Born Ottawa, Ontario April 3, 1876 Died January 7, 1958, Toronto, Ontario. Margaret was actually born in the Houses of Parliament Speaker’s Chambers  . Her father Timothy Warren Anglin(1822-1986) was, at that time, Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons. A strong willed individual she headed for a career in acting in New York City in the 1890’s much against the wishes of her family. In 1894 she graduated from the Empire School of Dramatic Acting. By 1896 she was touring on stage in the U.S.A. and Canada. By 1905 she had earned wide recognition for her dramatic skills and was invited to work with the renowned Sarah Bernhardt. In 1911 she married a colleague Howard Hill who had little reputable acting talent. By 1913 she was appearing in Shakespearian performances of her own acting group. When her husband did not receive roles she was absent from the stage for many years. She did return to the stage however with her last Broadway appearance was in 1936. The Encyclopedia Britannica called her one of the most brilliant actresses of her era. ^{Sources: The Canadian Encyclopedia Online Accessed 2000. : Encyclopedia Britannica online. Accessed 2000. Suggested reading Margaret Anglin: A stage life by John Levay 1989.}

Born 1910 (?) Died February 1, 1988. A stage and radio actress she created Vancouver’s Theatre Under the Stars. Through the 1940’s and 1950’s the group saw her in more than 50 productions. She also worked in CBC productions. Along with her husband William the pair were known as Mr. and Mrs Theatre. They had one son. The couple was honoured in the British Columbia Entertainment Hall of Fame Starwalk at the Orpheum which honours BC residents who have made outstanding contributions to entertainment on the local, national and international scene.

Born July 26, 1920, Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.A. Died March 27, 2002, Victoria, British Columbia. As a child she moved with her family to British Columbia.  At the age of 18, Dorothy received a Licentiateship in Speech Arts and Drama from Trinity College of Music, London. Ten years later, she was named a Fellow of that College. Also while in her teens, she became secretary to Major William Bullock-Webster, superintendent of schools in British Columbia and an ardent supporter of school drama. In her position, Dorothy was instrumental in the foundation of the British Columbia Drama Association (now Theatre BC).She played “Mary” on “The Carson Family” CBC radio serial 1947-65 and other radio and TV roles through 1984. She was an original member, Totem and Everyman Theatres. She earned an award as Best Director in the 1955 Dominion Drama Festival. She was the 1st recipient, Jessie Richardson Award for lifetime achievement. She also won the  Sam Payne Award for developing young talent and is a  charter member of the British Columbia Entertainment Hall of Fame . In 1988 Dorothy and her husband moved to Victoria, where she produced a CD of nonsense poems called "The Other Day ...", performed by herself, with musical settings by Amanda Lince. ^{Sources: Canadian Encyclopedia of Theater online accessed January 2013; Vancouver Hall of Fame on line accessed December 2012.}

née Cloutman Born December 16, 1907..  Gadsby, Alberta. Died Palm Desert, California October 13, 2011.Barbara and her family moved to California when she was a teenager. In 1925 she won the Miss Hollywood Beauty pageant. Described as gorgeous , full-figured, and baby faced, and even though she had never acted previously, she was signed up by Universal Studios. Her debut was as the only woman in the western Prowlers of the Night, batting her eyelashes as she nursed the wounded sheriff back to health. In the landmark 1926 film Flesh and the Devil, opposite Greta Garbo, the lovelorn Kent displayed her broken heart in an Oscar-worthy supporting performance. She starred in Lonesome , the last great silent American film in 1928.   Kent's natural voice was a bit too “tinny” and her career in the  talkies was in doubt. Determined she took voice lessons. Her career peaked when she played superstar Harold Lloyd's love interest in his first two talkies, Welcome Danger and Feet First. In 1932 she married  Harry Edington, a longtime Hollywood producer He tried to revive his wife’s career in the late 1930s, but her roles became smaller and films less prestigious. Her last film was Guard That Girl in 1935.  After her husband died in 1949, Barbara retired from  show business retreating from public view and refusing all demands for photographs and interviews.  She married a second time to engineer Jack Monroe who died in 1998. She had been living in a retirement home in Sun Valley, where  neighbors were unaware she had once graced the silver screen.  At the age of 103 she was one of the last surviving silent screen actors. ^{Sources: Bergan, Ronald “Alberta –born silent film star transitioned to talkies, then retired”  The Globe and Mail October 31, 2011 page R9 :  NNDB.com (Accessed November 2011. )}  Suggestion submitted by June Coxon, Ottawa.

