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Liisa Repo-Martell
Liisa Repo-Martell is a Canadian actress and artist. Her parents Satu Repo and George Martell were founding editors of '' This Magazine Is About Schools'', an influential independent Canadian magazine now known as ''"This"''. Liisa grew up in Toronto and attended Jarvis Collegiate Institute in the mid-1980s. Her Gemini award was for her 1998 performance in ''Nights Below Station Street''. She has had two other Gemini nominations for appearances on '' This is Wonderland'' and '' Flashpoint''. She played Mrs. Genest, estranged wife of Joe Genest (Stephen Baldwin) in the 2006 '' Jesse Stone: Night Passage'' made-for-TV-movie.credits from Jesse Stone: Night Passage movie In February 2012 the ''National Post'' called Repo-Martell, and her husband, actor and theatre-director Chris Abraham, a ''"Toronto theatre power couple"''. She currently portrays Reginald Hargreeves wife Abigail in seasons 1, 3 & 4 of The Umbrella Academy ''The Umbrella Academy'' is an American comic boo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toronto
Toronto ( ; or ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario. With a recorded population of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the most populous city in Canada and the fourth most populous city in North America. The city is the anchor of the Golden Horseshoe, an urban agglomeration of 9,765,188 people (as of 2021) surrounding the western end of Lake Ontario, while the Greater Toronto Area proper had a 2021 population of 6,712,341. Toronto is an international centre of business, finance, arts, sports and culture, and is recognized as one of the most multicultural and cosmopolitan cities in the world. Indigenous peoples have travelled through and inhabited the Toronto area, located on a broad sloping plateau interspersed with rivers, deep ravines, and urban forest, for more than 10,000 years. After the broadly disputed Toronto Purchase, when the Mississauga surrendered the area to the British Crown, the British established the town of York in 1793 and later designat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Touch Of Pink
''Touch of Pink'' is a 2004 Canadian-British gay-themed romantic comedy film written and directed by Ian Iqbal Rashid and starring Jimi Mistry, Kyle MacLachlan, and Kristen Holden-Ried. The film takes its title from the Cary Grant film ''That Touch of Mink''. Plot Alim is a young gay man, born in Kenya and raised in Toronto, Canada. He moved to London to get away from his conservative Muslim upbringing. When his widowed mother, Nuru, announces an unplanned visit that involves staying with him, it creates hardship in the relationship with his boyfriend Giles because they must pretend to be only flatmates, and forces Alim to deal with coming out to his mother. Meanwhile, Alim has an imaginary friend who appears as Cary Grant, and gives Alim advice when he is in trouble; unfortunately, the advice often seems to result in more trouble. Cast * Jimi Mistry as Alim * Suleka Mathew as Nuru Jahan * Kristen Holden-Ried as Giles * Kyle MacLachlan as the spirit of Cary Grant * Veena S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nights Below Station Street
''Nights Below Station Street'' is a novel by David Adams Richards, published in 1988."Searing fidelity about grim losers". ''The Globe and Mail'', May 14, 1988. It was the first volume in his Miramichi trilogy, which also included the novels '' Evening Snow Will Bring Such Peace'' (1990) and '' For Those Who Hunt the Wounded Down'' (1993). The novel centres on the Walshes, a rural New Brunswick family in the 1970s. Patriarch Joe has been only irregularly employed since injuring his back at work several years earlier, his wife Rita is concerned about his resulting struggles with alcoholism and depression while herself struggling to cope with being the family's sole breadwinner, and teenage daughter Adele is bitterly unhappy with the family's circumstances and resentful of her father's inability to hold steady work. The novel won the Governor General's Award for English-language fiction at the 1988 Governor General's Awards. The novel was adapted by Credo Entertainment as a televis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thanks Of A Grateful Nation
''Thanks of a Grateful Nation'' is a 1998 original miniseries about the Gulf War. Directed by Rod Holcomb, it stars Ted Danson, Jennifer Jason Leigh, and Brian Dennehy. Cast * Ted Danson as Jim Tuite * Jennifer Jason Leigh as Teri Small * Brian Dennehy as Senator Donald Riegle * Marg Helgenberger as Jerrilyn Folz * Steven Weber as Jared Gallimore * Matt Keeslar as Chris Small * Robin Gammell as Clark Nugent * Sabrina Grdevich as Sandra * C. David Johnson as Steve Robertson * Cynthia Dale as Lisa Tuite * Amy Carlson as Tammy Boyer * Kenneth Welsh as Senator Shelby * Booth Savage as Gary Wall * Bruce Gray as Senator Rockefeller * Michael Rhoades as Sergeant George Grass * Jonathan Whittaker as Representative Steve Buyer * Hrant Alinak as Dr. Sid Beria * Liisa Repo-Martell as Kristie Schuermann * Steve Mousseau as Sterling Sims * Susan Coyne as Ammie West * Martha Burns as Dr. Rosemary Dove * Lynne Deragon as Mrs. Gallimore * Garnet Harding as Jimmy * Richard Chevolleau as Tat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Once A Thief (TV Series)
''Once a Thief'' (also billed as ''John Woo's Once a Thief'') is a Canadian Action/Comedy television series inspired by the Hong Kong 1991 film of the same name. The series is a continuation from the 1996 television film of the same name and it also includes two direct-to-video sequels: ''Once a Thief: Brother Against Brother'' and ''Once a Thief: Family Business''. Premise Li Ann Tsei, an orphan who grew up amongst the Chinese Tang family - a ruthless criminal operation - falls in love with Mac Ramsey, a thief who works for the family. However, when she is betrothed to Tang heir Michael, the two fake their deaths in an attempt to flee the country. Li Ann escapes, but Mac is arrested and left to rot in a Chinese prison. Two years later, he is released and taken to Canada where a mysterious woman known as the Director employs him to work for her crime-fighting institution. He soon learns that he will be working as part of a team with Li Ann, and the man she was engaged to, Vict ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hidden In America
