Jayne Eastwood
Jayne Eastwood | |
|---|---|
| Born | December 17, 1946 |
| Other names | Jane Easton Jane Eastwood |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1969–present |
| Spouse | David Flaherty |
Jayne Eastwood (born December 17, 1946), also credited as Jane Easton or Jane Eastwood, is a Canadian film, voice, and television actress.
Early life
Eastwood was born and raised in Hoggs Hollow of York Mills Road, in Toronto, Ontario. Her childhood was spent at a cottage in Muskoka, skiing in Collingwood, Ontario during winter and attending Northern Secondary School. She had attended a short class at the York Mills Collegiate Institute.[1]
Career
Eastwood's career was initially a painter. She ventured into acting when a commercial artist and friend of hers had invited her to play a role in a local play, Suddenly, Last Summer. A teacher, who was in the audience and who turned out to be an acting agent, realized her potential.[2]
Her very first noticeable acting roles were in various commercials for Sani Flush, Scope, Facelle Royale, Paris Pat, Toyota, Wintario, and Molson Golden gang commercials with friends Gilda Radner and Andrea Martin.[1]
A veteran character actor who has appeared in films since 1970, Eastwood made an indelible mark on Canadian cinema early as the pregnant Betty in Don Shebib's classic Goin’ Down the Road. She was one of the original cast members of the Toronto branch of The Second City comedy troupe and was a semiregular on SCTV. She was in the original Toronto production of Godspell.[2]
In 2005, she joined the cast of This Is Wonderland, a courtroom comedy-drama. In 2007, she played Miss Wimsey in Hairspray.[3] She is currently working in the Toronto theatrical production, Women Fully Clothed."[4]
She has been a voice actor in ALF: The Animated Series, Annedroids, Best Ed, Bob and Margaret, Dino Dan: Trek's Adventures, Half a Pantaloon, JoJo’s Circus, Monster by Mistake, Peep and the Big Wide World, and Babar and the Adventures of Badou.[5] In 2013, she joined the cast of Haven as Dr. Gloria Veranno. She appears in seasons four and five.
At the 7th Canadian Screen Awards in 2019, Eastwood won the award for Best Supporting Performance in a Digital Program or Series for her appearance in the web series The Writers' Block.[6]
Awards
In 2013, Jayne had received Award of Excellence from ACTRA.[7]
Personal life
Eastwood is the widow of David Flaherty, who was a film and television writer, and brother of SCTV alumnus Joe Flaherty.[2]
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | Goin' Down the Road | Betty | |
| 1975 | My Pleasure Is My Business | Isabella | |
| 1977 | One Man | Alicia Brady | |
| 1978 | The Case for Barbara Pasons | Barbara Pasons | |
| 1978 | Tomorrow Never Comes | Girl in bar | |
| 1978 | Drying Up the Streets | Sheila | |
| 1983 | Videodrome | Woman Caller | |
| 1984 | Finders Keepers | Anna-Marie Biddlecoff | |
| 1985 | Left Out | ||
| 1985 | The Care Bears Movie | Birthday Bear (voice) | |
| 1986 | My Pet Monster | Mrs. Smith | Video |
| 1987 | Love at Stake | Annabelle Porter | |
| 1987 | Night Friend | Rita the bag lady | |
| 1987 | Nowhere to Hide | Jean Bollinger | |
| 1988 | Candy Mountain | Lucille | |