Born Richmond, British Columbia. December 11, 1952. Died Niagara-On-The-Lake, Ontario December 9, 2009. She studied at the University of British Columbia where she met her husband, Lorne Kennedy. The couple had one daughter. The young couple continued their studies and began their career at the Bristol, England, Old Vic Theater. After traveling to gain roles the couple settled in Ontario where Goldie honed her craft and gained a solid reputation garnering lead stage roles at Stratford Festival and the Shaw Festival. She combined unequalled grace beauty and elegance on stage. Although diagnosed with cancer she continued on stage. Her last performance was in a Noel Coward play,  Brief Encounters in 2009. ^{Source: Goldie Semple by Richard Ouzounian, The Toronto Star December 9, 2009 online accessed August 2011.}

Born Calgary, Alberta November 30, 1982 Raised in Vancouver the family moved to Montreal when she was 11. She had begun to model children’s cloths when she was seven and by 11 she knew she wanted to act. She became noticed on TV at 15 when she landed a globe trotting reporting role with Popular Mechanics for Kids. After high school she headed for Los Angeles and Hollywood. It was not long before she was cast as the daughter, Kim Bauer in the series 24. Her photos began to appear on the covers of magazines. In 2001 she earned a Gemini Award for her work in the movie Lucky Girl. In 2004 she landed her first staring role in the innocent comedy movie The Girl Next Door. In 2004 she filmed in Australia for the move House of Wax. 2005 found her at the Toronto Film Festival with the premier of The Quiet  and 2007 found her in another horror film Captivity. 2008 brought her back to TV with the mini series Guns. Being brought up in Canada she loves hockey. In fact her mother and brother are active players. She prefers to stay off the ice and enjoys seasons tickets to Kings Games.

Born Adelaide Margaret Eleanor Marie Boissonearu, Winnipeg Manitoba May 7, 1920 Died February 22, 2009. The outgoing young Laddie took courses and performed at the Montreal Repertory Theatre. Moving to Toronto,. Adopting  her mother’s maiden name. she  took a fashion model position which  lead her to fashion commentary. She  became a writer and on-air-host for the Laura Secord Music Box show,  CFRB Radio. She worked with Monty Hall (later a famous U.S. game show host of Let’s Make a Deal) and acted in CBC radio dramas along with doing hundreds of radio commercials. In 1946 Laddie wore dark pancake make-up, brown lipstick and green nail polish to provide the best image on demonstration Television sponsored by Eaton’s Department Stores. In 1951 she married novelist/editor James Burke  The romance lasted 55 years. She became the first Canadian woman to appear on Canadian TV, September 8, 1952.  Laddie was named  Liberty Magazine’s 1955 TV Demonstrator of the Year. After a brush with cancer, Laddie found a job with regular hours from 1970-1985 as Director, Public Relations  Scarborough Public Libraries. On vacation she travelled to Morocco. Upon return she sold her travel story. Thus began a journalistic career that would cover 80 countries.  She was presented with the first Lifetime Achievement Award , 2001 by the Travel Media Association of Canada. Sources: Northern Stars.ca (accessed March 2009): Canadian Broadcast Museum Foundation Http://www.cbmf-fmcr.ca/Newsletter/march 2009/laddie.php (Accessed March 2009) ; Personal knowledge.

Born St. Thomas, Ontario February 24, 1951. As a child she was not very health and spent a lot of time in hospital. However as a teen she was of good health and attended the Banff School of the Fine Arts. She also studied drama at the University of Victoria in British Columbia. In 1978 she got her big break when she won the Canadian Film Award as Best Lead Actress in the film In Praise of Older Women. In 1985 she won the Bronze Leopard Award at the Locano International Film Festival for her work in Desert Hearts. In 200 she earned a Genie Award for her portrayal of a drug addicted prostitute in We All Fall Down and another Genie Award in 2003 for Just Cause. She also appeared in numerous TV episodes in various top rated Television dramas. In 2004 she was inducted into Canada’s Walk of Fame in Toronto. ^{Source: Canada’s Walk of Fame online accessed July 2009}

