Coralee Elliott Testar UE (born February 1946 in

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) (died September 2023 in Vancouver British Columbia) was a

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based producer and screenwriter. She was a graduate of the

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. Her many credits include the award-winning '' The Little Kidnappers'' (

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), "City Boy" (Bonneville/PBS) based on the novel ''

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'', and the television adaptation of '' Girl of the Limberlost'' (PBS). Testar was a past president of the British Columbia Motion Picture Industry Association and a lifetime member of the

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