Linda Goranson (born 1947 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian actress. [1]
Linda Goranson is most noted for her performance in "The Spike in the Wall", a 1970 episode of the CBC Television drama anthology series The Manipulators , for which she won the Canadian Film Award for Best Actress in a Non-Feature at the 22nd Canadian Film Awards; [2] her performance, in which her character removed her blouse to attract her husband's attention, was also controversial as the first topless scene ever broadcast on Canadian network television. [1]
She also appeared in the films The Trap , The Rowdyman , Too Outrageous! , The Painted Door , Confidential , The Gate , Ordinary Magic , Harrison Bergeron , Dirty Pictures , Owning Mahowny and Drifting Snow , and had recurring roles in the television series The Whiteoaks of Jalna , The Newcomers , [3] Traders [4] and Cardinal . She is most prominently associated with stage roles, including productions of William Shakespeare's Measure for Measure , [5] Jane Martin's Talking With... , [6] Neil Simon's Brighton Beach Memoirs , [7] Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None [8] and Joe DiPietro's Over the River and Through the Woods . [9]
She was married to film director Peter Carter until his death. [10]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1966 | The Trap | Trader's Daughter | |
1972 | The Rowdyman | Ruth Lowe | |
1972 | A Fan's Notes | Limpid | |
1986 | Confidential | Mrs. Jameson | |
1986 | Lost! | Wilma | |
1987 | The Gate | Terry's Mom | |
1989 | Millennium | Hostage | |
1993 | Ordinary Magic | Mayor's Wife | |
2003 | Owning Mahowny | Belinda's Mother | |
2010 | Casino Jack | President Bush's Secretary | |
2015 | Let's Rap | Gladys | |
2015 | Gridlocked | Nancy | |
2019 | Samanthology | Talent Agent | |
2021 | Drifting Snow | Myrna | |
2022 | The Devil's Void | Suzanne |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1971, 1972 | Dr. Simon Locke | Helen / Carrie | 2 episodes |
1972–1975 | The Whiteoaks of Jalna | Victoria | 5 episodes |
1973 | Program X | Shirley | Episode: "Nightmare" |
1979 | An American Christmas Carol | Mrs. Doris Thatcher | Television film |
1981 | The Great Detective | Cathy | Episode: "A Question of Loyalties" |
1983, 1985 | The Littlest Hobo | Mrs. Greene / Mrs. McKinley | 3 episodes |
1985 | The Edison Twins | Mrs. Blake | Episode: "Water Witch" |
1985 | ABC Weekend Special | Mrs. Settergren | Episode: "Pippi Longstocking" |
1985 | Night Heat | Sandra Kemp | Episode: "Poison" |
1985 | The Execution of Raymond Graham | Eileen O'Brien | Television film |
1987 | Hoover vs. The Kennedys | Ethel Kennedy | 2 episodes |
1988 | Danger Bay | Fiona Todd | Episode: "Second Best" |
1988 | The Ray Bradbury Theater | Mother | Episode: "The Emissary" |
1988 | Glory Enough for All | Nurse Scott | Television film |
1989 | War of the Worlds | Connie | Episode: "Dust to Dust" |
1990 | E.N.G. | Mrs. Ascott | Episode: "Payment in Kind" |
1991 | Top Cops | Brenda | 1 episode |
1992 | Street Legal | Dr. Grant | Episode: "The Phoenix" |
1992 | A Town Torn Apart | Sherry Danza | Television film |
1992 | The Good Fight | Nurse | |
1993 | Forever Knight | Mrs. Shore | Episode: "Fatal Mistake" |
1993 | Gross Misconduct: The Life of Brian Spencer | Irene Spencer | Television film |
1993 | Rapture | Shane | |
1993 | Woman on the Run: The Lawrencia Bembenek Story | Connie Bell | |
1993 | David's Mother | Saleswoman | |
1995 | The Possession of Michael D. | Helene | |
1995 | Harrison Bergeron | Hazel Bergeron | |
1996 | Mr. and Mrs. Loving | Mother Loving | |
1996 | Escape Clause | Car Crash Mother | |
1996 | Undue Influence | Elevator Passenger | |
1996 | Traders | Gillian Cunningham | 4 episodes |
1997 | Lies He Told | Carolyn Bay | Television film |
1997 | Psi Factor | Miss Maxwell | Episode: "Fire Within/Fate" |
1998 | Evidence of Blood | Mrs. Hunter | Television film |
1998 | Flood: A River's Rampage | Donna Powers | |
1998 | Exhibit A: Secrets of Forensic Science | Danielle Thomas | Episode: "The Gun Men" |
2000 | Dirty Pictures | Mary | Television film |
2001 | Jackie, Ethel, Joan: The Women of Camelot | Lady Bird Johnson | |
2002 | Pretend You Don't See Her | Mrs. Hoffman | |
2003 | Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye | June McMullen | Episode: "The Heist" |
2004 | This Is Wonderland | Mrs. Keeler | Episode #1.2 |
2004 | A Separate Peace | Mrs. Carmichael | Television film |
2004, 2007 | 72 Hours: True Crime | Kathy Fuller / Dora McPhee | 2 episodes |
2011 | Warehouse 13 | Mrs. Martin | Episode: "Queen for a Day" |
2013 | Hemlock Grove | Magdalena | Episode: "The Price" |
2014 | Remedy | Cathy | Episode: "Bad Blood" |
2016 | Shadowhunters | Grandma | Episode: "Major Arcana" |
2017 | Schitt's Creek | Linda | Episode: "Sebastien Raine" |
2018 | Designated Survivor | Old Woman | Episode: "Run" |
2018 | Killer High | Mrs. Blakeslee | Television film |
2019–2021 | The Moodys | Grandma Mary | 4 episodes |
2020 | Transplant | Lena Joseph | Episode: "Eid" |
2020 | Cardinal | Adele | 2 episodes |
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