Known for Acting
Born
May 14, 1924
Died
January 14, 2014 (age 89)
Filmography
36 films, 3 shows


Away from Her
2007 · 1h 50m
country: Canada
Fiona and Grant have been married for nearly 50 years. They have to face the fact that Fiona’s absent-mindedness is a symptom of Alzheimer’s disease. She must go to a specialized nursing home, where she slowly forgets Grant and turns her affection to Aubrey, another patient in the home.


Open House
2003 · 1h 36m
country: United States
To make ends meet in this romantic drama, a devoted wife and mom takes in boarders and, while starting her life over, falls for the most unlikely of men, a warm-hearted blue-collar worker, in this adaptation of Elizabeth Berg's bestselling book.


You Belong to Me
2002 · 1h 28m
country: Canada
A radio psychologist who solves the murders of wealthy women finds her latest case is much deeper than she imagined-and it may cost her life!


Harlan County War
2000 · 1h 44m
country: United States
A Kentucky woman whose mine-worker husband is nearly killed in a cave-in, and whose father is slowly dying of black lung disease, joins the picket lines for a long, violent strike.


Spreading Ground
2000 · 1h 40m
country: Canada
Veteran Detective Ed Delopre and partner Mike McGivern have their hands full when they hit the pavement in search of a dangerous killer with five dead bodies already on his record. The mayor, in a rush to see peace restored in her city, makes a deal with the mob instead of waiting for Delopre and McGivern's results. Now that both sides of the law are involved in the killer's capture, the city is turned upside down.


I'll Be Home For Christmas
1997 · 1h 34m
country: United States
Christmas romance about long-separated high school sweethearts who find each other again after 20 years. She's never married and is a smalltown mayor; he's a widowed doctor and single dad who's come back to visit his father for the holidays and is pressured to stay because there's need for a local doc.


Moving Target
1996 · 1h 29m
country: Canada
A bounty hunter with a pregnant wife who is urging him to get a regular job gets framed for murder and trapped in a war between Russian gangsters.


Mrs. Winterbourne
1996 · 1h 45m
country: United States
Connie Doyle is eighteen, pregnant and alone. She accidentally ends up on a train where she meets Hugh Winterbourne and his wife pregnant Patricia. The train wrecks and she wakes up in the hospital to find out that it's been assumed that she's Patricia. Hugh's mother takes her in and she falls in love with Hugh's brother Bill. Just when she thinks everything is going her way, her ex-boyfriend shows up.
Jimmy Valentine
Jimmy Valentine
1989 · 30m
country: Unknown
A professional safe cracker finds love in while in search of riches.


The Christmas Wife
1988 · 1h 13m
country: United States
An aging and recent widower, not wanting to spend his first Christmas alone, responds to an ad in the newspaper which reads: "You are not alone. We make social arrangements of all kinds." When he visits the Social Arranger, he makes it very clear his only interest is in "social company" and is subsequently introduced to a woman who agrees to spend the holiday with him. The woman bids him to not ask any questions about her personal life, which harbors a secret that threatens their developing friendship, and could ultimately change both their lives.


Bay Coven
1987 · 1h 35m
country: United States
A young newlywed couple move to a remote island only to find a secret coven of witches who want them to join all the fun...or face the consequences.


And Then You Die
1987 · 1h 55m
country: Canada
An intense crime drama about a Canadian drug lord who amasses a fortune from the cocaine and marijuana trade. His empire is threatened by the Mafia, Hell's Angels and the police who are all trying to bring him down.


Act of Vengeance
1986 · 1h 35m
country: United States
In 1969, an administrator runs against the corrupt president of the United Coal Miners Union, and becomes the target of a murder plot.


The Park Is Mine
1986 · 1h 42m
country: Canada
A Vietnam vet takes forceful control of Central Park to remember those who served and died in the Vietnam War.


Mafia Princess
1986 · 1h 40m
country: United States
Looks at the life of mafia boss Salvatore Giancana. Especially his troubled relationship with his family.


The Pied Piper of Hamelin
1985 · 52m
country: United States
The town of Hamelin pays the ultimate price after reneging on their promise to the pied piper. Based on the poem by Robert Browning.


Mrs. Soffel
1984 · 1h 52m
country: United States
Kate Soffel is married to a prison warden in Pittsburgh, and is the mother of their four children. Ed Biddle is a convicted murderer awaiting execution on death row with his brother Jack. When Kate meets Eddie through her Bible readings to the prisoners, she is drawn to him, and they pursue a clandestine relationship. She agrees to help the brothers escape, and begins a treacherous journey with them to freedom in Canada.


The Guardian
1984 · 1h 45m
country: United States
The residents of a New York apartment building are shocked when one of them is shot during a burgulary. They decide to hire a security expert to patrol the building, but he seem a little over-committed to his work.


