Mary Walsh

Deaner '89

Party animal Dean Murdoch travels back in time to his college days of 1989.

Release Date: 2024-09-06

Character: May

Vote Count: 1

Laughing All the Way

Aubri Callahan is an aspiring comedian and ghost writer for Bella Delmonico, acclaimed stand up comic and owner of the Vista Theater. Performing at the Vista is a key step on the way to stardom and despite her natural talent, Aubri patiently waits for her time to shine, writing jokes for Bella in the shadows of the comedic giants that came before her. When The Vista Theater Variety Show lands in Aubri’s lap she must plan the whole event and find a headliner all before Christmas eve, just three weeks away.

Release Date: 2023-11-26

Character: Bella Deldomino

Vote Count: 7

The Story of Faustus Bidgood

This is the story of The Adventure of Faustus Bidgood, a surreal comedy about a lowly bureaucrat and his fantasies of becoming president of an independent Newfoundland, that was released in 1986. A cult classic in Canadian cinema, the film is well known for the marathon it took to even get made. Principal photography on the film began eight years earlier, in 1978. Written and directed by comedy legend Andy Jones and his brother, Mike Jones, the movie was made on a shoestring budget, is packed with familiar faces and helped pave the way for Newfoundland and Labrador's vibrant film industry. And it was the first film ever both filmed and produced, from start to finish, in Newfoundland.

Release Date: 2023-11-24

Character: self

Sweetland

The story of an endangered Newfoundland community and the struggles of one man determined to resist its extinction.

Release Date: 2023-10-19

Character: Queenie

Vote Count: 3

Party Pirate

When Tommy is fired twice in the same week and finds out his brilliant best friend and lifeline, Costa, is leaving the country for a better job, he seizes an opportunity to prove his worth by taking his friends on a trip - in a stolen boat.

Release Date: 2023-10-17

Terror Train

Alana and a group of college seniors board a party train for a Halloween-themed bash, but their fun spirals into fear when a mysterious assailant begins killing the passengers one-by-one.

Release Date: 2022-10-21

Character: Carne

Vote Count: 40

Mummering Legends

An elderly woman recounts the disturbing history of mummering in 1920s Newfoundland. Eve witnesses a murder; her only escape is into the woods as a darker truth comes to light.

Release Date: 2021-10-28

Character: Grandmother

Vote Count: 1

Dad and the Fridge Box

When Jeannie lost her father, he is waked at home, his pine box laid across two chairs in the parlour; he has long lived inside a box. Based on the poem by Agnes Walsh comes a story of finding a use for everything.

Release Date: 2021-10-13

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Character: Mourner

Resident Alien

Crash-landed alien Harry takes on the identity of a small-town Colorado doctor. Arriving with a secret mission, he starts off living a simple life…but things get a bit rocky when he’s roped into solving a local murder and realizes he needs to assimilate into his new world. As he does, he begins to wrestle with the moral dilemma of his mission and asking the big life questions like: “Are human beings worth saving?” and “Why do they fold their pizza before eating it?”

Release Date: 2021-01-27

Character: Patty

Episode Count: 2

Vote Count: 811

Happy Place

"Welcome to the zoo," Samira is advised as she’s admitted to an in-patient care facility in the wake of a suicide attempt. As she slowly familiarizes herself with her fellow residents and their idiosyncratic traits, a makeshift community takes shape.

Release Date: 2020-09-27

Character: Mildred

Vote Count: 1

Canada's Drag Race

Drag queens showcase their Canadian charisma, uniqueness, nerve, and talent to become Canada's Next Drag Superstar and to win the $100,000 grand prize.

Release Date: 2020-07-02

Character: Self - Guest Host

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 26

Transplant

Dr. Bashir Hamed, a Syrian doctor with battle-tested skills in emergency medicine, makes the difficult decision to flee his country and build a new life in Canada with his younger sister Amira. Bash works to navigate a new environment after earning a coveted residency in the Emergency Department of one of the best hospitals in Toronto, York Memorial.

Release Date: 2020-02-26

Character: Nancy Weiland

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 126

Radical

Deanne Foley profiles fellow Newfoundlander Mary Walsh, the Great Warrior Queen of Canadian comedy, musing on time wasted as an object of desire and time well spent as the fearless agent of her own destiny. A joyous call to action.

Release Date: 2019-06-05

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Character: 

Hudson & Rex

Detective Charlie Hudson teams up with what he calls his "highly trained law enforcement animal" German Shepherd dog named Rex who he prefers to team up with because he doesn't talk his ear off.

