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Marilyn Lightstone is a Actor Canadienne born on 28 june 1940 at Montreal (Canada)

Marilyn Lightstone

Marilyn Lightstone
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Nationality Canada
Birth 28 june 1940 (83 years) at Montreal (Canada)

Marilyn Lightstone (born 28 June 1940 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada) is a Canadian film, television and voice actress and writer

She starred on Canadian television in Anne of Green Gables and Road to Avonlea. She also has had various voice roles in animated series. She has won two Canadian Film Awards.

Lightstone is also a painter and writer, and formerly the brand announcer for Canadian arts television network Bravo!. She has said she is still interested in acting, even on stage, but only in what she would consider "meaningful" roles. As of 2008, she has said she is currently interested in mainly painting and photography.

Lightstone hosts an evening program on Classical 96, Moses Znaimer's classical music radio station in Toronto. She is in a longterm relationship with Znaimer, who is the current head of ZoomerMedia.

Best films

Heavy Metal (1981)
(Actress)
Lies My Father Told Me (1975)
(Actress)

Usually with

Damian Lee
Damian Lee
(1 films)
Don Carmody
Don Carmody
(1 films)
Al Waxman
Al Waxman
(3 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Marilyn Lightstone (15 films)

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Actress

Madeline: My Fair Madeline, 1h30
Origin Canada
Genres Drama, Comedy, Animation
Themes Children's films
Actors Whoopi Goldberg, Chantal Strand, Shannon Chan-Kent, Mackenzie Gray, Jim Byrnes, Annick Obonsawin
Roles Miss Higginsbottom (Madamoiselle Higginsbottom)
Rating57% 2.8584752.8584752.8584752.8584752.858475
Alors que Madeline tente d'arrêter des voleurs qui agissent au musée du Louvre, elle est renvoyée dans une école de Londres pour apprendre les bonnes manières. Là-bas, Madeline découvre une cachette remplie de bijoux de la couronne volés et risque tout pour déjouer les plans des escrocs.
Iron Eagle on the Attack, 1h36
Directed by Sidney J. Furie
Genres Thriller, Action, Adventure
Themes Films about terrorism, Transport films, Aviation films, United States Armed Forces in films, Eco-terrorism in fiction
Actors Louis Gossett Jr., Al Waxman, Joanne Vannicola, Marilyn Lightstone, Dean McDermott, Aidan Devine
Roles Dr. Francis Gully
Rating33% 1.666341.666341.666341.666341.66634
While on a routine patrol on United States airspace west of Alaska, Doug Masters and his wingman test the g-forces of their F-16C planes. Their antics get them carried away, as they stray over Soviet airspace. As they are being escorted back into U.S. airspace, one of the Soviet planes has Doug on missile-lock. Doug requests to break formation and engage the Soviet aircraft, but is denied by flight control. He is immediately shot down, but safely ejects and lands on Soviet land, where he is promptly captured by nearby soldiers.
Timescape
Timescape (1992)
, 1h39
Directed by David Twohy
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction
Themes Time travel films, Films based on science fiction novels
Actors Jeff Daniels, Ariana Richards, Marilyn Lightstone, George Murdock, Nicholas Guest, Robert Colbert
Roles Madame Iovine
Rating63% 3.19883.19883.19883.19883.1988
Haunted by the death of his wife, Ben Wilson (Jeff Daniels), has recently returned to his hometown and purchased an old guest house on the outskirts of town, which he is renovating with his young daughter Hillary (Ariana Richards). When local bus driver Oscar arrives with a tour group from "South California", the group's leader insists on renting out the rooms at the guest house, pointedly rejecting Ben's suggestion that they could stay at his friends' large hotel in the middle of town. Ben soon begins to note their peculiar behaviour, manner and dress. Oscar points out the fact that, while they purport to be tourists, they do not carry cameras or take photographs. Shortly after they settle into their rooms, another stranger, Quish (David Wells), arrives to join them, and Ben notices the odd fact that Quish's clothes have a fine covering of ash.
Abraxas, Guardian of the Universe, 1h30
Directed by Damian Lee
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Action, Adventure
Themes Films about extraterrestrial life, Films about extraterrestrial life
Actors Jesse Ventura, Sven-Ole Thorsen, Damian Lee, James Belushi, Marilyn Lightstone, Ellen Dubin
Roles Abraxas' Answer Box (voice)
Rating29% 1.4662551.4662551.4662551.4662551.466255
