Jackie Burroughs

Jacqueline Burroughs (February 2, 1939 – September 22, 2010) was an English-born Canadian actress. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jackie Burroughs, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Anne of Green Gables (1985)

At the turn of the century on Prince Edward Island, Matthew Cuthbert and his sister Marilla decide to take on an orphan boy as help for their farm. But they get an unexpected jolt when they're mistakenly sent a girl instead: Anne Shirley.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kevin Sullivan
CAST:  Megan Follows  •  Colleen Dewhurst  •  Richard Farnsworth  •  Patricia Hamilton

At the turn of the century on Prince Edward Island, Matthew Cuthbert and his sister Marilla decide to take on an orphan boy as help for their farm. But they get an unexpected jolt when they're mistakenly sent a girl instead: Anne Shirley.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kevin Sullivan
CAST:  Megan Follows  •  Colleen Dewhurst  •  Richard Farnsworth  •  Patricia Hamilton

Going the Distance (2004)

Nick is a successful young man whose comfortable West Coast life couldn't be better. However, when his girlfriend falls under the influence of lecherous music producer Lenny Swackhammer, Nick impulsively decides to travel to Toronto to intervene. Nick's buddies ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mark Griffiths
CAST:  Christopher Jacot  •  Joanne Kelly  •  Shawn Roberts  •  Mayko Nguyen

Nick is a successful young man whose comfortable West Coast life couldn't be better. However, when his girlfriend falls under the influence of lecherous music producer Lenny Swackhammer, Nick impulsively decides to travel to Toronto to intervene. Nick's buddies ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mark Griffiths
CAST:  Christopher Jacot  •  Joanne Kelly  •  Shawn Roberts  •  Mayko Nguyen

Heavy Metal (1981)

The embodiment of ultimate evil, a glowing orb terrorizes a young girl with bizarre stories of dark fantasy, eroticism and horror.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gerald Potterton
CAST:  Rodger Bumpass  •  Jackie Burroughs  •  Joe Flaherty  •  Harold Ramis

The embodiment of ultimate evil, a glowing orb terrorizes a young girl with bizarre stories of dark fantasy, eroticism and horror.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gerald Potterton
CAST:  Rodger Bumpass  •  Jackie Burroughs  •  Joe Flaherty  •  Harold Ramis

King's Ransom (2005)

Hoping to foil his own gold-digging wife's plan, a loathsome businessman arranges his own kidnapping, only to realize that there are plenty of other people interested in his wealth as well.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jeffrey W. Byrd
CAST:  Anthony Anderson  •  Jay Mohr  •  Kellita Smith  •  Brooke D'Orsay

Hoping to foil his own gold-digging wife's plan, a loathsome businessman arranges his own kidnapping, only to realize that there are plenty of other people interested in his wealth as well.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jeffrey W. Byrd
CAST:  Anthony Anderson  •  Jay Mohr  •  Kellita Smith  •  Brooke D'Orsay

Lost and Delirious (2001)

After starting at an upmarket boarding school, a teenage girl forms close friendships with her two older roommates. However, when she discovers that her new friends are lovers she finds herself caught in a complicated situation.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Léa Pool
CAST:  Piper Perabo  •  Jessica Paré  •  Mischa Barton  •  Jackie Burroughs

After starting at an upmarket boarding school, a teenage girl forms close friendships with her two older roommates. However, when she discovers that her new friends are lovers she finds herself caught in a complicated situation.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Léa Pool
CAST:  Piper Perabo  •  Jessica Paré  •  Mischa Barton  •  Jackie Burroughs

The Care Bears Movie (1985)

The Care Bears have their work cut out for them, because Nicolas, a lonely magician's assistant, is about to fall under the evil influence of a bad spirit who lives in an ancient magic book -- it seems Nicolas will do just about anything for friends. Aside from ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Arna Selznick
CAST:  Mickey Rooney  •  Jackie Burroughs  •  Georgia Engel  •  Sunny Besen Thrasher

The Care Bears have their work cut out for them, because Nicolas, a lonely magician's assistant, is about to fall under the evil influence of a bad spirit who lives in an ancient magic book -- it seems Nicolas will do just about anything for friends. Aside from ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Arna Selznick
CAST:  Mickey Rooney  •  Jackie Burroughs  •  Georgia Engel  •  Sunny Besen Thrasher

The Dead Zone (1983)