Born St John’s Newfoundland May 13, 1952. Mary caught pneumonia as an infant and was taken to live with two aunts and an uncle with whom she remained.  A bit of a rebel as a teen she became engaged to an American service man and took off to the U.S.A. When things did not work out she returned to Newfoundland and was in the right place when a Canadian Broadcasting Company (CBC) had a local opening. Her natural quick wit and vivacity meant she would never look back. She joined a the Newfoundland Traveling Theatre Company and ended up moving to Toronto to study theatre. However, another opportunity opened up and she left school to join a young group that would become well known as CODCO from 1987-1992. There followed in 1993 This Hour Has 22 Minutes. In 2003 she hosted May Walsh’s: Open Book and went on to create Hatching Matching and Departing for the CBC which won a Gemini Award. On a personal front she was fighting alcoholism which had began in her early teens. By 2005 she was awarded the Courage to Come Back Award by the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health. She also wanted to participate in helping others and became the spokesperson for Oxfam Canada (an international aid agency). She became a member of the Order of Canada in 2000. Source Mary Walsh: an inferno of wit by Peter Feneck Good Times February 2007 pg 8-14 : Library and Archives Canada. Canadian Women in Theatre and Dance. www.collectionscanada.gc.ca (accessed March 2008)

Born Toronto, Ontario 1906. Died November 19, 1988 She and her sister Fanny had a lifelong interest in dance and teaching young performers in their art. . From 1923-1983 the sisters operated a ‘legendary’ dance studio in Toronto. In the 1920’s and 1930’s she was choreographer for the grandstand show at a the Canadian National exhibition. The 1931 CNE production featured a cast of 1,500! She was also well known for the annual spring dance review that were held each year at Massey Hall and the CNE.

Born Worcester, England. Died January 6, 1966, Vancouver, British Columbia. During World War I, she  lived in Birmingham, England, where she was introduced to theatre. She immigrated to Vancouver in 1920. Her husband was magistrate Walter H.C. Firkins, a police court clerk for 31 years. Yvonne was a founding member of the Vancouver Little Theatre, Vancouver Ballet School and Vancouver Dance Festival. She served as president of the British Columbia Drama Association and was a  founder of the  British Columbia  Dance Festival. She was also a  member, Community Arts Council and a  director of Theatre Under the Stars. From 1939 throughout World War ll she was  production manager of service shows for Pacific Command. In 1964 she opened the Arts Club Theatre and produced the controversial Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf. She is considered B.C.'s first lady of the theatre. ^{Source: Vancouver Hall of Fame on line accessed January 2013.}

Born 1924, Hungary. Died April 11, 2013 Montreal, Quebec.  She studied ballet at the Trognoff Russian Ballet Academy as a young girl. She won a scholarship to study at the University Mozartium Saltzberg in 1924. The next year she made her solo debut. In 1948 as she entered Canada a customs officer, seeing she was a dancer, suggested she move to Winnipeg, Manitoba. Working as a domestic servant to fulfill the requirement of working for a year in order to stay in Canada she studied with the Royal Winnipeg Ballet. In 1954 when the RWB was destroyed by fire she moved to Montreal to continue dancing. She worked in Banff and taugh jazz dance for 13 years. Often summers vacations were spent in New York City taking ballet and jazz classes. She specifically loved jazz-ballet as a celebration of the soul. In Montreal she formed a jazz ballet group Les Jazz-Ballet Contemporaines but left in 1978 after a disruptive collision of ideas with others in the group. She spent the next 35 years as a freelance teacher. In 2003 Mireille Dansereau completed a documentary feature EVA about the talented dancer. She had married at one time but did not relish the role of homemaker and definitely loved dance more than married life which also carried the treat of motherhood. She had a love of learning often taking courses at local institutions. At 80 years of age she discovered and embraced life with a computer.  ^{Source: Her legacy is all that bale-jazz by Paula Citron, The Globe and Mail, April 30, 2013.}  

Born Toronto, Ontario  April 9, 1913. Died May 4, 2005. Her Russian immigrant parents passed on to her the love of music as a child and she studied at the Toronto Conservatory of Music., and then on to New York City. In the 1930’s she would make significant contributions to the early establishment of modern dance in Canada. In 1951 she and her pianist husband, Aube Tzerko moved to work in Los Angeles where she formed her own dance company.