| 1988 | Office Party | Joan Talmage | |
| 1989 | Cold Comfort | Mrs. Brockel | |
| 1990 | Stella | Nurse | |
| 1990 | Straight Line | Audrey Casper | |
| 1994 | The Circle Game | Marie | |
| 1994 | The Santa Clause | Judy the Waitress | |
| 1996 | Joe's Wedding | Agatha Rankin | |
| 1997 | That Old Feeling | Aunt Iris | |
| 1999 | Resurrection | Dolores Koontz | |
| 2000 | Where the Money Is | Connie | |
| 2002 | My Big Fat Greek Wedding | Mrs. White | |
| 2002 | Duct Tape Forever | ||
| 2002 | Chicago | Mrs. Borusewicz | |
| 2003 | How to Deal | Mrs. Toussaint | |
| 2003 | Snow in the Skeleton Key | Granny Dowd | Short film |
| 2003 | Public Domain | ||
| 2004 | Welcome to Mooseport | Lucy Decker | |
| 2004 | Dawn of the Dead | Norma | |
| 2004 | Moss | Ramona Coogan | Short film |
| 2004 | Raymond Radcliffe | Edie Chisholm | Short film |
| 2004 | Care Bears: Forever Friends | Funshine Bear (voice) | Video short |
| 2006 | Snow Cake | Ellen Freeman | |
| 2006 | Skinheads | Mother | Short film |
| 2006 | Find | Ma'am | Short film |
| 2006 | Monkey Warfare | Garage Sale Lady | |
| 2007 | You Kill Me | Kathleen Fitzgerald | |
| 2007 | Hairspray | Miss Wimsey | |
| 2007 | Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story | 70s Girl (uncredited) | |
| 2008 | Real Time | Grandma | |
| 2008 | The Echo | Lucille Jiminez | |
| 2008 | Coopers' Camera | Nana Gert | |
| 2009 | St. Roz | Mrs. P | |
| 2011 | Servitude | Edna | |
| 2011 | Moon Point | Femur's Grandmother | |
| 2011 | Down the Road Again | Betty | |
| 2012 | Looking Is the Original Sin | Janet | |
| 2012 | The Story of Luke | Theresa | |
| 2012 | Dark Star Hollow | Bev Ross | Pre-production |
| 2014 | Beethoven's Treasure Tail | Grace O'Malley | Video |
| 2015 | No Stranger Than Love | Brenda | |
| 2016 | My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 | Mrs. White | |
| 2017 | The Space Between | Luella | |
| 2020 | Work It | Ruthie |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | That's Show Biz | TV series | |
| 1970 | The Hart and Lorne Terrific Hour | Various | TV series |
| 1970 | Party Game | Charades Player | TV series |
| 1971 | Famous Jury Trials | TV series | |
| 1974 | Deedee | TV movie | |
| 1974 | Back to Beulah | TV movie | |
| 1974–75 | Funny Farm | TV series | |
| 1975–76 | Summer of '75 | Host | TV series |
| 1975 | Performance | Sadie | Episode: "Lulu Street" |
| 1976 | Performance | Hardy | Episode: "The Last of the Four Letter Words" |
| 1976 | Ada | Leslie | TV series |
| 1976 | Stay Tuned | TV series | |
| 1976 | SCTV | General's Wife | Episode: "Murder at SCTV" |
| 1977 | Second City Television | Farmer's Wife | Episode: "Memoirs of Anton Chekhov" |
| 1977 | The World of Darkness | Helen | TV movie |
| 1977 | For the Record | Episode: "Ada" | |
| 1978 | High Hopes | Louise Bates | TV movie |
| 1978–80 | King of Kensington | Gwen Twining | 23 episodes |
| 1980 | Bizarre | Regular | TV series |
| 1981 | For the Record | Episode: "Snowbird" | |
| 1981–82 | The Littlest Hobo | Episodes: "Hidden Room", "Rex Badger P.I." (portraying Felicity Patelli) | |
| 1981–82 | Hangin' In | Episodes: "I'm Not a Marriage Counselor" (portraying Audrey), "Plasma Suite" (portraying Mrs. Costello), "Christmas Wrapping" (portraying Audrey) | |
