th anniversary was celebrated on-air on November 16, 2018. It has bee ...'' in 1981. In a controversial decision by the show's producers, she was replaced by Dennis Trudeau in 1985. She subsequently hosted '' Sunday Morning'' for several years, and produced documentary reports for the network. More recently, with different producers in charge of ''As It Happens'', Gray has returned to the program as an occasional guest host. She was married to journalist John Gray. References Living people Canadian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Fifth Estate (TV Program)
''The Fifth Estate'' is an English-language Canadian investigative documentary series that airs on the national CBC Television network. The name is a reference to the term " Fourth Estate", and was chosen to highlight the program's determination to go beyond everyday news into original journalism. The program has been on the air since 16 September 1975, and its primary focus is on investigative journalism. It has engaged in co-productions with the BBC, ''The New York Times'', ''The Globe and Mail'', the ''Toronto Star'', and often with the PBS program ''Frontline''. ''The Fifth Estate'' is one of two television programs (with ''The Twilight Zone'' being the first) to win an Academy Award, a prize presented to theatrical films: ''Just Another Missing Kid'', originally a ''The Fifth Estate'' episode, was released in theatres in the United States and won the 1982 Academy Award for Documentary Feature. Journalists Journalists associated with the show, past and present, include: * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warner Troyer
Warner Troyer (6 January 1932 – 15 September 1991) was a Canadian broadcast journalist and writer. Troyer was born in Cochrane, Ontario, the son of Gordon Troyer, a Presbyterian circuit minister. He lost his leg at a young age, and later worked with Patrick Watson who also had a missing leg. Troyer began his career as an overnight radio disc jockey in Saskatchewan, then became the first radio reporter in the Manitoba legislature and was not even allowed in the press gallery. He then moved to the Winnipeg Free Press and worked as a news reporter for CKRC radio 630kc. He was later featured on the 1960s CBC Television current affairs program ''This Hour Has Seven Days''. In 1975, Troyer co-hosted the first season of '' the fifth estate'' with Adrienne Clarkson, also on CBC. He was also involved in the production of CBWT's ''Eye-To-Eye'' program and was for a time executive producer and co-host of W5 on CTV. In 1976, Troyer provided commentaries following episodes of '' The P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Bruce (writer)
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Harry Bruce may refer to: * Harry Bruce (academic), professor and Dean of the Information School at the University of Washington * Harry Bruce (politician) (1868–1958), Australian politician * Harry Bruce (footballer, born 1905) (1905–?), English footballer * Harry Bruce (Australian footballer) (1895–1977), Australian footballer for Melbourne See also * Henry Bruce (other) Henry Bruce may refer to: *Henry Bruce (Royal Navy officer, born 1792) (1792–1863), British admiral *Henry Bruce, 1st Baron Aberdare (1815–1895), British statesman *Henry Bruce, 2nd Baron Aberdare (1851–1929), his son *Sir Henry Bruce (Royal N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lies My Father Told Me
''Lies My Father Told Me'' is a 1975 Canadian drama film made in Montreal, Quebec. It was directed by Ján Kadár and stars Jeffrey Lynas as an orthodox Jewish boy growing up in 1920s Montreal. The film received the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Film in 1975. The original story was written by Ted Allan in 1949. Allan was working at an advertising agency. David Rome, editor of the Canadian Jewish Congress ''Bulletin'', asked him to write a story. Allan's short story is as a dramatization of his own childhood memories. Allan comes from a Jewish family who lived in Montreal's Mile End neighbourhood. ''Lies My Father Told Me'' has been through many reincarnations since its original publication, as a radio play and a Golden Globe-winning film. The original short story was picked up by producer Harry Gulkin. Gulkin candidly told the ''Montreal Gazette'', "I really didn't know what I was doing, but then nobody knew I didn't know what I was doing". The film has become celebrated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ted Allan
Alan Herman (January 26, 1916 – June 29, 1995), known professionally as Ted Allan, was a Canadian screenwriter, author, and poet, several of whose books were made into motion pictures. In 1975, he received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Writing (Original Screenplay) and won a Golden Globe for Best Foreign Film for the film ''Lies My Father Told Me''. Biography Ted Allan was born in Montreal as Alan Herman. In 1934 he met and became friends with Norman Bethune. In February 1937 Allan joined Lincoln Battalion of the International Brigades to fight against fascism in Spanish Civil War. At the direction of the Brigade, Ted worked as a reporter — he broadcast to America from Madrid — and worked again with Bethune. In 1939 he published his first novel, ''This Time a Better Earth'', drawing on his experiences in the War. In 1952, Allan and Sydney Gordon published Bethune's biography, ''The Scalpel, The Sword''. Allan battled for nearly 40 years to make a movie abo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
