Lisa Langlois

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Lisa Langlois
Born (1959-03-15) March 15, 1959 (age 66)
North Bay, Ontario
OccupationActress
Years active1975–present

Lisa Langlois (born March 15, 1959) is a Canadian actress, who has appeared in movies, television and theater.

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Life and career

Langlois was born in North Bay, Ontario. spent her childhood years in Hamilton, Ontario, where she attended a French language school becoming fluent in French. In 1974 she represented Hamilton in the Miss Teen Canada beauty pageant, where she finished second. Langlois graduated from McMaster University in Hamilton.

She made her film debut in Claude Chabrol's mystery Blood Relatives (1978) opposite Donald Sutherland. Chabrol also cast her in his next feature, Violette Nozière (1978). Langlois made a number of other films in Canada, including the thriller Phobia (1980), directed by John Huston. [1]

She appeared in another 1980 film, Klondike Fever , and played leading roles in three films that have acquired cult followings: the horror film Happy Birthday to Me (1981), the teen actioner Class of 1984 (1982), and the killer rat shocker Deadly Eyes (1982). [2]

After this work in Paris and Toronto, Langlois moved to Los Angeles to pursue American projects. She appeared in two Paramount Pictures comedy features: The Man Who Wasn't There (1983), a 3-D production, and National Lampoon's Joy of Sex (1984), directed by Martha Coolidge. In 1985 Langlois co-starred in the romantic comedy The Slugger's Wife , where she played a struggling singer and performed her own musical numbers after auditioning for Quincy Jones. She made guest appearances on television programs such as Murder, She Wrote in 1986, and she performed on stage in the La Jolla Playhouse's production of Once in a Lifetime in 1988. She played the heroine in Roger Corman's horror film The Nest (1988) and co-starred in a made for TV movie, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1989).

During the 1990s Langlois moved back to Canada. She worked steadily including parts in the action pictures The White Tiger (1995) and The Final Cut (1995), alongside Sam Elliott. She made appearances in the television series Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction? (1998), Vengeance Unlimited (1999), and Relic Hunter (2000). After a brief hiatus she returned to the Los Angeles stage in 2004, starring in Jungle Express in Malibu.

More recently, Langlois had a co-starring role in The Perfect Marriage (2006), a thriller that premiered on Lifetime Television; in 2007 she had a recurring role in the TV series The L Word . In 2010, she appeared in Summer Eleven directed by Joseph Kell, her former co-star from Deadly Eyes (1982). [2]

Langlois has a son, Emerson.[ citation needed ]

Filmography

Movies

YearTitleRoleNotes
1977The StowawayGeorginaShort
1978 Blood Relatives Muriel Stark
VioletteMaddy
1980 Klondike Fever Diamond Tooth Gertie
It Rained All Night the Day I Left Suzanna
Phobia Laura Adams
1981 Happy Birthday to Me Amelia
1982 Class of 1984 Patsy
Deadly Eyes Trudy White
Hard Feelings Barbara Holland
1983 The Man Who Wasn't There Cindy Worth
1984 Joy of Sex Melanie
1985 The Slugger's Wife Aline Cooper
1988 The Nest Elizabeth Johnson
TransformationsMiranda
1989MindfieldSarah Paradis
1996 The Final Cut Sara
White Tiger Joanne Grogan
2008Poe: Last Days of the RavenJane Stanard
2010Summer ElevenJenine
2015Relentless JusticeGloria Curtis
2022Hotel for the HolidaysMadame Fontaine
2023Silver FoxJoanna

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1975 Sidestreet
1983 Hangin' In Faye / Gail2 episodes: Love Is Deaf, I've Got a Secret
1985 The Edison Twins Alison1 Episode: My House Is Your House
1986 Murder, She Wrote Kitty Manette1 Episode: The Perfect Foil
Doing LifeRose-Ann RosenbergTV movie
1989Nightmare Classics1 Episode: The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1990 Father Dowling Mysteries Carol Van Horn1 Episode: The Ghost of a Chance Mystery
1994 Forever Knight Laura / Marise1 Episode: Capital Offense
1998 Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction Emma Jansen1 Episode: Count Mystery
Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal Dr. Judith Taggart1 Episode: Absolution
1999 Vengeance Unlimited Helen Clemente1 Episode: Vendetta
2000 Relic Hunter Monica1 Episode: Fertile Ground
2006The Perfect MarriageCarrie HollingsTV movie
2007 Fire Serpent Heather AllmanTV movie
Framed for MurderDiane DesalvoTV movie
2006–07Hank William's First NationMonique Savard4 episodes
2007–19 Heartland Marion Fleming3 episodes: Coming Home, Full Circle, The Passing of the Torch
2008 The L Word Andrea2 episodes: Liquid Heat, Lunar Cycle
2016Our World TodayPretty Funny Woman18 episodes
2017Mommy's Little BoyPrincipal ReynoldsTV movie
2021A Chance for ChristmasWandaTV movie
2022Lemonade Stand RomanceGladys McTavishTV Movie

References

  1. "The Beauty & the Beasts: An Interview with Lisa Langlois – June 2011". The Terror Trap.
  2. 1 2 "The Beauty & the Beasts: An Interview with Lisa Langlois Part II – June 2011". The Terror Trap.