Valerie Pearson is a Canadian actress from Calgary, Alberta.[1] She is most noted for her performance in the 1991 film Solitaire, for which she received a Genie Award nomination for Best Actress at the 13th Genie Awards in 1992.[2]
Career edit
Pearson has been most prominently associated with stage roles in Calgary and Edmonton, including productions of Edward Connell's Welcome to Theatre Fabulous!,[3] Giselle Lemire and Robert Astle's Mama Never Told Me That,[4] Patricia Benedict's Good Government,[5] Thornton Wilder's Our Town,[6] Judith Thompson's Lion in the Streets,[1] and Ron Chambers's Marg Szkaluba (Pissy's Wife).[7] She won an Elizabeth Sterling Haynes Award for Outstanding Actress in a Supporting Role in 1992, for Lion in the Streets.[8]
Her other film credits have included Cowboys Don't Cry, Dead Bang, The Right Kind of Wrong, and Chicks with Sticks.[9]
Filmography edit
Film edit
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Cowboys Don't Cry | Janet | |
| 1989 | Dead Bang | Helpful Person | |
| 1991 | Solitaire | Maggie | |
| 2002 | The Reckoning | Woman at Play | |
| 2004 | Chicks with Sticks | Doris | |
| 2013 | The Right Kind of Wrong | Brenda |
Television edit
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | De Zomer Van '45 | Moeder van Jim | Episode #1.3 |
| 1994 | While Justice Sleeps | Alma Munoz | Television film |
| 1997 | Seduction in a Small Town | Willa Jenks | |
| 1997 | Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show | Ms. Rutfield | Episode: "Honey, You're Living in the Past" |
| 1998 | Oklahoma City: A Survivor's Story | Woman at Implosion | Television film |
| 2000 | Papa's Angels | Reverend's Wife | |
| 2001 | Anatomy of a Hate Crime | Martha | |
| 2003 | Another Country | Magistratw | |
| 2012 | The Horses of McBride | Sadie |
References edit
- ^ a b Liz Nicholls, "Savagery in the urban maze; Actress plays five not-so-nice people in Lion in the Streets". Edmonton Journal, March 26, 1992.
- ^ Craig MacInnis, "Naked Lunch tops the Genie nominations". Toronto Star, October 14, 1992.
- ^ Liz Nicholls, "Ruefully frantic musical scores with little-theatre headaches". Edmonton Journal, April 22, 1989.
- ^ Liam Lacey, "Theatre Reviews: Mama Never Told Me That". The Globe and Mail, March 7, 1991.
- ^ Liz Nicholls, "Doublespeak even Orwell would appreciate; Good Government a satire that's frantic, fun, and at times a reflection of Alberta's political scene". Edmonton Journal, February 25, 1991.
- ^ Liz Nicholls, "Our Town wears its years lightly; Citadel production resonates between the tiny and the infinite". Edmonton Journal, November 7, 1993.
- ^ Liz Nicholls, "Country musical hums with sadness". Edmonton Journal, May 21, 1994.
- ^ "Phoenix takes nine awards". Edmonton Journal, June 30, 1992.
- ^ "Chicks with Sticks". Northernstars. Toronto, Ontario: Canadian Independent Visual and Digital Media Association. Archived from the original on 15 April 2021. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
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