Abraxas (Jesse Ventura) and Secundus (Sven-Ole Thorsen), are intergalactic police officers, or Finders, from a planet called Sargacia. Their race is physically similar to humans but with an expanded lifespan; Abraxas has been a Finder for almost 10,000 years. Each Finder is equipped with an Answer Box, which serves as a communicator and scanner. It can also detect any object from a distance based on the object's vibration. When testing for the Anti-Life Equation, the subject being scanned will disintegrate if they do not contain the equation.
Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel, 2h35
Directed by Kevin Sullivan
Origin Canada
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about children, Children's films
Actors Megan Follows, Colleen Dewhurst, Wendy Hiller, Patricia Hamilton, Frank Converse, Jonathan Crombie
Roles Miss Muriel Stacey
Rating83% 4.195524.195524.195524.195524.19552
The film resumes the story of Anne Shirley, who at 16 had chosen to study for her college degree by correspondence in order to remain at Green Gables to help an aging Marilla, who has eyesight problems, look after the house and farm. Anne now holds a Teacher's Licence after completing the two-year post-secondary course at Charlottetown's Queens Academy in only one year.
GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords, 1h11
Directed by Ray Patterson, Don Lusk, Alan Zaslove, Don Lusk
Origin USA
Genres Animation
Themes Films set in the future, Films about extraterrestrial life, Space opera, Children's films, Films about extraterrestrial life, Alien invasions in films, Robot films, Disaster films
Actors Margot Kidder, Telly Savalas, Roddy McDowall, Michael Nouri, Bernard Erhard, Frank Welker
Roles Crasher (voice)
Rating54% 2.7092452.7092452.7092452.7092452.709245
The Guardian Gobots are continuing their work on rebuilding their home planet of Gobotron when a mysterious ship crashes on the planet. Leader-1, Turbo and Scooter investigate, and find it to be occupied by a pair of transforming rocks - Solitaire and her valet Nugget. They have come seeking the Guardians' help to save their planet from the evil Rock Lord Magmar, who is killing the other Rock Lords in order to take their power sceptres. He places these in a machine designed to channel all their power into his own sceptre. The Guardians agree to help, but the conversation is spied upon by the Renegade Fitor. Gobotron is soon attacked by the Renegade fleet, and Cy-Kill and a team of Renegades capture Solitaire, Small Foot, Nick and A.J. With Nugget as their guide, Leader-1, Turbo and Matt set off on a rescue mission. Back on Quartex, the only obstacle facing Magmar is Boulder's group of Rock Lords, who set off to draw Magmar into battle.
Blind Justice, 1h40
Directed by Rod Holcomb
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Tim Matheson, Mimi Kuzyk, Philip Charles MacKenzie, Lisa Eichhorn, Tom Atkins, John Kellogg
Roles Dr. Lathrop
Rating58% 2.914812.914812.914812.914812.91481
The average world of an average man turns upside down when he is arrested as the prime suspect in a series of rapes and robberies. In a gripping tale, professional photographer Jim Anderson (Tim Matheson) becomes trapped in a web of circumstantial evidence. After a zealous policeman arrests Anderson for indecent exporsure for taking an impromptu leak during his morning run, he is soon fingered by witnesses as the criminal in relation to the rapes and robberies, despite his innocence. For the next 14 months, his life is hell. The case against him is so strong and his resemblance to the criminal is so exact, he begins to question his own innocence. Wrongly-accused and suffering the growing suspicions of his loyal wife (Mimi Kuzyk), Anderson begins to crack under the strain of clearing his name. He is forced to endure the ruthlessness of a police and legal system that becomes convinced that they have the right man. It also examines the personal impact that comes from such an assault. Too much circumstantial evidence surrounds the case, and too much information leaks out to the public; even if Matheson beats the rap, he'll be ruined in his community. Police Officer Kramer (Tom Atkins) is determined to bring him to justice, whilst Carolyn Shetland (Lisa Eichorn) is Anderson's defense attorney.
Anne of Green Gables, 3h20
Directed by Kevin Sullivan
Origin Canada
Genres Drama
Themes Films about children, Children's films
Actors Megan Follows, Colleen Dewhurst, Richard Farnsworth, Patricia Hamilton, Marilyn Lightstone, Schuyler Grant
Roles Miss Muriel Stacy
Rating81% 4.0815954.0815954.0815954.0815954.081595
11 year old orphan Anne Shirley is living in servitude with the cruel Hammond Family in Nova Scotia. However, when Mr. Hammond dies, Anne is sent to an orphanage where she eventually receives the wonderful news that she has been adopted by a couple on Prince Edward Island.
Spasms
Spasms (1983)
, 1h30
Directed by William Fruet
Origin Canada
Genres Science fiction, Horror
