Acting
Hollis McLaren
Born February 5, 1956 · Toronto, Canada (age 70)
Hollis McLaren is a Canadian film and television actress, best known for playing Lucy in 1974 thriller 'Sunday in the Country' opposite Ernest Borgnine, and for her role in the 1977 cult film 'Outrageous!' (for which she was nominated for a Canadian Film Award for Best Actress in 1977).
Known For
Marion Bridge · 2003Marion Bridge
★ 6.02003
MovieDrama
When three estranged sisters reunite to care for their dying mother, old conflicts and secrets return to the surface.
Brave New Girl · 2004Brave New Girl
★ 7.32004
MovieDramaMusic
Holly has everything it takes to be a star; the voice, the dream and the dedication, but she lacks the means to break away from her humble Texas upbringing. Then she gets the chance to attend an art and music school on the East coast and her future suddenly looks bright. But the road to stardom is a bumpy one.
Atlantic City · 1980Atlantic City
★ 6.81980
MovieCrimeDrama
In a corrupt city, a small-time gangster and the estranged wife of a pot dealer find themselves thrown together in an escapade of love, money, drugs and danger.
Sudden Fury · 1975Sudden Fury
★ 7.21975
MovieCrimeDrama
Fred is a psychotic entrepreneur who hopes to convince his wife Janet to invest in a shady land deal. The wife refuses, and the couple continue their heated argument while driving through the Ontario backwoods. When their car crashes, Janet is seriously injured, but Fred leaves the scene, hoping that his wife won't last the night.
L'Homme en colère · 1979L'Homme en colère
★ 5.61979
MovieDramaCrime
Romain Dupree arrives to Montreal from France only to be informed that his son is dead. However, the deceased is not his son, but an individual who was using his passport. Dupree begins a frantic search for his son, who happens to be wanted by the local mob.
Vinegar Hill · 2005Vinegar Hill
★ 4.42005
MovieDramaTV Movie
Family secrets surface when a married couple returns to the husband’s hometown, where his overbearing family interferes with their imagined new start.
Gracie's Choice · 2004Gracie's Choice
★ 7.12004
MovieTV MovieDrama
For as long as she can remember, 16 year-old Gracie has been raising her four siblings, each of whom has a different, absent father and their mother is on the fast track to self-destruction. When these children's lives are about to be pulled apart, Gracie will have to do the impossible and make the ultimate sacrifices to keep her family together.
Mom at Sixteen · 2005Mom at Sixteen
★ 6.52005
MovieTV MovieDrama
Pregnant sixteen year old Jacey's well-meaning mother forces her to keep the birth a secret and decides to raise the baby as her own.
Movies
Marion Bridge · 2003Marion Bridge
★ 6.02003
MovieDrama
When three estranged sisters reunite to care for their dying mother, old conflicts and secrets return to the surface.
Brave New Girl · 2004Brave New Girl
★ 7.32004
MovieDramaMusic
Holly has everything it takes to be a star; the voice, the dream and the dedication, but she lacks the means to break away from her humble Texas upbringing. Then she gets the chance to attend an art and music school on the East coast and her future suddenly looks bright. But the road to stardom is a bumpy one.
Atlantic City · 1980Atlantic City
★ 6.81980
MovieCrimeDrama
In a corrupt city, a small-time gangster and the estranged wife of a pot dealer find themselves thrown together in an escapade of love, money, drugs and danger.
Sudden Fury · 1975Sudden Fury
★ 7.21975
MovieCrimeDrama
Fred is a psychotic entrepreneur who hopes to convince his wife Janet to invest in a shady land deal. The wife refuses, and the couple continue their heated argument while driving through the Ontario backwoods. When their car crashes, Janet is seriously injured, but Fred leaves the scene, hoping that his wife won't last the night.
L'Homme en colère · 1979L'Homme en colère
★ 5.61979
MovieDramaCrime
Romain Dupree arrives to Montreal from France only to be informed that his son is dead. However, the deceased is not his son, but an individual who was using his passport. Dupree begins a frantic search for his son, who happens to be wanted by the local mob.
Vinegar Hill · 2005Vinegar Hill
★ 4.42005
MovieDramaTV Movie
Family secrets surface when a married couple returns to the husband’s hometown, where his overbearing family interferes with their imagined new start.
Gracie's Choice · 2004Gracie's Choice
★ 7.12004
MovieTV MovieDrama
For as long as she can remember, 16 year-old Gracie has been raising her four siblings, each of whom has a different, absent father and their mother is on the fast track to self-destruction. When these children's lives are about to be pulled apart, Gracie will have to do the impossible and make the ultimate sacrifices to keep her family together.
Mom at Sixteen · 2005Mom at Sixteen
★ 6.52005
MovieTV MovieDrama
Pregnant sixteen year old Jacey's well-meaning mother forces her to keep the birth a secret and decides to raise the baby as her own.
Lost and Found · 1979Lost and Found
★ 6.01979
MovieComedy
While visiting Switzerland, an American college professor, Adam, keeps running into a divorced British secretary, Patricia, wherever they go. First their cars collide. Then they smash into one another on a ski slope, each breaking a leg. In between numerous quarrels, the two develop lust and love. They hastily marry, but the disagreements continue. Patricia decides to leave, so Adam decides to fake a suicide. They lose and find each other, again and again.
The Hunt for the BTK Killer · 2005The Hunt for the BTK Killer
★ 5.52005
MovieTV MovieCrime
After 31 years at-large, detectives in Wichita, Kansas hone in on the serial killer known as BTK.
The Circuit · 2008The Circuit
★ 5.32008
MovieDramaAction
Al Shines, former king of the US race car track circuit, has a hard time starting his own team, once he's fired by his sponsor Robin Cates. Robin hired Al's immature daughter Kylie Shines instead. She resents Al's inevitable 'absence' as a widowed father, as well as the reigning champion, equally young but professionally vetted Kid Walker. Kylie tries to prove herself against Kid while having an on-off affair with him. Cates's marketing strategy dictates his intentions to manipulate Walker and both Shines racers.
Welcome to Blood City · 1977Welcome to Blood City
★ 5.41977
MovieScience FictionWestern
Five strangers awake, finding themselves with no memory in a world resembling the wild west. Their task is to become exempt from being killed - what the townspeople refer to as being "immortal" - by killing twenty of the other inhabitants of the town under the scrutiny of the sheriff (Jack Palance), otherwise they will spend their lives in slavery.
Outrageous! · 1977Outrageous!
★ 5.31977
MovieComedy
Gay hair stylist Robin Turner does a lot of work for drag queens, all the while dreaming that he'll someday find the courage to perform in drag himself. When his schizophrenic friend, Liza, turns up looking for a place to stay, the two form an increasingly tight bond, Robin helping Liza through an unplanned pregnancy and Liza pushing Robin to develop a successful nightclub act.
Sunday in the Country · 1974Sunday in the Country
★ 6.41974
MovieDramaCrime
Three vicious thugs are on the run in rural America after robbing a local bank. They seek refuge at the home of a reclusive farmer, but he is prepared for their arrival and holds them at gunpoint. Unable to let them simply wait for the law, he decides to take them into into his cellar and torture them a little before the police arrive.
The Elizabeth Smart Story · 2003The Elizabeth Smart Story
★ 7.22003
MovieDramaCrime
Based on the true story of the kidnapping of teenager Elizabeth Smart,in June 2002, by two people in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Martha, Inc.: The Story of Martha Stewart · 2003Martha, Inc.: The Story of Martha Stewart
★ 5.32003
MovieTV MovieDrama
Martha, Inc.: The Story of Martha Stewart is a 2003 NBC TV movie starring Cybill Shepherd as Martha Stewart in which the life of Martha Stewart is outlined starting from her life in New Jersey to the scandal behind her arrest.
Too Outrageous! · 1987Too Outrageous!
★ 4.01987
Movie
A sequel to the 1977 film Outrageous! Too Outrageous! is about the further adventures of Robin Turner, a gay hairdresser-turned-drag queen nightclub performer.
Partners · 1976Partners
★ 10.01976
Movie
When a business competitor assassinates her father when the father refuses to sell his firm, young woman takes over her father's paper company and with the help of her gangster boyfriend learns how to fight back against competitors.
TV Shows
Diggstown · 2019Diggstown
★ 6.82019
SeriesDrama
Follow Marcie Diggs, a star corporate lawyer who reconsiders her priorities after her beloved aunt commits suicide following a malicious prosecution.
Emily of New Moon · 1998Emily of New Moon
★ 8.81998
SeriesDrama
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.