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- A. Alan Borovoy was born in 1932 in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. He died on 11 May 2015 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
- A.H. Busby was born on 27 March 1876 in Ontario, Canada. He was an actor, known for The River of Romance (1916), Under Southern Skies (1915) and When Rome Ruled (1914). He died on 13 March 1922 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
- Aaron Biren died on 31 January 2021 in Toronto, Canada.
- Abraham Rotstein was born on 10 April 1929 in Montréal, Québec, Canada. He was married to Diane Louise Whitman. He died on 27 April 2015 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
- Aca Matic was born in 1940 in Serbia, Yugoslavia. He was an actor, known for Karusel (1969) and Koncert za komsije (1972). He died on 29 October 2011 in Toronto, Canada.
- Adam Kositsky was born on 13 June 1972 in Canada. He was an actor, known for 9B (1988), My Secret Identity (1988) and Sing (1989). He died on 23 June 2021 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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Adam Litovitz was born on 17 August 1982 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He was a composer and writer, known for Octavio Is Dead! (2018), Year of the Carnivore (2009) and Three Movements (2013). He died on 16 June 2019 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.- Visual Effects
Adi Ashburner was born on 26 April 1983 in the UK. Adi is known for Door Prize, Get the Sucker Back (2018) and Fig Trees (2009). Adi died on 10 November 2017 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.- Aileen Seaton was born in 1920 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. She was an actress, known for Waiting for Caroline (1969), Anne of Green Gables (1958) and A Dangerous Age (1957). She was married to John Bethune. She died on 29 December 2004 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
- Aino Pirskanen was born on 10 May 1922 in Helsinki, Finland. She was an actress, known for The Silent Partner (1978), Notes for a Film About Donna & Gail (1966) and Folio (1955). She died on 21 October 1994 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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Al Waxman was born on 2 March 1935 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He was an actor and director, known for Cagney & Lacey (1981), Heavy Metal (1981) and The Hurricane (1999). He was married to Sara. He died on 18 January 2001 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.- Camera and Electrical Department
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Alan Cullimore was born on 10 March 1922 in Burnham, Buckinghamshire, England, UK. He was a director and writer, known for Vengeance Is Mine (1949), The Clouded Crystal (1948) and Up for the Cup (1950). He was married to Anne Davies. He died in January 2001 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.- Director
- Producer
Alan Erlich was born on 12 June 1940 in Plymouth, Devon, England, UK. He was a director and producer, known for Check It Out (1985), Wingfield (1998) and Passage of the Heart (1992). He died on 12 July 2018 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.- Additional Crew
- Actor
- Art Department
Alan Lund was born on 23 May 1923 in Toronto, Canada. He was an actor, known for Festival (1960), Folio (1955) and Meet the Navy (1946). He was married to Blanche Lund. He died on 1 July 1992 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.- Alan Millar was born on 12 May 1929 in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. He was an actor, known for Spectrum (1958), Pacific 13 (1956) and Flashback (1962). He was married to Terry Dale. He died on 4 June 1991 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
- Actor
- Writer
Alan Pearce was born in 1915 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. He was an actor and writer, known for Encounter (1952), Scarlett Hill (1962) and On Camera (1954). He was married to Diana Roberts. He died in 1989 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.- Transportation Department
- Actor
- Additional Crew
Alan Shoub was an actor, known for Lucky Number Slevin (2006), Bulletproof Monk (2003) and Silent Hill (2006). He died on 13 January 2023 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.- Alan Toff was born on 12 September 1934 in London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The End of Silence (2006), After Grad with Dad (1980) and Urban Legends (2007). He died on 25 April 2023 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
- Alastair Brown was born on 27 July 1944 in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England, UK. He was a director, known for Tango in a Cold City (2000). He died on 15 October 2020 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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Albert Kish was born on 14 May 1937 in Eger, Hungary. He was an editor and director, known for Los Canadienses (1975), Age of the Rivers (1986) and The Image Makers (1980). He was married to Katalin Futo. He died on 23 October 2015 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.- Actress
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Alberta Watson, well known to television audiences for her Gemini award-nominated role as Madeline on La Femme Nikita (1997), enjoys a long and diverse career in television and film.
