Wendy Crewson
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Wendy Jane Crewson (born May 9, 1956) is a Canadian actress and producer.
She began her career appearing on Canadian television, before her breakthrough role in 1991 dramatic film The Doctor. Crewson has appeared in many Hollywood films, including The Good Son (1993), The Santa Clause (1994) and its sequels The Santa Clause 2 (2002) and The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause (2006), as well as Air Force One (1997), Bicentennial Man (1999), What Lies Beneath (2000), The 6th Day (2000), and Eight Below (2006).
She also starred in a number of independent movies, such as Better Than Chocolate (1999), Suddenly Naked (2001), Perfect Pie (2002), Away from Her (2006) and Room (2015). Crewson has won six Gemini Awards and two Canadian Screen Awards for her performances on television.
She played leading roles in a number of television films, include playing Joanne Kilbourn in six movies based on novels by Gail Bowen.
She had recurring roles on American television series 24 and Revenge, and from 2012 to 2017 co-starred in the CTV medical drama Saving Hope.
Early life
Crewson was born in Hamilton, Ontario, the daughter of June Doreen (née Thomas) and Robert Binnie Crewson. She attended John Rennie High School in Pointe Claire, Québec, as did her younger brother, Brad Crewson.
She attended Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, where she won the Lorne Greene Award for outstanding work in the theater. She then studied at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art in London.
Personal life
She married actor Michael Murphy in 1988, and they have two children. They divorced in January 2009, but remain friends and worked together on the film Fall (2014).
Crewson came out publicly as lesbian in December 2014, and revealed to the press that she had come out to her family years earlier. In 2015, it was reported that Crewson dated Julie Bristow, president of Bristow Global Media in Canada.
She resides in Rosedale, Toronto.
Career
Crewson played a leading role in Martin Lavut's television film War Brides (1980), for which she received her first ACTRA Award nomination when she returned to Canada. She appeared in Home Fires, a family saga set in Toronto during World War II, from 1980 to 1983. In 1984, she received the ACTRA Award for Best Actress in a Drama Series for the final season. She made her American debut in the television drama film Mazes and Monsters, alongside Tom Hanks.
Crewson appeared in a number of Canadian television productions, including a recurring appearance on Night Heat and Street Legal and several television films during the 1980s. She appeared in two short lived American drama series: Hard Copy (CBS, 1987), and Studio 5-B (ABC, 1989). She appeared in the HBO political mockumentary miniseries Tannener 88, directed by Robert Altman, in 1990 and 1990, she appeared in Getting Married in Buffalo Jump, for which she was nominated for the Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series. She also received a Gemini Awards nomination for I'll Never Get to Heaven (1992), Sex Traffic (2004), The Robber Bride (2005), and The Summit (2008), and she was finalists for The Sue Rodriguez Story (1999), At the End of the Day (1998) and The Man Who Lost Himself (2004). Crewson also received Gemini Awards for her guest appearance in Due South in 1998 and 2007 as a supporting actor in ReGenesis.
Crewson appeared in her first appearance in William Hurt's American drama The Doctor starred William Hurt in 1991. She appeared in the comedy-drama Folks the following year, but the film was panned by critics and grossed only $6 million. She appeared in The Good Son (1993), and in 1994, she appeared opposite Whoopi Goldberg in Corrina, Corrina. Crewson appeared alongside Tim Allen in the critically acclaimed Christmas comedy film The Santa Clause in 1994. The Santa Clause 2 (2002) and The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause (2006) together grossed $283 million worldwide.
Crewson appeared in To Gillian, Peter Gallagher's tragic blind date, on her 37th birthday, and Grace Marshall, First Lady to President James Marshall (Harrison Ford), in Wolfgang Petersen's political thriller Air Force One directed by Wolfgang Petersen, was also starring First Lady Grace Marshall. She appeared in gang Related (1997) and co-starred opposite Robin Williams in the science fiction film Bicentennial Man (1999). She appeared in What Lies Beneath in 2000, and she appeared as Arnold Schwarzenegger's wife on The 6th Day. She appeared in Between Strangers (2004), The Clearing (2004), Eight Below (2006), The Covenant (2004), Away From Her (2006), Winnie Mandela (2006), Away from Her (2006), The Viewer (2017), And On the Basis of Sex (2018).
Both Anne Wheeler directed Better Than Chocolate (1999) and Suddenly Naked (2001), and crewson appeared in independent films Better Than Chocolate (1999) and Suddenly Naked (2001). She appeared in the drama film Perfect Pie in 2002, for which she received an ACTRA Award nomination. She appeared in a number of made for television films. She appeared in Lifetime films The Judas Goat (1994) and Spenser: A Savage Place (1995), as well as Susan Lucci in Ebbie (1995). Faye Stafford, wife of Thomas Stafford, appeared in a Sally Field-directed episode of HBO's From the Earth to the Moon in 1998. Other credits include Lives of Girls & Women (1996), Summer's Conclusion (1999), A Dream of Children (2001), An Unexpected Love (2004), Twelve Mile Road (2004), and The Road to 9/11 (2006). Joanne Kilbourn, a single mother of three children and an ex-cop who practices criminology and solves crimes in her spare time, appeared in six films based on Gail Bowen's novels from 2000 to 2002.
Crewson starred in the third season of Fox drama series 24 as Dr. Anne Packard, personal physician and love interest to President George Bush. Dr. Rachel Woods, a 2006 to 2010 starred on Crimes of Passion on W Network, and from 2007 to 2008 starred on ReGenesis. Murdoch Mysteries later appeared on Flashpoint, Rookie Blue, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, and Murdoch Mysteries. Helen Crowley, who appeared on ABC primetime soap opera Revenge from 2012 to 2013, appeared in recurring roles throughout her career. Crewson began playing Dr. Dana Kinny in the CTV medical drama Saving Hope in 2012, for which she received the Canadian Screen Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Program or Series. In 2017, the show came to an end. She received a second award in Canada for her regular appearance on Slasher in 2017.
Crewson was inducted into the Walk of Fame in Canada in 2015. In 2016, she was given the Earl Grey Award, which honors actors for their contributions to the international recognition of Canadian television or for their significant body of work.
Crewson appeared in CBC drama series Frankie Drake Mysteries from 2017 to 2021, as the lead character's mother and assisting her in investigations. She has received two nominations for Best Guest Performance, Drama Series at the Canadian Screen Awards. She appeared on the CBC sitcom Workin' Moms for the second time in 2020, earning another Canadian Screen Award nomination. She appeared in The Detail, a Canadian Crime Dramatic Role, for which she was nominated for a Canadian Screen Award for Best Actress in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role in 2018. She appeared in the Hallmark film When Hope Calls in 2019, and in 2020 she appeared in Netflix's horror movie October Faction. She appeared in the second season of Peacock's Departure in 2021, and she was cast as the title character's mother in CBS medical drama Good Sam in 2022.