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Johnny Smith is a schoolteacher with his whole life ahead of him but, after leaving his fiancee's home one night, is involved in a car crash which leaves him in a coma for 5 years. When he wakes, he discovers he has an ability to see into the past, present and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Cronenberg
CAST:  Christopher Walken  •  Brooke Adams  •  Tom Skerritt  •  Martin Sheen

Johnny Smith is a schoolteacher with his whole life ahead of him but, after leaving his fiancee's home one night, is involved in a car crash which leaves him in a coma for 5 years. When he wakes, he discovers he has an ability to see into the past, present and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Cronenberg
CAST:  Christopher Walken  •  Brooke Adams  •  Tom Skerritt  •  Martin Sheen

Willard (2003)

Desperate for companionship, the repressed Willard befriends a group of rats that inhabit his late father's deteriorating mansion. In these furry creatures, Willard finds temporary refuge from daily abuse at the hands of his bedridden mother and his father's old ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Glen Morgan
CAST:  Crispin Glover  •  R. Lee Ermey  •  Laura Harring  •  Jackie Burroughs

Desperate for companionship, the repressed Willard befriends a group of rats that inhabit his late father's deteriorating mansion. In these furry creatures, Willard finds temporary refuge from daily abuse at the hands of his bedridden mother and his father's old ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Glen Morgan
CAST:  Crispin Glover  •  R. Lee Ermey  •  Laura Harring  •  Jackie Burroughs

Overdrawn at the Memory Bank (1984)

A futuristic rebel becomes a Humphrey Bogart character after watching repeated reruns of Casablanca.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Douglas Williams
CAST:  Raúl Juliá  •  Linda Griffiths  •  Donald Moore  •  Wanda Cannon

A futuristic rebel becomes a Humphrey Bogart character after watching repeated reruns of Casablanca.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Douglas Williams
CAST:  Raúl Juliá  •  Linda Griffiths  •  Donald Moore  •  Wanda Cannon

A Guy Thing (2003)

Paul Morse is a good guy. When his friends throw him a wild bachelor party, he just wants to keep his conscience clean -- which is why he's shocked when he wakes up in bed with a beautiful girl named Becky and can't remember the night before. Desperate to keep his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Chris Koch
CAST:  Jason Lee  •  Julia Stiles  •  Selma Blair  •  James Brolin

Paul Morse is a good guy. When his friends throw him a wild bachelor party, he just wants to keep his conscience clean -- which is why he's shocked when he wakes up in bed with a beautiful girl named Becky and can't remember the night before. Desperate to keep his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Chris Koch
CAST:  Jason Lee  •  Julia Stiles  •  Selma Blair  •  James Brolin

Last Night (1998)

Various citizens of Toronto anxiously await the end of the world, which is occurring at the stroke of midnight on New Year's Day.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Don McKellar
CAST:  Don McKellar  •  Sandra Oh  •  Roberta Maxwell  •  Robin Gammell

Various citizens of Toronto anxiously await the end of the world, which is occurring at the stroke of midnight on New Year's Day.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Don McKellar
CAST:  Don McKellar  •  Sandra Oh  •  Roberta Maxwell  •  Robin Gammell

The Wars (1983)

Robert Ross (Brent Carver) lives a protected adolescence in a well-off Toronto suburb. Secretive and withdrawn, he shares his thoughts only with his sister Rowena (Anne-Marie MacDonald) who is mentally disabled. He feels compassion for his weak and conventional ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robin Phillips
CAST:  Brent Carver  •  Kirsten Bishop  •  Jackie Burroughs  •  Shirley Douglas

Robert Ross (Brent Carver) lives a protected adolescence in a well-off Toronto suburb. Secretive and withdrawn, he shares his thoughts only with his sister Rowena (Anne-Marie MacDonald) who is mentally disabled. He feels compassion for his weak and conventional ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robin Phillips
CAST:  Brent Carver  •  Kirsten Bishop  •  Jackie Burroughs  •  Shirley Douglas

The Ernie Game (1968)

This fictional feature follows a twenty-something man who is struggling to define his position in the world in early adulthood. He has left their parents' home but still has not made an home of his own. Our protagonist’s alienation is palpable; for him life is a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Don Owen
CAST:  Alexis Kanner  •  Judith Gault  •  Jackie Burroughs  •  Leonard Cohen

This fictional feature follows a twenty-something man who is struggling to define his position in the world in early adulthood. He has left their parents' home but still has not made an home of his own. Our protagonist’s alienation is palpable; for him life is a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Don Owen
CAST:  Alexis Kanner  •  Judith Gault  •  Jackie Burroughs  •  Leonard Cohen

