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Laura Bruneau
Laura Bruneau is a Canadian actress, best known for her lead roles in the television series '' Material World''"New CBC TV comedy star comes full circle". ''Toronto Star'', December 18, 1989. and ''Wind at My Back''."CBC gets back on Sunday track". ''Ottawa Citizen'', January 15, 2000. Originally from North Vancouver, British Columbia,"Honed and Skilled: North Van's Bruneau stars in CBC series". ''The Province'', March 5, 1990. she studied at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts for two years before returning to Canada, where she acted on stage in Vancouver and had guest roles in ''Hangin' In'' and ''The Beachcombers''."CBC sitcom brings L.A. roots back home". ''Windsor Star'', February 3, 1990. In 1983, she was cast in the American prime time soap opera ''Bare Essence'', which was cancelled after twelve episodes. She remained in the United States for a few more years, appearing in an episode of ''Knight Rider'' and working with a comedy troupe which produced several sketches fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canadians
Canadians (french: Canadiens) are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of their being ''Canadian''. Canada is a multilingual and Multiculturalism, multicultural society home to people of groups of many different ethnic, religious, and national origins, with the majority of the population made up of Old World Immigration to Canada, immigrants and their descendants. Following the initial period of New France, French and then the much larger British colonization of the Americas, British colonization, different waves (or peaks) of immigration and settlement of non-indigenous peoples took place over the course of nearly two centuries and continue today. Elements of Indigenous, French, British, and more recent immigrant customs, languages, and religions have combined to form the culture of Canada, and thus a Canadian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis Del Grande
Louis Del Grande (born March 23, 1943) is a Canadian-American television writer and actor. He is best known for starring in the Canadian mystery/comedy series '' Seeing Things''. Early life Del Grande was born and raised in Union City, New Jersey. By the late-1980s, he moved to Cape Breton Island. Career Del Grande moved to Toronto in 1964, drawn to Canada by the Stratford Festival, and soon found work as a stand-up comedian and comedy writer. In 1975, he was hired as head writer for a new sitcom, ''The King of Kensington'', which became a hit in Canada until the end of the decade. He also appeared in the show a handful of times as Fred, a friend of Al Waxman's lead character Larry King. Del Grande later became (with Jack Humphries) the show's co-producer (a '' Fifth Estate'' documentary said the two producers ran ''Kensington'' "with an iron hand"). When asked by the CBC if he had any projects he could star in, Del Grande created, wrote and produced '' Seeing Things'', which ai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Actresses From British Columbia
An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), literally "one who answers".''Hypokrites'' (related to our word for hypocrite) also means, less often, "to answer" the tragic chorus. See Weimann (1978, 2); see also Csapo and Slater, who offer translations of classical source material using the term ''hypocrisis'' (acting) (1994, 257, 265–267). The actor's interpretation of a rolethe art of actingpertains to the role played, whether based on a real person or fictional character. This can also be considered an "actor's role," which was called this due to scrolls being used in the theaters. Interpretation occurs even when the actor is "playing themselves", as in some forms of experimental performance art. Formerly, in ancient Greece and the medieval world, and in England at the time of Willi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canadian Television Actresses
Canadians (french: Canadiens) are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of their being ''Canadian''. Canada is a multilingual and multicultural society home to people of groups of many different ethnic, religious, and national origins, with the majority of the population made up of Old World immigrants and their descendants. Following the initial period of French and then the much larger British colonization, different waves (or peaks) of immigration and settlement of non-indigenous peoples took place over the course of nearly two centuries and continue today. Elements of Indigenous, French, British, and more recent immigrant customs, languages, and religions have combined to form the culture of Canada, and thus a Canadian identity. Canada has also been strongly influenced by its linguistic, geographic, and ec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kingston Whig-Standard
''The Kingston Whig-Standard'' is a newspaper in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. It is published five days a week, from Tuesday to Saturday. It publishes a mix of community, national and international news and is currently owned by Postmedia. It has . The Saturday edition of ''The Whig'' features a life and entertainment section, which includes a travel section, restaurant reviews, a section for kids and colour comics. History The ''British Whig'' was founded in 1834 by Edward John Barker (1799–1884) on Kingston's Bagot Street between Brock and Princess... Barker was born in Islington, a suburb of London, on New Year's Eve, 1799, emigrating to South Carolina as a child before coming to Canada in December 1832. Barker served a short naval career, appointed as surgeon's mate on the sloop Racehorse in 1819. The next decade of his life was said to be spent as a doctor in the London district of East Smithfield, though his work may have been closer to that of an apothecary. In 1821, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cynthia Belliveau
