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Canadian Screen Award For Best Actress In A Comedy Series
The Canadian Screen Award for Best Actress in Comedy Series is an annual Canadian television award, presented by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television to the best leading performance by an actress in a Canadian television comedy series. The award was first presented in 1986 as part of the Gemini Awards. However, as Canadian television comedy was dominated by sketch comedy rather than narrative sitcoms in the late 1980s, the awards for Best Actress and Best Actor in a Comedy Series were discontinued after 1987, with only a single gender-neutral award presented for Best Performance in a Comedy thereafter; separate awards for Individual Performance in a Comedy and Ensemble Performance in a Comedy were introduced for the 16th Gemini Awards in 2001, but were still not separated for gender."CTV's Nuremberg leads Gemini nominations". '' The Telegram'', September 18, 2001. With the revival of scripted narrative comedy series in the 2000s, separate awards for actors and actresses ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canada
Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by total area. Its southern and western border with the United States, stretching , is the world's longest binational land border. Canada's capital is Ottawa, and its three largest metropolitan areas are Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver. Indigenous peoples have continuously inhabited what is now Canada for thousands of years. Beginning in the 16th century, British and French expeditions explored and later settled along the Atlantic coast. As a consequence of various armed conflicts, France ceded nearly all of its colonies in North America in 1763. In 1867, with the union of three British North American colonies through Confederation, Canada was formed as a federal dominion of four provinces. This began an accretion of provinces and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Windsor Star
The ''Windsor Star'' is a daily newspaper based in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. Owned by Postmedia Network, it is published Tuesdays through Saturdays. History The paper began as the weekly ''Windsor Record'' in 1888, changing its name to the ''Border Cities Star'' in 1918, when it was bought by W. F. Herman. The ''Border Cities Star'' was a daily newspaper published from September 3, 1918, until June 28, 1935. The founders W. F. Herman and Hugh Graybiel purchased the existing daily newspaper, the ''Windsor Record'' (known as the ''Evening Record'' from 1890 to November 1917), from John A. McKay on August 6, 1918. There was some conflict before the men purchased the newspaper. The ''Windsor Record'' had only partial wire service, and some felt that the national and international news was not sufficiently covered. Originally, the ''Border Cities Star'' was intended to be a rival daily newspaper to the ''Windsor Record''. However, Herman's application to Canadian Press Limited for ful ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angela Asher
Angela Asher is a Canadian film and television actress. She is most noted for her role as Tara Mercer in '' 18 to Life'', for which she received a nomination for Best Actress in a Comedy Series at the 26th Gemini Awards in 2011. She has also had recurring or regular roles in the television series '' Married Life'', '' This Is Wonderland'', ''Degrassi'', '' Inhuman Condition'', '' Bad Blood'', '' Hard Rock Medical'' and ''Workin' Moms'', '''', July 20, 2017. and appeared in the films '' [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Call Me Fitz
''Call Me Fitz'' is a Canadian television series produced by E1 Entertainment, Amaze Film & Television, and Big Motion Pictures. The half-hour comedy stars Jason Priestley as Richard "Fitz" Fitzpatrick, a morally bankrupt used-car salesman whose consequence-free life is complicated by the arrival of do-gooder Larry ( Ernie Grunwald), another salesman who claims he is Fitz's conscience. The series is co-produced by Movie Central (western Canada) and The Movie Network (central/eastern Canada), for airing on those two channels and their jointly owned channel HBO Canada (Canada wide). The first thirteen-episode season of the show premiered on HBO Canada in September 2010, with subsequent seasons premiering in September 2011, 2012, and October 2013. The series was filmed in New Minas, Nova Scotia. Synopsis The show stars Priestley as Richard Fitzpatrick, a used-car salesman walking a fine line of acceptable behaviour on the lot alongside a new salesman, do-gooder Larry, who claim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tracy Dawson
Tracy Dawson is a Canadian actress, comedian and writer. She is best known for her role as Meghan Fitzpatrick in ''Call Me Fitz'', for which she won the Gemini Award for Best Lead Actress in a Comedy Series or Program at the 2011 Gemini Awards. She won the same award at the 2nd Canadian Screen Awards. She has lived in Los Angeles since 2006 and gained American citizenship in 2015. Career An alumna of The Second City's Toronto company, her other credits include ''The Gavin Crawford Show'', '' Wild Card'', ''Duct Tape Forever'', ''SketchCom'' and an appearance as a guest anchor on ''This Hour Has 22 Minutes'' in 2006. She also portrayed Deimata, Skylar's personal monster from the 2012 Disney Channel Original Movie, ''Girl vs. Monster''. Dawson wrote the stage play ''Them & Us'', which premiered at Theatre Passe Muraille in 2009. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
26th Gemini Awards
