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Coralee Elliott Testar UE (born February 1946 in Prince Edward Island) (died September 2023 in Vancouver British Columbia) was a Vancouver based producer and screenwriter. She was a graduate of the National Theatre School of Canada. Her many credits include the award-winning The Little Kidnappers (Disney), "City Boy" (Bonneville/PBS) based on the novel Freckles , and the television adaptation of Girl of the Limberlost (PBS).

Testar was a past president of the British Columbia Motion Picture Industry Association and a lifetime member of the Writers Guild of Canada.



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