Valerie Pearson is a Canadian actress from Calgary, Alberta.Liz Nicholls, "Savagery in the urban maze; Actress plays five not-so-nice people in Lion in the Streets". Edmonton Journal, March 26, 1992. She is most noted for her performance in the 1991 film Solitaire, for which she received a Genie Award nomination for Best Actress at the 13th Genie Awards in 1992.Craig MacInnis, "Naked Lunch tops the Genie nominations". Toronto Star, October 14, 1992.
Career Pearson has been most prominently associated with stage roles in Calgary and Edmonton, including productions of Edward Connell's Welcome to Theatre Fabulous!,Liz Nicholls, "Ruefully frantic musical scores with little-theatre headaches". Edmonton Journal, April 22, 1989. Giselle Lemire and Robert Astle's Mama Never Told Me That,Liam Lacey, "Theatre Reviews: Mama Never Told Me That". The Globe and Mail, March 7, 1991. Patricia Benedict's Good Government,Liz Nicholls, "Doublespeak even Orwell would appreciate; Good Government a satire that's frantic, fun, and at times a reflection of Alberta's political scene". Edmonton Journal, February 25, 1991. Thornton Wilder's Our Town,Liz Nicholls, "Our Town wears its years lightly; Citadel production resonates between the tiny and the infinite". Edmonton Journal, November 7, 1993. Judith Thompson's Lion in the Streets, and Ron Chambers's Marg Szkaluba (Pissy's Wife).Liz Nicholls, "Country musical hums with sadness". Edmonton Journal, May 21, 1994.
Award She won an Elizabeth Sterling Haynes Award for Outstanding Actress in a Supporting Role in 1992, for Lion in the Streets."Phoenix takes nine awards". Edmonton Journal, June 30, 1992.
Her other film credits have included Cowboys Don't Cry, Dead Bang, The Right Kind of Wrong, and Chicks with Sticks.
Filmography
Film +YearTitleRole Notes1988Cowboys Don't CryJanet1989Dead BangHelpful Person1991SolitaireMaggie2002 The ReckoningWoman at Play2004Chicks with SticksDoris2013 The Right Kind of WrongBrenda
Television YearTitleRole Notes1991De Zomer Van '45Moeder van JimEpisode #1.31994While Justice SleepsAlma MunozTelevision film1997Seduction in a Small TownWilla Jenks1997Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV ShowMs. RutfieldEpisode: "Honey, You're Living in the Past"1998Oklahoma City: A Survivor's StoryWoman at ImplosionTelevision film2000Papa's AngelsReverend's Wife2001Anatomy of a Hate CrimeMartha2003Another CountryMagistratw2012 The Horses of McBrideSadie
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