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Wendy Jane Crewson (born May 9, 1956) is a Canadian
Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
 actress
Actor

An actor or actress is a person who acting in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio programming in that capacity....
.

Crewson was born in Hamilton, Ontario
Hamilton, Ontario

Hamilton is a port city in the Canadian Provinces and territories of Canada of Ontario. Conceived by George Hamilton when he purchased the James Durand farm shortly after the War of 1812, Hamilton has become the centre of a densely populated and industrialized region at the west end of Lake Ontario known as the Golden Horseshoe....
, the daughter of June Doreen (née
Married and maiden names

A married name is the family name adopted by a person upon marriage, and in speaking of the many cultures where the practice is traditional for women, the maiden name is the family name that the married name replaces....
 Thomas) and Robert Binnie Crewson. She attended Queen's University
Queen's University

Queen's University, generally referred to simply as Queen's, is a coeducational, non-sectarian, research intensive, public university located in Kingston, Ontario, Ontario, Canada....
 in Kingston, Ontario
Kingston, Ontario

Kingston, Ontario is a Canadian city located at the eastern end of Lake Ontario, where the lake runs into the St. Lawrence River and the Thousand Islands begin....
, where she won the prestigious Lorne Greene Award for outstanding work in the theater. She then studied at The Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art in London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
. She has been married to actor
Actor

An actor or actress is a person who acting in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio programming in that capacity....
 Michael Murphy
Michael Murphy (actor)

Michael George Murphy is an United States film and television actor....
 since 1988 and they have two children.

Crewson joined the cast of ReGenesis
ReGenesis

ReGenesis is a Canadian television program produced by The Movie Network and Movie Central in conjunction with Shaftesbury Films. The series, which ran for four seasons, revolves around the scientists of NorBAC , a fictional organization with a laboratory based in Toronto....
 in 2007 playing Dr. Rachel Woods.






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Wendy Jane Crewson (born May 9, 1956) is a Canadian
Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
 actress
Actor

An actor or actress is a person who acting in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio programming in that capacity....
.

Crewson was born in Hamilton, Ontario
Hamilton, Ontario

Hamilton is a port city in the Canadian Provinces and territories of Canada of Ontario. Conceived by George Hamilton when he purchased the James Durand farm shortly after the War of 1812, Hamilton has become the centre of a densely populated and industrialized region at the west end of Lake Ontario known as the Golden Horseshoe....
, the daughter of June Doreen (née
Married and maiden names

A married name is the family name adopted by a person upon marriage, and in speaking of the many cultures where the practice is traditional for women, the maiden name is the family name that the married name replaces....
 Thomas) and Robert Binnie Crewson. She attended Queen's University
Queen's University

Queen's University, generally referred to simply as Queen's, is a coeducational, non-sectarian, research intensive, public university located in Kingston, Ontario, Ontario, Canada....
 in Kingston, Ontario
Kingston, Ontario

Kingston, Ontario is a Canadian city located at the eastern end of Lake Ontario, where the lake runs into the St. Lawrence River and the Thousand Islands begin....
, where she won the prestigious Lorne Greene Award for outstanding work in the theater. She then studied at The Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art in London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
. She has been married to actor
Actor

An actor or actress is a person who acting in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio programming in that capacity....
 Michael Murphy
Michael Murphy (actor)

Michael George Murphy is an United States film and television actor....
 since 1988 and they have two children.

Crewson joined the cast of ReGenesis
ReGenesis

ReGenesis is a Canadian television program produced by The Movie Network and Movie Central in conjunction with Shaftesbury Films. The series, which ran for four seasons, revolves around the scientists of NorBAC , a fictional organization with a laboratory based in Toronto....
 in 2007 playing Dr. Rachel Woods. She also guest starred in the first eight episodes of the third season of 24, playing Dr. Anne Packard, personal physician and love interest to the President.

Filmography

  • Mazes and Monsters
    Mazes and Monsters

    Mazes and Monsters is a 1982 Television movie about a group of college students and their interest in a fictitious role-playing game of the same name....
     (1982) as Kate Finch
  • Skullduggery (1983) as Barbara Sluszarczyk/Dorigen
  • Heartsounds
    Heartsounds

    Heartsounds is a autobiographical book written by Martha Weinman Lear and first published in 1980 in literature by Simon and Schuster.The book is about Lear's husband, Harold Alexander Lear, a Manhattan urologist, and how the couple deals with his life-changing heart condition....
     (1984) as Judy
  • Mark of Cain (1985) as Dale
  • A Hobo's Christmas
    A Hobo's Christmas

    A Hobo's Christmas is a 1987 in film American film made for TV and directed by Will Mackenzie and produced by Joe Byrne and Paul Freeman The screenplay was written by Joe Byrne and Jeb Rosebrook,...
     (1987) as Laurie
  • The Doctor
    The Doctor (film)

    The Doctor is a 1991 in film United States film directed by Randa Haines and starring William Hurt as a Physician who undergoes a transformation in his views about life, illness and human relationships....
     (1991) as Dr. Leslie Abbott
  • The Good Son (1993) as Susan Evans
  • The Santa Clause
    The Santa Clause