Born Bay Roberts, Newfoundland. She earned her BA at Mount Saint Vincent University in Halifax, Nova Scotia. At 18 she entered the Sisters of Mercy of Newfoundland. She became an educator of music serving in numerous schools. Under her tutelage the Our Lady of Mercy Glee Club was the first Newfoundland Junior choir to with the Matheson Trophy, a national award. She has spent more than 20 years as organist and choir director at the Basilica of St. Jon the Baptist. She has also demonstrated a commitment to serving the less fortunate in areas where she has taught. In 2006 she was inducted into the Order of Newfoundland and Labrador and in 2007 she was appointed to the Order of Canada. ^{Sources: Order of Newfoundland and Labrador online : Order of Canada Online (accessed November 2011)}

(née Underbakke). Born Regina Saskatchewan June 5, 1917. She married Alton Dahlstrom and the couple had two children. It was however her love of music which she would best known for. She received her piano teachers certificate from the Toronto Conservatory of Music. In 1934 she received he Licentiate for Music Diploma at the University of Saskatchewan. She actually started her piano career at 16 when she played with the Regina Symphony Orchestra. She toured, played on radio and accompanied notable musicians at recitals. In 1950 she moved to Rossland, British Columbia and began her lifetime work at St. Andrew’s United Church. She also shared her leadership and management skills  by holding numerous positions of local, provincial, national and international music organizations for 70 years. She was paramount in the organization of Canada Music Week for which she chaired for 25 years. In 1998 she received the Order of British Columbia in recognition of her contribution to the enrichment of the love of music in the province. ^{Sources: Canadian Women of Note , Media Club of Canada (Toronto: York University, 1994) # 189 page 208; Trail History Society online accessed August 2011.}

Born Dungannon (near Stratford) Ontario January 8, 1944 Died December 31, 1988. Eleanor studied classical violin as a youth before choosing fiddle music as her preferred art form. She won the women's Class Canadian Open Old Time Fiddler's Competition four times from 1967 through 1974. In 1979 she became the first woman to win the Open Class Competition (competition open to both men and women). When she was not touring with her music she taught fiddling at the boards of education in Scarborough and Simcoe Ontario. She cut four albums of music and published the Townsend Old-Time Fiddle method (1996) She is a member of the Fiddler's Hall of fame (1984) in Oceola, New York and also the Canadian National Fiddling Hall of Fame.

Died January 10, 2009. She was a writer, editor, educator, TV and film producer, philanthropist and a businesswoman. She studied at Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia for her Bachelor of Education and earned her masters frat the University of Toronto. She won a Gemini Award for best shot dramatic program: Saying goodbye: the first snowfall, which was a ten part drama/documentary series on grief and bereavement. She was the director of the Ambassador program which is an educational program for 16-24 year old youth who lived on Toronto’s streets. She was the mother of two sons. Source: Toronto Star, January 17, 2009 pg. CL9

Born 1947 Montreal, Quebec. Laura was born with an undiagnosed learning disability but she had she had unstoppable determination. She learned things in her won way.  At 14 she joined the Peace Movement and learned to research events, debate ideas and calculate strategies. She became a single parent and stared her career in 1979 with the National Film Board of Canada Challenge for Change Program. She would be one of the women film makers who laid the ground work for the famous “Studio D” a special unit of the National Film Board dedicated to films about women’s issues. In 1983 she established SKYWORKS, a charitable foundation that is a community based not-for-profit educational documentary production organization. ^{Sources: Herstory, the Canadian Women’s Calendar 2006 Coteau Books, 2005}

