Marilyn Lightstone (born 28 June 1940) is a Canadian stage, film and television actress and writer.

Early life and education

Born in

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, Marilyn Lightstone graduated from Baron Byng High School in 1957. She went on to attend

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where she received a bachelor's degree. Lightstone then attended and graduated from the National Theatre School.

Career

She starred on Canadian television as Miss Stacey in ''

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'' and '' Road to Avonlea''. She has won two

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s; a

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for Best Actress in '' Lies My Father Told Me'' and a Genie for Best Supporting Actress for '' In Praise of Older Women''. She won an award for Best Actress at the Moscow International Film Festival for '' The Tin Flute''. Her stage roles include Goneril in ''

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'' at the Lincoln Centre in New York, Mash in Chekov's ''

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at the

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and Leah in '' The Dybbuk. In 1976, Lightstone starred in a play produced by

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, ''Miss Margarida''. She performed in the lead role in the play ''Tamara'' to audiences in New York and Los Angeles, another Znaimer production. She has made several guest appearances on television series and rendered her voice for radio drama, voice-overs and commercials as well as providing voices for animated cartoons. Lightstone is a painter and writer, and formerly the brand announcer for Canadian arts television network Bravo!. She has served as Associate Producer and Co-director of ''Spoken Art'' and has hosted ''Playwrights and Screenwriters''. She has written scripts for television series and a novel, '' Rogues and Vagabonds''. She has written a collection of songs, ''Miss Lightstone Sings'' and her interfaith song ''The Light Shines All Over the World'' has been released as a music video. She hosts an evening program, ''Nocturne'', on Classical 96, Moses Znaimer's

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radio station in

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Personal life

Marilyn Lightstone is in a long-term relationship with Moses Znaimer, who is the current head of ZoomerMedia. They met at

at the McGill Player's Club in the early 1960's. She has said she is still interested in acting, even on stage, but only in what she would consider "meaningful" roles. As of 2008, she has said she is currently interested in mainly painting and photography.

Filmography

Film

Television

Writer

* ''Shades of Love: Little White Lies'' (1988) * '' The Littlest Hobo'' (1979)

Literary works

*''Rogues & Vagabonds''

Appearances

Marilyn Lightstone attended TFcon 2013 as a guest, where she reprised her roles as Crasher and Pathfinder (called Roswell) for a voice actor play.

References

External links

Marilyn's Personal Website

Classical FM
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lightstone, Marilyn 1940 births Living people Canadian film actresses Canadian voice actresses Canadian television actresses Canadian radio hosts Canadian television writers Actresses from Montreal Writers from Montreal Classical music radio presenters Best Actress Genie and Canadian Screen Award winners Best Supporting Actress Genie and Canadian Screen Award winners Canadian women television writers Canadian women radio hosts Screenwriters from Quebec