Release Date: 2019-02-25

Character: Vicky Gumble

Episode Count: 2

Vote Count: 102

Cod: The Fish That Changed The World

Cod is a charming tour of history with all its economic forces laid bare and a fish story embellished with great gastronomic detail. It is also a tragic tale of environmental failure, of depleted fishing stocks where once the cod's numbers were legendary. In this deceptively whimsical biography of a fish, Mark Kurlansky brings a thousand years of human civilization into captivating focus.

Release Date: 2018-05-06

Episode Count: 1

Hunting Pignut

Bernice, a 15 year old misfit runs away from her rural Newfoundland community in search of Pignut, a tormented and violent gutter punk, after he steals her father's ashes right out of his urn.

Release Date: 2017-09-15

Character: Edna

Vote Count: 2

The River of My Dreams

Director Brigitte Berman profiles Canadian icon Gordon Pinsent, who left Newfoundland in the late 1940s to launch a storied, seven-decade career as one of the leading actors and most beloved figures in Canadian film and television.

Release Date: 2017-01-27

Closet Monster

A creative and driven teenager is desperate to escape his hometown and the haunting memories of his turbulent childhood.

Release Date: 2016-07-15

Character: Allison

Vote Count: 270

Slasher

Thirty years ago, in the sleepy community of Waterbury, a killer known as “The Executioner” murdered Sarah Bennett's parents. Now Sarah and her husband Dylan have returned to town, only to find herself the centerpiece in a series of horrifying murders centered around the seven deadly sins.

Release Date: 2016-03-04

Character: Verna McBride

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 316

How To Be Deadly

In Newfoundland, an unemployed minibike rider enters a minibike competition to win back his girlfriend.

Release Date: 2014-09-12

Character: Dot Power

The Grand Seduction

A small fishing village must procure a local doctor to secure a lucrative business contract. When unlikely candidate and big city doctor Paul Lewis lands in their lap for a trial residence, the townsfolk rally together to charm him into staying. As the doctor’s time in the village winds to a close, acting mayor Murray French has no choice but to pull out all the stops and begin The Grand Seduction.

Release Date: 2014-05-30

Character: Vera

Vote Count: 326

Ancient Egypt - Life and Death in the Valley of the Kings

Presented by Egyptologist Dr Joann Fletcher who goes on a fascinating journey in search of people like us, not the great Pharaohs, but the ordinary people who built and populated this incredible place, creating a remarkable way of life. Dr Joann explores their homes, workplaces and temples. The programme originally aired on BBC2 and we meet Kha and Meryt, an architect and his wife who lived just outside the Valley of the Kings. They left behind a treasure trove of information; their extraordinary tomb, full of objects from their lives and deaths - from make-up to death-masks, loaves of bread to life-like figurines, even the tools Kha used at work in the royal tombs. Joann Fletcher uses this to travel into the remarkable world of these Ancient Egyptians,.

Release Date: 2013-03-22

Department: Sound

Job: Sound Editor

Episode Count: 2

Vote Count: 4

Imaginary Heroine

This short film pays tribute to actress and comedian Mary Walsh. Layering archival photographs of downtown St. John’s and evocative imagery, it tells the remarkable story of a little girl who grew up next door to her family. Inspired by Mary Walsh’s one woman play Dancing with Rage, the film reveals the heart of the unique characters created by Newfoundland’s grand dame of comedy. Produced by the National Film Board of Canada in co-operation with the National Arts Centre and the Governor General's Performing Arts Awards Foundation on the occasion of the 2012 Governor General's Performing Arts Awards.

Release Date: 2012-05-12

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Character: Self

Rookie Blue

Ambitious young cops try to prove themselves in their high-stakes careers, in which the smallest mistake can have deadly consequences. At the core of the close-knit group is perfectionist Andy McNally, whose father was a homicide detective before he burned out on the job. The series follows Andy and her four colleagues -- Dov Epstein, Gail Peck, Traci Nash and Chris Diaz -- as they experience the trials, triumphs and tribulations of police work, as well as its effect on their personal lives.

Release Date: 2010-06-24

Character: Odelle

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 203

Poor No More

The documentary follows two Canadians during the late 2000s recession and examines alternative economic models.

Release Date: 2010-04-12

Character: host

Republic of Doyle

Jake Doyle and his ex-cop father, Malachy, run a Newfoundland detective agency. Their rugged seaside town never lacks for intriguing cases, and the Doyles don't always land on the right side of the law.

Release Date: 2010-01-06

Character: Miranda Cahill

Episode Count: 2

Vote Count: 36

In for a Penny

Prominent people from Newfoundland and Labrador discuss the province's history and their expectations for the future.

