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Linda Sorenson
Linda Sorenson (born January 19, 1940) is a Canadian film, television and voice actress, best known for playing Mrs. Stegman in ''Class of 1984'', Warden Howe in '' Murphy Brown'', Virginia Reeves in '' Material World'' and Isabelle Carrington in '' Road to Avonlea''. She has appeared in a number of film and television roles. She voiced Love-a-Lot Bear in the Care Bears TV series, Blanche the Persian Cat in Webkinz and the old woman in ''Barbie and the Diamond Castle''. Sorenson has won two Genie Awards for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in ''Joshua Then and Now'' and ''Draw!''. Filmography Film Television Radio Recognition * 1995 Gemini Award for Best Guest Performance in a Series by an Actress - '' Road to Avonlea'' - Nominated * 1986 Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role - ''Joshua Then and Now'' - Won * 1985 Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role - ''Draw! ''Draw!'' is a 1984 Am ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brackets
A bracket is either of two tall fore- or back-facing punctuation marks commonly used to isolate a segment of text or data from its surroundings. Typically deployed in symmetric pairs, an individual bracket may be identified as a 'left' or 'right' bracket or, alternatively, an "opening bracket" or "closing bracket", respectively, depending on the Writing system#Directionality, directionality of the context. Specific forms of the mark include parentheses (also called "rounded brackets"), square brackets, curly brackets (also called 'braces'), and angle brackets (also called 'chevrons'), as well as various less common pairs of symbols. As well as signifying the overall class of punctuation, the word "bracket" is commonly used to refer to a specific form of bracket, which varies from region to region. In most English-speaking countries, an unqualified word "bracket" refers to the parenthesis (round bracket); in the United States, the square bracket. Glossary of mathematical sym ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stone Cold Dead
''Stone Cold Dead'' is a 1979 Canadian film directed by George Mendeluk and starring Richard Crenna and Paul Williams. Premise A Toronto detective (Richard Crenna) searches for a serial killer who shoots prostitutes. The detective is also determined to arrest the pushy pimps, and a few undercover cops get killed as they try to infiltrate the hooker trade. Cast Production Crenna said he was drawn to the film partly because his character survives the events of the plot, something that few of his characters had done recently. Mendeluk used both actresses and real-life Toronto prostitutes during filming. Shooting took place during November and December 1978 in Toronto, and production ended in February 1979. It was based on the novel ''The Sin Sniper'' by Hugh Garner. Reception ''TV Guide TV Guide is an American digital media company that provides television program listings information as well as entertainment and television-related news. The company sold its prin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Popples (1986 TV Series)
''Popples'' is an animated television series, based on the Popples toys, created by Marie Cisterino, Janet Jones, Fran Kariotakis, Janet Redding, and Susan Trentel, that aired in syndication in the United States from 1986 to 1987 and Sky Channel in the United Kingdom from 1987 to 1988. The cartoon was produced by DIC Enterprises and LBS Communications in association with The Maltese Companies. Like the toys which they are based on, the Popples resemble colorful teddy bears/rabbits with long, pompom-tipped tails, and they have pouches on their backs that allow them to curl into a fuzzy ball. All the Popples stutter when they say words with the letter "P" in them. The name "Popple" is a reference to the popping sound they make when unfolding themselves from such a ball, or pulling objects from their pouches. In the cartoon Popples commonly pull large items from their pouches that could not possibly fit inside, which come from hammerspace; in "Popples Alley", one of the Popples' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Night Heat
''Night Heat'' is a Canadian police crime drama series that aired on both CTV in Canada and CBS in the United States. Original episodes were broadcast from 1985 to 1989. ''Night Heat'' was the first Canadian original drama series that was also aired on a United States television network during its original broadcast. It was also the first original, first-run drama series to be aired during a late night time slot on a television network in the United States. During its original run it was the highest-rated Canadian-produced original series in Canada. The show won the Gemini Award for Best Drama Series in both 1986 and 1987. The show stars Scott Hylands and Jeff Wincott as police detectives Kevin O'Brien and Frank Giambone who work the graveyard shift in an unnamed northeastern North American metropolis. The series follows their nightly police beat as it is chronicled by journalist Tom Kirkwood (Allan Royal) in his newspaper column titled "Night Heat". Synopsis Allan Royal pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seeing Things (TV Series)
Seeing Things may refer to: * Hallucination, a perception in the absence of a stimulus Film and television * ''Seein' Things'' (1924 film), a silent comedy short film * ''Seein' Things'' (1908 film), a French short silent comedy film * ''Seeing Things'' (1930 film), a film directed by Harold Beaudine * ''Seeing Things'' (TV series), a 1980s Canadian series * "Seeing Things" (''Corner Gas''), an episode of ''Corner Gas'' * "Seeing Things" (''Covies''), an episode of the web series ''Covies'' Literature and art * ''Seeing Things'' (poetry collection), a 1991 poetry collection by Seamus Heaney * ''Seeing Things'', a 1920 play by Margaret Mayo and Aubrey Kennedy * ''Seeing Things: Television in the Age of Uncertainty'', a 2000 book by John Ellis * ''Seeing Things'', a 2000 autobiography by Oliver Postgate * ''Seeing Things'', a 2005 art book by Jim Woodring * "Seeing Things", a short story by Ian Rankin, included in his 1992 collection ''A Good Hanging and Other Stories'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hangin' In
''Hangin' In'' was a Canadian television sitcom which aired on CBC from 1981 to 1987. It aired briefly on Nickelodeon and in syndication in the United States. Synopsis The show starred Lally Cadeau as Kate Brown, the attractive and charismatic director of a youth drop-in centre in Toronto, and blended both comedy and drama in its portrayal of genuine teen counselling problems."CBC sitcom Hangin' In deals with the issues that concern teenagers in an entertaining way", ''Toronto Star'', November 1, 1986. David Eisner starred as Michael DiFalco, a young, affable staff counsellor, and Ruth Springford appeared as Doris Webster, the centre's receptionist. Many young Canadian actors, including Eric McCormack, Keanu Reeves, Jessica Steen and Mark Humphrey, made guest appearances as teenaged clients of the youth centre. During the show's final season, Cadeau was replaced for the final five episodes by Fiona Reid as Maggie. This change was planned, as the producers were setting up a n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shocktrauma
''Shocktrauma'' is a 1982 television film produced in Canada and syndicated nationally in the United States by sponsor General Foods. The screenplay by Stephen Kandel is based on the book by Jon Franklin and Alan Doelp, which details the true story of the first trauma center in America, founded in Baltimore, Maryland. It was directed by Eric Till. Dick Atkins and Michael Lepiner were the executive producers, with Christopher Dalton and Wayne Fenske as producers. The production stars William Conrad as Dr. R Adams Cowley, the heart surgeon who pioneered trauma care. The film's score was composed by Eric Robertson. Cast * William Conrad as Dr. R Adams Cowley * Philip Akin as Sam Hooke * Leslie Carlson as Elton Bates * Jim Chad as John Grady * Lawrence Dane as Dr. Jordan Tracy * Scott Hylands as Dr. "Tex" Goodnight * Patricia Idlette as Nurse Malcolm * Kerrie Keane as Jill Jackson * Ken Pogue as Governor * Linda Sorenson as Elizabeth Scanlan * Beau Starr Beau Starr (born ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Running Man (1981 Film)
''The Running Man'' is a Canadian television film, directed by Donald Brittain and broadcast in 1981 as an episode of the CBC Television drama anthology '' For the Record''.Gerald Pratley, ''A Century of Canadian Cinema''. Lynx Images, 2003. . p. 188. It was Brittain's first narrative fiction film in a career making documentary films, and the first Canadian television film ever to explicitly address the subject of homosexuality. The film stars Chuck Shamata as Ben Garfield, a married teacher struggling to come to terms with his own sexuality after one of his students comes out as gay. The film also stars Barbara Gordon as his wife Liz and Don Scanlon as his openly gay friend Michael, as well as Colm Feore, Kate Trotter and Linda Sorenson. David Mole of ''The Body Politic'' covered the film's production, criticizing it heavily for being a film about homosexuality made by non-gay filmmakers. Rick Groen of ''The Globe and Mail'' wrote that the film "never actually stumbles. But, aft ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