Rhinoceros Eyes (2004)

Rhinoceros Eyes is a fantastical coming-of-age story revolving around Chep, a young, reclusive prop-house employee who falls in love with a detail-obsessed movie production designer named Fran. Fran's need for authentic props sends Chep to great and questionable ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Aaron Woodley
CAST:  Michael Pitt  •  Paige Turco  •  Gale Harold  •  Matt Servitto

Rhinoceros Eyes is a fantastical coming-of-age story revolving around Chep, a young, reclusive prop-house employee who falls in love with a detail-obsessed movie production designer named Fran. Fran's need for authentic props sends Chep to great and questionable ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Aaron Woodley
CAST:  Michael Pitt  •  Paige Turco  •  Gale Harold  •  Matt Servitto

Notes for a Film About Donna & Gail (1966)

The story of two young women who go to the city to work in a dress factory, and who share a room to ease their expenses and their loneliness. The film shows the currents that brought them together and the facets of their natures that first made them seem compatible ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Don Owen
CAST:  Michèle Chicoine  •  Jackie Burroughs  •  John Sullivan  •  Ray Bellew

The story of two young women who go to the city to work in a dress factory, and who share a room to ease their expenses and their loneliness. The film shows the currents that brought them together and the facets of their natures that first made them seem compatible ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Don Owen
CAST:  Michèle Chicoine  •  Jackie Burroughs  •  John Sullivan  •  Ray Bellew

Higglety Pigglety Pop! or There Must Be More to Life (2010)

Jennie the terrier has everything a dog could ever wish for, but still feels that something is missing. She leaves home to discover what that is.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Maciek Szczerbowski  •  Chris Lavis
CAST:  Meryl Streep  •  Spike Jonze  •  Alain Goulem  •  Al Tuck

Jennie the terrier has everything a dog could ever wish for, but still feels that something is missing. She leaves home to discover what that is.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Maciek Szczerbowski  •  Chris Lavis
CAST:  Meryl Streep  •  Spike Jonze  •  Alain Goulem  •  Al Tuck

Bailey's Billion$ (2005)

Sweet and savvy talking golden retriever, Bailey, is one doggone lucky pooch when his devoted owner, Constance Pennington, leaves him her entire billion-dollar fortune. Bailey is lucky, that is, until he becomes the target of an elaborately-designed dognap scheme ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Devine
CAST:  Dean Cain  •  Laurie Holden  •  Jennifer Tilly  •  Tim Curry

Sweet and savvy talking golden retriever, Bailey, is one doggone lucky pooch when his devoted owner, Constance Pennington, leaves him her entire billion-dollar fortune. Bailey is lucky, that is, until he becomes the target of an elaborately-designed dognap scheme ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Devine
CAST:  Dean Cain  •  Laurie Holden  •  Jennifer Tilly  •  Tim Curry

Distress Signals (1990)

A film about the predominance of American television programming around the world at the expense of regional cultural voices.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Walker
CAST:  Jackie Burroughs

A film about the predominance of American television programming around the world at the expense of regional cultural voices.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Walker
CAST:  Jackie Burroughs

Platinum (1997)

An up-and-coming indie band consider signing a record deal.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bruce McDonald
CAST:  Robert Cavanah  •  Pascale Bussières  •  Laura Bertram  •  Tanya Allen

An up-and-coming indie band consider signing a record deal.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bruce McDonald
CAST:  Robert Cavanah  •  Pascale Bussières  •  Laura Bertram  •  Tanya Allen

An Avonlea Christmas (1998)

An Avonlea Christmas pays tribute to the indomitable and sometimes intolerable matriarch of the King family, Hetty King. When she suddenly collapses during the holidays, Hetty is hospitalized. Feeling homesick and alone, she begins to re-evaluate her ...  (more)

DIRECTION: 
CAST:  Jackie Burroughs  •  Lally Cadeau  •  Cedric Smith  •  Mag Ruffman

An Avonlea Christmas pays tribute to the indomitable and sometimes intolerable matriarch of the King family, Hetty King. When she suddenly collapses during the holidays, Hetty is hospitalized. Feeling homesick and alone, she begins to re-evaluate her ...  (more)

DIRECTION: 
CAST:  Jackie Burroughs  •  Lally Cadeau  •  Cedric Smith  •  Mag Ruffman
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