Release Date: 2009-07-19

Character: Self

Crackie

Life on the Rock never seemed easy, but for Mitsy it is especially rough. The teenager has been abandoned by her mother, a particularly unfit parent prone to both the bottle and the sex trade. She is left to be brought up by her mercurial grandmother Bride, who is well-meaning but oppressively suffocating. Mitsy's dreams for the future hinge on her desire to be a hairdresser, but her current emotional well-being revolves around a wee dog named Sparky, an unwanted canine misfit to whom she becomes hopelessly attached. After Bride agrees to let Mitsy take the dog in as a pet, the teen tries desperately to create a happy, safe place for Sparky to thrive.

Release Date: 2009-01-01

Character: Bride

Vote Count: 3

The Quality Of Life

Release Date: 2008-06-14

Character: Katherine Greenborne

Vote Count: 2

The One That Got Away

Joanna, recently divorced, decided to return with her daughter to the town where she was born. There, she confronts the memories of the past when he meets his former lover, now married.

Release Date: 2008-04-20

Character: Carolyn Johnson Wright

Vote Count: 3

Murdoch Mysteries

A Victorian-era Toronto detective uses then-cutting edge forensic techniques to solve crimes, with the assistance of a female coroner who is also struggling for recognition in the face of tradition, based on the books by Maureen Jennings.

Release Date: 2008-01-24

Character: Sally Smoot

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 261

Sophie

Sophie is a Canadian television sitcom that aired on CBC from January 9, 2008 to March 23, 2009. It stars Natalie Brown as Sophie Parker, an unmarried single mother and talent agent. The show is an English-language adaptation of Télévision de Radio-Canada's show Les Hauts et les bas de Sophie Paquin. The show was created by Richard Blaimert and its executive producer is Jocelyn Deschênes, the same creative team behind the original series. It was the CBC's second attempt in as many years to create an English adaptation of a successful series from its French sister network, following the less successful Rumours. In February 2008, it was announced that the show had been bought by ABC Family, part of Disney-ABC Television Group in the United States. The network signed on for the first 13 episodes, as well as an option for the second season of the show. On March 27, 2009, the series was cancelled by CBC due to poor ratings.

Release Date: 2008-01-09

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 2

Young Triffie's Been Made Away With

In 1947 Whitbourne, Newfoundland, Alan Hepditch, a by-the-books but squeamish and somewhat dimwitted criminologist is constantly being tormented by his fellow ranger candidates and his sergeant, Bill O'Mara. Before Hepditch can quit, O'Mara, as a sort of punishment, assigns him to his first posting at Swyer's Harbour, where five sheep mutilations have taken place over the past year. When he arrives in Swyer's Harbour, Hepditch has a more serious crime to investigate, that of the murder of a local, mentally slow woman named Tryphenia Maud Pottle, better known to the locals as Young Triffie.

Release Date: 2007-04-06

Department: Directing

Job: Director

Character: Aunt Millie Bishop

Vote Count: 3

The Wind in the Willows

Jailed for his reckless driving, rambunctious Mr. Toad has to escape from prison when his beloved Toad Hall comes under threat from the wily weasels, who plan to build a dog food factory on the very meadow sold to them by Toad himself.

Release Date: 2006-12-18

Character: Washerwoman

Vote Count: 8

Bailey's Billion$

Sweet and savvy talking golden retriever, Bailey, is one doggone lucky pooch when his devoted owner, Constance Pennington, leaves him her entire billion-dollar fortune. Bailey is lucky, that is, until he becomes the target of an elaborately-designed dognap scheme hatched by Constance's nasty nephew Caspar and his money-hungry wife Dolores. The despicable duo's wicked plan is to ultimately gain custody of the canine so they can get their greedy paws on his inheritance. Unfortunately for them, there's a thing or two they don't know about Bailey. Not only does he have great street smarts, he has great pals too. Bailey's loyal guardian Ted, kind-hearted animal advocate Marge, her daughter Sam, and a clever border collie named Tessa set out on a hilarious madcap adventure to free their four-legged friend and put the nasty dognappers out of business-for good!

Release Date: 2005-08-05

Department: Writing

Job: Screenplay

Vote Count: 29

Geraldine's Fortune

A grocery-store worker in a small Canadian town gets a chance to appear on a popular television game show.

Release Date: 2004-10-22

Character: Rose Owen

Vote Count: 1

Mambo Italiano

When an Italian man comes out of the closet, it affects both his life and his crazy family.

Release Date: 2003-06-06

Character: Lina Paventi

Vote Count: 86

Behind the Red Door

Natalie, a gifted New York photographer, has a troubled past reflected in her art. When she struggles to make ends meet in the city, her agent, arranges an assignment in Boston for a considerable sum of money. Unable to turn it down in her dire straits, Natalie takes the job -- only to find that her estranged gay brother, Roy, is the employer. Roy wants to mend their broken past, but must convince her to stay long enough to do so.

