Carolyn Dunn

Carolyn Dunn is a Canadian actress who is best known for her role as Sylvie Gerard in the television series Tropical Heat. She was born in Whitney Pier, Nova Scotia, Canada, on March 18, 1961. She began her acting career in the late 1970s, appearing in several television movies and miniseries. In 1985, she starred in the Canadian comedy series Head Office. Dunn's breakthrough role came in 1989, when she was cast as Sylvie Gerard in Tropical Heat. The series, which was also known as Sweating Bullets in the United States, ran for four seasons and made Dunn a household name in Canada. In addition to Tropical Heat, Dunn has appeared in several other television series, including The Outer Limits, Street Legal, and The X-Files. She has also starred in several films, including Breaking All the Rules, Charlie Grace, and The Death of Alice Blue. In recent years, Dunn has focused on her career as a poet. She has published two collections of poetry, Outfoxing Coyote (2001) and Echolocation: Poems and Stories (2007). She is also a certified holistic health practitioner and owns an alternative medicine clinic in her hometown of Whitney Pier.

Head Office (1985)

In this comic take on big-business wheelings and dealings, an ambitious senator's son (Judge Reinhold) moves up the corporate ladder through undeserved promotions. But against his better judgment, he falls for a woman (the chairman's daughter, no less) who's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ken Finkleman
CAST:  Judge Reinhold  •  Lori-Nan Engler  •  Eddie Albert  •  Merritt Butrick

In this comic take on big-business wheelings and dealings, an ambitious senator's son (Judge Reinhold) moves up the corporate ladder through undeserved promotions. But against his better judgment, he falls for a woman (the chairman's daughter, no less) who's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ken Finkleman
CAST:  Judge Reinhold  •  Lori-Nan Engler  •  Eddie Albert  •  Merritt Butrick

Breaking All the Rules (1985)

Three robbers hide a stolen jewel inside a stuffed animal at one of the midway games in an amusement park. When Jack—a teen with a part-time summer job in the park—his best friend David and two girls hang out at the park, they get mixed up in the robbers' scheme to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Orr
CAST:  Carl Marotte  •  Carolyn Dunn  •  Thor Bishopric  •  Rachel Hayward

Three robbers hide a stolen jewel inside a stuffed animal at one of the midway games in an amusement park. When Jack—a teen with a part-time summer job in the park—his best friend David and two girls hang out at the park, they get mixed up in the robbers' scheme to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Orr
CAST:  Carl Marotte  •  Carolyn Dunn  •  Thor Bishopric  •  Rachel Hayward

Hitler's Daughter (1990)

Hitler's Daughter wants to occupy the White House. She might just do it, unless the ineffectual Nazi hunters and their latest recruit can figure out who the heck she is.  (more)

DIRECTION:  James A. Contner
CAST:  Melody Anderson  •  Veronica Cartwright  •  Kay Lenz  •  Patrick Cassidy

Hitler's Daughter wants to occupy the White House. She might just do it, unless the ineffectual Nazi hunters and their latest recruit can figure out who the heck she is.  (more)

DIRECTION:  James A. Contner
CAST:  Melody Anderson  •  Veronica Cartwright  •  Kay Lenz  •  Patrick Cassidy

My Husband's Double Life (2001)

A woman (Margaret Colin) discovers that her husband faked his death and assumed a new identity, while she struggled for 10 years as a single mother.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alan Metzger
CAST:  Margaret Colin  •  Jay O. Sanders  •  Aaron Ashmore  •  Michael Cera

A woman (Margaret Colin) discovers that her husband faked his death and assumed a new identity, while she struggled for 10 years as a single mother.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alan Metzger
CAST:  Margaret Colin  •  Jay O. Sanders  •  Aaron Ashmore  •  Michael Cera

Confessions of an American Bride (2007)

Young career woman Samantha 'Sam' Hoyt gets swept off her feet by Benjamin 'Ben' Rosen, who romances her better then anyone before, so she jumps at the offer of becoming his fiancée. If Ben thought a girls typical obsession with the perfect wedding was testing, she ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Douglas Barr
CAST:  Shannon Elizabeth  •  Eddie McClintock  •  Geoff Stults  •  Alan van Sprang

Young career woman Samantha 'Sam' Hoyt gets swept off her feet by Benjamin 'Ben' Rosen, who romances her better then anyone before, so she jumps at the offer of becoming his fiancée. If Ben thought a girls typical obsession with the perfect wedding was testing, she ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Douglas Barr
CAST:  Shannon Elizabeth  •  Eddie McClintock  •  Geoff Stults  •  Alan van Sprang

Street Justice (1987)

A forgotten CIA agent escapes after 12 years and returns to his corrupt New Jersey hometown.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard C. Sarafian
CAST:  Michael Ontkean  •  Joanna Kerns  •  Catherine Bach  •  J.D. Cannon

