Birth Date : June 28, 1940Marilyn Lightstone is one of Canada's most respected actresses, known for her moving performances on stage, screen and television.
Among her accolades in film are a Genie Award for Best Actress for Lies My Father Told Me; a Genie Award for Best Supporting Actress for In Praise of Older Women; and a Best Actress Award at the Moscow International Film Festival for The Tin Flute. On television, she co-starred as Miss Stacey in the two Anne of Green Gables mini-series, as well as in the spinoff series, Road to Avonlea, both seen in over 100 countries. She has also made guest appearances on such network series as Cheers, Cagney and Lacey, Street Legal, E.N.G., and Ready or Not. On stage, she played Goneril, in King Lear at the Lincoln Centre in New York opposite Lee J. Cobb; Masha, in Chekov's The Seagull at the Stratford Festival; Leah, in The Dybbuk, winner of a Los Angeles Drama Critics Award as Best Production; and was part of the original Los Angeles and New York casts of Tamara, the participatory, interactive theatrical phenomenon that played for long runs and to rave reviews.
In addition, she has done extensive radio drama work, voice overs and commercials, as well as hundreds of voices for animated cartoons. She has written scripts for The Littlest Hobo and The Colours of Love; a song for the holiday season, The Light Shines All Over the World (which was released as a music video and plays annually on MuchMusic, MuchMoreMusic and Bravo!), as well as a collection of songs entitled Miss Lightstone Sings.
Miss Lightstone was the founding 'Voice" of Bravo!, Canada's NewStyleArts Channel, a role she continues to enjoy. She has also served as Associate Producer and co-Director of the channel's Gemini Award-winning drama series, Spoken Art.
AWARDS:
BEST ACTRESS / Canadian Film Awards
........Lies My Father Told Me, (Columbia Pictures)
BEST FILM ACTRESS / ACTRA Awards
........Lies My Father Told Me, (Columbia Pictures)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS / Canadian Film Awards
........In Praise Of Older Women, (Avco Embassy)
BEST PRODUCTION / Los Angeles Drama Critics Award
........The Dybbuk, starring Marilyn Lightstone
........ (The Mark Taper Forum)
BEST ACTRESS / Moscow International Film Festival
........The Tin Flute/Bonheur D'Occasion
........ (Cine St. Henri/Rose Films)
FILM:
LIES MY FATHER TOLD ME...Lead
IN PRAISE OF OLDER WOMEN...Lead
THE TIN FLUTE...Lead
THE WILD PONY...Lead
MARY & JOSEPH...Lead
LOVE...Lead
THE GRAND TOUR...Lead
DEATH BITE...Supporting
IRON EAGLE...Supporting
TELEVISION
ROAD TO AVONLEA...Recurring Character
ANNE OF GREEN GABLES...Co-Star
ANNE OF GREEN GABLES - THE SEQUEL...Co-Star
CORNET AT NIGHT...Co-Star
PSI FACTOR...Guest Star
TAKING THE FALLS...Guest Star
READY OR NOT...Guest Star
E.N.G....Guest Star
STREET LEGAL...Guest Star
MAX GLICK...Guest Star
STARMAN - DOUBLE EPISODE...Guest Star
AMEN...Guest Star
NIGHT HEAT...Guest Star
CHEERS...Guest Star
CAGNEY & LACEY...Guest Star
THE TITANS...Guest Star
KING OF KENSINGTON...Guest Star
THE NEW AVENGERS...Guest Star
WITNESS TO YESTERDAY...Guest Star
MAN ALIVE...Lead
NORMAN CORWIN PRESENTS...Lead
SLOW DANCE ON THE KILLING GROUND...Lead
TROJAN WOMEN...Lead
PLAYWRIGHTS AND SCREENWRITERS...Host
SPOKEN ART...Host
THEATRE:
TAMARA - Aelis
Tamara International, NYC, LA
THE DYBBUK - Leah
Productions in Los Angeles, Toronto & Winnipeg,
Toured Montreal, Ottawa & Niagara-On-The-Lake
MISS MARGARIDA - One Woman Show
Toronto Workshop Productions
MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS - Mary
Charlottetown Festival (Musical Drama)
KING LEAR - Goneril
Lincoln Centre, New York
A CRY OF PLAYERS - Ann Hathaway
Lincoln Centre, New York
THE SEAGULL - Masha
Stratford Festival, Canada
ELECTRA / A YARD OF SUN - Leads
St. Lawrence Centre, Toronto
HEDDA GABLER - Hedda
Crest Theatre, Toronto
HAS ANYBODY HERE FOUND LOVE - Lead
Tellers Cage Cabaret, Toronto
THE TENTH MAN - Evelyn
Alley Theatre, Houston
THE TROJAN WOMEN - Cassandra
Alley Theatre, Houston
THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING ERNEST - Gwendolyn
Alley Theatre, Houston
VOICE:
DENNIS THE MENACE - Regular Characters
HEATHCLIFF - Regular Characters
THE GOBOTS - Regular Characters
THE TIN FLUTE - Regular Characters
WISH KIDS - Regular Characters
BILL & TED'S EXCELLENT ADVENTURES - Various Voices
LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS - Various Voices
SMURFS - Various Voices
SCOOBY DOO - Various Voices
MY LITTLE PONY - Various Voices
GHOSTBUSTERS - Various Voices
Numerous Radio Dramas, Narrations, Voice Overs and Commercials.
WRITING:
Fiction:
Rogues & Vagabonds
TELEVISION:
The Littlest Hobo
The Colours of Love
MUSIC:
Miss Lightstone Sings -
(A collection of songs; words & music by Marilyn Lightstone)
The Light Shines All over the World -
(A song for the holiday season; words & music by Marilyn Lightstone)
I would like to thank Marilyn Lightstone for granting me permission to use the above information.