Ebbie
''Ebbie'' or ''Miracle at Christmas: Ebbie's Story'' is a 1995 American television film directed by George Kaczender, written by Ed Redlich, and starring Susan Lucci in the title role. It is a gender-reversed retelling of the 1843 novella ''A Christmas Carol'' by Charles Dickens, with a hard-hearted female character named Elizabeth "Ebbie" Scrooge in place of the miserly Ebenezer Scrooge, and the three spirits that come to visit Ebbie resemble three of her employees who she had been overly rude towards that day. It premiered on December 4, 1995 on Lifetime Television. Plot Businesswoman Elizabeth "Ebbie" Scrooge has never appreciated Christmas. Rude and disrespectful, she doesn't give to the needy, nor does she care about her employees at Dobson's, the department store she owns. She also works on Christmas and advises her employees to do the same. On Christmas Eve, while working at Dobson's department store, Ebbie rudely dismisses two employees who are promoting perfume; she ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Susan Lucci
Susan Victoria Lucci (born December 23, 1946) is an American actress. She is best known for portraying Erica Kane on the ABC daytime drama ''All My Children'' during that show's entire network run from 1970 to 2011. The character is considered an icon, and she was called "Daytime's Leading Lady" by ''TV Guide'', with ''The New York Times'' and the ''Los Angeles Times'' citing her as the highest-paid actor in daytime television. As early as 1991, her salary had been reported as over $1 million a year. During her run on ''All My Children'', Lucci was nominated 21 times for the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series. She won only once, in 1999, after the 19th nomination; her status as a perpetual nominee for the award had attracted significant media attention since the late 1980s. Lucci has also acted in other TV series, as well as occasionally in film and on stage. She had multi-episode guest appearances on the series ''Dallas'', ''Hot in Cleveland'' a ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Karin Konoval
Karin Konoval ( ; born June 4, 1961) is a Canadian-American actress who has appeared in theatre, numerous TV series and supporting lead roles in many feature films. Her screen credits include Maurice the Orangutan in ''Rise of the Planet of the Apes'', ''Dawn of the Planet of the Apes'', and ''War for the Planet of the Apes'', recurring roles in ''Snowpiercer'' and '' The Good Doctor,'' and the lead role of Mary Leonard in ''Cable Beach''. Early life Konoval was born in Baltimore, Maryland, and raised in Canada in Edmonton, Alberta. She trained as a dancer until she was 16. She graduated from the University of Alberta with a Bachelor of Arts, studying English and Theatre History. She relocated to Vancouver Vancouver is a major city in Western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia. As the List of cities in British Columbia, most populous city in the province, the 2021 Canadian census recorded 662,248 people in the cit ... to attend theatre school ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Wendy Crewson
Wendy Jane Crewson (born May 9, 1956) is a Canadian actress and producer. She began her career appearing on Canadian television, before her breakthrough role in 1991 dramatic film ''The Doctor''. Crewson has appeared in many Hollywood films, including '' The Good Son'' (1993), ''The Santa Clause'' (1994) and its sequels ''The Santa Clause 2'' (2002) and '' The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause'' (2006), as well as ''Air Force One'' (1997), '' Bicentennial Man'' (1999), ''What Lies Beneath'' (2000), ''The 6th Day'' (2000), '' The Covenant'' (2006) and ''Eight Below'' (2006). She also starred in a number of independent movies, such as ''Better Than Chocolate'' (1999), '' Suddenly Naked'' (2001), '' Perfect Pie'' (2002), '' Away from Her'' (2006), '' Into the Forest'' (2015) and ''Room'' (2015). Crewson has won six Gemini Awards, two Canadian Screen Awards and ACTRA Award for her performances on television. She played leading roles in a number of television films, include playing J ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Molly Parker