A forgotten CIA agent escapes after 12 years and returns to his corrupt New Jersey hometown.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard C. Sarafian
CAST:  Michael Ontkean  •  Joanna Kerns  •  Catherine Bach  •  J.D. Cannon

Suburban Madness (2004)

Based on the real story of Clara Harris, the Houston, Texas dentist who made headlines in July 2002 when she killed her adulterous husband by repeatedly running over him with her car.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Dornhelm
CAST:  Sela Ward  •  Elizabeth Peña  •  Rheagan Wallace  •  Kate Greenhouse

Based on the real story of Clara Harris, the Houston, Texas dentist who made headlines in July 2002 when she killed her adulterous husband by repeatedly running over him with her car.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Dornhelm
CAST:  Sela Ward  •  Elizabeth Peña  •  Rheagan Wallace  •  Kate Greenhouse

Pretend You Don't See Her (2002)

An estate agent is forced into witness protection soon after selling the apartment of a girl who died in suspicious circumstances. However, when the deceased girl's mother is also found dead, all signs point to a murderer on the loose, and it becomes apparent the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  René Bonnière
CAST:  Emma Samms  •  Hannes Jaenicke  •  Beau Starr  •  Reiner Schöne

An estate agent is forced into witness protection soon after selling the apartment of a girl who died in suspicious circumstances. However, when the deceased girl's mother is also found dead, all signs point to a murderer on the loose, and it becomes apparent the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  René Bonnière
CAST:  Emma Samms  •  Hannes Jaenicke  •  Beau Starr  •  Reiner Schöne

Sex, Lies & Obsession (2001)

A high-school drama teacher struggles to keep her family together after she discovers her husband's sexual addiction.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Douglas Barr
CAST:  Harry Hamlin  •  Lisa Rinna  •  Kevin Zegers  •  Robert Clark

A high-school drama teacher struggles to keep her family together after she discovers her husband's sexual addiction.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Douglas Barr
CAST:  Harry Hamlin  •  Lisa Rinna  •  Kevin Zegers  •  Robert Clark

The Pooch and the Pauper (2000)

The bulldog Liberty (who's thoughts we're able to hear) is the "First Dog of the USA", i.e. the president's dog. As such he has a lot of representative duties, but also many privileges which made him snobby and condescending towards other dogs. But one day when the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alex Zamm
CAST:  Richard Karn  •  Fred Willard  •  Vincent Schiavelli  •  Cody Jones

The bulldog Liberty (who's thoughts we're able to hear) is the "First Dog of the USA", i.e. the president's dog. As such he has a lot of representative duties, but also many privileges which made him snobby and condescending towards other dogs. But one day when the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alex Zamm
CAST:  Richard Karn  •  Fred Willard  •  Vincent Schiavelli  •  Cody Jones

The High Price of Passion (1986)

A college professor becomes obsessed with a prostitute.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Larry Elikann
CAST:  Richard Crenna  •  Karen Young  •  Sean McCann  •  Terry Tweed

A college professor becomes obsessed with a prostitute.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Larry Elikann
CAST:  Richard Crenna  •  Karen Young  •  Sean McCann  •  Terry Tweed

Thick as Thieves (1991)

Tough City - where grifters, dips and shysters scramble for a dirty dollar and a clean shirt - where one man stands head and shoulders beneath the rest - Al Hacker - small time pickpocket - master bungler. Only Lisa, his curvaceous sister and partner-in-crime, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Steve DiMarco
CAST:  Gerry Quigley  •  Carolyn Dunn  •  Amber Lea Weston  •  Karl Pruner

Tough City - where grifters, dips and shysters scramble for a dirty dollar and a clean shirt - where one man stands head and shoulders beneath the rest - Al Hacker - small time pickpocket - master bungler. Only Lisa, his curvaceous sister and partner-in-crime, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Steve DiMarco
CAST:  Gerry Quigley  •  Carolyn Dunn  •  Amber Lea Weston  •  Karl Pruner

Criss Cross (2001)

The mysterious death of a woman in a dentist chair, and a $2.5 million life insurance claim, leads detective Nick Slaughter on a shocking investigation. Monica Cobb, a sexy and deceptive suspect, may be both perpetrator and victim in the case of extreme deceit. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sam Firstenberg
CAST:  Rob Stewart  •  Carolyn Dunn

The mysterious death of a woman in a dentist chair, and a $2.5 million life insurance claim, leads detective Nick Slaughter on a shocking investigation. Monica Cobb, a sexy and deceptive suspect, may be both perpetrator and victim in the case of extreme deceit. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sam Firstenberg
CAST:  Rob Stewart  •  Carolyn Dunn