Rosemary Dunsmore

Rosemary Dunsmore (2014)

Rosemary Dunsmore (* 1953 in Edmonton , Alberta ) is a Canadian film and theater actress, director and acting teacher.

Life

Dunsmore has performed in Canadian theater since the mid-1970s. She appeared in productions of Sam Shepard's Buried Child and Marsha Norman's Getting Out, among others . She has also been active in Canadian television productions since the early 1980s.

In 1982 she received a Dora Mavor Moore Award in the category Outstanding Performance by a Female in a Leading Role for her role in the play Straight Ahead / Blind Dancers .

She became known to an international audience in 1990 through a short but concise role as Dr. Lull in Paul Verhoeven's science fiction film Total Recall . In Canada, she is primarily associated with her roles in television productions such as Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel (1987), Avonlea - The City Girl (1990-1995) and Mom PI (1990).

In 2001 she received outstanding reviews for her role in Wit at the Montreal Centaur Theater and won the Masque Award for Best Actress. In 2005 she appeared at the Berkeley Street Theater Toronto in a production of the play The Glass Menagerie in the lead role of Amanda Wingfield .

Dunsmore received the Canadian ACTRA Award in 2009 for her role as the mother of a lesbian girl who wanted to have children in The Baby Formula .

Dunsmore has directed various theater productions including the Atlantic Theater Festival, the Utah Shakespeare Festival and the Mantiba Theater Center.

As an acting teacher, she has taught at the University of Toronto , Equity Showcase, National Theater School and the Canadian Film Center.

Filmography (selection)

• 1980–1981: The Littlest Hobo (TV series, 2 episodes)
• 1982: Off Your Rocker (TV movie)
• 1983: As You Like It (TV movie)
• 1986: Duel with Fate ( Miles to Go , TV movie)
• 1986: Dancing in the Dark
• 1986–1989: The Campbells ( The Campbells , TV series, 10 episodes)
• 1987: On a Friday Night ( Fight for Life , TV movie)
• 1987: Race for the Bomb (TV series)
• 1987: Anne in Kingsport ( Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel , TV movie)
• 1987: The Promise of Elmer Jackson ( After the Promise , Movie made for TV)
• 1987: Blades of Courage (TV movie)
• 1988: When Father Is the Director (A Father's Homecoming , Movie made for TV)
• 1988: Hell's Minions ( Favorite Son , TV series)
• 1988: Go Toward the Light (TV movie)
• 1988: Twins - Twins (Twins)
• 1990: Mom PI (TV series, unknown number of episodes)
• 1990: Rendezvous with a murderer ( staff , TV film)
• 1990: Total Recall (Total Recall)
• 1990–1995: Avonlea - The Girl from the City ( Road to Avonlea , TV series, 5 episodes)
• 1991: True Friends ( The Boys , TV movie)
• 1993: You Lie ( Liar, Liar , TV movie)
• 1993: Boy Meets Girl (TV movie)
• 1993: Cliffhanger - Only the strong survive (Cliffhanger)
• 1994: Shattered Trust: The Shari Karney Story , Movie made for TV
• 1995: Bach's Fight for Freedom
• 1996: Last Exit to Earth (TV movie)
• 1996: Unscrupulous seduction - The murderer's innocence ( Undue Influence , TV movie)
• 1996: The verdict of the jury ( We the Jury , TV movie)
• 1996: Mary & Tim - Will love win? ( Mary & Tim , TV movie)
• 1997: Hate ( Natural Enemy , TV movie)
• 1997: Leap into the Unknown ( Breaking the Surface: The Greg Louganis Story , TV movie)
• 1998: The Long Way Home (Movie made for TV)
• 1998: When He Didn't Come Home (TV movie)
• 1998: Strike - Girls in Power! (All I Wanna Do)
• 1999: Welcome to Freak City ( Freak City , TV movie)
• 1999: The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer (TV movie)
• 1999: At the Mercy of a Stranger (TV movie)
• 1999: Dear America: The Winter of Red Snow (TV movie)
• 2000: Secret Cutting (TV movie)
• 2001: The Warden (TV movie)
• 2001: Hangman - The Murderous Game ( Hangman , TV movie)
• 2001: Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows (TV movie)
• 2001: Out of Control ( Dangerous Child , Movie made for TV)
• 2001: Good Stuff
• 2002: The Interrogation of Michael Crowe (TV movie)
• 2003: Profoundly Normal (TV movie)
• 2003: Dreamcatcher
• 2003: Defending Our Kids: The Julie Posey Story (TV movie)
• 2004: Redemption - The Grapes of Wrath ( Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story , TV movie)
• 2004: White Knuckles
• 2004: A Very Married Christmas ( A Very Married Christmas , TV movie)
• 2004–2005: ReGenesis (TV series, 6 episodes)
• 2006: Playing House (TV movie)
• 2006: The Hades Factor ( Covert One: The Hades Factor , TV series)
• 2006: Citizen Duane
• 2007: Wedding Wars (TV movie)
• 2007: In God's Country (TV movie)
• 2007: They Come Back (TV movie)
• 2007: The Altar Boy Gang (TV movie)
• 2007: Bonded Pairs
• 2008: A Raisin in the Sun (TV movie)
• 2008: The Baby Formula
• 2008: For the Love of Grace (TV movie)
• 2009: Orphan - The Orphan (Orphan)
• 2009: The Good Times Are Killing Me (TV movie)
• 2009: At Home by Myself… with You
• 2009: Too Late to Say Goodbye (TV movie)
• 2009: Nureyev (TV movie)
• 2010: When Love Is Not Enough: The Lois Wilson Story (TV movie)
• 2010: Red: Werewolf Hunter (TV movie)
• 2010: The Santa Suit (TV movie)
• 2011: Faces in the Crowd
• 2011: Fugitive at 17 (TV movie)
• 2012: The Riverbank
• 2012: Ruby Skye PI: The Haunted Library
• 2013: The Surrogacy Trap (TV movie)
• 2013: Rewind (TV movie)
• 2014: Don't Get Killed in Alaska
• 2015: Between (TV series, 3 episodes)
• 2015: The Plateaus (TV series, 4 episodes)
• 2015: How to Plan an Orgy in a Small Town
• 2015-2017: Orphan Black (TV series, 14 episodes)
• 2017: Blood Honey
• 2019: Street Legal (TV series, 6 episodes)
• 2019: The Hot Zone (mini-series, 3 episodes)
• 2020: The Merry Wives of Windsor

Web links

• Rosemary Dunsmore in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Rosemary Dunsmore in the Canadian Theater Encyclopedia

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b} Rosemary Dunsmore Biography at filmreference.com, accessed November 13, 2011
2. ↑ ^{a b} Rosemary Dunsmore ( Memento of the original from November 4, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at companytheatre.ca, accessed November 13, 2011 
3. ↑ Rosemary Dunsmore  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at BPcastbios, accessed November 13, 2011  
4. ↑ 1982 Winners of the Dora Mavor Moore Awards ( Memento of the original from January 18, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 589 kB) at tapa.ca, accessed on November 13, 2011 
5. ↑ Medium Close-Up: Rosemary Dunsmore ( Memento of the original dated February 8, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at torontostage.com, accessed November 13, 2011 
6. ↑ Rosemary Dunsmore Wins Actra Award at islandspiritpei.wordpress.com, accessed November 13, 2011