Kay Tremblay
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Kay Tremblay was a Canadian film actress, also appearing on television
and theatre
. She was best-known for her Gemini Award
-winning role of Great Aunt Eliza on Road to Avonlea
.
after her marriage and began her Canadian artistic career in 1954.
in 1997 for Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Series in Road to Avonlea, and a Gemini nomination in 1989 for Best Guest Performance in a Series by an Actor or Actress in Night Heat
.
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
and theatre
Theatre
Theatre is a collaborative form of fine art that uses live performers to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place. The performers may communicate this experience to the audience through combinations of gesture, speech, song, music or dance...
. She was best-known for her Gemini Award
Gemini Award
The Gemini Awards are annual television broadcasting industry awards in Canada.First awarded in 1986, the Geminis celebrate the achievements of TV members of the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television. Essentially, it presents awards for the best television productions in Canada. Awards are...
-winning role of Great Aunt Eliza on Road to Avonlea
Road to Avonlea
Road to Avonlea was a television series which was first broadcast in Canada and the United States between 1990 and 1996. It was created by Kevin Sullivan and produced by Sullivan Films in association with CBC and the Disney Channel, with additional funding from Telefilm Canada.It was adapted from...
.
Biography
Born in Scotland, she began her career with the George Ballachine Ballet at Theatre Royal in London. Tremblay arrived in CanadaCanada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
after her marriage and began her Canadian artistic career in 1954.
Career
Her Canadian career was namely in television, but she worked briefly at the Stratford Festival from 1989 to 1990. She won a Gemini AwardGemini Award
The Gemini Awards are annual television broadcasting industry awards in Canada.First awarded in 1986, the Geminis celebrate the achievements of TV members of the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television. Essentially, it presents awards for the best television productions in Canada. Awards are...
in 1997 for Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Series in Road to Avonlea, and a Gemini nomination in 1989 for Best Guest Performance in a Series by an Actor or Actress in Night Heat
Night Heat
Night Heat is a Canadian police drama series, which aired on CTV from 1985 to 1991. The show also aired on CBS in the United States from 1987 to 1993 and was the first Canadian-produced drama series to air on an American network...
.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | Phoebe | ||
| 1970 | Flesh Feast | Woman in park | |
| 1977 | The Phoenix and the Carpet The Phoenix and the Carpet The Phoenix and the Carpet is a fantasy novel for children, written in 1904 by E. Nesbit. It is the second in a trilogy of novels that began with Five Children and It , and follows the adventures of the same five protagonists – Cyril, Anthea, Robert, Jane and the Lamb... |
Amelia | Episode: "The Hole in the Carpet" |
| 1979 | Thomas and Sarah | Mrs. Derwent | Episode: "Made in Heaven" |
| 1980 | Oh! Heavenly Dog | Lady Hermione | |
| 1985 | The Cuckoo Bird | Customer | TV movie |
| 1985 | The Beachcombers The Beachcombers The Beachcombers is a Canadian comedy-drama television series that ran from October 1, 1972 to December 12, 1990 and is the longest-running dramatic series ever made for English-language Canadian television... |
Aunt Mary | Episode: "You Won't Miss It" |
| 1985-1988 | Night Heat Night Heat Night Heat is a Canadian police drama series, which aired on CTV from 1985 to 1991. The show also aired on CBS in the United States from 1987 to 1993 and was the first Canadian-produced drama series to air on an American network... |
Various | 6 episodes |
| 1986 | The Marriage Bed | TV movie | |
| 1986 | Hot Shots Hot Shots (TV series) Hot Shots was a short-lived Canadian television drama series, which aired on CBS in the United States in 1986, and CTV in Canada in 1987.The series, produced by CTV for the CBS Late Night block of crime drama series, starred Dorothy Parke and Booth Savage as Amanda Reed and Jake West, crime... |
Rose | Episode: "The Family Jules" |