Molly Parker (born June 30, 1972) is a Canadian actress, writer, and director. She garnered critical attention for her portrayal of a necrophiliac medical student in the controversial drama '' Kissed'' (1996). She subsequently starred in the television thriller ''Intensity'' (1997) before landing her first major American film role in the drama '' Waking the Dead'' (2000). She gained further notice for her role as a Las Vegas escort in the drama '' The Center of the World'' (2001), for which she was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead. In the early 2000s, Parker had lead roles in several films, including ''Max'' (2002), '' Pure'' (2002), and '' Nine Lives'' (2005). Beginning in 2004, she starred as Alma Garret on the HBO Western series '' Deadwood'', appearing in all three seasons. She subsequently appeared in the post-apocalyptic thriller '' The Road'' (2009), and the independent drama ''Trigger'' (2010). In 2011, she appeared as a recurring guest star ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Malcolm Stewart (actor)
Malcolm Stewart (born May 15, 1948) is a Canadian film actor. Stewart graduated from the University of Vermont and later attended Columbia University Graduate School in New York. He made his Broadway debut in "Dracula" with Frank Langella Frank A. Langella Jr. (; born January 1, 1938) is an American actor. He eschewed the career of a traditional film star by making the stage the focal point of his career, appearing frequently on Broadway. He has received four Tony Awards (out of ..., and has since appeared in Broadway shows including "Bedroom Farce" and "Torch Song Trilogy". He is also a licensed pilot. Selected filmography References External links * 1948 births Living people 20th-century Canadian male actors 21st-century Canadian male actors Anglophone Quebec people Canadian aviators Canadian male film actors Canadian male television actors Canadian male voice actors Male actors from Montreal University of Vermont alumni {{Canada-screen-actor-1940 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Liza Huber
Liza Victoria Huber (born February 22, 1975) is an American former television actress, best known for her role as Gwen Hotchkiss on the daytime soap ''Passions''. She is the daughter of actress Susan Lucci. In 2008, she retired from acting to spend time with her family. Career Huber appeared with her mother in a 1993 Ford Motor Company advertisement. Huber's television debut was an uncredited role in Lifetime's original movie, '' Ebbie'' (1995), which starred her mother. In 1999, Huber was announced as a cast member in the new NBC daytime soap ''Passions''. She left the show in 2000, when she announced she was quitting acting to return to New York and be near her fiancé at the time. In 2000, she was named Miss Golden Globe, an honor the Golden Globe Awards show gives each year to the daughter of a celebrity. Huber was asked to return to ''Passions'' in 2002, after her replacement Natalie Zea chose to depart the role of Gwen when her contract ended. Huber starred in and co- ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Tiny Tim (A Christmas Carol)
:; Tiny Tim Cratchit is a fictional character from the 1843 novella ''A Christmas Carol'' by Charles Dickens. Although seen only briefly, he is a major character, and serves as an important symbol of the consequences of the protagonist's choices. Character overview Tiny Tim is the young, ailing son of Bob Cratchit, Ebenezer Scrooge’s underpaid clerk. When Scrooge is visited by the Ghost of Christmas Present he is shown just how ill the boy really is (the family cannot afford to properly treat him on the salary Scrooge pays Cratchit). When visited by the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come, Scrooge is shown that Tiny Tim will die. This, and several other visions, leads Scrooge to reform his ways. At the end of the story, Dickens makes it explicit that Tiny Tim does not die, and Scrooge becomes a "second father" to him. Cratchit says of Tim: In the story, Tiny Tim is known for the statement, "God bless us, every one!" which he offers as a blessing at Christmas dinner. Dickens ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Harold Tichenor
Harold Tichenor (born January 17, 1946, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is a Canadian multi-award winning film producer and writer and an adherent of the Baháʼí Faith. Biography In the early 1960s, Harold Tichenor along with his brother Jim, developed an avid interest in filmmaking. Their grandfather Archie Tichenor had made films and audio visual programs for the US Baháʼí Faith community and their uncle Allen Tichenor worked as a camera technician in New York City. Raised in Philadelphia, Harold was fourteen years old in 1960 when he and his older brother started making films. In the early 1960s, Tichenor held a number of jobs working as a land surveyor, piano technician, dairy herdsman, fish hatcheryman, draftsman and punch press operator. He attended the Walter Biddle Saul High School for Agricultural Sciences intending to pursue studies in the biological sciences in college. In 1963, while enrolled in the ecology program at the University of Alaska, he found his first ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Laura Harris
Laura Elizabeth Harris (born November 20, 1976"Close-up: Laura Harris" by Jay Bobbin, ''Chicago Tribune'' (16 Dec, 2007) Retrieved from ) is a Canadian actress who has appeared in a variety of roles in movies and on television. She may be best known for playing Marybeth Louise Hutchinson in ''The Faculty'', Daisy Adair in the Showtime series '' Dead Like Me,'' and Marie Warner in Season 2 of '' 24''. She is sometimes credited as Elizabeth Harris or Laura E. Harris. Early life Harris's parents were schoolteachers. Born and raised in Metro Vancouver, British Columbia, she began acting in CBC Radio dramas and animated series when she was five years old."Actor is liberated by role; Laura Harris used to playing women from U.S. Midwest" by Alex Strachan, '' Leader Post'' (10 Oct, 2007) inal EditionRetrieved from As a child Harris was educated at the private Crofton House School in Vancouver; after moving to Los Angeles she took college correspondence courses in psychology. Afte ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Gary Jones (actor)
Gary Jones (born 4 January 1958) is a British-born Canadian actor. Life and career Jones has worked on television and on stage both in his native United Kingdom and Canada. He is known for his recurring role as the stargate technician CMSgt. Walter Harriman in ''Stargate SG-1'' and ''Stargate Atlantis''. He has also made guest appearances on such shows as: '' Sliders'', '' Cold Squad'', '' The Outer Limits'', '' Andromeda'' and '' Dead Like Me''. Gary Jones was a member of the improv group "Mission Improvable", which had a comedy special, before his role on ''Stargate SG-1''. He joined Toronto's Second City Improv Company in the mid-1980s. In 1986, with Second City he went to Vancouver for Expo 86, where they performed for six months at the Expo's Flying Club. After the Expo was finished, Jones stayed in Vancouver and started his acting career with guest appearances in TV shows, such as ''Wiseguy'', ''Airwolf'' and ''Danger Bay''. He was also a player of the Vancouver Theatr ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Hrothgar Mathews
Hrothgar Mathews (born January 27, 1964) is a Canadian actor known for his performance as Gill St. George in the 1999 television film ''Milgaard'' and Ned Yost in ''When Calls the Heart''. Career He has also played the recurring roles of Mark Fellows in '' Tom Stone'', Det. Charlie Klotchko in ''Da Vinci's Inquest'' and its spinoff '' Da Vinci's City Hall'', Ned Yost in ''When Calls the Heart'', and Edwin Collar in '' Motherland: Fort Salem'', and films including ''Johnny'' and '' Fathers & Sons''. For his performance in ''Milgaard'', Mathews won the Gemini Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Dramatic Program or Miniseries at the 14th Gemini Awards. Personal life He is married to actress Gabrielle Rose and has two sons.Barbara Crook, "Bloom still on this Rose". ''Vancouver Sun The ''Vancouver Sun'', also known as the ''Sun'', is a daily broadsheet newspaper based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The newspaper is currently published by the Pacific Newspaper Gr ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Tom McBeath
Tom McBeath is a Canadian actor. He is the winner of three Jessie Awards best known for playing Col. Harold Maybourne on ''Stargate SG-1''. In 2017, he started playing Smithers on '' Riverdale''. Biography He appeared in an episode of ''Street Justice'' and later, a second season episode and a fifth season episode of '' Highlander''. He is best known for playing Harry Maybourne on ''Stargate SG-1'', a role for which he was nominated for a Gemini Award in 1998 and a Leo Award in 2005. He is also a stage actor known to take a diverse set of roles. Selected filmography * '' The Glitter Dome'' (1984, TV Movie) as Farrell * '' Certain Fury'' (1985) as Policeman * '' Love, Mary'' (1985, TV Movie) as Dr. Pearl * ''Into Thin Air'' (1985, TV Movie) as Bank Account Manager * '' Red Serge'' (1986, TV Series) as Constable Murphy * '' Malone'' (1987) as 'Stringbean' * '' Backfire'' (1988) as Man In Bar * '' Christmas Comes to Willow Creek'' (1987, TV Movie) as Sergeant * '' The Accused'' ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |