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Ruth Marshall
Ruth Marshall (born June 7, 1965) is a Canadian actress from Toronto, Ontario. She is known for her role in the hit television series '' Flashpoint''. She graduated with a degree in English from McGill University in Montreal, Quebec and then returned to Toronto to pursue a career in acting. She has appeared the television series '' Degrassi: The Next Generation'' and ''Doc'', for which she earned a Gemini Award nomination in 2003 for Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Series. She played herself in the television movie ''The Path to 9/11''. She was also in the films ''Dolores Claiborne'' and ''Love and Human Remains ''Love and Human Remains'' is a 1993 Canadian film directed by Denys Arcand and based on Brad Fraser's stage play ''Unidentified Human Remains and the True Nature of Love''. Fraser also wrote the screenplay for the film adaptation. The film version ...''. Her first screen appearance was in ''The Myth of the Male Orgasm''. Mars ... [...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] |
TekWar (TV Series)
''TekWar'' is a television series, based on the ''TekWar'' novels ghost-written by Ron Goulart from outlines by William Shatner and developed for television by Stephen Roloff. The series follows Jake Cardigan (played by Greg Evigan), a former police officer turned private investigator working for Cosmos, a private security firm owned and operated by Walter Bascom. The series was broadcast in Canada on CTV and in the United States on USA Network and the Sci Fi Channel. The series, which was a co-production between Atlantis Films and Universal Television premiered on January 17, 1994 and ended on February 9, 1996. Overview Set in the year 2044, the series follows Jake Cardigan, a former police officer who lost his badge after being framed for dealing in ''tek'' (an illicit narcotic-like substance) and murdering his fellow officers on a bust. Sentenced to fifteen years in cryo-detainment, Jake is released after four years, three months, and twenty-seven days. Shortly after his rele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1964 Births
Events January * January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved. * January 5 - In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patriarch Athenagoras I of Constantinople meet in Jerusalem. * January 6 – A British firm, the Leyland Motor Corp., announces the sale of 450 buses to the Cuban government, challenging the United States blockade of Cuba. * January 9 – ''Martyrs' Day'': Armed clashes between United States troops and Panamanian civilians in the Panama Canal Zone precipitate a major international crisis, resulting in the deaths of 21 Panamanians and 4 U.S. soldiers. * January 11 – United States Surgeon General Luther Terry reports that smoking may be hazardous to one's health (the first such statement from the U.S. government). * January 12 ** Zanzibar Revolution: The predominantly Arab government of Zanzibar is overthrown by African nationalist rebels; a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rookie Blue
''Rookie Blue'' is a Canadian police drama television series starring Missy Peregrym and Gregory Smith. It was created by Morwyn Brebner, Tassie Cameron, and Ellen Vanstone. The series premiered on June 24, 2010, at 9:00 p.m. Eastern/8:00 p.m. Central, and aired on Global in Canada and ABC in the United States. On July 17, 2013, Global and ABC following later announced that ''Rookie Blue '' was renewed for a fifth season. Originally intended to be a single season consisting of 22 episodes (up from the usual 13), the season was split in two. Season 5 premiered on May 19, 2014, on Global, on June 19 on ABC, and on July 20 on Universal Channel in the UK. The second 11 episodes aired in 2015 and were later re-branded as season 6. The final episode of Season 6 aired that July. On October 16, 2015, it was announced that ''Rookie Blue'' had completed its run after six seasons and would not be returning. Plot There's something really primal about the idea of being a rooki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
She's The Mayor
''She's the Mayor'' is a Canadian television sitcom which aired on Vision TV in 2011."She's the Mayor finds laughs in Hamilton" ''Hamilton Spectator'', April 16, 2010. The show stars Janet-Laine Green as Iris Peters, a woman in her 60s who is newly elected as the mayor of the fictional city of Fairfax. The show's cast also includes Scott Wentworth as deputy mayor Bill Clarke, Colin Mochrie as city manager Scott Hawkins, and Tonya Lee Williams as Peters' communications director Maxine Williams. Filmed in Hamilton, Ontario, the series was created by Min Sook Lee, Jennifer Holness and Sudz Sutherland. References 2011 Canadian television series debuts Canadian political comedy television series 2010s Canadian sitcoms 2010s Canadian workplace comedy television series Televisio ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel's Daughter
''Daniel's Daughter'' is a 2008 Canadian television film directed by Neill Fearnley. The film is about a magazine editor who returns to her small hometown to fulfill a request from her estranged father. Plot Starting in 1982 New Kerry, Massachusetts, young Cate Mandighan's mother Marie dies. Her father decides to send her to live with overseas relatives she has never met. Before leaving, her father promises her to one day look for her and asks her to write in her journal every day. Twenty six years later, Cate is a highly successful editor-in-chief of a popular lifestyle magazine in New York City, which helps women with problems. She is engaged to the older Stewart, a powerful media tycoon with two grown children. Their engagement is widely described in the media, and although they seem the perfect couple, Cate has trouble accepting his refusal to ever have children again. One day, Cate receives a package from her father, who has recently died. In his letter, he expresses his reg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Friends And Heroes