Born Sainte-Marie-du-Beauce, Quebec  August 28, 1919. Died Montréal, Québec September 25, 1997 As a child she loved singing folk songs. As an adult she studied voice and researched folk songs. She recorded 10 albums of her beloved folk music. In 1944 she married André Coté and the couple had three children. From 1959 through 1973 she galvanized Anglophone children to their television sets with her show Chez Hélène. She spoke only French to her English speaking mouse friend, Suzie.  To the children it was endearing, in reality she was bridging tow national cultures. In the 1970’s she became a celebrity Canadian Citizenship judge accepting new immigrants who had succeeded in there quest to gain citizenship to their new country. In 1973 she received the Order of Canada. ^{Source: Herstory: The Canadian Women’s Calendar 2000 (Silver anniversary edition) Coteau Books, 1999. Page 54.}

née Gosman Born Fredericton, Nova Scotia June 28, 1977 As a child she sang in her Baptist Church choir. From the age of 7 she would study voice and piano. As a teen summer holiday time found her studying on scholarships at the Boston Conservatory in the U.S.A. She obtained a Bachelor of Music at the University of Toronto and then off she went to Germany for a 5 years Masters degree program at the Robert Schumann Hochschuls in Dusseldorf. She married her high school beau who was an exchange student and Measha and Mark Brugger combined their names. In 1998 at 20 years of age, she premiered in the title role of a new opera Beatrice Chancy and her career was launched into orbit. She has performed around the Globe. She has been across her native Canada, been on CBC TV and earned an Gemini Award nomination. In 1998 she won the Canada Council for the Arts Award. In 2000 she debuted at Carnegie Hall in New York City before moving on to Japan, Switzerland, German, and other U.S.A. destinations. The Grand Prize of Jeunesse Musicales Montreal Internationale Musical Completion was won by Measha.  In 2007 she found time between performances to serve as the Goodwill Ambassador for the African Medical and Research Foundation working for better health in Africa. A Juno Award was hers in 2008 for her classical Album of the year. She has taken international awards in London, England, New York City, U.S.A., Oslo, Norway and Munich, Germany just to name a few countries. In June 2009 she was forced to take time off to have open heart surgery. Never one to be kept down she returned to perform again in September 2009. ^{Sources: Measha Brueggergosman The Canadian Encyclopedia online accessed June 2011.} 

Born Winnipeg, Manitoba May 18, 1973. She began to play the piano just after she learned to walk at three years of age! She attended conservatory for training but did not continue. And even seemed to give up the idea of ever pursuing a career in music as a teenager. However in the early 1990’s she registered at the university of Manitoba in art studies. During  a family vacation in Italy in 1994 she was involved with a disastrous moped accident leaving her with numerous scars and little feeling in part of her face. It was at this time she returned to her love of music. In 1866 she met her husband Raine Martin. By 200 she had earned Best Pop Album and Best Female Artist Juno Awards. In 2001 Genie Awards came for Best Achievement in Music Original Song, Century Hotel. Back to the Juno’s in 2004 she won with her new album. In 2005 her first son, Lucca was born followed in 2008 with a second son. ^{Source: Canada Kicks Ass – Famous Canadians online accessed September 2004.}

Born September 27, 1984 Belleville, Ontario. At the age of two she showed that she could sing when she began to sing church songs with her mother. In 1998 she won a competition to sing with fellow Canadian Shania Twain on tour. At 16 she signed with Artista Records. She was tagged the Best New Artist in 2002 and 2003 she won 4 Juno Awards and was nominated for 8 Grammy Awards. Her first album Let go, releases June 4, 2002 sold 18 million copies and was 6 x Platinum in the U.S.A. She has at least ½ dozen number 1 songs worldwide. Her music has been described as modern rock, pop punk, pop rock, power pop, alternative rock or pos grunge.  She married Deryck Whibley July 15, 2006 and continued to rise in her career. In December 2007 she ranked #7 in the Forbes Top 20 Earners under 25 years of age, earning 12,000,000.00. Also in December 2007 her third album, The Best Darn Thing had sold 6.1 million copies. Her movie debut came with the DreamWorks animated feature Over The Hedge and she recorded the Theme song or the Sponge Bob Squarepants Movie. She works with various charities on health issues such as AIDS/HIV, UNICEF and is involved with environmental concerns. (Avril R suggested that Avril Lavigne be included on this site. Thanks. Don’t know how she was overlooked for so long!! ed.)

