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Heather Conkie is a veteran Canadian television writer and producer who began her career as an actress. She was featured in multiple children's shows in the 1980s on
Heather Conkie is a veteran Canadian television writer and producer who began her career as an actress. She was featured in multiple children's shows in the 1980s on TVOntario
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beginning first with '' Polka Dot Door''.
Her first screenwriting credit was for '' Beethoven Lives Upstairs'' (1992). She has subsequently worked extensively as a writer for numerous television series in Canada including '' Road to Avonlea'', '' 7th Heaven'', ''The Zack Files
''The Zack Files'' is a science fiction television program based on a book series of the same name, written by Dan Greenburg. This series was shot in Toronto, Ontario. In August 2004, Goldhill Home Media released the first season on DVD.
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'', ''Pit Pony
A pit pony, otherwise known as a mining horse, was a horse, pony or mule commonly used underground in mines from the mid-18th until the mid-20th century. The term "pony" was sometimes broadly applied to any equine working underground.English ...
'', '' Dark Oracle'' and '' Heartland'', as well as several made for television movies.
As an on-screen performer, she was the host of '' Report Canada ''and ''Music Box
A music box (American English) or musical box (British English) is an automatic musical instrument in a box that produces musical notes by using a set of pins placed on a revolving cylinder or disc to pluck the tuned teeth (or ''lamellae'' ...
''. She played two characters (the main character, and her landlady Agnes Peabody) in a music-education show called ''It's Mainly Music''. She reprised the role of Agnes Peabody in a spin-off show called '' Dear Aunt Agnes''.
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