| 1982–83 | SCTV Network | Various | 4 episodes |
| 1984 | When We First Met | TV movie | |
| 1984 | SCTV Channel | Tony's Wife Greta Kubler Cooke |
Episode: "Allenscam" Episode: "Jackie Rogers Jr for President/Happy Hour" |
| 1985 | Anne of Green Gables | Mrs. Hammond | TV movie |
| 1985 | The Ray Bradbury Theater | Mrs. Braling | Episode: "Marionettes, Inc." |
| 1985–88 | The Care Bears Family | Birthday Bear (1985-1986) / Bedtime Bear (1988) (voice) | 57 episodes |
| 1985–87 | Night Heat | Various | 5 episodes |
| 1986 | Seeing Things | Rita | Episode: "The Walls Have Eyes" |
| 1987 | Sharon, Lois & Bram's Elephant Show | The Evil Queen | Episode: "Snow White Elephant" |
| 1987 | The Kidnapping of Baby John Doe | Joan | TV movie |
| 1987 | Today's Special | Flora Frimble | Episode: "Ice Cream" |
| 1987 | Shades of Love: Indigo Autumn | Louise | TV movie |
| 1987 | Really Weird Tales | Mother Superior | Segment: "I'll Die Loving" |
| 1987 | Echoes in the Darkness | Betty Vannort | TV movie |
| 1988 | Diamonds | Episode: "Family Business" | |
| 1988 | Ramona | Mrs. Whaley | Episode: "Squeakerfoot" Episode: "Ramona the Patient" |
| 1988 | Drop-Out Mother | Blanche | TV movie |
| 1988 | Once Upon a Giant | Diabolica the Bad Witch | TV movie |
| 1988 | God Bless the Child | Mrs. Prentice | TV movie |
| 1988 | ALF Tales | Additional voices | TV series |
| 1988–89 | ALF: The Animated Series | Additional voices | 13 episodes |
| 1989 | Andrea Martin... Together Again | Marsha Martin | TV movie |
| 1989 | Starting from Scratch | Episode: "Robbie and Friends" | |
| 1989 | Small Sacrifices | Evelyn Slaven | TV movie |
| 1990 | Mom P.I. | Episode: "Beneath the Pacific" | |
| 1990 | Back to the Beanstalk | Jack's Mother | TV movie |
| 1990 | Friday the 13th: The Series | Joni | Episode: "My Wife as a Dog" |
| 1990 | War of the Worlds | Grace | Episode: "Candle in the Night" |
| 1990 | Wish You Were Here | Stella | Episode: "Budapest" |
| 1990 | The Ray Bradbury Theater | Elmira Brown | Episode: "Exorcism" |
| 1990–92 | Material World | Bernice | 25 episodes |
| 1991–92 | Maniac Mansion | Episodes: "The Cliffhanger" (as Avi's Mother), "The New Look" (as Katie), "Streetcar Named Idella" (as Hildie Muckle) | |
| 1992 | Partners in Love | Heddy Taylor | TV movie |
| 1993 | Secret Service | Hillary | Episode: "Something for Nothing/The Amateur" |
| 1993 | Ghost Mom | Pearl | TV movie |
| 1993 | Shining Time Station | Helga Boonswaggle Jane |
Episode: "Bad Luck Day At Shining Time Station" Episode: "Schemer Presents: How To Apologize" |
| 1994 | Against Their Will: Women in Prison | Marge | TV movie |
| 1994 | Street Legal | Det. Jane Stamp | Episode: "Last Rites: Part 1" Episode: "Last Rites: Part 2" |
| 1994 | Tales from the Cryptkeeper | (voice) | Episode: "Transvylvania Express" |
| 1994–97 | The Busy World of Richard Scarry | (voice) | 39 episodes |
| 1995 | Neverending Story | Mrs. Rockchewer (voice) | Episode: "The Meek and the Mighty" Episode: "Missing Memories" |
| 1995 | Harrison Bergeron | Ms. Newbound | TV movie |
| 1995–96 | Side Effects | Happy Hartwell | Episodes: "Pillow Talk", "Sex, Death and Rock 'n' Roll" |
