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The Wars (film)
''The Wars'' is a Canadian drama film, directed by Robin Phillips and released in 1983.Gerald Pratley, ''A Century of Canadian Cinema''. Lynx Images, 2003. . p. 234. An adaptation of the novel '' The Wars'' by Timothy Findley, the film centres on Robert Ross (Brent Carver), the immature and closeted gay son of an upper class Rosedale family who enlists to serve in the Canadian Army during World War I. As with the novel, the film blends a number of scenes set at war with depictions of the formative experiences from childhood that have led Robert to enlist, including his relationships with his disabled sister Rowena ( Ann-Marie MacDonald) and their parents ( William Hutt and Martha Henry). The cast was drawn predominantly from the stable of actors Phillips had worked with at the Stratford Festival. Cast * Brent Carver as Robert Ross * Martha Henry as Mrs. Ross * William Hutt as Mr. Ross * Ann-Marie MacDonald as Rowena Ross * Jackie Burroughs as Miss Davenport * Jean LeClerc Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robin Phillips
Robin Phillips OC (28 February 1940 – 25 July 2015) was an English actor and film director. Life He was born in Haslemere, Surrey in 1940 to Ellen Anne (née Barfoot) and James William Phillips. He trained at the Bristol Old Vic, where a contemporary was Patrick Stewart, and worked as an actor and director for many years in the United Kingdom, finishing as artistic director at the Greenwich Theatre from 1973 to 1975. He was hired as artistic director at the Stratford Festival in Canada in 1975, where he spent six seasons directing many productions and cultivating new talent. Maggie Smith, Richard Monette, Martha Henry and Brian Bedford, among others, were prominently featured during his tenure, and many of his Shakespearean, classical, and contemporary productions won widespread acclaim. Includes 24min video. In a review of Phillips' 1977 Stratford production of Richard III with Bedford in the title role, ''The Globe and Mail'' theatre critic John Fraser wrote: "The product ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jackie Burroughs
Jacqueline "Jackie" Burroughs (2 February 1939 – 22 September 2010) was a British-born Canadian actress. Early life Born in Southport, Lancashire (now Merseyside), England, she emigrated to Canada on 26 August 1948 with her mother Edna, her father Harry and younger brother Gary. Career Burroughs started acting in live theatre at Ontario's famous Stratford Festival, including starring as Portia in ''The Merchant of Venice'' in 1976. Her film credits included '' The Dead Zone'' (1983), ''The Grey Fox'' (1982), and a voice-over stint in the legendary animated anthology '' Heavy Metal'' (1981), while her TV-series resume includes the roles of Mrs. Amelia Evans in '' Anne of Green Gables'' (1985) and Hetty King in '' Road to Avonlea'' (1990). In 1987, Jackie Burroughs produced, directed, co-wrote, and starred in '' A Winter Tan'', a film based on the letters of Maryse Holder, published in 1979 as the book ''Give Sorrow Words – Maryse Holder's Letters from Mexico'', later rec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeff Hyslop
Jeff Hyslop ( ; born May 30, 1951) is a Canadian actor, singer, dancer, choreographer, and director. Many of his roles have been in musical theatre. His most famous roles were as Jeff the mannequin in the children's show ''Today's Special'' and as the title role in the Canadian travelling production of ''The Phantom of the Opera''. Hyslop was born in Vancouver, British Columbia. He was married to Vancouver-born singer and actress Ruth Nichol. They have one daughter, Gemma Nichol Hyslop, born in 1976. Selected filmography *''The Magic of Aladdin'' (1989) *''Once Upon a Giant'' (1988) - Prince Daryl *''The Wars'' (1983) - Clifford Purchas *''Today's Special'' (1981-1987) - Jeff *''Dancin' Man'' (1980) - Self *''Jesus Christ Superstar'' (1973) - Philip *''Jack and the Beanstalk'' *''Oompahpah'' Stage work *''A Chorus Line'' *''Aladdin'' *''A Little Show'' *''Anne of Green Gables'' *''Bye Bye Birdie'' *''Cabaret'' *''Dames at Sea'' *''The Fantasticks'' *''Godspell'' *''Hamlet'' * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Graeme Gibson
Thomas Graeme Cameron Gibson (9 August 1934 – 18 September 2019) was a Canadian novelist.Graeme Gibson's entry in . He was a Member of the (1992), a Senior Fellow of and one of the organizers of the Writers Union of Canada (chair, 1974–75). He was also a founder of the |
Rupert Frazer
Rupert Frazer (born 12 March 1947) is a British actor. Career His work in theatre includes performances at the Citizens Theatre, the Royal Court Theatre and the Royal National Theatre. In 1975, he played the title role in the first British stage production of Seneca's ''Thyestes''. Other theatre roles include King Lear, Ferdinand in '' The Tempest'' and Tamburlaine. He appeared in Richard Attenborough's ''Gandhi'' in 1982. In Steven Spielberg's ''Empire of the Sun'' (1987) he plays the father of the protagonist Jim (Christian Bale). Other roles include Philip Castallack in ''Penmarric'' (1979), Muller in '' Eye of the Needle'' (1981), Lionel Stephens in ''The Shooting Party'' (1985), Algernon Moncrieff (Algy) in a 1986 tv-production of Oscar Wilde's ''The Importance of Being Earnest'', Alan Desland in '' The Girl in a Swing'' (1988), Lord Alexander Montford in ''The House of Eliott'' and Neville Chamberlain in ''Downton Abbey ''Downton Abbey'' is a British historical dr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shirley Douglas
Shirley Jean Douglas (April 2, 1934 – April 5, 2020) was a Canadian actress and activist. Her acting career combined with her family name made her recognizable in Canadian film, television and national politics. Early life Douglas was born April 2, 1934, in Weyburn, Saskatchewan, the daughter of Irma May (née Dempsey; 1911–95) and Tommy Douglas (1904–86), the late Scottish-born Canadian statesman, Premier of Saskatchewan and the first leader of the federal New Democratic Party. She attended high school at Central Collegiate Institute (now closed) in Regina. Douglas attended the Banff School of Fine Arts at the age of 16. Career Douglas's acting career began in 1950 with a role in the Regina Little Theatre entry at the Dominion Drama Festival, where she won the best actress award. In 1952 Shirley graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London and stayed in England for several years, performing for theatre and television, before returning to Canada in 1957. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clare Coulter