King Of Kensington
''King of Kensington'' is a Canadian television sitcom which aired on CBC Television from 1975 to 1980.Mary Jane Miller, ''Turn Up the Contrast: CBC Television Drama since 1952''. UBC Press, 2011. . pp. 134-144. Synopsis Al Waxman starred as Larry King, a convenience store owner in Toronto's Kensington Market who was known for helping friends and neighbours solve problems. His multicultural group of friends consisted of Nestor Best (Ardon Bess), Max (John J. Dee), and Tony "Duke" Zarro (Bob Vinci), who hung around regularly to the perennial disapproval of King's mother Gladys (Helene Winston). For the first three seasons, Fiona Reid played his wife Cathy. At the end of the third season, Reid decided to leave the series, so Larry and Cathy divorced. Larry then dated Tina (Rosemary Radcliffe) in the fourth season and Gwen Twining (Jayne Eastwood) in the fifth. At the same time, Larry sold the convenience store and took a new job with a youth community centre. Production The show wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barney's Version (film)
''Barney's Version'' is a 2010 Canadian comedy-drama film directed by Richard J. Lewis, based on the novel of the same name by Mordecai Richler. The film was nominated for the Golden Lion at the 67th Venice International Film Festival. Plot Barney Panofsky is living with his best friend Boogie in Rome. He marries the mentally disturbed and unfaithful Clara Charnofsky after she tells him she is pregnant with his child. He later finds out the child delivered stillborn is not his, and he demands they separate. She commits suicide, and a devastated Barney decides to return home to Montreal. Barney soon meets the woman who becomes his second wife, the daughter of a wealthy Jewish family. At their lavish wedding, Barney meets Miriam Grant and immediately falls in love. He tells her his feelings for her that night but she rejects him. Despite his marriage, Barney sends Miriam flowers and gifts. He later picks up Boogie, who comes to detox, for a few days at Barney's lake house. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barbie & The Diamond Castle
''Barbie & the Diamond Castle'' is a 2008 direct-to-video computer-animated musical film directed by Gino Nichele and produced by Mattel Entertainment with Rainmaker Entertainment. It first premiered on Nickelodeon on September 7, 2008, and it was later released to DVD on September 9, 2008. The thirteenth entry in the Barbie film series, the film features the voice of Kelly Sheridan as Barbie and the cover of the song "Connected" recorded by Katharine McPhee. It follows the story of Liana and Alexa (the in-universe roles of the dolls, Barbie and Teresa) on their journey to find the mysterious diamond castle. Official description "Barbie and Teresa tell us the fairy tale story of Liana and Alexa, best friends who share everything including their love of music." "One day their simple lives change when they are given an enchanted mirror and befriend the girl trapped inside! To save their new friend, Liana and Alexa embark on a dangerous journey to the hidden Diamond Castle, that wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moving Malcolm
''Moving Malcolm'' is a Canadian comedy-drama film, directed by Benjamin Ratner and released in 2003."Movie has feeling of baseball player who lost a close one". ''Vancouver Sun'', October 17, 2003. The film stars Ratner as Gene Maxwell, a man who is forced to piece his life back together after being dumped at the altar by his fiancé Liz (Elizabeth Berkley), but is asked after the wedding to help her move her father Malcolm ( John Neville) to a new apartment in a seniors home. The cast also includes Jay Brazeau and Babz Chula as Gene's parents George and Gisha and Rebecca Harker as his autistic sister Jolea, as well as Linda Sorenson, Nicholas Lea and Tom Scholte in supporting roles. Ratner acknowledged that the film was partially autobiographical; although Ratner was never personally jilted by a fiancé, he based Gene Maxwell's family on his own. The film premiered at the 2003 Montreal World Film Festival, where it received an honorable mention from the Best First Feature award ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
