Lally Cadeau (born January 10, 1948, Burlington, Ontario) is an accomplished stage and television Canadian actress. She has been a mainstay with the Stratford Festival since 1998. She is best-known for her role as Janet King in the CBC Television series Road to Avonlea. She is married to Robin Weatherstone, with whom she has two sons and a daughter.
Christopher Weatherstone, Bennet Weatherstone, Sara Weatherstone
Awards
Gemini Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role
Nominations
Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Star Sign
Capricorn
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Quote
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[on Jackie Burroughs]: She's an interesting dichotomy of self-involvement and democracy. She's a humanitarian who doesn't give a damn about anybody. Sometimes she'll be in every one of your shots so that you never have a clean close-up. She'd twirl an umbrella behind you, or get her hand on your shoulder, or her head popping up over your shoulder. Once when Jackie was bobbing hysterically up and down in front of me, I said 'Will you get out of my face.' She recoiled like a snake and slithered away and didn't talk to me for about two months.
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[on stage acting]: Whenever I've done a live presentation as just myself, my knees knock just like an old doorknocker. I have to wear skirts of a certain width. Crinolines are the safest things. But the nervousness never goes away. The teeth go to chattering, then the knees, and then the hands tremble. It's all very embarrassing.
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[on radio acting]: It's fabulous what you can do with a microphone. The characters you have inside you, the feelings that you want to express that you can bring out with your voice, which you might be too self-conscious to do on television. TV is disturbing and frustrating to work in because it's just so quick. And in TV you're very much a functionary.
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You get nothing from the CBC. Maybe they're afraid of being in show business. Maybe it's the bureaucracy. But one feels they will cross the street rather than run into you and say hello.
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Fact
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Performing in the play "Rose" at Toronto's St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts' Jane Mallett Theatre. [March 2008]
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Has two sons with husband Robin Weatherstone, Christopher and Bennett.
Actress
Title
Year
Status
Character
Booky Makes Her Mark
2006
TV Movie
Lucy Maud Montgomery
Anne: Journey to Green Gables
2005
Video
Madame Poubelle (voice)
Mythic Warriors: Guardians of the Legend
1998-2000
TV Series
Athena / Old Woman
Rats
2000
Jean
Happy Christmas, Miss King
1998
TV Movie
Janet King
X-Men
1992-1997
TV Series
Dr. Moira McTaggart
Dr. Moira MacTaggart
Dr. Moira MacTaggert
Rossini's Ghost
1996
TV Movie
Elder Martina
Avonlea
1990-1996
TV Series
Janet King
Deadly Matrimony
1992
TV Movie
Hannah Klein
Rupert
1991
TV Series
Mrs. Bear
The Twilight Zone
1989
TV Series
Becky Robb
Street Legal
1988
TV Series
Aileen Prouse
Adderly
1987
TV Series
Gilda
Hangin' In
1981-1987
TV Series
Kate Brown
Separate Vacations
1986
Shelley the Wife
Kane & Abel
1985
TV Mini-Series
Maisie
Between Friends
1983
TV Movie
Lolly
Videodrome
1983
Rena King
Threshold
1981
Anita, Vrain's Secretary
Passengers
1980
TV Movie
You've Come a Long Way, Katie
1980
TV Mini-Series
Katie
Bizarre
1980
TV Series
Various Characters
King of Kensington
1980
TV Series
Nurse
Harvest
1980
TV Series
Elizabeth
Murdoch Mysteries
2010
TV Series
Lady Minerva
Why I Wore Lipstick to My Mastectomy
2006
TV Movie
Geralyn's Mom
ReGenesis
2006
TV Series
Judge
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
Avonlea
1996
TV Series performer - 1 episode
Won Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
1995
Gemini
Gemini Awards
Best Performance by an Actress in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role
Road to Avonlea (1990)
1981
ACTRA Award of Excellence
ACTRA Awards
Actress
You've Come a Long Way, Katie (1980)
Nominated Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
1993
Gemini
Gemini Awards
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Road to Avonlea (1990)
1992
Gemini
Gemini Awards
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Road to Avonlea (1990)
1990
Gemini
Gemini Awards
Best Performance by a Supporting Actress
Road to Avonlea (1990)
1987
Gemini
Gemini Awards
Best Performance by a Lead Actress in a Continuing Role in a Comedy Series
Hangin' In (1981)
1986
Gemini
Gemini Awards
Best Performance by a Lead Actress in a Continuing Role in a Comedy Series
Hangin' In (1981)
1986
Genie
Genie Awards
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
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