    This film was originally made as a tribute for Henning Knattrup SoerensenThe Santa Clause is a Christmas film released by both Walt Disney Pictures and Hollywood Pictures, starring Tim Allen....
     (1994) as Laura Miller
  • Corrina, Corrina (1994) as Jenny Davis
  • To Gillian On Her 37th Birthday
    To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday

    To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday is a 1996 in film film starring Peter Gallagher, Claire Danes, Kathy Baker, Wendy Crewson and, in cameo appearances, Michelle Pfeiffer....
     (1996) as Kevin Dollof
  • Air Force One
    Air Force One (film)

    Air Force One is a 1997 in film action film/thriller film starring Harrison Ford and Gary Oldman and featuring Glenn Close, Wendy Crewson, Xander Berkeley, and William H....
     (1997) as First Lady Grace Marshall
  • At the End of the Day: The Sue Rodriguez Story
    At the End of the Day: The Sue Rodriguez Story

    At the End of the Day: The Sue Rodriguez Story is a 1998 Canada documentary film/drama film about the life of Canadian right to die advocate Sue Rodriguez....
     (1998) as Sue Rodriguez
    Sue Rodriguez

    Sue Rodriguez was an advocate of assisted suicide.She was born in British Columbia, with the given name Sue Shipley, and grew up in Thornhill, Ontario, a suburb of Toronto....
  • Escape Velocity
    Escape velocity

    In physics, escape velocity is the speed where the kinetic energy of an object is equal to the magnitude of its gravitational potential energy, as calculated by the equation,...
     (1998)
  • Better Than Chocolate
    Better Than Chocolate

    Better Than Chocolate is a 1999 Canada romantic comedy film shot in Vancouver directed by Anne Wheeler....
     (1999) as Lila
  • Bicentennial Man (1999) as 'Ma´am' Martin
  • Mercy (2000) as Bernadine Mello
  • What Lies Beneath
    What Lies Beneath

    What Lies Beneath is a supernatural thriller film by film director Robert Zemeckis. It tells the story of a housewife who finds her home is haunted....
     (2000) as Elena
  • The 6th Day
    The 6th Day

    The 6th Day is a 2000 in film action film directed by Roger Spottiswoode and starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. He plays family man Adam Gibson, who is human cloning against his will....
     (2000) as Natalie Gibson
  • Suddenly Naked
    Suddenly Naked

    Suddenly Naked is a 2001 in film drama film directed by Anne Wheeler and written by Elyse Friedman....
     (2001) as Jackie York
  • Deadly Appearances (2001) as Joanne Kilbourn
  • Perfect Pie
    Perfect Pie

    Perfect Pie was a Play written in 2000 by Judith Thompson and starring Rachel McAdams. The story concerns the childhoods of Patsy and Marie and the impact it had on their lives....
     (2002) as Adult Patsy
  • An Unexpected Love (2002) as McNally "Mac" Hays
  • The Santa Clause 2
    The Santa Clause 2

    The Santa Clause 2 is a 2002 film and the sequel to the 1994 film, The Santa Clause. All the principal actors from the first film reprise their roles....
     (2002) as Laura Miller
  • The Piano Man's Daughter
    The Piano Man's Daughter (film)

    The Piano Man's Daughter is a television movie, adapted in 2003 by Sullivan Entertainment from the 1995 novel by Timothy Findley.Rights to the novel's film adaptation were originally purchased by Whoopi Goldberg....
     (2003) as Ede Kilworth
  • The Clearing
    The Clearing

    The Clearing is a 2004 drama film / thriller film, and is a film director debut by Pieter Jan Brugge, an Academy Awards nominated Film producer....
     (2004) as Louise Miller
  • Pigeon (2004) as Woman on Train
  • Niagara Motel
    Niagara Motel

    Niagara Motel is a 2006 Canadian drama film film director by Gary Yates. The film earned numerous nominations, including a Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role for Caroline Dhavernas....
     (2005) as Lily
  • Hunt for Justice as Louise Arbour
    Louise Arbour

    Louise Arbour, Order of Canada is the former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, a former justice of the Supreme Court of Canada and a former Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia and International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda....
  • Eight Below
    Eight Below

    Eight Below is a Walt Disney Pictures film directed by Frank Marshall and written by David DiGilio, which was released on February 17, 2006 in the United States....
     (2006) as Eve McClaren
  • Who Loves the Sun
    Who Loves the Sun

    Who Loves the Sun is a 2006 Canadian comedy film/drama film/romance film film director and screenwriter by Matt Bissonnette....
     (2006) as Mary Bloom
  • The Covenant
    The Covenant (film)

    The Covenant is a 2006 supernatural thriller movie directed by Renny Harlin and written by J. S. Cardone....
     (2006) as Evelyn Danvers
  • Away from Her
    Away From Her

    Away from Her is a Canada film which debuted at the 2006 in film Toronto International Film Festival and also played in the Premier category at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival....
     (2006) as Madeleine
  • The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause
    The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause

    The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause is a 2006 in film American film, the sequel to The Santa Clause and The Santa Clause 2.Tim Allen again plays Scott Calvin , while Martin Short plays Jack Frost, a competing holiday character....
     (2006) as Laura Miller
  • The Seeker: The Dark is Rising (2007) as Mary Stanton


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