''Friends and Heroes'' is a Canadian Christian children's program that airs on TBN, Smile of a Child TV, and was also shown on BBC TV. The show is both traditionally animated (for the adventure story) and computer animated (for the Bible stories). It takes place from 69–71 AD, during the First Jewish–Roman War. There are three seasons or "series", each comprising 13 episodes: Season 1 is set in Alexandria, Egypt; Season 2 in Jerusalem and Season 3 in Rome. The series was created by Brian D. Brown and Eric J. Danenberg, who also worked on The Storykeepers. Starting with the second season, the show is produced in HD. All three series have now been translated and dubbed into Arabic, Chinese (both Mandarin, and Taiwan Mandarin), French, German, Hindi, Korean, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, North American Spanish, and Manx Gaelic. Gary Kurtz, the producer for season one, also produced ''American Graffiti'', ''Star Wars'', and ''The Empire Strikes Back''. It was Also Broadcast on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
'Til Death Do Us Part (U
Till Death Do Us Part is a well-known phrase from the marriage liturgy in the Book of Common Prayer. Till Death Do Us Part, Til Death Do Us Part, or Till Death Us Do Part may also refer to: Films * '' Death Do Us Part'', a 2014 Canadian horror film * ''Til Death Do Us Part'' (film), a 2017 American psychological thriller film * ''Til Death Do Us Part'' (2023 film), a 2023 American film directed by Timothy Woodward Jr. * ''Till Death Do Us Part'' (film), a 1959 Australian television play * ''Till Death Us Do Part'' (film), a 1969 film based on the BBC television series ''Till Death Us Do Part'' Music Albums * ''Till Death Do Us Part'' (Cypress Hill album), 2004 * ''Till Death Do Us Part'' (Deicide album), 2008 * ''Till Death Do Us Part'' (Geto Boys album), 1993 Songs * "Until Death Do Us Part" (song), translation by James Campbell of "Je l'aime à mourir" by Francis Cabrel * "Till Death Do Us Part", a song by Belladonna on the album ''The Noir Album'' * "Til Death Do Us ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Puppets Who Kill
''Puppets Who Kill'' is a Canadian television comedy programme produced by PWK Productions and originally broadcast on The Comedy Network. It premiered in Canada in 2002, and in Australia on The Comedy Channel in 2004. It has also been broadcast in India, South Korea and Germany. The series was on the digital network Hulu and is currently on CON TV and Tubi in the United States. ''PWK'' began as a one-man live theatre show written and performed by comedian/puppeteer John Pattison at the Toronto Fringe Festival in 1995. It later morphed into the series, using the same dark topics and featuring some of the same puppet characters. In 1999, a pilot for Puppets Who Kill was produced for the Comedy Network and broadcast in January, 2000. The network ordered the first season of 13 episodes which was produced in the fall of 2001, and held back by the network for one year - finally being broadcast in the fall of 2002. For the next 3 years a new season of the series was produced every fal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wild Card (TV Series)
''Wild Card'' (also known as ''Zoe Busiek: Wild Card'') is a comedy-drama series starring Joely Fisher. It was broadcast in the United States on Lifetime, and on the Global Television Network in Canada from August 2003 to July 2005. Synopsis Zoe Busiek is a former Las Vegas blackjack dealer whose life takes an unexpected turn when her sister dies in a car accident and she has to take care of her sister's three children, teenaged Taylor, preteen Cliff, and little kid Hannah. When the insurance company denies the family a financial settlement Zoe takes matters into her own hands, which leads her to a new career as an insurance fraud investigator with handsome former criminal Dan Lennox and serious but sweet Sophia Mason becoming her partners. Each episode is centered on a particular case as well as Zoe's family life. Sophia later becomes the boss. She leaves the show in the second season, along with Marcos, and is replaced by M. Pearl McGuire, who becomes Zoe's and Dan's new boss. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Half A Dozen Babies
''Half a Dozen Babies'' (also known as ''Life's Little Struggles'') is a 1999 ABC television film. It stars Scott and Melissa Reeves. Plot A young couple have been struggling to have a baby for years, unsuccessfully. Then, suddenly, one day, they find out that they are having sextuplets. The movie is based on the true story of Keith and Becki Dilley and the Dilley sextuplets, born in 1993. Cast * Scott Reeves as Keith Dilley *Melissa Reeves as Becki Dilley *Judith Ivey as Doris Stauffer *Teri Garr Teri Ann Garr (born December 11, 1944) is an American former actress, dancer, and comedian. She frequently appeared in comedic roles throughout her career, which spans four decades and includes over 140 credits in film and television. Her accola ... as Lee Dilley *Kate McNeill as Becki's Doctor External links *hollywood.com entryRetrieved on January 9, 2010 1999 television films 1999 films 1999 drama films American films based on actual events American television films F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
