Ann-Marie MacDonald
Date of birth: 1958-10-29
Place of birth: Baden-Baden, West Germany
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Anne-Marie MacDonald
Biography
Ann-Marie MacDonald (born October 29, 1958) is a Canadian playwright, novelist, actor, and broadcast journalist who lives in Toronto, Ontario. The daughter of a member of Canada's military, she was born at an air force base near Baden-Baden, West Germany. She won the Commonwealth Writers Prize for her first novel, Fall on Your Knees, which was also named to Oprah Winfrey's Book Club. Her 2003 novel, The Way the Crow Flies, was partly inspired by the Steven Truscott case. She received the Governor General's Award for Literary Merit, the Floyd S. Chalmers Canadian Play Award and the Canadian Author's Association Award for her play, Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet). She appeared in the films I've Heard the Mermaids Singing, and Better Than Chocolate, among others. She also hosted the CBC Documentary series Life and Times (1996-2007). Description above from the Wikipedia article Ann-Marie MacDonald, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Movie Credits
Her Desperate Choice
1996-09-14
Despite allegations of child sexual abuse against Jody's ex-husband Marcus, the court orders joint c
Friends at Last
1995-04-02
Some time after her messy divorce, Fanny Connelyn realises her ex-husband is becoming her best frien
Better Than Chocolate
1999-07-08
Not long after moving into her own place, Maggie finds herself with two unsolicited roommates: her r
Interviews With My Next Girlfriend
2002-06-06
In a desperate bid to take the guesswork out of finding a girlfriend, a faceless, voiceless, but obv
I've Heard the Mermaids Singing
1987-09-11
Scatterbrained Polly gets a job as a secretary in Gabrielle's art gallery. Polly aspires to be a pro
Where the Spirit Lives
1990-06-06
In 1937, a young First Nations (Canadian native) girl named Ashtecome is kidnapped along with severa
Forbidden Love: The Unashamed Stories of Lesbian Lives
1992-09-17
Ten women in Canada talk about being lesbian in the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s: discovering the pulp fi
Paris Hilton, Inc.
2009-11-29
We are drowning in celebrity culture and certainly no tabloid topic has been as big as Paris Hilton.
The Wars
1983-11-20
Robert Ross (Brent Carver) lives a protected adolescence in a well-off Toronto suburb. Secretive an
Counterfeit Culture
2013-01-01
Documentary - COUNTERFEIT CULTURE is a one-hour documentary that explores the dangerous and sometime
Supervolcano: Yellowstone's Fury
2013-01-03
For over a century, tens of millions of visitors have marveled at the natural beauty of Yellowstone
习惯的奴隶
2014-01-02
Rubberface
1981-01-01
A teen-age girl conceals her insecurity behind a barrage of jokes — until she meets an aspiring come
Paint Cans
1994-09-13
A Canadian take on The Player.
The Pill
1999-03-11
Chronicles little known chapters in the history of the birth control pill. Examines how far the phar
Titanic: The Canadian Story
2012-04-05
Titanic: The Canadian Story is a special documentary marking the centenary of one of the most tragic
Facebook Follies
2011-10-27
Facebook Follies is a one-hour documentary that takes a look at the unexpected consequences of peopl
The End of Men
2011-02-03
It used be that everyone knew what it meant to be a man. A man was rugged and reliable and got the j
Age of the Drone
2015-02-19
There's a new revolution happening overhead. The drones are coming. The question is: who gets to use
Where the Heart Is
1990-02-23
A wealthy businessman shows his young adult kids how tough life can be.
Web Warriors
2008-11-20
Web Warriors is a documentary that defines the conflict, establishes the stakes, and reveals the com
The Pagan Christ
2007-12-06
There are 2.1 billion Christians on the planet – roughly one-third of the entire human population. A
Out of Orbit: The Life and Times of Marshall McLuhan
1999-11-30
"Societies have always been shaped more by the nature of the media with which people communicate tha
Unfinished Business
1984-07-11
Seventeen year old Izzy Marks lives in Toronto with her divorced mother and finds her life boring an
Force of Nature: The David Suzuki Movie
2011-12-02
David Suzuki, iconic Canadian scientist, educator, broadcaster and activist delivers a 'last lecture
Where Did I Put ... My Memory?
2010-10-28
"Where Did I Put - My Memory?" is a light-hearted, enlightening journey into our memories - and how