| 1987 | Friday the 13th Friday the 13th: The Series Friday the 13th: The Series is an American-Canadian horror television series that ran for three seasons, from October 3, 1987 to May 26, 1990 in first-run syndication.... |
Amanda | Episode: "Root of All Evil" |
| 1987 | Street Legal Street Legal (TV series) Street Legal is a Canadian television series, which aired on CBC Television from 1987 to 1994.-Synopsis:A spinoff from the 1985 television movie Shellgame, Street Legal focused on the professional and private lives of the partners in a small Toronto, Ontario law firm, Barr, Robinovitch and Tchobanian... |
Mrs. Greco | Episode: "Even Lawyers Sing the Blues" |
| 1988 | Diamonds Diamonds (TV series) Diamonds is a Canadian television series, which aired from 1987 to 1989. The show starred Nicholas Campbell as Mike Devitt and Peggy Smithhart as Christina Towne, a divorced couple who continued to work together as private investigators... |
Episode: "When the Wind Blows" | |
| 1988 | Shadow Dancing Shadow Dancing (1988 film) Shadow Dancing Also Known As La bailarina Venezuelais is a 1988 thriller shot in Toronto Canada.-Plot:Jess is a struggling dancer trying to land a dream role in musical about Medusa. As she practices, the director, who has been haunted for decades by the memory of his former dancer and lover,... |
Sophie Beaumont | |
| 1989 | Renegades Renegades (1989 film) Renegades is a 1989 crime film starring Lou Diamond Phillips and Kiefer Sutherland. Floyd Red Crow Westerman debuted in this film as "Red Crow", Hank Storm's father.... |
Old Woman | |
| 1990 | Friday the 13th Friday the 13th: The Series Friday the 13th: The Series is an American-Canadian horror television series that ran for three seasons, from October 3, 1987 to May 26, 1990 in first-run syndication.... |
Mrs. Cromwell | Episode: "Repetition" |
| 1990 | E.N.G. E.N.G. E.N.G. is a Canadian television drama, following the staff of a fictional Toronto television news station . The show aired on CTV from 1988 to 1994... |
Old Woman | Episode: "Striking Out" |
| 1990 | Rin Tin Tin: K-9 Cop Katts and Dog Katts and Dog is a French and Canadian-produced television series which ran from 1988 to 1993. It was known as Rin Tin Tin: K-9 Cop in the United States where it originally aired on CBN Cable/The Family Channel and Rintintin Junior in France... |
Episode: "Over the Hill Gang" | |
| 1990 | Dog House | Iris Slack | TV series |
| 1990 | The Hitchhiker | Episode: "New Dawn" | |
| 1990 | The Admiral and the Princess | Renee (voice) | TV movie |
| 1990-1996 | Road to Avonlea Road to Avonlea Road to Avonlea was a television series which was first broadcast in Canada and the United States between 1990 and 1996. It was created by Kevin Sullivan and produced by Sullivan Films in association with CBC and the Disney Channel, with additional funding from Telefilm Canada.It was adapted from... |
Eliza Ward | 22 episodes |
| 1991 | Sam & Me | Mrs. Rohrlich | |
| 1991 | Love & Murder | Receptioinist | |
| 1992 | The Shower | Pearl | |
| 1993 | X-Men X-Men (TV series) X-Men, also known as X-Men: The Animated Series, is an American animated television series which debuted on October 31, 1992, in the United States on the Fox Network as part of its Fox Kids Saturday morning lineup... |
Annalee (voice) | Episode: "Captive Hearts Captive Hearts (X-Men) Captive Hearts is the fifth episode from the first season of X-Men: The Animated Series. Fox Kids broadcast the episode on January 30, 1993. It introduced the villains known as "Morlocks" to the series... " |
| 1995 | X-Men X-Men (TV series) X-Men, also known as X-Men: The Animated Series, is an American animated television series which debuted on October 31, 1992, in the United States on the Fox Network as part of its Fox Kids Saturday morning lineup... |
Shard Shard (comics) Shard is a mutant character in the Marvel Comics universe.-Fictional character biography:Shard was a Lieutenant in Xavier's Security Enforcers, with her older brother Bishop in their native timeline in the 2080s. Shard was born in a mutant concentraton camp, in which mutants were branded over... (voice) |
Episode: "Beyond Good and Evil: Part 4" |
| 1995 | The NeverEnding Story The Neverending Story (TV series) The Neverending Story: The Animated Adventures of Bastian Balthazar Bux is an animated television series, produced by CineVox , Ellipse , and Nelvana , aired for one season on HBO, ran for 26 episodes, and loosely based on Michael Ende's book, The Neverending Story .In the animated series, the... |