Release Date: 2003-01-12

Character: Anna

Vote Count: 23

Random Passage

This award winning miniseries traces the difficult passage of young Mary Keane (Aoife McMahon) from servitude in Ireland to the squalor of rough-and-tumble Newfoundland in the early 1800s. Escaping attempted rape and abuse, Mary moves on with her infant daughter to find shelter at a remote fishing station run by Thomas Hutchings (Colm Meaney). In a time and place where life and death are a hair's breadth apart, Mary joins the community's struggle for survival against sickness and starvation. All of the Cape's people are fugitives of one kind or another, but by pulling together through hardships and tragedies, they forge a new life of hope - and even love.

Release Date: 2002-01-27

Character: Mrs. Armstrong

Random Passage

Random Passage follows a courageous woman's journey from servitude in England to the harsh life of Outport Newfoundland. Along the way she endures many hardships, including attempted rape and being abandoned by the father of her child.

Release Date: 2002-01-27

Episode Count: 8

Vote Count: 1

Bleacher Bums

They're known as the Bleacher Bums, a loud and proud group of fans who watch their team's games from the stadium's cheap seats. Most of them have been attending for years, tirelessly rooting for a team that never seems to win. They know each other, but that's no guarantee that they'll get along. As the game unfolds, the Bums argue, wager, cheer and boo... and discover they share more in common than they could ever have imagined.

Release Date: 2001-10-18

Character: Rose

Vote Count: 5

Rare Birds

A down-and-out restaurateur and his neighbor hatch a plan to lure bird watchers to their small Newfoundland town and increase tourism by announcing the presence of a rare duck.

Release Date: 2001-09-09

Character: uncredited

Vote Count: 26

Tommy... A Family Portrait

A tribute to Canadian comedy icon Tommy Sexton (1957-1993). A founding member of the Newfoundland comedy troupe CODCO Tommy died of complications from AIDS on December 13, 1993.

Release Date: 2001-01-01

Character: Self

Violet

It seems like everyone in Violet’s family dies at age 55. Her mother did, her father did, and as this movie opens Violet, played by Mary Walsh, learns that her brother, Leonard has also died. He too was 55, an age she is now fast approaching herself. His death causes Violet to begin an existential tailspin as her family gathers round. They are Andrew Younghusband who plays her son Carlos, a gay professor of languages who has returned from Montreal. Actor and director Barry Newhook plays Rex who is a musician and daughter Ramona is played by Susan Kent. As the movie unfolds it turns out that Violet has a lot to live for, including a romance with farm manager Rusty played by Peter MacNeill.

Release Date: 2000-08-27

Character: Violet

Vote Count: 2

New Waterford Girl

A gifted teenager, dreaming of life beyond her small town, becomes inspired when a 15-year-old girl from New York moves in next door.

Release Date: 1999-09-12

Character: Cookie Pottie

Vote Count: 23

Dooley Gardens

Release Date: 1999-03-03

Episode Count: 6

The Divine Ryans

When Draper Doyle’s father drops dead two days after his birthday, Draper realises that he his memories of visiting his father two days previously have vanished. With the help of Uncle Reg, he attempts to piece his memory back together.

Release Date: 1999-01-01

Character: Aunt Phil Ryan

Extraordinary Visitor

As the new millennium approaches, God considers pulling the plug on the planet unless St. John the Baptist finds a reason to spare humanity. John travels to the Newfoundland city that bears his name where he becomes entangled in the lives of talk-show host Marietta, her husband Rick. (Toronto International Film Festival)

Release Date: 1998-09-02

Character: Marietta

Vote Count: 5

Emily of New Moon

Emily of New Moon is a Canadian television series, which aired on CBC Television from 1998 to 2000. The series originally aired in the United States on the Cookie Jar Toons block on This TV and it is currently seen in Canada on the Viva, Bravo! and Vision TV cable channels. The series, produced by Salter Street Films, was based on the Emily of New Moon series of novels by Lucy Maud Montgomery. The series consisted of three seasons of thirteen episodes and one season of seven episodes, for a total of forty-six. The executive producers were Micheline Charest, Michael Donovan, and Ronald Weinberg. The series starred Martha MacIsaac as the titular orphan Emily Starr. Susan Clark and Sheila McCarthy played Emily's aunts Elizabeth and Laura, who had taken on the responsibility of raising Emily following her father's death, and Stephen McHattie played her cousin Jimmy. Susan Clark left the series after the first season when her character, Elizabeth, was killed off. Recurring cast included Chip Ciupka as Mr. Carpenter, Peter Donaldson as Ian Bowles, Richard Donat as Dr. Burnley, Kris Lemche as Perry Miller, John Neville as Uncle Malcolm, Jessica Pellerin as Ilse Burnley, Shawn Roberts as Teddy Kent, and Linda Thorson as Cousin Isabel.