Cynthia Belliveau (born February 18, 1963) is a Canadian actress. She is best known for her television roles as Terri Morgan in ''E.N.G.'', Honey Bailey in ''Wind at My Back'' and Dori Lowe in ''Caitlin's Way''. She was a Gemini Award nominee for Canadian Screen Award for Best Actress in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role at the 12th Gemini Awards in 1998 for ''Wind at My Back''. She retired from acting in 2002 after having relocated to Los Angeles, California to pursue a career in interior design. She also opened an antique store. Early life Originally from Stratford, Ontario,"E.N.G. reporter finds real thing less exciting". ''Ottawa Citizen'', October 29, 1990. Belliveau was a Miss Teen Canada contestant in 1982 and a Miss Canada contestant in 1983, and worked as a reporter for CKCO-TV in Kitchener,"Belliveau wants to maintain integrity". ''Edmonton Journal'', January 26, 1990. prior to her career as an actress. She was educated at the University of Waterloo The Univer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Two (TV Series)
''Two'' is a Canadian drama series which aired in syndication from September 1996 to June 1997. It featured Michael Easton as Gus McClain, a college professor from Seattle who is framed for the murder of his wife by his twin brother Booth Hubbard (Easton in a dual role). Hubbard, whose existence had previously been unknown to McClain, committed several murders while assuming McClain's identity, leaving Gus on the run from the FBI. Complicating matters more was that Booth had a brain tumor that could kill him at any moment and leave Gus without a way to clear himself. The primary FBI investigator in the case was Theresa "Terry" Carter (Barbara Tyson), whose partner was a victim of Hubbard and does not believe his claims of a twin brother. It featured Andrew Sikes as a recurring character trying to help McClain. Due to low ratings, the show was canceled after one year. Plot Cast *Michael Easton...Gus McClain/Booth Hubbard *Barbara Tyson Barbara Tyson (born October 1, 1964 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Outer Limits (1995 TV Series)
''The Outer Limits'' is a television series that originally aired on Showtime (TV network), Showtime, Syfy and in syndication between 1995 and 2002. The series is a List of old television series that were returned to after years, revival of the original ''The Outer Limits (1963 TV series), The Outer Limits'' series that aired from 1963 to 1965. ''The Outer Limits'' is an anthology series, anthology of distinct story episodes, sometimes with a plot twist at the end. The revival series maintained an anthology format, but occasionally featured recurring story arcs that were then tied together during season-finale clip shows. History After an attempt to bring back ''The Outer Limits'' during the early 1980s, it was finally relaunched in 1995. The success of television speculative fiction such as ''Star Trek: The Next Generation'', ''The X-Files'', and anthology shows such as ''Tales from the Crypt (TV series), Tales from the Crypt'' convinced rights holder Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer to revi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matrix (TV Series)
''Matrix'' is a Canadian fantasy adventure series that ran for 13 episodes in 1993. The series was broadcast by CTV in Canada, and the USA Network in the United States. The series was rebroadcast in 2000. Synopsis The series starred Nick Mancuso as Steven Matrix, a hitman who is killed during a job and sent to a version of Purgatory called The City In-Between. There he is given a choice: to be sent to Hell for all the murders he's committed, or return to Earth and help people. Once alive again, Matrix receives periodic assignments from The City In-Between. Cast * Phillip JarrettBilly Hicks * Carrie-Anne MossLiz Teel * John VernonNarrator Production The central premise of this series may be derived from "Sea of Fire", an episode of the TV series '' The Equalizer''. In that episode, Robert McCall (Edward Woodward's character) attempts to scare a street gang into going straight by taking them to a morgue. There, McCall introduces the gang to one of his friends, a former hit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Story Of Colin And JoAnn Thatcher
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic pron ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katts And Dog
''Katts and Dog'' is a French and Canadian-produced television series that ran from 1988 to 1993. It was known as ''Rin Tin Tin: K-9 Cop'' in the United States where it originally aired on CBN Cable/The Family Channel and ''Rintintin Junior'' in France on La Cinq. CTV broadcast the series within Canada. When the episodes were filmed (and shown in Canada) the dog’s name was "Rudy". When the series was aired in the US and France, the name was dubbed as "Rinty" to go with the new title.CRBS"Not coming to a TV near you"WorkingDefinition.com (24 April 2005) However, some episodes of ''Katts and Dog'' have the American dubbing where "Rudy" is called "Rinty" throughout the episode. The episode "Hit and Run" is an example of this.Hit and Run“Katts & Dog: Hit And Run PT1”youtube.com (16 November 2008) Herbert B. Leonard, who owned the rights to the Rin Tin Tin trademark, was an executive producer on the show; he was not directly active in production and left before the series concl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Counterstrike (1990 TV Series)
''Counterstrike'' is a Canadian/ French crime-fighting/espionage television series. The series premiered on American cable channel USA Network on July 1, 1990. It ran for three seasons, airing 66 hour-long episodes in total. Plot After his wife is kidnapped by terrorists, international industrialist Alexander Addington assembles a clandestine team of troubleshooters to help combat terrorism around the world. He recruits Peter Sinclair from Scotland Yard to lead the team. They set up a French con artist and art/jewelry thief named Nicole Beaumont and blackmail her into joining because of her valuable criminal connections. The third teammember is Luke Brenner, an American mercenary whom they rescue from a Mexican jail. The series' other recurring characters are Bennett and J.J., Alexander's valet and pilot, respectively. In the second season's second episode Peter and Alexander encounter a French reporter named Gabrielle Germont whom they recruit into the team to prevent her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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