Linda Sorenson

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Linda Sorensen
Born (1940-01-19) January 19, 1940 (age 84)
OccupationActress
Years active1969–2018
Awards Canadian Screen Award for Best Supporting Actress

Linda Sorenson (born January 19, 1940) is a Canadian film, television and voice actress, best known for playing Mrs. Stegman in Class of 1984 , Warden Howe in Murphy Brown , Virginia Reeves in Material World and Isabelle Carrington in Road to Avonlea . Sorenson, who hails from Vancouver, has appeared in a number of film and television roles.

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She voiced Love-a-Lot Bear in the Care Bears TV series, Blanche the Persian Cat in Webkinz and the old woman in Barbie and the Diamond Castle .

Sorenson has won two Genie Awards for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in Joshua Then and Now and Draw! .

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1971 McCabe & Mrs. Miller Blanche
1972The Merry Wives of Tobias RoukeHolly
1973 Paperback Hero Mona
1973 The Hard Part Begins Alice Neely
1976 Breaking Point Helen McBain
1978Drop Dead, DearestCynthia
1979 Stone Cold Dead Monica Page
1982 Class of 1984 Mrs. Stegman
1984 Draw! Teresa
1985 Joshua Then and Now Esther Shapiro
1987 Adventures in Babysitting Mrs. Anderson
1988Family ReunionBea
1990 Whispers Kayla
1993Blood BrothersJudge Goldberg
1994 Relative Fear Margaret Ladelle
2003 Moving Malcolm Ruby
2005Anne: Journey to Green GablesHetty King (voice)Video
2008 Barbie & the Diamond Castle Old Woman (voice)Video
2010 Barney's Version 2nd Mrs. P's Mother
2017 The Mountain Between Us Pamela

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1973 The Starlost Dr. McBrideEpisode: "Farthing's Comet"
1978 Breaking Up MickeyTV film
1979 King of Kensington MavisEpisode: "White Lace Gloves"
1980 The Great Detective DoryEpisode: "A Family Business"
1980 The Courage of Kavik the Wolf Dog Laura EvansTV film
1981 The Running Man Elaine
1981, 1984 The Littlest Hobo Louise, Mrs. SloanEpisodes: "Here's Joey Jackson", "Indian Summer"
1982 Shocktrauma Elizabeth ScanlanTV film
1982 Hangin' In LorettaEpisode: "Christmas Wrapping"
1984 Seeing Things DoreeEpisode: "Now You See Him, Now You Don't"
1984 Draw! TeresaTV film
1985 The Care Bears Family (voice)TV series
1985 Night Heat Linda PetersEpisode: "Songbird"
1986Air WavesElaineEpisode: "Breakfast Man"
1986 Popples Pretty Bit (voice)TV series
1986Many Happy ReturnsMarsha BrennerTV film
1987 Beverly Hills Teens Fifi (voice)Episode: "Dream Date"
1987 Starcom: The U.S. Space Force (voice)TV series
1987 The New Archies Miss Grundy (voice)Guest role
1988 Garbage Pail Kids (voice)TV series
1988 CBS Summer Playhouse JudyEpisode: "Mad Avenue"
1989 Thirtysomething Roberta SessionsEpisode: "Elliot's Dad"
1989 Newhart FlorenceEpisode: "Malling in Love Again"
1990 Murphy Brown Warden HoweEpisode: "Subpoena Envy"
1990–1993 Material World Virginia 'Ginny' ReevesRegular role
1992Miles from NowhereRuth CarterTV film
1993 The Hidden Room LydiaEpisode: "Dreams About Water"
1994 Street Legal Marjorie TaylorEpisode: "The Firm"
1994 Road to Avonlea Isabelle CarringtonEpisode: "Strictly Melodrama"
1994 RoboCop: The Series The PresidentEpisode: "Public Enemies"
1994–1996 Side Effects Esther KnelmanEpisodes: "Skin Deep", "Paying the Price", "You Can Run"
1995Strauss: The King of 3/4 TimeAnna StraussTV film
1995 Lonesome Dove: The Series Lulu CodyEpisode: "Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show"
1996A Husband, a Wife and a LoverVivianTV film
1996Einstein: Light to the Power of 2Helen DukasTV film
1996 Poltergeist: The Legacy Sister JehannEpisode: "The Bones of Saint Anthony"
1997 Millennium Marie France DionEpisode: "Paper Dove"
1997 The Third Twin Lorraine LoganTV film
1997I'll Be Home for ChristmasMargieTV film
1997–98 The Adventures of Sam & Max: Freelance Police (voice)TV series
1998 A Father for Brittany Marge LussierTV film
1998 Mythic Warriors Demeter (voice)Episode: "Persephone and the Wonder Seeds"
1998–2000 Bad Dog (voice)TV series
1999 Psi Factor Moira TaggertEpisode: "Solitary Confinement"
1999–00 Blaster's Universe (voice)TV series
2000–2002 Anne of Green Gables: The Animated Series Hetty King (voice)Recurring role
2005–2009 Mr. Meaty (voice)TV series
2006 This Space for Rent Joan ForbesTV film
2006My Silent PartnerClara HouserTV film
2007 Masters of Horror PamEpisode: "Right to Die"
2007 Blood Ties Betty SagaraRecurring role
2007 Kyle XY Nancy HollanderEpisode: "What's the Frequency, Kyle?"
2008 Psych ChelseaEpisode: "The Old and the Restless"
2008–2011 Kid vs. Kat Old Lady Munson (voice)Recurring role
2009 Held Hostage Dr. MorseTV film
2014 My Boyfriends' Dogs Grandma StrangTV film
2017 When We Rise Edie WindsorEpisode: "Night IV: Part VI and VII"
2017Undercover AngelPeggyTV film

Radio

YearTitleRoleNotes
1980 Nightfall JoyceEpisode 19: "The Devil's Backbone"
1980NightfallModelEpisode 22: "Deadly Developments"
1982NightfallHelen & Dr. KosovicEpisode 72: "The Tie That Binds"

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