A native of Toronto, Watson began performing with a local theater group as a teenager. She received a Genie nomination for Best Supporting Actress for one of her first movie roles, Mitzi in George Kaczender's In Praise of Older Women (1978). Just a year later, she took home the Best Actress award at the Yorkton Film Festival for the short film "Exposure". Watson then headed to the United States, where she studied with Gene Lasko, made several films (including Michael Mann's stylish horror classic The Keep (1983), with Scott Glenn, Ian McKellen and Gabriel Byrne) and the TV movie Women of Valor (1986), with Susan Sarandon.
After returning to the East Coast, Watson took a chance on a low-budget independent film with then-novice director David O. Russell: the black comedy Spanking the Monkey (1994), which received the Sundance Film Festival Audience Award and multiple Independent Spirit Awards. Watson won rave critical acclaim for her memorable performance as a depressed, deeply-disturbed mother who has an incestuous relationship with her son, played by Jeremy Davies.
The next year Watson went on to play the far more stable mother to a teenage computer genius in the box-office smash Hackers (1995), along with Angelina Jolie, and then the wife of mobster John Gotti in the Emmy-nominated Gotti (1996). She returned to Toronto and continued to seek out interesting roles in independent film, which led her to star in Shoemaker (1996), directed by Colleen Murphy. While the film was not widely released in the United States, Watson's performance did not go unnoticed -she received a second Genie nomination, this time in the Lead Actress category.
The following year she won critical praise for another independent film, Atom Egoyan's haunting The Sweet Hereafter (1997), in which she delivered a nuanced performance of an adulterous wife and mourning mother. For this film, she shared the award for Best Acting by an Ensemble (National Board of Review) with Ian Holm, Sarah Polley and the other members of an exceptional cast. The film received the Grand Prize of the Jury at the Cannes Film Festival and went on to earn both Academy Award and Genie nominations.
Meanwhile, Watson had begun filming the TV series La Femme Nikita (1997), which ran for four years, where she played a character that has become iconic, the tough anti-terrorist strategist Madeline. The cult series earned her a 1998 Gemini nomination and marked the start of an ever-growing fan base, with its main online presence at an unofficial site dedicated to her.
Although she has appeared in numerous major commercial releases and hit television shows, during the last ten years Watson has preferred independent (and especially Canadian) productions.
She added another prize-winning movie to her credits with the rock musical Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001) by John Cameron Mitchell and Stephen Trask, where she played Hedwig's twisted mom. The film won the Audience Award and Best Director Award at Sundance.
Watson starred later in The Wild Dogs (2002) with director Thom Fitzgerald, which took home top honors at the Atlantic Film Festival. She also appeared as Dr. Fischer in Sarah Polley's feature film directorial debut, the prize-winning Away from Her (2006), with Julie Christie. In addition, she starred opposite Colm Meaney in the feature film A Lobster Tale (2006), a quiet, low-key story which also won several awards.
Meanwhile, in television, Watson scored a second Gemini Award nomination for her performance in After the Harvest (2001), co-starring Sam Shepard. The second installment of Chasing Cain II: Face (2002), garnered her another Gemini nomination as Best Actress in a Leading Role (2003). After that, Watson filmed Choice: The Henry Morgentaler Story (2005), the story of controversial Canadian physician Dr. Henry Morgentaler, for which she was nominated for yet another Gemini Award in 2005.
