''Life with Billy'' is a 1994 Canadian
television film based on the non-fiction
book of the same name by
Brian Vallée
Brian Michael Vallée (1940–2011) was a Canadian author, journalist, documentary film producer, screenwriter, and public speaker. He is best known for his work reflecting on domestic violence and his role with CBC's award-winning documentary prog ...
. The film was nominated for five
Gemini Awards
The Gemini Awards were awards given by the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television between 1986–2011 to recognize the achievements of Canada's television industry. The Gemini Awards are analogous to the Emmy Awards given in the United States a ...
, and won three.
The film begins with
Jane Hurshman
Jane Hurshman Corkum (January 25, 1949 – February 22, 1992) was a Canadian woman best known for having killed her abusive husband Lamont William "Billy" Stafford in 1982, and for being acquitted of his murder.
The Crown appealed, concerned ...
(Beatty) shooting her
common-law husband Billy Stafford (McHattie) in his sleep, and then shows the resulting police investigation and trial, interspersed with flashbacks showing the
domestic abuse that Stafford inflicted on Hurshman over the course of their relationship.
Cast
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Nancy Beatty
Nancy Beatty is a Canadian actress. Best known as a stage actress,"Veteran actress lands the mother of all mother roles in The Glass Menagerie". '' Calgary Herald'', November 30, 1999. she has also appeared in film and television roles.
On stage, ...
as Jane Hurshman
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Stephen McHattie as Billy Stafford
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Deb Allen
Deb or DEB may refer to:
People
* Deb (surname)
* Deb (given name)
* A débutante
DEB
* Dynamic energy budget theory, a metabolic theory
* Epidermolysis bullosa dystrophica
* German Ice Hockey Federation (''Deutscher Eishockey Bund'')
* Diepoxyb ...
as Mandy
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Glenn Wadman Glenn may refer to:
Name or surname
* Glenn (name)
* John Glenn, U.S. astronaut
Cultivars
* Glenn (mango)
* a 6-row barley variety
Places
In the United States:
* Glenn, California
* Glenn County, California
* Glenn, Georgia, a settlement i ...
as Ronnie Wamboldt
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Matthew Ferguson as Allan Whynot
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Joadi Newcomb as Dini Harrison
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Nancy Marshall
Nancy may refer to:
Places France
* Nancy, France, a city in the northeastern French department of Meurthe-et-Moselle and formerly the capital of the duchy of Lorraine
** Arrondissement of Nancy, surrounding and including the city of Nancy
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as Bernice Wamboldt
* Tony Quinn as Cpl. Lawson
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Richard Donat as Constable Snow
Awards
Won
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Gemini Award
The Gemini Awards were awards given by the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television between 1986–2011 to recognize the achievements of Canada's television industry. The Gemini Awards are analogous to the Emmy Awards given in the United States ...
for Best Direction in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series - Paul Donovan
* Gemini Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series - Stephen McHattie
* Gemini Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series - Nancy Beatty
Nominations
* Gemini Award for Best TV Movie - Eric Jordan & Michael Donovan
* Gemini Award for Best Writing in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series - John Frizzell & Judith Thompson
Read also
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External links
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Book author profileOfficial Website of Brian ValleeLife with Billy series in the Brian Vallée archival fonds
English-language Canadian films
Canadian drama television films
1994 drama films
Films set in Nova Scotia
Films shot in Nova Scotia
Films based on non-fiction books
Films about domestic violence
Canadian Screen Award-winning television shows
1994 television films
1994 films
Films directed by Paul Donovan
1990s Canadian films
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