Born 1992, Brampton, Ontario. Katee always enjoyed singing . In 2002 she was awarded the Best Junior Vocalist solo and Most Promising Performer by the Brampton Performing Arts. She began working as a model and did several commercials for television in 2003. At the age of 13 she co-founded a musical group DAME which became Brampton’s Band of the Year in 2006. By 2008 In-Tune magazine awarded DAME Female Act of the Year/Rock Act of the Year and Band most likely to succeed. The group was also Band of the Year at the Toronto Independent Music Awards in 2008. In 2010 Katee formed the group KARMA Keeps with herself as front singer. They are the only Canadian Female group in the international YOBISing Top Ten. Submitted by Velvet Karma (VelvetKarma@rogers.com) April 2011.

Born September 24, 1960. She is a graduate in music theory from the University of Toronto. She expanded her skills while living in Nashville and Los Angeles, where she wrote for artists such as Diana Ross, Cyndi Lauper, Sheena Easton and Canadian performers such as Anne Murray and Roch Voisine. She has returned to Toronto where she now centers her own performing artist career. She is a wife and mother of two who has found a working balance suited to her. Her first CD was Cool Rain which was followed closely by Burnt in the Sun (1998), Phenomenal Woman (2001) and With a Kiss (2003). Her music is a mainstay on Canadian radio and has earned Juno nominations, SOCAN Awards and Canadian Independent Music Award nominations. She is also known for her numerous contributions and support for charitable causes. This mini profile was nominated by Nikki Harris.

Born Montreal, Quebec January 27, 1961. In 1977 the family relocated to Etobicoke on the edge of Toronto.  Margo remembers music as always being part of her life. She even sang as a child when washing dishes! (Source: Paolo Car(?) ‘Ultimo Buscadero, no. 207 November 1999)  She studied social work at university and then she joined her two brother and some friends helping to  form a rock group that produced their first album in their garage. In 1985 her brother Michael convinced his shy but talented sister to sing to the group. Margo became a welcome working member of the group.  The Cowboy Junkies have not looked back and have since produced many more million selling albums such as Pale Sun, Crescent Moon (1993), 200 more miles (1995) and Lay it down (1996) as well as In the time before llamas (2003) and One soul now (2004) , At the end of paths taken.  They have a very active tour schedule playing across the country. Margo married Graham Henderson, an entertainment lawyer in 1988 and they have one son. When not on the road with the group she enjoys being home with her family and  their pets, doing whatever she wants to relax like reading a good book and some slithery. The town of Timmins Ontario was founded by her Grandfather.

Song writer

Born Vancouver, British Columbia. She is from the Métis Nation (Cree/French Iroquois/English ancestry) She works as an Infant Development Consultant and Early Childhood Education for kla-how-eya Aboriginal Centre. While she holds a diploma in Early childhood Education from the University of British Columbia, she is also a composer and performer using traditional drumming in contemporary children’s music. Her spiritual name is Metoni-Apihtaw-Achkos. In 2003 she was honoured with her first Eagle Feather. In 2005 she earned the Aboriginal Childcare Award from the British Columbia Ministry of Children and Families. She also receive a Métis sash from the Métis Family Services and was declared a National Aboriginal Role Model for Canada. In 2006 she was one of twelve National Aboriginal Youth Role Models for the Aboriginal Health Organization for her Lead your Way Program. In 2007 she was an Aboriginal Leading Lady on the Calendar by Samaya Photography. In 2008 she produced a music album, My Moccasins for Children. Nadine has one daughter^. Source: Herstory: A Canadian Women’s Calendar 2008 (Coteau Books, 2007)

Film Maker

Born June 23, 1904,Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.  Died June 30, 1983, Hollywood, California, U.S.A. .Her birth name was Sadie Marks (sometimes Marx) Sadie was raised in Vancouver and as a teen she first met her future husband Benny Kubelsky, better known as the famous comedian Jack Benny (1894-1974) at a Passover Seder at her family's home in 1922. They Met again in 1926 when she worked at The May Company Department . store in Los Angeles. The couple were married 1927 and the couple adopted a daughter, Joan. Taking the stage name of Mary Livingstone she played as Jack wisecracking partner for 21 years on his radio show and later on his TV. show. The character proved to be so popular with fans that she took the name Mary Livingstone legally. She was awarded a star on the walk of fame for her role but the name was misspelled with no “e’ at the end. Mary was somewhat insecure and developed severe stage fright appearing less and less and finally retiring from performing in 1958. ^{Sources: The Vancouver Hall of Fame online : Find-a-Grave.com ; IMDB<COM (accessed November 2012)}