While she had recurring roles in numerous television shows (The Newsroom (1996), Show Me Yours (2004), At the Hotel (2006), Angela's Eyes (2006)), she reached again more international TV audiences when she starred in the fourth season (2004-2005) of the hit Fox series 24 (2001), opposite Kiefer Sutherland and William Devane, playing the role of Erin Driscoll, the head of a counter-terrorist unit. She had the chance to play a different boss-woman (a Minister, and recovering alcoholic) when she joined the cast of other popular prime-time drama, CBC's The Border (2008), as a recurring guest star.
Most recently Watson was cast as the voice of 350-pound Mary Rutherford in the animated film The Spine (2009) (produced and directed by Academy Award-winning animator Chris Landreth), which took home the Best Film Award at the 2009 Melbourne International Animation Festival. In 2008, Alberta Watson received a Career Achievement Award from the Boston-based Chlotrudis Society for Independent Film.
Watson died on March 21, 2015 due to complications from cancer at Kensington Hospice in Toronto; she was 60 years old.- Alec Englander was born on 2 January 1935 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for The Enchanted Cottage (1945) and The Hart & Lorne Terrific Hour (1970). He died on 10 April 2015 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
- Alex Barris was born on 16 September 1922 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a writer, known for The Doris Mary Anne Kappelhoff Special (1971), That Girl (1966) and The Barbara McNair Show (1969). He was married to Kay Barris. He died on 15 January 2004 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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Alex Kontsalakis was born on 31 October 1975. Alex is known for A History of Violence (2005), RoboCop (2014) and Jason X (2001). Alex died on 2 March 2020 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.- Alexander Muir was born on 5 April 1830 in Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK. Alexander died on 26 January 1906 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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Alfie Kemp was born on 8 September 1943 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Alfie is known for Doctor Yes: The Hyannis Affair (1983), Groundling Marsh (1997) and Faerie Tale Theatre (1982). Alfie died on 29 June 2019 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.- Actor
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Alfie Scopp was born on 15 September 1919 in London, England, UK. He was an actor and writer, known for Fiddler on the Roof (1971), Howdy Doody (1954) and Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964). He died on 24 July 2021 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.- Alfred Mettler was born on 30 November 1928 in Zürich, Kanton Zürich, Switzerland. He was a producer, known for Scissere (1982) and While the Green Grass Grows (2023). He was married to Julie Mettler. He died on 21 June 2020 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
- Additional Crew
Alice Ferrier was born in 1937 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She is known for The Edge (1997), Dead Ringers (1988) and Tommy Boy (1995). She was married to Glen Ferrier and Tom Gayford. She died on 5 January 2010 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.- Additional Crew
Alisa Satchel is known for Omnibus (1967). Alisa died on 17 June 2013 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.- Alison Gordon was born on 1 January 1943 in New York City, New York, USA. She was married to Paul Bennett. She died on 12 February 2015 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
- Allan Fotheringham was born on 31 August 1932 in Hearne, Saskatchewan, Canada. He was married to Anne Libby and Sallye Delbridge. He died on 19 August 2020 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
- Allan Gotlieb was born on 28 February 1928 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. He was married to Sondra Gotlieb. He died on 18 April 2020 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
- Director
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Allan King was born on 6 February 1930 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He was a director and producer, known for Dying at Grace (2003), Warrendale (1967) and Avonlea (1990). He was married to Colleen Murphy. He died on 15 June 2009 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.- Allan Slaight was born on 19 July 1931 in Galt, Ontario, Canada. He was a producer, known for Gordon Lightfoot: If You Could Read My Mind (2019). He was married to Emanuelle Gattuso and Ada Mitchell. He died on 19 September 2021 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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Allan Westlake was born on 24 February 1950 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He is known for Left Behind: The Movie (2000), Antiviral (2012) and Absolon (2003). He died on 17 January 2019 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.- Allen Doremus was born on 24 July 1931 in South Bend, St. Joseph County, Indiana, USA. He was an actor, known for Homer (1970), My Pleasure Is My Business (1975) and A Fan's Notes (1972). He was married to Anne Doremus. He died on 8 April 1984 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
- Allen Linden was born on 7 October 1934 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He was married to Joanna Maxwell, Marjorie Anthony and Bambi Shafran. He died in August 2017 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Allen Stewart-Coates was born on 24 January 1934 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He was an actor, known for The Tuxedo (2002), The Virgin Suicides (1999) and The Mikado (1983). He was married to Nikki Harmon and Marie Ewasiuk. He died on 3 May 2020 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.- Camera and Electrical Department
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Allyn Terry was born on 12 May 1955 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Allyn is known for Polar (2019), Phoenix 3 (1995) and Stockholm (2018). Allyn died on 9 January 2023 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.- Alma Olander Dam Willumsen was born on 21 March 1898 in Denmark. She was an actress, known for Genboerne (1939), Mordets melodi (1944) and En ny dag gryer (1945). She died on 9 February 1973 in Toronto, Canada.
