Marilyn Lightstone

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Marilyn Lightstone
Born (1940-06-28) 28 June 1940 (age 84)
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Education Baron Byng High School
Alma mater McGill University
National Theatre School
Occupations
  • Actress
  • writer
Years active1965–present
Known for Anne of Green Gables
Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel
Road to Avonlea

Marilyn Lightstone (born 28 June 1940) is a Canadian stage, film and television actress and writer.

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Early life and education

Born in Montreal, Quebec, Marilyn Lightstone graduated from Baron Byng High School in 1957. [1] She went on to attend McGill University where she received a bachelor's degree. Lightstone then attended and graduated from the National Theatre School.

Career

She starred on Canadian television as Miss Stacey in Anne of Green Gables and Road to Avonlea . She has won two Canadian Film Awards; a Genie for Best Actress in Lies My Father Told Me and a Genie for Best Supporting Actress for In Praise of Older Women . She won an award for Best Actress at the Moscow International Film Festival for The Tin Flute .

Her stage roles include Goneril in King Lear at the Lincoln Centre in New York, Mash in Chekov's The Seagull at the Stratford Festival and Leah in The Dybbuk. In 1976, Lightstone starred in a play produced by Moses Znaimer, Miss Margarida. She performed in the lead role in the play Tamara to audiences in New York and Los Angeles, another Znaimer production. [2]

She has made several guest appearances on television series and rendered her voice for radio drama, voice-overs and commercials as well as providing voices for animated cartoons.

Lightstone is a painter and writer, and formerly the brand announcer for Canadian arts television network Bravo!. She has served as Associate Producer and Co-director of Spoken Art and has hosted Playwrights and Screenwriters.

She has written scripts for television series and a novel, Rogues and Vagabonds . [3] She has written a collection of songs, Miss Lightstone Sings and her interfaith song The Light Shines All Over the World has been released as a music video.

She hosts an evening program, Nocturne, on Classical 96, Moses Znaimer's classical music radio station in Toronto. [4]

Personal life

Marilyn Lightstone is in a long-term relationship with Moses Znaimer, who is the current head of ZoomerMedia. They met at McGill University at the McGill Player's Club in the early 1960's. [5]

She has said she is still interested in acting, even on stage, but only in what she would consider "meaningful" roles. As of 2008, she has said she is currently interested in mainly painting and photography.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1975 Lies My Father Told Me Annie Herman
1978 In Praise of Older Women Klari
1981 Heavy Metal Queen (voice)Segment: "Den"
1982LoveMarilynSegment: "Love on Your Birthday"
1983 The Tin Flute (Bonheur d'occasion)Rose-Anna Lacasse
1983 Spasms Dr. Claire Rothman
1983 The Wild Pony Sarah Chase
1984 The Surrogate Dr. Foreman
1986 Gobots: Battle of the Rock Lords Crasher (voice)
1990 Abraxas, Guardian of the Universe Abraxas' Answer Box (voice)
1992 Timescape Madame Iovine
1995 Iron Eagle on the Attack Dr. Francis Gully
2012My Titanic UncleNarrator (voice)Short

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1966L'Heure du ConcertShe"Toi"
1967 Festival Rosie"Slow Dance on the Killing Ground"
1972 Norman Corwin Presents "Please, No Flowers"
1973 Program X "The Late Man"
1976 Peep Show "Outcasts"
1977 The New Avengers Ranoff"Forward Base"
1978 King of Kensington Sharon Rockwell"The Old Flame"
1979Mary and Joseph: A Story of FaithAnnaTV film
1981 Titans Nefertiti"Nefertiti"
1983 The Littlest Hobo Dr. Fagan"The Loneliest Day of the Week"
1984 Heathcliff & the Catillac Cats Sonja/Grandma (voice)TV series
1984-85 Challenge of the GoBots Various (voice)TV series
1985 Anne of Green Gables Muriel StaceyTV miniseries
1985 ABC Weekend Special Skin Horse / Nana (voice)"The Velveteen Rabbit"
1985 The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo Astrid (voice)"Scooby in Kwackyland"
1985 Night Heat Mrs. Loris"Snow White"
1986 Blind Justice Dr. LathropTV film
1986 Cagney & Lacey Gerilee Thackeray"Exit Stage Center"
1986 Wildfire Jude (voice)"Secret of Sinti Magic"
1986 Pound Puppies Lady Belveshire (voice)"From Wags to Riches"
1986 Danger Bay Sister Sophia"Thursday's Child"
1986 Cheers Leeza"Dance, Diane, Dance"
1986-88 Dennis the Menace Martha Wilson / Alice Mitchell (voice)Main role
1987 Amen Prue"The Divorce Lawyer"
1987 Starman Lainie Fine"Starscape: Parts 1 & 2"
1987 Anne of Avonlea Miss Muriel StaceyTV miniseries
1987 The Real Ghostbusters Aunt Lois (voice)"The Spirit of Aunt Lois"
1990-96 Road to Avonlea Muriel Stacey PettiboneRecurring role
1991 Dracula: The Series Mrs. Pfenning"Sophie, Queen of the Night"
1991 Wish Kid (voice)TV series
1992-93 Street Legal Sunny Bernstein"Persistence of Vision", "Never Say Die", "Faking It"
1993 E.N.G. Kay Lundgrigan"The Big Sleepover"
1994 Ready or Not Adele"Family Therapy"
1995 The Neverending Story Ygramul (voice)"To Save Falkor"
1999 Psi Factor Dr. Jenica"883"
2002Dennis the Menace in Cruise ControlAlice Mitchell / Martha Wilson (voice)TV film
2002Madeline: My Fair MadelineMiss Higginsbottom (voice)TV film

Writer

Literary works

Appearances

Marilyn Lightstone attended TFcon 2013 as a guest, where she reprised her roles as Crasher and Pathfinder (called Roswell) for a voice actor play. [6]

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