Clare Coulter (born 1942) is a Canadian actress."Coulter, Clare" ''Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia'', March 5, 2013. Although she has appeared in film, television and stage roles, she is most highly regarded for her stage work. Career Coulter's noted stage roles have included Eleanor in the original production of George F. Walker's '' Love and Anger'',"Love And Anger simply stunning". '''', October 12, 1989. the first English-language production ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kirsten Bishopric
Kirsten Johanne Alice Bishopric (September 6, 1963 – April 15, 2014), also known as Kirsten Bishop, was a Canadian actress best known providing the voices of Zoycite, Emerald, Kaorinite, and Badiyanu in the original English adaptation of the ''Sailor Moon'' series. Personal life Bishopric was born on September 6, 1963, in Montreal, to JoAnn Blondal-Bishopric, a model and interior designer, and John Grenfell, who was a radio announcer at the local Canadian Broadcasting Corporation radio station. Her twin brother, Thor Bishopric, is an actor, writer, voice actor and voice director, and also a vice-president of ACTRA. Bishop died from lung cancer in 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 ancho ... on April 15, 2014. Filmography Film TV Series References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rod Beattie
Rod Beattie (born 1948) is a Canadian actor who has been active in Canadian theatre for over 50 years. He is best known for performing the Wingfield Series of plays by Dan Needles. In these plays Beattie plays all the characters, employing changes in voice or facial expression to denote which character he is playing. He has appeared in productions of these plays across Canada and on TV, and in 1991-1992 he won the Dora Mavor Moore Award for best actor in leading role for his performances in the first three Wingfield plays. The plays are directed by his brother Douglas Beattie. The Beatties and the Needles had cottages near each other in the area where the fictitious Wingfield Farm is located. Career Beattie has appeared at the Stratford Festival for 16 seasons over the course of 45 years. He has appeared in productions outside Stratford including: ''The Loveliest'' and ''Sylvia'' in Victoria, ''The Crucible'' and ''Blessings in Disguise'' in Manitoba, ''Oleanna'' at the Nati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Susan Wright (actress)
Susan Wright was an award-winning Canadian actress. Most prominently associated with stage roles, she also had a number of supporting roles in film and television. She grew up in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, and attended the University of Saskatchewan, where she performed at the Greystone Theatre. She left the university, however, without graduating. She co-founded the Persephone Theatre in Saskatoon, with her older sister Janet Wright, and brother-in-law Brian Richmond. Wright frequently performed at the Stratford Festival in Stratford, Ontario in the 1980s, including roles as Mistress Quickly in '' The Merry Wives of Windsor'', Queen Margaret in '' Richard III'', Paulina in ''The Winter's Tale'', Mrs. Webb in ''Our Town'', the Citizen's Wife in ''The Knight of the Burning Pestle'', Mother Courage in Bertolt Brecht's ''Mother Courage and Her Children'', and Germaine Lauzon in Michel Tremblay's '' Les Belles-soeurs'' alongside her sisters Anne and Janet. In 1986 she appeared ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barbara Budd
Barbara Budd (born May 23, 1951) is a Canadian actress, narrator and radio announcer. Between 1993 and April 30, 2010, she was the co-host of CBC Radio One's ''As It Happens''. Early life Budd was born in St. Catharines, Ontario. She studied theatre performance at York University and graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1974. Career Budd worked for five seasons as a company member at Canada's Stratford Festival under Robin Phillips (1975-1980), most notably playing Cathleen in a 1977 production of '' Long Day's Journey into Night'' and Emilia in a 1979 production of ''Othello''. She continued to act for other theatre companies, and had minor film roles, in the 1980s before joining CBC Radio, for whom she worked as a continuity announcer and substitute host, as well as an occasional guest performer on ''Royal Canadian Air Farce''."Budd to cohost As It Happens". ''The Globe and Mail'', September 16, 1993. Three of her guest appearances with Air Farce appear on the tro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margaret Tyzack
Margaret Maud Tyzack (9 September 193125 June 2011) was an English actress. Her television roles included ''The Forsyte Saga'' (1967) and ''I, Claudius'' (1976). She won the 1970 BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress for the BBC serial ''The First Churchills'', and the 1990 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for ''Lettice and Lovage'', opposite Maggie Smith. She also won two Olivier Awards—in 1981 as Actress of the Year in a Revival and in 2009 as Best Actress in a Play. Her film appearances included '' 2001: A Space Odyssey'' (1968), ''A Clockwork Orange'' (1971), ''Prick Up Your Ears'' (1987) and ''Match Point'' (2005). Early life Tyzack was born in Essex, England, the daughter of Doris (née Moseley) and Thomas Edward Tyzack. She grew up in West Ham (now Greater London). She attended the all-girls' St Angela's Ursuline School, Newham, and was a graduate of RADA. Career Tyzack was noted for her classical stage roles, having joined the Royal Shakespeare Company to p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |