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An Avonlea Christmas
''An Avonlea Christmas'' (also known as ''Happy Christmas, Miss King'') is a 1998 Canadian made-for-television Christmas film directed by Stefan Scaini and written by Raymond Storey. A reunion special and sequel to the 1990–1996 television series ''Road to Avonlea'', the story takes place against the backdrop of World War I as the King family prepares for Christmas Eve. Cast * Jackie Burroughs as Hetty King * Cedric Smith as Alec King * Mag Ruffman as Olivia Dale * Lally Cadeau as Janet King * Patricia Hamilton as Rachel Lynde * Gema Zamprogna as Felicity Pike * Zachary Bennett as Felix King * Kay Tremblay as Great Aunt Eliza * Molly Atkinson as Cecilly King * Ryan Cooley as Daniel King * Lauren Collins as Libby Hubble * Asa Perlman as Monty Dale See also * List of Christmas films *''Road to Avonlea ''Road to Avonlea'' is a Canadian television series first broadcast in Canada between January 7, 1990, and March 31, 1996, as part of the ''CBC Family Hour'' anthology se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raymond Storey
Raymond Storey (born in Brampton, Ontario) is a Canadians, Canadian playwright and television writer."Storey, Raymond" ''Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia'', March 8, 2010. He is best known for his plays ''The Saints and Apostles'', which was a shortlisted finalist for the Governor General's Award for English-language drama at the 1993 Governor General's Awards, and ''The Glorious 12th'', which won the Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding New Play in 1996. His other plays have included ''South of China'', ''Adventures in Turning Forty'', ''The Last Bus'', ''Angel of Death'', ''Country Chorale'', ''The Dreamland'', ''Girls in the Gang'' and ''Cheek to Cheek''. For television, his credits have included episodes of ''Road to Avonlea'', ''Traders (TV series), Traders'', ''Made in Canad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kay Tremblay
Kay Tremblay (13 March 1914 – 9 August 2005) was a Canadian film actress, also appearing on television and theatre. She was best known for her Gemini Award-winning role of Great Aunt Eliza on ''Road to Avonlea''. Biography Born in Scotland, she began her career with the George Ballachine Ballet at Theatre Royal in London. Tremblay arrived in Canada after her marriage and began her Canadian artistic career in 1954. Kay Tremblay lived in a thatched cottage at 46a high street, Flore, Northants, UK, from the 1960s. She named the property "The Farthings" as she said this was all she had left after she purchased it. Career Her Canadian career was namely in television, but she worked briefly at the Stratford Festival from 1989 to 1990. She won a Gemini Award in 1997 for Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Series in ''Road to Avonlea'', and a Gemini nomination in 1989 for Best Guest Performance in a Series by an Actor or Actress in ''Night Heat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Set In Prince Edward Island
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitized ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
