#8925, aired 2023-07-28 | ACTORS $2000: This Canadian doesn't just act: she also wrote & directed "Women Talking" Sarah Polley |
#3133, aired 1998-03-25 | TV ACTORS & ACTRESSES $200: In 1979 this Canadian made his U.S. TV debut on "Letters from Frank" & added the initial "J." to his name Michael J. Fox |
#2958, aired 1997-06-11 | INTERNATIONAL ACTORS $800: This Canadian comic appeared on "In Living Color" & in 2 Clint Eastwood films, "Pink Cadillac" & "The Dead Pool" Jim Carrey |
#2463, aired 1995-04-26 | SHAKESPEAREAN ACTORS $100: William Shatner portrayed Lucius in a 1955 Canadian production of this play; Lorne Greene was Brutus Julius Caesar |
#2149, aired 1993-12-30 | CANADIAN ACTORS $200: Born in Toronto in 1893, she became famous as "America's Sweetheart", not "Canada's Sweetheart" Mary Pickford |
#2149, aired 1993-12-30 | CANADIAN ACTORS $400: Kate Nelligan earned an Oscar nomination playing Nick Nolte's Southern mother in this 1991 film Prince of Tides |
#2149, aired 1993-12-30 | CANADIAN ACTORS $600: This grandson of a Mountie played an American cop, Joe Friday, in the 1987 film "Dragnet" Dan Aykroyd |
#2149, aired 1993-12-30 | CANADIAN ACTORS $800: This native of Sarnia, Ontario met her husband Alex Karras when he played her husband in the TV movie "Babe" Susan Clark |
#2149, aired 1993-12-30 | CANADIAN ACTORS $1000: This tap dancer from Nova Scotia tapped her way into Al Jolson's heart & married him in 1928 Ruby Keeler |
#1875, aired 1992-10-30 | CANADIAN ACTORS $200: He was born in St. John, New Brunswick, but his son Kiefer was born in London, England Donald Sutherland |
#1875, aired 1992-10-30 | CANADIAN ACTORS $400: This actor from Ottawa played half of "The Blues Brothers" Dan Aykroyd |
#1875, aired 1992-10-30 | CANADIAN ACTORS $600: We'll bet you a buck you know this Canadian starred in "Uncle Buck" John Candy |
#1710, aired 1992-01-24 | ACTORS & ACTRESSES $400: When he was 15, this "Family Ties" star played a 10-year-old on a Canadian TV series Michael J. Fox |
#1230, aired 1989-12-29 | CANADIAN ACTORS $200: This on-screen partner of John Belushi won an Emmy for comedy writing in '77 for "Saturday Night Live" Dan Aykroyd |
#1230, aired 1989-12-29 | CANADIAN ACTORS $400: In 1957 this actor read for the role of Hamilton Burger on "Perry Mason" but won the title role Raymond Burr |
#1230, aired 1989-12-29 | CANADIAN ACTORS $600: 13 years after being "beamed up" for the last time on TV's "Star Trek", he began playing "T.J. Hooker" William Shatner |
#1230, aired 1989-12-29 | CANADIAN ACTORS $1000: This veteran character actor played Abraham Lincoln, Dodsworth & The Devil in "All That Money Can Buy" Walter Huston (father of John) |
#1230, aired 1989-12-29 | CANADIAN ACTORS $1,200 (Daily Double): This TV Western star reached the top of the charts in 1964 with the following song:
"He lay face down in the desert sand /
Clutching a six-gun in his hand /
Shot from behind..." Lorne Greene ("Ringo") |
#1005, aired 1989-01-06 | ACTORS & ROLES $400: Offscreen, this Canadian is a son of a Mountie, on film, he was the deadpan doctor in "Airplane!" Leslie Nielsen |
#814, aired 1988-03-03 | CANADIAN ACTORS $200: On radio, he was "The Voice of Doom", but on TV, he was the papa of the Ponderosa Lorne Greene |
#814, aired 1988-03-03 | CANADIAN ACTORS $400: This beauty from Alberta is best known for her date with a beast atop the Empire State Building Fay Wray |
#814, aired 1988-03-03 | CANADIAN ACTORS $600: Quebec-born "Blackboard Jungle" star whose 1st name was originally spelled "Gwyllyn" Glenn Ford |
#814, aired 1988-03-03 | CANADIAN ACTORS $800: This ex-ballet dancer from British Columbia has been Mrs. Craig Stevens since 1944 Alexis Smith |
#814, aired 1988-03-03 | CANADIAN ACTORS $1000: MGM billed this Montrealer as "The 1st Lady of the Screen", perhaps because she was married to Irving Thalberg Norma Shearer |
#668, aired 1987-07-01 | CANADIAN ACTORS $200: In the movie "M*A*S*H", this New Brunswick native played Hawkeye Donald Sutherland |
#668, aired 1987-07-01 | CANADIAN ACTORS $400: Among the "Three Amigos", he's the Canadian Martin Short |
#668, aired 1987-07-01 | CANADIAN ACTORS $600: Known as a silent screen sweetheart, her only Academy Award for acting was a talkie Mary Pickford |
#668, aired 1987-07-01 | CANADIAN ACTORS $800: Considered a British actor in U.S. & a U.S. actor in Britain, he played an Austrian in "The Sound of Music" Christopher Plummer |
#668, aired 1987-07-01 | CANADIAN ACTORS $1000: Born a Montreal bus driver's daughter, she was nominated for an Oscar for "Anne of a Thousand Days" Geneviève Bujold |