Linda Goranson
Linda Goranson (born 1947 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian actress.[1] She is most noted for her performance in "The Spike in the Wall", a 1970 episode of the CBC Television drama anthology series The Manipulators, for which she won the Canadian Film Award for Best Actress in a Non-Feature at the 22nd Canadian Film Awards;[2] her performance, in which her character removed her blouse to attract her husband's attention, was also controversial as the first topless scene ever broadcast on Canadian network television.[1]
She also appeared in the films The Trap, The Rowdyman, Too Outrageous!, The Painted Door, Confidential, The Gate, Ordinary Magic, Harrison Bergeron, Dirty Pictures, Owning Mahowny and Drifting Snow, and had recurring roles in the television series The Whiteoaks of Jalna, The Newcomers,[3] Traders[4] and Cardinal. She is most prominently associated with stage roles, including productions of William Shakespeare's Measure for Measure,[5] Jane Martin's Talking With...,[6] Neil Simon's Brighton Beach Memoirs,[7] Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None[8] and Joe DiPietro's Over the River and Through the Woods.[9]
She was married to film director Peter Carter until his death.[10]
References[]
- ^ a b Hugh Thomson, "Nude scene equals 750 phone calls". The Globe and Mail, August 29, 1970.
- ^ Martin Knelman, "Goin Down the Road best movie: Film awards plagued by unscripted hilarity". The Globe and Mail, October 5, 1970.
- ^ Blaik Kirby, "The Irish Newcomers - no TV formula here". The Globe and Mail, January 6, 1978.
- ^ John Haslett Cuff, "Those crazy antics of Bay Street money hustlers". The Globe and Mail, October 17, 1996.
- ^ Herbert Whittaker, "Student production aims at controversial Measure". The Globe and Mail, January 26, 1970.
- ^ Ray Conlogue, "An uneven bit of talk". The Globe and Mail, December 15, 1983.
- ^ Don Sutton, "Leah Posluns' director feels affinity for playwright Neil Simon". Toronto Star, October 21, 1993.
- ^ Stewart Brown, "Aquarius delivers a whodunit to die for". Hamilton Spectator, October 27, 1997.
- ^ Frank Peebles, "Generations worth of laughter". Prince George Citizen, March 31, 2003.
- ^ "Trust fund formed for director's family". The Globe and Mail, June 8, 1982.
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