Jacinta Cormier, sometimes credited as Jace Cormier, is a

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singer and actress from

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.Ina Warren, "Sixteen years spent carving out a niche". ''

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'', April 27, 1988. She is most noted for her performance as Mary Cameron in the film ''

Life Classes ''Life Classes'' is a 1987 Canadian drama film directed by William D. MacGillivray. Plot Mary Cameron (Cormier) lives on the Canadian island of Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. There, she enjoys a warm relationship with an old woman she calls Nanny ( ...

'', for which she received a

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nomination for

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at the

9th Genie Awards The 9th annual Genie Awards were held March 22, 1988, and honoured Canadian films released in 1987.Maria Topalovich, ''And the Genie Goes To...: Celebrating 50 Years of the Canadian Film Awards''. Stoddart Publishing, 2000. . The ceremony, which w ...

in 1988. Originally from Stephenville, Cormier was active on the music scene in St. John's as a pianist and vocalist, including with the Wonderful Grand Band, before being cast in ''Life Classes''. She subsequently appeared in a supporting role in the film ''

Finding Mary March ''Finding Mary March'' is a 1988 Canadian film, written and directed by Ken Pittman. A historical drama, the film discusses the search for the last remains of Demasduit (Mary March), one of the last of the Beothuk people, set in the Beothuk La ...

'', but returned to music and did not have any other significant film or television roles. In 2001, she toured a stage show in which she played

Marlene Dietrich Marie Magdalene "Marlene" DietrichBorn as Maria Magdalena, not Marie Magdalene, according to Dietrich's biography by her daughter, Maria Riva ; however, Dietrich's biography by Charlotte Chandler cites "Marie Magdalene" as her birth name . (, ; ...

; she also released her first album as a recording artist.Frank Gale, "Cormier to release first CD this weekend". '' The Western Star'', October 13, 2001.

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