Brenda McDonald
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- 12 de febrero de 1931 · London, England, UK
- 23 de noviembre de 2024
Biografía
Brenda McDonald (born Brenda Olive Nicholls; February 12, 1931 – November 23, 2024) was a Canadian actress. Born in London, Brenda moved to Canada at 21, settling first in Toronto, then in Vancouver, where she met her first husband, Thomas Guy, and had four children with him. She graduated from UBC with a teaching degree in 1977, soon after Thomas had died of a heart attack. She taught English, French and Drama for nine years before quitting to follow her dream of acting. Her career spanned 33 years. She performed on stage, in film, and in training and educational videos, as well as doing voice-over work. She was also very active in community theatre with North Vancouver Community Players and United Players in Jericho. Her first film gig of note was as a body double for Katharine Hepburn, and over the years she shared the set with many of the greats: Al Pacino, Robin Williams, Anthony Quinn, Paul Hogan and many others. She worked on many Vancouver-shot series, including X-Files, Stargate: Atlantis, Battlestar Galactica, Supernatural, and the Chilling Adventures of Sabrina. She is known by many for a single line delivered while playing the nun in Elf: “But the children love the books!” Brenda had an active personal life: she remarried twice, surviving all of her husbands, had 11 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren. She maintained her independence by keeping her driving licence until she was 92, played saxophone, attended art classes, walked every day, and she was a passionate fan of Vancouver Canucks.
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Filmografía
- Niko 3: Más allá de la Aurora Boreal · Blitzen / Donner / Nillá (Voz)
- Las escalofriantes aventuras de Sabrina · Dezmelda
- La casa del río · Agnes Vecchiarelli
- El misterio del vestido de novia · Librarian
- El séptimo hijo · Timeless Hag (uncredited)
- Clue: A Movie Mystery Adventure · Old Woman
- Las brujas de East End · Elderly Elizabeth
- Encuentros paranormales 2 · Delia Rogerson
- The Haunting Hour: La Serie · Killer Old Lady
- Mensajes Borrados · Screaming Woman
- Sanctuary · Navajo Woman
- Reaper · Mary Ann Fitzgerald
- Hijos de la noche · Emily
- 88 minutos · Mrs. Lowinsky
- Pieles · Mother Mayter
- Scary Movie 4 · Old Lady Henderson
- Ella es el chico · Old Lady in Beauty Parlor
- El anillo de compromiso · Nana
- Maestros del terror · Mother Mayter
- Un golpe de suerte · Mrs Wherry
- Sobrenatural · Rose Thompson
- School of Life · Maggie Little
- Stargate Atlantis · Charin
- Elf · Nun
- Hellraiser VI - Hellseeker · Angular Nurse
- El castañazo 2 - Rompiendo el hielo · Elderly Woman
- Conducta sospechosa · Mary's Friend
- Trial By Fire: A North of 60 Mystery · Mary Edzo
- Atomic Train · Older Woman
- Floating Away · Mum
- Mr. Magoo · Opera Patron
- The Wonderful World of Disney · Mary's Friend
- Más Allá de la Realidad: Realidad o Ficción · Zerelda Hart (segment "Mysterious Strangers")
- Más allá del límite · Mrs. Eikenberry, Old Arthritic Woman
- Viper · Mrs. Fletcher
- Expediente X · Auntie Janet, Mrs. Loach