Themes Films about animals, Films about snakes
Actors Peter Fonda, Oliver Reed, Kerrie Keane, Al Waxman, Marilyn Lightstone, Angus MacInnes
Roles Dr. Claire Rothman
Rating44% 2.2134552.2134552.2134552.2134552.213455
Jason Kincaid (Oliver Reed) has a massive serpent captured in a remote island. He brought it to the US because it killed his brother, and he now shares some kind of psychic link with it. He enlists the help of psychologist Tom Brazilian (Peter Fonda) to study the animal and the mental connection, but they do not count on a group of snake worshiping Satanists to complicate matters by accidentally setting the beast free.
The Tin Flute, 2h3
Directed by Claude Fournier
Origin Canada
Genres Drama
Actors Mireille Deyglun, Marilyn Lightstone, Pierre Chagnon, Marie-Josée Gauthier, Charlotte Laurier, Martin Neufeld
Roles Rose-Anna Lacasse
Rating63% 3.1806353.1806353.1806353.1806353.180635
En 1940, à Montréal dans le quartier Saint-Henri, la Seconde Guerre mondiale qui ravage l'Europe amène l'espoir d’un terme à la dépression économique, qui maintient jusque-là Saint-Henri dans la pauvreté. Florentine Lacasse y travaille au comptoir-restaurant des Quinze-Cents. Elle remet son petit salaire à ses parents pour aider à la subsistance de sa famille nombreuse. Jean Lévesque séduit Florentine, mais sa pauvre condition ne convient pas à ses ambitions. Il essaie de la faire s'amouracher d'un copain, Emmanuel Létourneau. Le film raconte l'histoire de ces trois relations avec, en arrière-plan, la vie familiale difficile des Lacasse.
The Wild Pony, 1h30
Directed by Kevin Sullivan
Origin Canada
Genres Drama
Actors Marilyn Lightstone, Art Hindle, Josh Byrne
Roles Sarah Chase
Rating66% 3.309233.309233.309233.309233.30923
To save her ranch after the accidental death of her husband, Sarah Fellows (Marilyn Lightstone) marries Frank Chase (Art Hindle), the man responsible for the mishap. She and her children move into Frank’s house, but Sarah makes it clear that it is only a “marriage of convenience”. Deeply resenting the situation, her twelve-year-old son Christopher (Josh Byrne) becomes withdrawn and increasingly obsessed with a renegade black pony that runs unfettered through the valley. Frank realizes that Christopher needs the pony and buys it for him, despite Sarah’s strong objections. Surprisingly, it is through Christopher’s adventure-filled relationship with his pony that the family discovers the true meaning of devotion.
Heavy Metal, 1h30
Directed by Jimmy T. Murakami, Gerald Potterton, John Bruno, Pino Van Lamsweerde
Origin Canada
Genres Science fiction, Musical theatre, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Musical, Animation
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about drugs, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about extraterrestrial life, Films about extraterrestrial life
Actors Harvey Atkin, Rodger Bumpass, Jackie Burroughs, John Candy, Joe Flaherty, Eugene Levy
Roles Whore / Queen (voice)
Rating65% 3.2989253.2989253.2989253.2989253.298925
The movie's title sequence story (based on the original story by Dan O'Bannon and art by Thomas Warkentin) opens with a space shuttle flying in orbit over Earth. The bay doors (on the belly of the shuttle) open, releasing a 1960 Corvette. An astronaut seated in the Corvette then begins descending through Earth's atmosphere, landing in a desert canyon.
In Praise of Older Women, 1h50
Directed by George Kaczender
Origin Canada
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Tom Berenger, Karen Black, Susan Strasberg, Helen Shaver, Marilyn Lightstone, Alexandra Stewart
Roles Klari
Rating56% 2.8051752.8051752.8051752.8051752.805175
Andras Varda (Tom Berenger) grows up in a turbulent, war-torn Hungary, where he procures local girls for the occupying G.I.s during World War II. Disappointed by the girls his age, he meets Maya (Karen Black), a married woman in her 30s, who tutors him in love and romance. Maya is only the first of many mature women whom Andras will meet through his teenage and young adult life.
Lies My Father Told Me, 1h42
Directed by Ján Kadár
Origin Canada
Genres Drama
Themes Films about religion, Films about Jews and Judaism
Actors Yossi Yadin, Marilyn Lightstone, Ted Allan, Bertrand Gagnon, Guy L'Écuyer, Diana Leblanc
Roles Annie Herman
Rating66% 3.3398953.3398953.3398953.3398953.339895
The story tells of a six-year-old boy who would travel with his grandfather on an old horse-drawn cart through the alleyways in a Jewish ghetto of Montreal in the 1920s. The two would call out to residents asking to collect their old junk (a rag-and-bone man). The boy's grandfather was religious but his father was not. Eventually the grandfather dies, as does his horse Ferdeleh, leaving the boy feeling bitter toward his secular father.