Clare Coulter

Clare Coulter
Born	1942 (age 82–83)
Occupation	Actress
Known for	The Worst Witch By Design Cross My Heart

Clare Coulter (born 1942) is a Canadian actress. ^[1] Although she has appeared in film, television and stage roles, she is most highly regarded for her stage work. ^[2]

Career

Coulter's noted stage roles have included Eleanor in the original production of George F. Walker's Love and Anger , ^[3] the first English-language production of Michel Tremblay's Albertine in Five Times , ^[4] and a 2013 Harbourfront Centre production of King Lear in which she became one of relatively few women to have portrayed the title role. ^[5]

Coulter is a Genie Award nominee for Best Supporting Actress at the 4th Genie Awards in 1983 for By Design , ^[6] and a Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Supporting Actress at the 6th Canadian Screen Awards in 2018 for Cross My Heart (Les Rois mongols). She also appeared in the films The Wars , When Night Is Falling , The Five Senses , Saint Monica , Away from Her and We Are Gold (Nous sommes Gold), and in the television series The Newsroom , The Worst Witch , This Is Wonderland and Living in Your Car .

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1981	By Design	Ms. Hirshorn
1982	Murder by Phone	Bag Lady
1983	The Wars	Eena
1985	Terminal Choice	Nurse Barton
1986	The Last Season	Marie Jazda
1995	When Night Is Falling	Tillie
1997	A Simple Wish	Ms. Bramble
1999	The Five Senses	Clare
2002	Saint Monica	Mary
2003	Hollywood North	Lindsay Marshall
2006	Away from Her	Phoebe Hart
2015	The Saver	Mrs. Cooper
2015	My One Demand	—	Documentary
2017	Cross My Heart	La grand-mère
2019	The Hottest August	Narrator	Documentary
2024	Drive Back Home	Adelaide

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1956	ITV Television Playhouse	School Child	Episode: "The Grand Tour"
1985	Evergreen	Mary Malone	3 episodes
1986	The Ray Bradbury Theater	Store Owner	Episode: "The Town Where No One Got Off"
1986	The Marriage Bed	Margaret Neilson	Television film
1990	Street Legal	Alexandra Mann	Episode: "The Bracelet"
1991	Deadly Betrayal: The Bruce Curtis Story	Alice Curtis	Television film
1995	The Shamrock Conspiracy	Mae Dillon
1997	The Newsroom	George's Mother	2 episodes
1998–2001	The Worst Witch	Amelia Cackle	38 episodes
1998	Due South	Barbara Kowalski	Episode: "Easy Money"
1999	Foolish Heart	Psychiatrist	Episode: "The Correct Decision"
1999	Emily of New Moon	Queen Victoria	Episode: "Command Performance"
2003	A Taste of Shakespeare	1st Witch	Episode: "Macbeth"
2003	Coast to Coast	Juliette	Television film
2004–2005	This Is Wonderland	Ellie Germaine	3 episodes
2005–2007	The New Worst Witch	Amelia Cackle	17 episodes
2010–2011	Living in Your Car	Jess Unger	5 episodes
2015	Helix	Sister Agnes
2016	American Gothic	Ramona Canby	Episode: "Kindred Spirits"
2022	Three Pines	Ruth Zardo	8 episodes
2023	Fargo	Irma	3 episodes
2024	Star Trek: Discovery	Kalzara Bix	Episode: "Jinaal"
2025	Severance	Rose	Episode: "Sweet Vitriol"

References

1. "Coulter, Clare". Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia, March 5, 2013.
2. "Clare Coulter's talents go a long way; Veteran Player ages two decades for her role in 4000 Miles at the Centaur". Montreal Gazette , March 22, 2014.
3. "Love And Anger simply stunning". Toronto Star , October 12, 1989.
4. "Poem-like Albertine is soporific in execution". The Globe and Mail , April 10, 1985.
5. "King Lear, brought to her knees". The Globe and Mail , March 5, 2013.
6. "Film awards gaining ground, slowly Genie's pickings slim but good". The Globe and Mail , March 18, 1983.

External links

• Clare Coulter at IMDb