Mrs. Large Head (voice) | Episode: "To Save Falkor" |
| 1995 | National Lampoon's Senior Trip National Lampoon's Senior Trip National Lampoon's Senior Trip is a 1995 teen movie directed by Kelly Makin.- Plot :The film follows the story of a group of rude and obnoxious seniors from Fairmont High, an Ohio high school. After a typing class, the seniors cut school and throw a party at the home of Principal Moss... |
Mrs. Winston | |
| 1995 | TekWar TekWar (TV series) TekWar is a series of television films and a television series, based on the TekWar novels. Greg Evigan played Cardigan in the television adaptation. The films were produced in 1994 and the TV series produced from 1995 to 1996... |
Mrs. Hastings | Episode: "Cyberhunt" |
| 1995 | Side Effects Side Effects (TV series) Side Effects was a Canadian television series, which aired from February, 1994 to January, 1996 on CBC Television.A hospital-themed drama created by Brenda Greenberg and Guy Mullally, the cast included Elizabeth Shepherd, Albert Schultz, Joseph Ziegler, Jovanni Sy and Arsinée Khanjian.... |
Lady with Dog | Episode: "Paying the Price" |
| 1995 | Remember Me | Phoebe Sprague | TV movie |
| 1996 | Traders Traders (TV series) Traders is a Canadian television drama series, which was broadcast on Global Television Network from 1995 to 2000.-Overview:Although Global had locked up most of NBC's "Must See Thursday" situation comedies for their Thursday night broadcasts, they lost the rights to broadcast the medical drama ER... |
Linda McGregor | Episode: "Chaos Theory" |
| 1996 | Are You Afraid of the Dark? Are You Afraid of the Dark? Are You Afraid of the Dark? may refer to:* Are You Afraid of the Dark?, a 1992 television series* Are You Afraid of the Dark? , a 2004 novel by Sidney Sheldon... |
Marjorie | Episode: "The Tale of the Jagged Sign" |
| 1996 | First Degree | Estelle Sarner | Video |
| 1996 | Lulu Lulu (1996 film) Lulu is a 1996 Canadian drama film directed by Srinivas Krishna. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1996 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Kim Lieu - Khuyen* Clark Johnson - Clive* Michael Rhoades - Lucky* Manuel Aranguiz* Peter Breck... |
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| 1997 | Goosebumps Goosebumps (TV series) Goosebumps is a Canadian children's horror anthology television series based on R. L. Stine's Goosebumps books.-Networks:... |
Mimi | Episode: "An Old Story" |
| 1997 | Wind at My Back Wind at My Back Wind at My Back is a television series which aired in Canada on CBC Television between 1996 and 2001. It was created and produced by Kevin Sullivan, best known for his adaptation of Anne of Green Gables and Road to Avonlea... |
Jessie Buchanan | Episode: "A Meeting of the Clan" Episode: "Smiling Through" |
| 1998 | Moonlight Becomes You | TV movie | |
| 1998 | The Real Howard Spitz The Real Howard Spitz -Plot:Howard Spitz is the author behind a string of poorly selling detective novels. He discovers that in contrast children's books enjoy strong sales. Believing it an easy way to make money, Spitz becomes a children's author with his new book character, a bovine detective named "Crafty Cow", but... |
Theodora Winkle | |
| 1998 | Happy Christmas, Miss King | Eliza Ward | TV movie |
| 1999 | Storm of the Century Storm of the Century Storm of the Century, alternatively known as Stephen King's Storm of the Century, is a 1999 horror TV miniseries written by Stephen King and directed by Craig R. Baxley. Unlike many other King mini-series, Storm of the Century was not based upon a Stephen King novel - King wrote it as a screenplay... |
False Mother | TV miniseries |
| 2000 | Relic Hunter Relic Hunter Relic Hunter is an anglophone Canadian television series, starring Tia Carrere and Christien Anholt. Actress Lindy Booth also starred for the first two seasons; Tanja Reichert replaced her for the third... |
Older Woman | Episode: "Afterlife and Death" |
| 2000 | Santa Who? Santa Who? Santa Who? is a TV movie first shown in 2000 on ABC, starring Leslie Nielsen, and directed by William Dear. The plot centers on Santa Claus developing a case of amnesia right before Christmas... |
Elderly Woman | TV movie |
| 2001 | Who Is Cletis Tout? Who is Cletis Tout? Who is Cletis Tout? is a 2001 crime comedy film written and directed by Chris Ver Wiel and starring Christian Slater, Richard Dreyfuss, and Tim Allen... |
Old Mrs. Stanton |