| 1996 | Goosebumps | Woman in Line | Episode: "A Night in Terror Tower: Part 1" Episode: "A Night in Terror Tower: Part 2" |
| 1996 | Devil's Food | Margaret | TV movie |
| 1996 | Undue Influence | Mrs. Miller | TV movie |
| 1996 | Dangerous Offender: The Marlene Moore Story | Mrs. Moore | TV movie |
| 1996 | A Holiday for Love | Margie | TV movie |
| 1997 | Riverdale | Gloria | TV series |
| 1998 | Twitch City | Nathan's Mother | Episode: "I Look Like Joyce DeWitt" |
| 1998 | Once a Thief | Miss Finchley (voice) | Episode: "The Director Files" |
| 1998 | Bob and Margaret | Cookie Fish / Joyce (voice) | Episode: "A Tale of Two Dentists" |
| 1998–2000 | Noddy | Aunt Agatha Flugelschmidt | 66 Episodes |
| 1999 | Deep in My Heart | Mrs. Marsdon | TV movie |
| 1999 | Mind Prey | Police Chief Roux | TV movie |
| 1999 | A Holiday Romance | Margie | TV movie |
| 2000 | La Femme Nikita | Selma Hertz | Episode: "Catch a Falling Star" |
| 2000 | Code Name: Eternity | Lucy | Episode: "Dark of the Night" |
| 2000 | Exhibit A: Secrets of Forensic Science | Deidre Porchev | Episode: "If the Shoe Fits" |
| 2000 | For Better or For Worse | Mrs. Dingle (voice) | 5 episodes |
| 2000 | Twice in a Lifetime | Emma Price | Episode: "For Love and Money" |
| 2001 | Twice in a Lifetime | Lulu | Episode: "Daddy's Girl" |
| 2001 | Club Land | Nurse Doris | TV movie |
| 2001 | The Wandering Soul Murders | Beth Mirasty | TV movie |
| 2001 | What Makes a Family | Judge Shales | TV movie |
| 2001 | Made in Canada | Miss Barnes | Episode: "Beaver Creek: Live" |
| 2001 | Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows | Lottie | TV movie |
| 2001 | Screech Owls | Mrs. Dunlap | Episode: "A Fine Balance" |
| 2001 | Royal Canadian Air Farce | Various | Episode: "9.4" |
| 2001 | The Endless Grind | Various | TV series |
| 2001 | Bob and Margaret | Cookie Fish / Joyce (voice) | Episode: "A Very Fishy Christmas" |
| 2002 | Widows | Audrey | Episode: "Hour One" |
| 2002 | Just a Walk in the Park | TV movie | |
| 2002 | The Man Who Saved Christmas | Mrs. Gilbert | TV movie |
| 2003 | Monster by Mistake | Dolores | Episode: "Warren's Nightmare" |
| 2003 | In the Family | Alice / Donna Ingram | TV movie |
| 2003 | My Big Fat Greek Life | Mrs. White | TV series |
| 2003 | Wild Card | Jeannie | 4 episodes |
| 2003 | Slings and Arrows | Episode: "Playing the Swan" | |
| 2003–06 | JoJo's Circus | Ms. Kersplatski | 9 episodes |
| 2004 | Peep and the Big Wide World | Rabbit | TV series |
| 2004 | The Shields Stories | Episode: "The Harp" | |
| 2004 | Brave New Girl | TV movie | |
| 2004 | Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye | Janice | Episode: "The Kiss" |
| 2004 | Hustle | Marge Schott | TV movie |
| 2004 | Suburban Madness | Sheila | TV movie |
| 2004 | Degrassi: The Next Generation | Mrs. Cameron | Episode: "Back in Black" |
| 2004–05 | Train 48 | Bridget | 3 episodes |
| 2005 | I Do, They Don't | Thelma | TV movie |
| 2005 | Riding the Bus with My Sister | Estella | TV movie |
| 2005 | Wayside School | Miss Mush | TV movie |
| 2005 | Atomic Betty | Betty's Grandma | Episode: "Franken Brain" Episode: "The NO-L9" |
| 2005–06 | This Is Wonderland | Ronnie Sacks | 23 episodes |
