Victoria Snow
{{Short description|Canadian actress}}
Victoria Snow (born 1954/55)"Cinderella story at Stratford". The Globe and Mail, April 28, 1979. is a Canadian actress."Driven Snow: Proving she can act as well as sing Victoria Snow copped a Gemini for her portrayal of a Metis woman in Daughters Of The Country". Toronto Star, March 26, 1988. She is best known for her recurring roles as Mary Margaret Skalany in Kung Fu: The Legend Continues and Dee White in Cra$h & Burn, and her starring role as Frances Hunter in Paradise Falls.
Career
Born in Ancaster, Ontario, Snow had her first break as an actress when she was promoted from a minor role to the lead in a Stratford Festival production of the musical Happy New Year in 1979, after original lead Virginia Sandifur was forced to withdraw due to illness.
Career
Snow played the lead role in a production of Medea, directed by John Neville at Halifax's Neptune Theatre, and played Nancy Blake in a 1985 production of The Women at the Shaw Festival."Paying tribute to the 'Scarlet' Women". The Globe and Mail, September 10, 1985.
She has also had supporting or guest roles in the series 9B, E.N.G., Katts and Dog, The Newsroom, Traders, Total Recall 2070, Queer as Folk, Blue Murder, This Is Wonderland, Flashpoint, Republic of Doyle, Warehouse 13, Haven and Slasher, the television films True Confessions of a Hollywood Starlet, Thicker Than Blood: The Larry McLinden Story, Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story and Waking Up Wally: The Walter Gretzky Story,{{cite web|title=Made in Canada|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/made-in-canada/article989582/|website=The Globe and Mail|access-date=15 October 2016}} and the theatrical films Millennium and Stardom.
Snow portrayed the mother of Bryan Mills (Clive Standen) in the television series Taken, a prequel to the film trilogy of the same name, in 2017 and 2018. In 2021, she appeared as a federal judge in the film Dark Web: Cicada 3301.
=Awards=
Snow is a two-time Gemini Award winner, winning Best Lead Actress in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series at the 3rd Gemini Awards in 1988 for Daughters of the Country and Best Guest Performance in a Series at the 5th Gemini Awards in 1990 for an episode of Street Legal."CBC celebrates at k.d.'s cafe as it sweeps Gemini awards". Toronto Star, December 4, 1990. She was also a nominee for Best Actress in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role at the 20th Gemini Awards in 2005"Great, watchable north: The 20th Gemini Awards gala honours the best in Canadian TV". National Post, November 19, 2005. and the 25th Gemini Awards in 2010"Flashpoint leads in Gemini nominations". The Globe and Mail, September 1, 2010. for Paradise Falls, and a nominee for Best Actress in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series at the 21st Gemini Awards in 2006 for her performance as Phyllis Gretzky in Waking Up Walter: The Walter Gretzky Story."Cancelled CBC series leads Gemini field". Victoria Times-Colonist, August 30, 2006.
Filmography
= Film =
class="wikitable sortable"
|+ !Year !Title !Role !class="unsortable" | Notes |
1986
|data-sort-value="Wake, The" | The Wake |Joan Laboucane | |
1988
|data-sort-value="New Life, A" | A New Life |Audrey | |
1989
|Destiny to Order |Mellie | |
1989
|Pinky Djakarta | |
1995
|Jungleground |Sgt. Purdy | |
1995
|Amanda Kirke | |
1995
|data-sort-value="Feeler, The" | The Feeler |Lina | |
1997
|Real Estate Lady | |
1998
|Yellow Wedding |Dale | |
2000
|Tina's Mother | |
2001
|Haley Griffin | |
2001
|data-sort-value="Safety of Objects, The" | The Safety of Objects |Jill | |
2002
|Officer Frances Darte | |
2006
|Helen Drake | |
2008
|data-sort-value="Last Hit Man, The" | The Last Hit Man |Marion | |
2009
|data-sort-value="Jazzman, The" | The Jazzman |Karen Kaddly | |
2010
|St. Roz |Minnie Barr | |
2019
|Peggy Mason | |
2019
|Borden | |
2021
|Judge Mary Collins | |
= Television =
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!Year !Title !Role !class="unsortable" | Notes |
1983
|data-sort-value="Accident, The" | The Accident |Reporter |Television film |
