Ann-Marie MacDonald

Born: 1958-10-29

Ann-Marie MacDonald (born October 29, 1958) is a Canadian playwright, novelist, actor, and broadcast journalist who lives in Toronto, Ontario. The daughter of a member of Canada's military, she was born at an air force base near Baden-Baden, West Germany. She won the Commonwealth Writers Prize for her first novel, Fall on Your Knees, which was also named to Oprah Winfrey's Book Club. Her 2003 novel, The Way the Crow Flies, was partly inspired by the Steven Truscott case. She received the Governor General's Award for Literary Merit, the Floyd S. Chalmers Canadian Play Award and the Canadian Author's Association Award for her play, Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet). She appeared in the films I've Heard the Mermaids Singing, and Better Than Chocolate, among others. She also hosted the CBC Documentary series Life and Times (1996-2007). Description above from the Wikipedia article Ann-Marie MacDonald, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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Better Than Chocolate

as Frances
Released: 1999-02-14

Not long after moving into her own place, Maggie finds herself with two unsolicited roommates:...

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Where the Heart Is

as T.V. Reporter (Stock Exchange)
Released: 1990-02-23

A wealthy businessman shows his young adult kids how tough life can be.

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I've Heard the Mermaids Singing

as Mary Joseph
Released: 1987-09-11

Scatterbrained Polly gets a job as a secretary in Gabrielle's art gallery. Polly aspires to be a...

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Friends at Last

as Mother at School
Released: 1995-04-02

Some time after her messy divorce, Fanny Connelyn realises her ex-husband is becoming her best...

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Rubberface

as Merilee
Released: 1981-01-01

A teen-age girl conceals her insecurity behind a barrage of jokes — until she meets an aspiring...

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Her Desperate Choice

as Teacher
Released: 1996-09-14

Despite allegations of child sexual abuse against Jody's ex-husband Marcus, the court orders...

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The Wars

as Rowena Ross
Released: 1983-11-20

Robert Ross (Brent Carver) lives a protected adolescence in a well-off Toronto suburb....

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Paint Cans

as Inge Von Nerthus
Released: 1994-09-13

A Canadian take on The Player.

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Web Warriors

as Self - Hostess
Released: 2008-11-20

Web Warriors is a documentary that defines the conflict, establishes the stakes, and reveals the...

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Unfinished Business

as Paula
Released: 1984-07-11

Seventeen year old Izzy Marks lives in Toronto with her divorced mother and finds her life...

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Paris Hilton Inc.: The Selling of Celebrity

as Narrator
Released: 2009-11-29

We are drowning in celebrity culture and certainly no tabloid topic has been as big as Paris...

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Forbidden Love: The Unashamed Stories of Lesbian Lives

as Narrator
Released: 1992-09-17

Ten women in Canada talk about being lesbian in the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s: discovering the...

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Force of Nature: The David Suzuki Movie

as uncredited
Released: 2011-12-02

David Suzuki, iconic Canadian scientist, educator, broadcaster and activist delivers a 'last...

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Where the Spirit Lives

as Kathleen
Released: 1990-06-06

In 1937, a young First Nations (Canadian native) girl named Ashtecome is kidnapped along with...

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Age of the Drone

as Narrator
Released: 2015-02-19

There's a new revolution happening overhead. The drones are coming. The question is: who gets to...

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The End of Men

as Narrator
Released: 2011-02-03

It used be that everyone knew what it meant to be a man. A man was rugged and reliable and got...

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Out of Orbit: The Life and Times of Marshall McLuhan

as uncredited
Released: 1999-11-30

"Societies have always been shaped more by the nature of the media with which people communicate...

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The Pagan Christ

as Narrator
Released: 2007-12-06

Documentary adaptation of the book "The Pagan Christ" by Tom Harpur for Canadian Broadcasting...

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Supervolcano: Yellowstone's Fury

as Narrator
Released: 2013-01-03

For over a century, tens of millions of visitors have marveled at the natural beauty of...

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习惯的奴隶

as Ann-Marie MacDonald
Released: 2014-01-02

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The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Denise Tyler
First aired: 1985-09-29

The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents is an American anthology series that aired on NBC from 1985 to...

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The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Ellen Blanchard
First aired: 1985-09-29

The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents is an American anthology series that aired on NBC from 1985 to...

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Airwolf

as Anna LeBlanc
First aired: 1984-01-22

As part of a deal with an intelligence agency to look for his missing brother, a renegade pilot...

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Airwolf

as Sandra
First aired: 1984-01-22

As part of a deal with an intelligence agency to look for his missing brother, a renegade pilot...

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The L Word

as Julia
First aired: 2004-01-18

A group of lesbian friends struggle with romance and careers in Los Angeles.

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Katts and Dog

as uncredited
First aired: 1988-09-17

Katts and Dog is a French and Canadian-produced television series which ran from 1988 to 1993....

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Due South

as Psychologist
First aired: 1994-09-22

Constable Benton Fraser, an officer of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, is attached to the...

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Doc Zone

as Herself - Host
First aired: 2006-10-23

Doc Zone is the flagship documentary series of CBC Television. It features both independently...

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