Angela Fusco

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Angela Fusco
Born1944 (age 7879)
Education University of Toronto (BA)
Occupation Actress

Angela Fusco (born 1944 in Toronto) is a Canadian actress.

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Early life and education

She earned a bachelor's degree in English from the University of Toronto.

Career

The daughter of violinist Frank (Francesco) Fusco, she began her career as a child doing programs for children and adults on CBC Radio and television. In her teens, she spent three seasons at the Stratford Festival gaining experience under directors such as Michael Langham and Jean Gascon, and working with Douglas Rain, John Colicos and Kate Reid. After graduating from university, Angela performed in theatres, including the National Arts Centre, the Royal Alexandra Theatre, Theatre Calgary, Alberta Theatre Projects, the Citadel Theatre, Sudbury Theatre Centre and Young People’s Theatre. She played Alicia in Lady Audley’s Secret at the Shaw Festival.[ citation needed ]

Her mezzo soprano voice has brought her roles in musical theatre, including the Dora Award-winning Colette, The Colours of Love, which was written especially for her. Angela also garnered acclaim playing Mother Superior in Nunsense , and ran for nine months in the hit 1940s revue, Blue Champagne. As well as a season at the Blyth Festival in 1995, some of her Toronto theatre appearances include the Actors Repertory Company’s 2003 Dora Award-winning production of Edward Bond’s The Sea and a remount of the 2002 Fringe Festival hit The Terrible False Deception.

For four years Angela hosted the CBC classical music program Listen to the Music. She also hosted Music for an Afternoon on CJRT, and has appeared as guest host on the CBC radio programs Sunday Morning, Stereo Morning, Saturday Afternoon at the Opera, and Arts National. Fusco has done television and radio commercials and narrations, including TVO's Read All About It! . She was the voice of Mrs. Claus in the 2018 animated feature Elliot the Littlest Reindeer.

Fusco combined her theatrical and musical abilities to perform narration with music for several projects with Peggy Hills’s Chamber Music Society of Mississauga. These have included A Butterfly in Time, The Little Mermaid and The Snow Queen all of which were recorded. A Butterfly in Time was nominated for a Juno Award in 2005.

Her later career film and television credits include Alliance Atlantis’s The Morrison Murders and an episode of The Listener . Angela has also played principal roles in The Third Miracle with Ed Harris, Focus with William H. Macy, and in New Blood with John Hurt.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1979 All the Fun of the Fair Sister Estelle
1983 Utilities Italian Momma
1986 Confidential Nurse
1989 Babar: The Movie Celeste's Mom [1]
1993The Art of the Animator Part INarrator
1999 The Third Miracle Charity Woman
2001 Focus Second Woman on Subway
2018 Elliot the Littlest Reindeer Mrs. Claus

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1955–1957 General Motors Theatre Pamela Mason3 episodes
1957 Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans PeggyEpisode: "Winter Passage"
1978 Catsplay TV movie
King of Kensington RosaEpisode: "The Dukedom"
1979–1982 Read All About It! Various roles29 episodes
1980 The Littlest Hobo SecretaryEpisode: "Give My Regards to Broadway"
1982 Hangin' In Mrs. GladeEpisode: "The Beefcake Boy"
1984 The Guardian WomanTelevision film
1985The UndergradsCarol
1992 E.N.G. Meagan MacDonaldEpisode: "Waves"
1993 X-Rated River's MomTelevision film
1994 Side Effects Dr. Barbara CollinsEpisode: "The Great Chendini"
1994 Liberty Street Art instructorEpisode: "Naked Truth"
1995 TekWar Montgomery / Warden2 episodes
1995Cagney & Lacey: The View Through the Glass CeilingGerri CroftTelevision film
1996The Morrison Murders: Based on a True StoryFlo
2001 Twice in a Lifetime Mrs. AgnelliEpisode: "Mama Mia"
2002 Doc AdministratorEpisode: "Citizen Crane"
2008 Testees Nugget's MomEpisode: "Pill for Men"
2009 The Listener Alev BeyEpisode: "Missing"

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References

  1. "Babar: The Movie (1988)". BFI. Archived from the original on October 16, 2019. Retrieved 2022-07-18.