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Elva Mai Hoover is a Canadian actress. [1] She is best known for her performance as Betty Fox in The Terry Fox Story , for which she garnered a Genie Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress at the 5th Genie Awards, in 1984, [2] and her television roles as Mrs. Edison in The Edison Twins and Mrs. Lawson in Road to Avonlea .
She has also had guest and supporting roles in other films and television series, but worked primarily as a stage actor, most notably as painter Anne Langton in Molly Thom's The Bush-Ladies. [3]
Hoover is the mother of writer Gemma Files, through her marriage to Australian actor Gary Files. [1]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | Equus | Miss Raintree | |
| 1980 | Superman II | Mother | |
| 1982 | Murder by Phone | Phone woman | |
| Class of 1984 | Ellen Corrigan | ||
| 1990 | Stella | Mrs. Hough | |
| 1996 | Losing Chase | Margaret Thompson | |
| 1997 | Pippi Longstocking | Mrs. Kling (voice) | |
| Time to Say Goodbye? | Counsellor | ||
| Hayseed | Auntie Charity | ||
| 1999 | A Map of the World | Superintendent | |
| 2008 | Toronto Stories | Dog walker lady | |
| 2011 | Down the Road Again | Housekeeper | |
| 2013 | Mama | Dr. Dreyfuss' secretary |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | Police Surgeon | Clara | Episode: "Borrowed Trouble" |
| 1976 | King of Kensington | Marian Martinique | Episode: "Cathy's Hobby" |
| 1980, 1984 | The Littlest Hobo | Margaret "Marge" Carrano | Episodes: "Willy and Kate", "One Door Closes" |
| 1981 | The Great Detective | Catherine Emerston | Episodes: "Murder by Proxy: Parts 1 & 2" |
| 1982 | Seeing Things | Episode: "Through the Looking Glass" | |
| 1983 | The Terry Fox Story | Betty Fox | TV film |
| 1984–1986 | The Edison Twins | Mrs. Edison | Recurring role |
| 1986 | The Judge | Episode: "Just Leave Me Alone" | |
| The Truth About Alex | Mrs. Prager | TV film | |
| 1987 | Danger Bay | Gail | Episode: "Time Out" |
| Starcom: The U.S. Space Force | Malvanna Wilde (voice) | Main role | |
| 1987, 1989 | Friday the 13th: The Series | Jean Flappen, Joanne | Episodes: "Doctor Jack", "The Sweetest Sting" |
| 1988 | Diamonds | Episode: "Sweetheart Deal" | |
| T. and T. | Judge | Episodes: "Junkyard Blues", "Mickey's Choice" | |
| 1989, 1993 | E.N.G. | Mrs. X, Judy Heinrich | Episodes: "Dirty Trick", "Love and Marriage" |
| 1990, 1992 | Street Legal | Nancy Cross, Janis Barnett | Episodes: "The Bracelet", "Affairs of the Heart" |
| 1990–1994 | Road to Avonlea | Elvira Lawson | Recurring role (seasons 1–5) |
| 1993 | Class of '96 | Faculty member | Episode: "Pilot" |
| Tales from the Cryptkeeper | Dr. Mahdi (voice) | Episode: "This Wraps It Up" | |
| 1994 | Hello Kitty and Friends | (voice) | Episodes: "The Circus Comes to Town", "Mom Loves Me After All" |
| 1995 | A Vow to Kill | Ida Lambert | TV film |
| Choices of the Heart: The Margaret Sanger Story | NY librarian | TV film | |
| Picture Windows | Candice | Episode: "Soir Bleu" | |
| 1996 | Losing Chase | Margaret Thompson | TV film |
| 1998 | Escape: Human Cargo | State Department woman | TV film |
| 2000 | Rated X | Principal's secretary | TV film |
| Queer as Folk | Mrs. Schmidt | Episode: "Ted's Not Dead" | |
| 2001 | Our Hero | Dora | Episode: "The Last Laugh Issue" |
| The Familiar Stranger | Sheila | TV film | |
| Midwives | Ob-gyn doctor | TV film | |
| 2002 | The Ripping Friends | (voice) | Episode: "The Infernal Wedding" |
| 2010 | Rookie Blue | Store owner | Episode: "Mercury Retrograde" |
| 2011 | Flashpoint | Carol | Episode: "Terror" |
| Murdoch Mysteries | Mrs. Shanley | Episode: "Confederate Treasure" | |
| 2015–16 | Odd Squad | Rita | Episodes: "Training Day", "The O Team/Show Me the Money" |
| 2018 | The Romanoffs | June | Episode: "The Royal We" |
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