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Heather Conkie is a veteran Canadian
Heather Conkie is a veteran Canadian television writer
A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media, such as films, television programs and video games, are based.
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and producer who began her career as an actress. She was featured in multiple children's shows in the 1980s on TVOntario
TVO Media Education Group (often abbreviated as TVO and stylized on-air as tvo) is a publicly funded English-language educational television network and media organization serving the Canadian province of Ontario. It is operated by the Ontario ...
beginning first with ''Polka Dot Door
Polka is a dance and genre of dance music originating in nineteenth-century Bohemia, now part of the Czech Republic. Though associated with Czech culture, polka is popular throughout Europe and the Americas.
History
Etymology
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Her first screenwriting credit was for ''Beethoven Lives Upstairs
''Beethoven Lives Upstairs'' is a 1992 HBO Original Historical fiction Film produced and directed by David Devine. Based on a very popular children's audio recording written and directed by Barbara Nichol, the film stars Illya Woloshyn as Chr ...
'' (1992). She has subsequently worked extensively as a writer for numerous television series in Canada including ''Road to Avonlea
''Road to Avonlea'' is a Canadian television series first broadcast in Canada between January 7, 1990, and March 31, 1996, as part of the ''CBC Family Hour'' anthology series, and in the United States starting on March 5, 1990. It was created b ...
'', '' 7th Heaven'', ''The Zack Files
''The Zack Files'' is a science fiction television program based on a book series of the same name, written by Dan Greenburg. This series was shot in Toronto, Ontario. In August 2004, Goldhill Home Media released the first season on DVD.
Plot
The ...
'', ''Pit Pony
A pit pony, otherwise known as a mining horse, was a horse, pony or mule commonly used underground in mines from the mid-18th until the mid-20th century. The term "pony" was sometimes broadly applied to any equine working underground.English ...
'', ''Dark Oracle
''Dark Oracle'' is a Canadian teen fantasy television series that premiered in 2004 on YTV. It was created by Jana Sinyor (former writer for '' Degrassi: The Next Generation'' and creator of ''Being Erica''), and co-developed by Heather Conkie. ...
'' and ''Heartland
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* Heartland Bank, a New Zealand-based financial institution
* Heartland Inn, a chain of hotels based in Iowa, United States
* Heartland Alliance, an anti-poverty organization i ...
'', as well as several made for television movies.
As an on-screen performer, she was the host of '' Report Canada ''and ''Music Box
A music box (American English) or musical box (British English) is an automatic musical instrument in a box that produces musical notes by using a set of pins placed on a revolving cylinder or disc to pluck the tuned teeth (or ''lamellae'') ...
''. She played two characters (the main character, and her landlady Agnes Peabody) in a music-education show called ''It's Mainly Music''. She reprised the role of Agnes Peabody in a spin-off show called ''Dear Aunt Agnes
''Dear Aunt Agnes'' is a Canadian television comedy-drama series that aired on TV Ontario from January 1986 to December 1989. It was filmed in Toronto, Ontario, and ran for three seasons.
Cast
Main cast
* Heather Conkie - Agnes Peabody
* Mya Rim ...
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