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Mary Walsh

Mary Walsh

Mary Cynthia Walsh, CM was born on May 13, 1952, in St. John's, Newfoundland, and is an actress and comedian and social activist. A sufferer of macular degeneration, she has served from time to time as a spokesperson for the Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB). Walsh's son Jesse was born in 1989. She has been married to Memorial University of Newfoundland English professor Don Nichol since 2002.

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Movies Starring Mary Walsh (39)

Deaner '89 (2024)

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

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Laughing All the Way (2023)

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 ...

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The Story of Faustus Bidgood (2023)

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 fo ...

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Sweetland (2023)

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

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Party Pirate (2023)

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. ...

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Terror Train (2022)

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. ...

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Mummering Legends (2021)

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. ...

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Dad and the Fridge Box (2021)

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. ...

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Happy Place (2020)

"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. ...

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Radical (2019)

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. ...

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Hunting Pignut (2017)

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. ...

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The River of My Dreams (2017)

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. ...

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Closet Monster (2016)

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

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How To Be Deadly (2014)

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

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The Grand Seduction (2014)

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 doc ...

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Imaginary Heroine (2012)

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 wo ...

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Poor No More (2010)

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

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Crackie (2009)

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 ...

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The One That Got Away (2008)

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. ...

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Young Triffie's Been Made Away With (2007)

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 p ...

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The Wind in the Willows (2006)

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. ...

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Geraldine's Fortune (2004)

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

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Mambo Italiano (2003)

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

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Behind the Red Door (2003)

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, Na ...

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Random Passage (2002)

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 da ...

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Bleacher Bums (2001)

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 tha ...

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Rare Birds (2001)

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. ...

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Tommy... A Family Portrait (2001)

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. ...

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Violet (2000)

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 d ...

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New Waterford Girl (1999)

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. ...

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The Divine Ryans (1999)

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. ...

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Extraordinary Visitor (1998)

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 ...

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Rain, Drizzle, and Fog (1998)

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 ...

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The Boys of St. Vincent: 15 Years Later (1992)

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. ...

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Buried on Sunday (1992)

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

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Secret Nation (1992)

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

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The Adventure of Faustus Bidgood (1986)

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 cul ...

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Dolly Cake (1976)

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. ...

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Movies Made By Mary Walsh (7)

Dad and the Fridge Box (2021)

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. ...

Watch Now

Radical (2019)

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. ...

Watch Now

Imaginary Heroine (2012)

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 wo ...

Watch Now

Young Triffie's Been Made Away With (2007)

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 p ...

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Bailey's Billion$ (2005)

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 ...

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The Adventure of Faustus Bidgood (1986)

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 cul ...

Watch Now

Dolly Cake (1976)

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. ...

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