| 2006 | Relative Chaos | Carol Gilbert | TV movie |
| 2006 | Candles on Bay Street | Sarah | TV movie |
| 2006 | The Great Polar Bear Adventure | Hillary (voice) | TV movie |
| 2006 | Wedding Wars | Wanda Grandy | TV movie |
| 2006–08 | Billable Hours | Maxine Bingly | 20 episodes |
| 2007 | Wayside | (voice) recurring role | Miss Mush |
| 2007 | Ruby Gloom | Ma (voice) | Episode: "Skull in the Family" |
| 2007 | Ricky Sprocket: Showbiz Boy | Bunny Sprocket (voice) | 25 episodes |
| 2007 | Twitches Too | Mrs. Norseng | TV movie |
| 2007 | Roxy Hunter and the Mystery of the Moody Ghost | Mable Crabtree | TV movie |
| 2008 | Roxy Hunter and the Myth of the Mermaid | Mable Crabtree | TV movie |
| 2008 | Best Ed | Other voices | 26 episodes |
| 2008 | Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning | Mrs. Hammond | TV movie |
| 2008–11 | Little Mosque on the Prairie | Mrs. Wispinski | 16 episodes |
| 2009 | Northern Lights | Mayor Hopp | TV movie |
| 2009 | Bob & Doug | Gladys McKenzie | Episode: "No Country for Old People" |
| 2009 | The Ron James Show | Steve's Mother | Episode: "1.4" |
| 2009 | The National Tree | Lana | TV movie |
| 2009 | The Christmas Hope | Charlotte | TV movie |
| 2010 | Harriet the Spy: Blog Wars | Ms. Elson | TV movie |
| 2010 | Living in Your Car | Lola | Episode: "1.8" Episode: "1.13" |
| 2010 | Skatoony | Charles' Granny | Episode: Skeleton Crew In Da House |
| 2010 | Pirates: Adventures in Art | Queen Conformia | TV series |
| 2010–11 | Babar and the Adventures of Badou | (voice) | 15 episodes |
| 2011 | JoJo's Circus | Ms. Kersplatski (voice) | Episode: "Hamster-Cize!" |
| 2011 | Lost Girl | Velma | Episode: "BrotherFae of the Wolves" |
| 2011 | Silent Witness | Sara Croft | TV movie |
| 2011 | 12 Dates of Christmas | Margine Frumkin | TV movie |
| 2012 | Bill & Son's Towing | TV series short | |
| 2012 | King | Margie Reynolds | Episode: "Jared and Stacy Cooper" Episode: "Wendy Stetler" |
| 2013–15 | Haven | Gloria Verrano | 17 episodes |
| 2014 | Christmas at Cartwright's | Mrs. Rositani | TV movie |
| 2016 | The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let's Do the Time Warp Again | The Butler | TV movie |
| 2017 | Murdoch Mysteries | Mary Baker Eddy | Episode: "The Accident" |
| 2018 | Star Falls | Granny King | Episode: "The Family Picnic" |
References
- ^ a b Kelly, Peggy (October 1983). "Canadian actress at the crossroads". Cinema Canada.
- ^ a b c Ahearn, Victoria (February 22, 2019). "ACTRA honours character actor Jayne Eastwood after five decades in show business". Toronto Star. The Canadian Press. Retrieved May 7, 2019.
- ^ "Don Shebib and Jayne Eastwood". CBC News. CBC. as guests on George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight Retrieved May 7, 2019.
- ^ Cameron, Kelly (June 8, 2011). "BWW Interviews: Women Fully Clothed's Jayne Eastwood". BroadwayWorld. Retrieved May 7, 2019.
- ^ Profile, northernstars.ca. Retrieved May 7, 2019.
- ^ "How to Buy a Baby among winners at Canadian Screen Awards digital gala". The Hamilton Spectator. The Canadian Press. March 29, 2019. Retrieved May 7, 2019.
- ^ "Jayne Eastwood to Receive Award of Excellence". Retrieved May 7, 2019.
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