CARLSON, Lillian

(Lilian Carlson, Lillian Carson)

PERSONAL

Born in Canada; children: four.

Career:

Actress. Headlines Theatre, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, member of company.

Awards, Honors:

Jessie Richardson Theatre Award, best performance by an actress in a supporting role, 1983, for Blood Relations; Lifetime Achievement Award, Association of Canadian Television and Radio Artists, 1999.

CREDITS

Television Appearances; Movies:

Hotel manager, The Three Wishes of Billy Grier, ABC, 1984.

Apartment manager, Brotherly Love, The WB, 1985.

(As Lilian Carlson) Mrs. Burns, Blackout, HBO, 1985.

Emergency room nurse, I–Man, ABC, 1986.

Mrs. Thurgood, The Christmas Star, ABC, 1986.

Mrs. Wilmot, Christmas Snow, NBC, 1986.

Mrs. Sykes, After the Promise, CBS, 1987.

Woman passenger, A Mother's Justice, NBC, 1991.

Mrs. Goldstein, Yes Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus, ABC, 1991.

Norma Rice, No Child of Mine (also known as The Fight for Baby Jesse), CBS, 1993.

Senior citizen, The Only Way Out, ABC, 1993.

Woman in parking lot, Serving in Silence: The Margare-the Cammermeyer Story (also known as Serving in Silence), NBC, 1995.

Shirley, Not Our Son, CBS, 1995.

Helen, Volcano: Fire on the Mountain (also known as Fire on the Mountain), ABC, 1997.

(As Lillian Carson) Mildred, Catch Me If You Can (also known as Deadly Game, Hide and Seek, and Jeu mortel), Fox Family, 1998.

(As Lilian Carlson) Mrs. Gold, A Storm in Summer, Showtime, 2000.

Mrs. Winfield, The Spiral Staircase, Fox Family, 2000.

Grandma Hotchkiss, The Wedding Dress, CBS, 2001.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Hannah Molnar, "Windows," Airwolf, USA Network, 1987.

Mrs. Lester, "Harry's Ark," Danger Bay, 1988.

Meddling old woman, "Listening In," Danger Bay, 1990.

Mrs. Buerkle, "Father Eddie," The Commish, ABC, 1994.

Woman in wheelchair/Mrs. Musten, "The Box," Strange Luck, Fox, 1995.

Ida McGuire, "The Healer," Dead Man's Gun, Showtime, 1997.

Ticket lady, "Don't Go Breakin' My Art," Breaker High, UPN, 1998.

Mrs. Josephs, "Little Sister: Part 3," Da Vinci's Inquest, CBC, 1998.

Mrs. Josephs, "Final Chapter," Da Vinci's Inquest, CBC, 1999.

Hotel lady, "Vendetta," Poltergeist: The Legacy, Sci–Fi Channel, 1999.

Older woman #1, "A Cook," Dead Like Me, Showtime, 2003.

Elderly lady, "Taking Off," The Chris Isaak Show, Showtime, 2004.

Television Appearances; Series:

Norah, Cariboo Country, CBC, 1960.

Mrs. Granger, Friday Island, CBC, 1963.

Film Appearances:

Secretary, K2 (also known as K2: The Ultimate High), Miramax, 1992.

Receptionist, Ernest Rides Again, 1993.

Old woman, Big Bully, Warner Bros., 1996.

Mrs. Pellegrini, Urban Safari, Warwick, 1996.

(As Lilian Carlson) Win, Henry's Cafe, Nexus, 1998.

Cora, Here's to Life!, Red Sky, 2000.

Mother Superior, Saving Silverman (also known as Evil Woman), Columbia, 2001.

Nurse, Replicant, Artisan, 2001.

Bus lady, Suddenly Naked (also known as Mise a nu), Pantheon, 2001.

Stage Appearances:

Blood Relations, Arts Club Theatre, 1983.

Out of the Silence, Waterfront Theatre, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, 1991–92.

This Is My Life?, Waterfront Theatre, 1991–92.

Practicing Democracy, Headlines Theatre, Vancouver, 2004.

Radio Appearances:

The Cherry Orchard, CBC, 1979.