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Where the Spirit Lives (1990)
Character: Mrs. Barrington
In 1937, a young First Nations (Canadian native) girl named Ashtecome is kidnapped along with several other children from a village as part of a deliberate Canadian policy to force First Nations children to abandon their culture in order to be assimilated into white Canadian/British society. She is taken to a boarding school where she is forced to adopt Western Euro-centric ways and learn English, often under brutal treatment. Only one sympathetic white teacher who is more and more repelled by this bigotry offers her any help from among the staff. That, with her force of will, Ashtecome (forced to take the name Amelia) is determined to hold on to her identity and that of her siblings, who were also abducted.
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Wojeck: Out of the Fire (1997)
Character: Marty Wojeck
Former coroner Dr. Steve Wojeck returns to Toronto after 21 years working at a clinic in the Congo. While he reunites with his family, he gets embroiled with the plight of a family of refugees from Guatemala.
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Summer's Children (1979)
Character: Elaine
SUMMER'S CHILDREN is the story of a young man who tries to escape his troubled home and sister to find a new life for himself. He takes on a new job and enters into new relationships, but his sister pursues him in a cat and mouse game, getting into trouble in the city's seedy underground. In a series of flashbacks, we discover the reasons for his initial departure, as he and his sister try to find a peaceful resolution to their feelings about each other.
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What Kind of Mother Are You? (1996)
Character: Bette
Kelly keeps getting into trouble with the police. Her mother agrees to her going into a juvenile detention center overnight. She is kept there for much longer. During her incarceration, she is assaulted by inmates and abused by the system.
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A Fan's Notes (1972)
Character: Patience
A writer has a mental breakdown, unable to deal with the society around him.
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House (1995)
Character: Estelle
Fresh from group therapy, a man shares odd anecdotes with ten others inside a church.
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Deep Sleep (1990)
Character: Barbara
An emotionally disturbed young woman who is obsessed with the death of her father delves into the mystery.
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Personals (1990)
Character: Dr. Kenderson
A woman that during the daytime is an insignificant librarian, at night becomes a fascinating mysterious dark lady. She uses the personal advertisements on the newspapers to obtain appointments with men then kills them. These murders last until the wife of one victim decides to investigate.
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Clown White (1981)
Character: N/A
The story of a rebellious deaf child who goes on a class outing to the city, where he runs away.
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When Angels Fly (1983)
Character: Stephanie
When Marta Wendell's institutionalized sister suddenly dies, she suspects foul play. To uncover the truth she gets the job as chief surgical nurse at the hospital.
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The Adjuster (1991)
Character: Lorraine
An uptight insurance man and his film-censor wife become a kinky couple's landlords.
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Circle of Two (1981)
Character: Mrs. Norton
A 60-year-old artist shares a secret, platonic romance with a 16-year-old girl.
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Bear Island (1979)
Character: Inge Van Zipper
A group of people converge on a barren Arctic island. They have their reasons for being there but when a series of mysterious accidents and murders take place, a whole lot of darker motives become apparent. Could the fortune in buried Nazi gold be the key to the mystery? Donald Sutherland and Vanessa Redgrave investigate
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Lost and Found (1979)
Character: Helen Connally
While visiting Switzerland, an American college professor, Adam, keeps running into a divorced British secretary, Patricia, wherever they go. First their cars collide. Then they smash into one another on a ski slope, each breaking a leg. In between numerous quarrels, the two develop lust and love. They hastily marry, but the disagreements continue. Patricia decides to leave, so Adam decides to fake a suicide. They lose and find each other, again and again.
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Speaking Parts (1990)
Character: The Housekeeper
Hotel employee Lisa develops an obsession with her co-worker Lance, a struggling actor who has appeared in several films as an extra.
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Phobia (1980)
Character: Dr. Alice Toland
A psychiatrist involved in a radical new therapy comes under suspicion when his patients are murdered, each according to their individual phobias.
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Penguins Behind Bars (2003)
Character: Mad’m Millie
Penguins Behind Bars is an Adult Swim special, adapted from the graphic novel of the same name by Janet Perlman, that aired only once on July 20th 2003. The Short follows Doris Fairfeather, a female penguin who is framed for robbery by her boyfriend and sent to an all-girl prison.
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Leona Helmsley: The Queen of Mean (1990)
Character: Sandra
Spanning years of both Harry and Leona Helmsley's cutthroat control of their eponymonous empire, this made-for-TV movie chronicles both the high and low points of the couple's life together.
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Stratford Festival: King John (2015)
Character: Queen Eleanor
When the King of France demands that John relinquish his crown in favor of his nephew, the young Prince Arthur, war is the inevitable result. Excommunication, attempted atrocity, rebellion, and assassination all contribute to political turmoil and personal grief for a mother who has lost her son.
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Nothing Personal (1980)
Character: Mrs. Ralston
Environmentally concerned lawyer Abigail Adams works with Professor Roger Keller in his effort to protect baby seals from slaughter.
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Pin (1988)
Character: Aunt Dorothy
Pin, a plastic medical dummy, has been the fixation of Leon since youth. Now grown up and orphaned in an accident, Leon brings Pin home to live with him and his sister Ursula, much to her reluctance. Soon, however, Leon's fixation on Pin spirals out of control, and Ursula must face the devastating consequences.
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