Release Date: 1998-01-04

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 4

Rain, Drizzle, and Fog

St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, is North America's most easterly landfall. For half a millennium, its perfect harbour has provided a safe refuge in the middle of the treacherous North Atlantic. For 300 years of its history it was an actual crime to try and settle--Newfoundland was the private preserve of British fishing merchants. But people stayed, despite the colonial masters, despite the lack of law and order, despite hellish weather and raging seas. And the city grew--lurching through centuries of crisis, disaster, privation. For filmmaker Rosemary House, "This is still a hard rock land, a dirty old town at the back of beyond. And yet the St. John's townie is so proud, you'd swear we lived in Paris." In this documentary, she explores her city with the help of six locals, Mary Walsh, Andy Jones, Anita Best, Brian Hennessey, Ed Riche, Des Walsh, writers and performers all. (Source: National Film Board)

Release Date: 1998-01-01

Character: Herself

Major Crime

Undercover police work to bring a pedophile to justice.

Release Date: 1997-12-23

Character: Patty Reckles

Vote Count: 1

Lexx

A Time Prophet predicted that Kai would be the one to destroy the divine order in the league of the 20,000 planets, someday that will happen, but not today. Today a cowardly security guard, an undead assassin, a female with a body designed for sex and a robot head madly in love with her all make up the crew of the spaceship Lexx, the most powerful weapon in the two universes.

Release Date: 1997-04-18

Character: Heedia

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 122

The Elf

In this Christmas drama, a boy and his family discover he is an elf.

Release Date: 1996-01-01

Character: Aunt Bride

This Hour Has 22 Minutes

This Hour Has 22 Minutes is a weekly Canadian television comedy that airs on CBC Television. Launched in 1993 during Canada's 35th general election, the show focuses on Canadian politics, combining news parody, sketch comedy and satirical editorials. Originally featuring Cathy Jones, Rick Mercer, Greg Thomey and Mary Walsh, the series featured satirical sketches of the weekly news and Canadian political events. The show's format is a mock news program, intercut with comic sketches, parody commercials and humorous interviews of public figures. The on-location segments are frequently filmed with slanted camera angles.

Release Date: 1993-10-11

Department: Creator

Job: Creator

Character: 

Episode Count: [ 228 ]

Vote Count: 50

The Boys of St. Vincent: 15 Years Later

Fifteen years after the events of The Boys of St. Vincent took place, the various boys involved are brought in to testify against the brothers, now finally standing trial, who assaulted them when they were children.

Release Date: 1992-12-07

Character: Lenora Pardy

Vote Count: 16

Buried on Sunday

Angry island fishermen declare independence and use a Soviet nuclear submarine to get Ottawa's attention.

Release Date: 1992-09-18

Character: Biker

Vote Count: 1

Secret Nation

A graduate history student returns to her native Newfoundland, searching for proof of a conspiracy surrounding the referendum that saw Newfoundland join Canada.

Release Date: 1992-01-02

Character: Oona Vokey

Vote Count: 4

The Adventure of Faustus Bidgood

Faustus is a clerk in St. John's at the Newfoundland Department of Education. He dreams of becoming ruler of Newfoundland and seceding from Canada. In the real world, Faustus' boss Eddie Peddle plans to indoctrinate the citizenry of Newfoundland with a cult-like geometric theory known as Total Education, but Peddle may be foiled by the revelation of a secret from his past career.

Release Date: 1986-01-02

Department: Production

Job: Casting

Character: Heady Nolan

Vote Count: 2

Sisters of the Silver Scalpel

A nature documentary about the wild Nuns of Newfoundland-- Originated as a "filmeo" to be performed live by Codco, but eventually overdubbed with audio and released as a short film.

Release Date: 1981-01-01

Dolly Cake

A Codco documentary turned improvised drama about a woman named Dolly who, fed up with taking care of a group of ungrateful layabouts, runs away. The story is intercut with footage from another Codco project called "Borkin the Spineless Servant."

Release Date: 1976-09-20

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Character: 

Dancing on the Elephant

Faced with a future of chair-xercise and spoon-fed pudding, nursing home friends Nora and Edna attempt to break out of the 'fox farm' and find a life worth sticking around for.

Character: Edna