Heartsounds
1984 · 2h 8m
country: Unknown
New York urologist Harold Lear gets a taste of his own medicine when he suffers a heart attack and is confronted with a medical institution which doesn't seem equipped to help. Wife Martha steps in to fight the system and get a measure of service and compassion. Ultimately the greatest battle is not waged against the medical profession, however, but against Lear's own failing body and his own mortal fears.


A Matter of Sex
1984 · 1h 40m
country: United States
Dramatization of the true story of the so-called Willmar Eight, a group of Minnesota bank workers who braved freezing conditions whilst picketing their branch in a struggle for union rights.


A Case of Libel
1983 · 1h 55m
country: United States
Fact-based courtroom drama about a news reporter in 1954 who sued a columnist for libel after he proclaimed him a communist in print.


Strange Brew
1983 · 1h 30m
country: United States
Something is rotten at the Elsinore Brewery. Bob and Doug McKenzie (as seen on SCTV) help the orphan Pam regain the brewery founded by her recently-deceased father. But to do so, they must confront the suspicious Brewmeister Smith and two teams of vicious hockey players.


American Nightmare
1983 · 1h 28m
country: Canada
A man investigates the disappearance of his sister with the help of her roommate. He uncovers a trail of prostitution, incest, blackmail...and murder.


Hot Money
1983 · 1h 18m
country: Canada
Burt, a clever ex-con, has changed his identity and has managed to land a job as a deputy in small town in upstate New York. On the 4th of July, while the drunken Sheriff Paisley is busy with the local parade and festivities, Burt quietly steals a million dollars in cash from the cellar safe in the local rich old widow's house. Unsuspected, Burt makes plans to live the rest of his life in the lap of luxury in a far off place with his attractive girlfriend, local hash house waitress Jeanette. But when a crisis of conscience hits him like a wave of ice cold water, he starts to think twice about his dastardly deed, and how that purloining of the old lady's money is wrongly affecting his friends as well as innocent locals. But will Burt do the right thing?


Mazes and Monsters
1982 · 1h 40m
country: United States
Bound together by a desire to play "Mazes and Monsters," Robbie and his four college classmates decide to move the board game into the local cavern. Robbie loses his mind, and the line between reality and fantasy fuse into a harrowing nightmare.


The Fantastic Miss Piggy Show
1982 · 50m
country: United States
Miss Piggy hosts her own variety show, with special guests John Ritter, George Hamilton and Tony Clifton (Andy Kaufman). Under the direction of Kermit the Frog, the Muppets work in the control room and, amidst chaos, manage to keep the show on the air. Throughout the show, a romantic triangle develops among Piggy, Ritter (who is smitten with the pig) and Hamilton (who is deeply uncomfortable with the star's romantic inclinations).


F.D.R.: The Last Year
1980 · 3h
country: United States
Though visibly frail and weary, President Franklin D. Roosevelt runs for a precedent-setting fourth term. He also oversees plans for the D-Day Invasion and engages in tempestuous summit meetings with his wartime allies Stalin and Churchill.


Torn Between Two Lovers
1979 · 1h 38m
country: United States
Diane is happily married. But, one day while travelling she meets a dashing architect. With some relief, she parts ways with him at the airport, her resistance to his alluring manner having been tested. She later discovers that she has his gloves, so she returns them in person, only to end up in bed with the man, and later falling in love. She now faces the toughest decision of her life.


Second Wind
1976 · 1h 33m
country: Canada
A successful executive and family man takes up jogging for a hobby. Soon his desire to excel as a long distance runner interferes with his career and marriage.


Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues
1972 · 1h 28m
country: United States
A cocky Harvard graduate transports a load of marijuana from Berkeley to Boston. His girlfriend gets busted with the second load. He and a friend go against a dirty cop and a Cuban gangster to get the load and the girl back.


Fortune and Men's Eyes
1971 · 1h 42m
country: Canada
Smitty, a young man sentenced to six months in prison for marijuana possession eventually becomes the sexual subordinate of another inmate, Rocky.


The Crowd Inside
1971 · 1h 42m
country: Canada


The Man Who Wanted to Live Forever
1970 · 1h 15m
country: United States
A famous heart surgeon finds out that a medical research foundation is being used for shady and illegal purposes.


Homer
1970 · 1h 27m
country: United States
High school graduate Homer experiences the pains of the generation gap and the Vietnam War in the late 1960s, while growing up in Schomberg, Wisconsin.


The Lawyer
1970 · 2h
country: United States
Tony Petrocelli, a bright young lawyer practicing in the rich cattle town of Baker, becomes embroiled in a murder case.


The Luck of Ginger Coffey
1964 · 1h 40m
country: Canada
An out-of-work Irish immigrant in Montreal remains hopeful that his luck is about to change but his disillusioned family grow tired of his constant lying, pigheadedness and instability.