1985, 1986
|Woman Doctor / Lt. Conway |2 episodes |
1986
|Reporter |Episode: "Pickup on Noon Street" |
1987
|Angela Gasperini |Episode: "Debbie Does Dishes" |
1988
|Debbie / Donna |2 episodes |
1988
|9B |Rhea Burnham | rowspan="2" |3 episodes |
1988–1992
|Virginia |
1989
|Blade |Episode: "Seft of Emun" |
1989
|Diane Abbot |Episode: "The Cradle Will Rock" |
1989
|Love and Hate |Ellie Hubiak | rowspan="5" |Television film |
1989
|Lady in the Corner |Ann Henshaw |
1990
|data-sort-value="Kissing Place, The" | The Kissing Place |Casey Edelson |
1990
|Getting Married in Buffalo Jump |Eleanor |
1990
|Leona Helmsley: The Queen of Mean |Marilyn Norrito |
1990
|data-sort-value="Hitchhiker, The" | The Hitchhiker |Jude |Episode: "Riding the Nightmare" |
1990–1991
|Eline |2 episodes |
1991
|Dorothy Shurtleft |Episode: "Dorothy Shurtleft" |
1991
|Celine |Episode: "Night Train" |
1992
|data-sort-value="Broken Cord, The" | The Broken Cord |Ruby Stiges |Television film |
1993
|data-sort-value="Hidden Room, The" | The Hidden Room |Sandra |Episode: "Jillie" |
1993–1997
|Kung Fu: The Legend Continues |Det. Mary Margaret Skalany |31 episodes |
1994
|Thicker Than Blood: The Larry McLinden Story |Claudia |Television film |
1994
|Amy Doulon |Episode: "Getting What You Want" |
1995
|data-sort-value="Hardy Boys, The" | The Hardy Boys |Joyce |Episode: "The Debt Collectors" |
1997
|data-sort-value="Newsroom, The" | The Newsroom |Heather Campbell |Episode: "Meltdown: Part 3" |
1997
|When Secrets Kill |Phyllis Hodges | rowspan="3" |Television film |
1997
|Mindy |
1997
|Melissa |
1998
|Real Kids, Real Adventures |Lagaythe |Episode: "Plane Crash on Christmas Day" |
1998
|Marcia Timmerman |Television film |
1998
|Donna |Episode: "Blood on the Floor" |
1999
|Surgeon |3 episodes |
1999
|Cruel Justice |Fay Joiner |Television film |
1999
|data-sort-value="Famous Jett Jackson, The" | The Famous Jett Jackson |Sheila / Director |2 episodes |
1999
|Sheila Walsh | rowspan="2" |Television film |
1999
|Dorinda |
2000
|Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story |Margaret Bush |Miniseries |
2001
|data-sort-value="Familiar Stranger, The" | The Familiar Stranger |Claire | rowspan="3" |Television film |
2001
|Judy |
2001
|Peggy |
2001
|Dr. Carol Turner |Episode: "Arctic Project" |
2001–2008
|Frances Hunter |68 episodes |
2002, 2003
|Jenny Taggart |2 episodes |
2003
|Open House |Marie |Television film |
2003
|S.I.S. Janet Myers |2 episodes |
2003
|Nancy Nicholson |Television film |
2003
|Alexa Scott |Episode: "One Ring to Rule Them All" |
2003
|data-sort-value="Piano Man's Daughter, The" | The Piano Man's Daughter |Older Woman |Television film |
2004
|Janice Pells |Episode #1.9 |
2004
|Open Heart |Marjorie Bain |Television film |
2005
|Tilt |Eddie's Mother |3 episodes |
2005
|Sacha Pfeiffer | rowspan="4" |Television film |
2005
|Margaret Pennington |
2005
|Waking Up Wally: The Walter Gretzky Story |Phyllis Gretzky |
2008
|True Confessions of a Hollywood Starlet |Gaby |
2009
|Jesslyn Henjik |Episode: "Resonance" |
2009
|Janet Ackerman |Episode: "Coming to You Live" |
2009–2010
|Detective Dee Dee White |6 episodes |
2011
|Siobhan McDonagh |Episode: "Sympathy for the Devil" |
2011
|Lucy Ripley |Episode: "Business as Usual" |
2013
| rowspan="2" |Television film |
2013
|Jack |Nancy Layton |
2013
|Law Partner |Episode: "Who Am I?" |
2016
|Sonja Edwards |3 episodes |
2016
|data-sort-value="Puppy for Christmas, A" | A Puppy for Christmas |Helen |Television film |
2016
|Carol Granger |Episode: "Vertical Mobility" |
2017, 2018
|Sarah Mills | rowspan="2" |2 episodes |
2019
|Doreen Vernon |
2019
|Christmas in Montana |Kay |Television film |
2019, 2020
|Kathy |2 episodes |
2020
|Barb Gelson |Episode: "Chrysalis" |
References
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External links
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Category:Canadian film actresses
Category:Canadian television actresses
Category:Canadian stage actresses
Category:Canadian musical theatre actresses
Category:Actresses from Hamilton, Ontario
Category:Canadian Screen Award winning actors
Category:20th-century Canadian actresses