''Hidden in America'' is a 1996 American television film about poverty in the United States. The film is directed by Martin Bell and stars Beau Bridges, Bruce Davison, and Alice Krige. Bridges plays Bill Januson, a father struggling to support his family and whose pride and optimism prevent him from seeking help until it is too late. Bridges was nominated for multiple awards, including a Screen Actors Guild Award and an Emmy Award. The film aired on December 1, 1996 on Showtime and was released to DVD on February 8, 2005. Plot The film tells the story of the Januson family: widowed father Bill and his two children, Willa and Robbie. After working as a welder at General Motors for 17 years, a robot took over Bill's job and the family is now struggling. Bill's daughter Willa suffers from coughing fits and headaches due to malnutrition, so Bill takes her to see their doctor and next door neighbor, Michael Millerton. Dr. Millerton says that Willa's immune system is weakening for lack ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lives Of Girls And Women
''Lives of Girls and Women'' is a short story cycle by Nobel Prize–winning author Alice Munro, published by McGraw-Hill Ryerson in 1971. All of the stories chronicle the life of a single character, Del Jordan, and the book has been characterized as a novel by some critics as a result. The cycle serves as a coming of age story for Del Jordan growing up first on the outskirts, and later in the centre, of the small, southern Ontario town of Jubilee. Del is portrayed as something of an outsider, unsatisfied with small-town life though unwilling to acknowledge the similarities between herself and her mother who also seeks to expand her mind beyond the limited experiences of Jubilee. The cycle is often cited as concerning many feminist ideas and it is in this context that the text deals primarily with female characters, with only a few male figures playing important roles. A television adaptation of the book, starring Tanya Allen as Del and Wendy Crewson Wendy Jane Crewson (born Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Legend Continues
''The Legend Continues'' may refer: *'' Anchorman: The Legend Continues'' *'' Dragonworld: The Legend Continues'', a 1999 Adventure fantasy film. It is a Direct-to-video sequel to the original 1994 film, Dragonworld. The film was actually originally filmed in 1996, but did not see a release until 1999 *'' Kung Fu: The Legend Continues'', a spin-off of the 1972–1975 television series ''Kung Fu'' * ''The Legend Continues'' (album) {{DEFAULTSORT:Legend Continues, The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Class Of '96
''Class of '96'' is an American drama series that aired on Fox from January to May 1993. The series was created by John Romano and filmed mostly at the University of Toronto. Synopsis The series focused on seven students at Havenhurst College in New England. Although the seven come from different backgrounds, circumstance led them to become friends. The series dealt with the differences, both in personality and social status, of the group of friends, the challenges they faced in their first year of college, and social issues such as racism and sexism. Cast and characters Main *Jason Gedrick as David Morrissey, a passionate writer from New Jersey. *Lisa Dean Ryan as Jessica Cohen, a wealthy Jewish student who falls for David. *Megan Ward as Patty Horvath, Jessica's roommate, the daughter of a famous actress. * Brandon Douglas as Whitney Reed, a rich kid who is being trained to follow in his father's footsteps, including living in his father's old college room. *Perry Moore as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Street Legal (Canadian TV Series)
''Street Legal'' is a Canadian legal drama television series, which aired on CBC Television from 1987 to 1994 before returning with six new episodes starting March 4, 2019."'Street Legal' reboot among new shows in CBC's 2018/19 lineup" '''', May 24, 2018. ''Street Legal'' was the longest-running one-hour scripted drama in the history of Canadian television, holding the record for twenty years before being surpassed by '''s'' 139th episo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Happy Place (film)
''Happy Place'' is a Canadian drama film, directed by Helen Shaver and released in 2020. An adaptation of the theatrical play by Pamela Mala Sinha, the film centres on a group of women residing at an inpatient mental health clinic after various personal crises.Lauren Malyk"Sienna Films, Helen Shaver roll on Happy Place" ''Playback'', May 2, 2019. The film's cast includes Sinha, Clark Backo, Marie-Eve Perron, Tara Rosling, Liisa Repo-Martell, Jennifer Wigmore, Sheila McCarthy and Mary Walsh. The film commenced production in September 2019 in the Parry Sound District, primarily at Lake Rosseau. The film premiered on September 20, 2020 at the 2020 Cinéfest Sudbury International Film Festival, and subsequently screened at the 2020 Vancouver International Film Festival.Lauren Malyk"Loretta Todd’s Monkey Beach to open Vancouver Int’l Film Festival" ''Playback Playback or Play Back may refer to: Film * ''Playback'' (1962 film), a British film in the ''Edgar Wallace Mysteries ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flashback (2020 Film)
''Flashback'', alternatively titled ''The Education of Fredrick Fitzell'', is a 2020 Canadian mystery thriller film written and directed by Christopher MacBride. The film stars Dylan O'Brien, Hannah Gross and Maika Monroe. The film premiered at the 2020 Sitges Film Festival. Plot Fred Fitzell and his wife Karen visit Fred's mother in a hospital where she is suffering from severe mental decline. Fred works in an office job but begins to get vivid flashbacks of high school. He remembers a girl named Cindy Williams and visits the high school and asks a librarian about her. The librarian tells Fred that Cindy went missing after a drug went around the school. Fred gets more flashbacks and is accosted by a scarred homeless person in his car while he is parked in an alley. Fred begins to have memories of a child who walked past him in high school who looks like the homeless person. Fred has disparate memories of the child and the homeless person in which they say a single word; when ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