The 26th Gemini Awards was held on September 7, 2011 to honour achievements in Canadian television. The ceremony was broadcast live from the Canadian Broadcasting Centre in Toronto, and aired on CBC Television. The show was hosted by Russell Peters, and included live musical performances by Jim Cuddy, Deborah Cox and City and Colour."Jim Cuddy, City and Colour, Deborah Cox to perform at Gemini Awards: Jim Cuddy, City and Colour to sing at Geminis". Canadian Press, September 1, 2011. Nominations were announced on August 3. As with most Gemini Awards ceremonies, awards in less prominent categories were presented in a series of advance events over the week leading up to September 7, with only the most prominent categories presented at the televised ceremony. These were the last Gemini Awards given before the establishment of the Canadian Screen Awards, which replaced the Geminis. Awards Best Dramatic Series *'' The Borgias'' - Myriad Pictures, Amblin Entertainment, ImageMovers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Globe And Mail
''The Globe and Mail'' is a Canadian newspaper printed in five cities in western and central Canada. With a weekly readership of approximately 2 million in 2015, it is Canada's most widely read newspaper on weekdays and Saturdays, although it falls slightly behind the ''Toronto Star'' in overall weekly circulation because the ''Star'' publishes a Sunday edition, whereas the ''Globe'' does not. ''The Globe and Mail'' is regarded by some as Canada's "newspaper of record". ''The Globe and Mail''s predecessors, '' The Globe'' and ''The Mail and Empire'' were both established in the 19th century. The former was established in 1844, while the latter was established in 1895 through a merger of '' The Toronto Mail'' and the ''Toronto Empire''. In 1936, ''The Globe'' and ''The Mail and Empire'' merged to form ''The Globe and Mail''. The newspaper was acquired by FP Publications in 1965, who later sold the paper to the Thomson Corporation in 1980. In 2001, the paper merged with broadc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ottawa Citizen
The ''Ottawa Citizen'' is an English-language daily newspaper owned by Postmedia Network in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. History Established as ''The Bytown Packet'' in 1845 by William Harris, it was renamed the ''Citizen'' in 1851. The newspaper's original motto, which has recently been returned to the editorial page, was ''Fair play and Day-Light''. The paper has been through a number of owners. In 1846, Harris sold the paper to John Bell and Henry J. Friel. Robert Bell bought the paper in 1849. In 1877, Charles Herbert Mackintosh, the editor under Robert Bell, became publisher. In 1879, it became one of several papers owned by the Southam family. It remained under Southam until the chain was purchased by Conrad Black's Hollinger Inc. In 2000, Black sold most of his Canadian holdings, including the flagship National Post to CanWest Global. The editorial view of the ''Citizen'' has varied with its ownership, taking a reform, anti-Tory position under Harris and a conserva ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dinah Christie
Dinah Barbara Christie (born 1942) is a Canadian actress and singer. Christie was born in London, England. One of the five children of actors Robert and Margot Christie, she came to Canada at the age of two with her parents and grew up in Toronto. At age 13, she worked as a call boy at the Stratford Festival and became an apprentice at the Festival in 1960. In 1961, she sang in a comedy revue in Toronto, directed by her father. Before she was out of her teens, she had been cast in small roles at Stratford. In 1962, aged 19, she starting singing while attending North Toronto Collegiate Institute (NTCI) and performed as a folk singer in her teens, taking voice lessons from Portia White. Christie reached Grade 13 at NTCI but did not graduate. In 1965, she was selected by Tom Kneebone to co-star in a stage revue, and the two would frequently work together for decades. The same year, she joined CBC Television's ''This Hour Has Seven Days'', for which she regularly sang satirical ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2nd Gemini Awards
The 2nd Gemini Awards were held on December 8, 1987, to honour achievements in Canadian television. It was broadcast on CBC. Awards Best Comedy Program or Series * '' Seeing Things'' * ''Hangin' In'' Best Dramatic Series * ''Night Heat'' * ''Red Serge'' * '' Street Legal'' Best Dramatic Mini Series * '' Ford: The Man and the Machine'' * ''Sword of Gideon'' Best Information Program or Series * '' The Journal'' * ''Midday'' * '' The Fifth Estate'' * '' W5'' Best Children's Series * ''Degrassi Junior High'' * ''Fraggle Rock'' * ''Spirit Bay'' * ''What's New?'' Best Writing in a Dramatic Program * ''Night Heat'' * '' Street Legal'' * ''The Beachcombers'' * ''The Campbells'' Best Writing in a Comedy or Variety Program or Series * ''The S and M Comic Book'' * ''Fraggle Rock'' * '' Seeing Things'' Best Direction in a Dramatic Series or Comedy Series * ''Degrassi Junior High'' * ''Danger Bay'' * '' Seeing Things'' * '' Street Legal'' * ''The Campbells'' Best Performance by an Acto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janet-Laine Green
Janet-Laine Green (born December 31, 1951) is a Canadian actress, director, producer and teacher, active for over 25 years. Best known for her roles in ''She's the Mayor'', '' Seeing Things'' and '' This is Wonderland'', this Toronto-based film and television personality has also been a voice actress for animated series such as ''Jacob Two-Two'' (as Florence), ''Franklin'', '' Little Bear'' (as Mother Bear) and ''The Care Bears'' (for which she voiced Wish Bear). She also provided the voice of the arch villain Xayide in the animated version of '' The Neverending Story'' and also Void in ''WildC.A.T.S.''. She has also worked as an associate producer on the film ''The Circle Game'' in which she also played as Anna. Green has been nominated for three Gemini Awards and two Genie Awards. She is also active on the Canadian stage. In fact, Theatre Saskatchewan has given the province's best stage actors, since 1992, a Lifetime Achievement Award named after her; Green even sponsors i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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