- Writer
- Actor
Alwyne Whatsley was born on 30 March 1910 in Southall, London, England, UK. He was a writer and actor, known for Encounter (1952), Stop the Merry-Go-Round (1952) and Folio (1955). He died on 2 January 1960 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.- Director
- Writer
- Producer
Born in Missouri in 1958, Amnon Buchbinder fell in love with film at an early age. He attended the California Institute of the Arts where he earned both a BFA and MFA. Amnon's films have screened at many of the world's top festivals including: Cannes, Edinburgh, Rotterdam, Lille, Toronto, and Los Angeles. He currently resides in Toronto, Canada where he is the Associate Chair of the Department of Film and Video for York University.- Actor
- Producer
Andre "the Anti-Giant" Arruda was born in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada, on March 11, 1983, and moved to Toronto in 2001 to attend Humber College's School of Comedy writing and Performance program. He was slightly more than 3 feet tall. Born with syndrome, a genetic disease associated with dwarfism that makes it difficult to walk.
He was hit by a car when he was driving his scooter (totaled) in 2008. Later, Andre did a fundraiser for a mobile scooter, dubbed "A-pod."
On the Internet, Andre had a series on "Vice" in 2015, "Standing Up With Andre Arruda". One of final projects is a documentary called ",Andre: The Anti-Giant" scheduled to hit the film festival circuit in 2017, and released online by Bravo Canada.
Refs Toronto Star "Andre 'Anti-Giant' Arruda was the 'little man who gave us some big laughs'" URL: https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/2017/01/30/andre-anti-giant-arruda-was-the-little-man-who-gave-us-some-big-laughs.html
Hollywood Reporter. "Andre Arruda, Actor and Comic, Dies at 33" URL: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/andre-arruda-dead-actor-comic-was-33-970588
Blog: : "Andre H. Arruda Was here" URL: http://www.antigiant.com/wordpress- Actor
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Andrew Allan was born on 11 August 1907 in Arbroath, Scotland, UK. He was an actor and producer, known for Folio (1955), On Camera (1954) and Pacific 13 (1956). He was married to Linda Ballantyne and Dianne Foster. He died on 15 January 1974 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.- Andrew Kinsman was born on 30 October 1967 in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada. He died on 26 June 2017 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
- Actor
- Additional Crew
Andrew MacMillan was born on 22 November 1914 in Glasgow, Scotland, UK. He was an actor, known for Startime (1959) and Folio (1955). He died on 7 February 1967 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.- Writer
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Andrew Weiner was born on 17 June 1949 in London, England, UK. He was a writer and director, known for Tales from the Darkside (1983) and Prisoners of Gravity (1989). He was married to Barbara Moses. He died on 3 December 2019 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.- András Tarján was born on 19 January 1933 in Budapest, Hungary. He was an actor, known for Gyula vitéz télen-nyáron (1970). He died on 11 May 1994 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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Andy Chmura was born on 2 February 1946 in Trani, Apulia, Italy. Andy is known for Repo Men (2010), The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996) and The Skulls (2000). Andy died on 17 September 2018 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.