Danny Freedman
Danny Freedman was a Canadian actor.[1] He was best known for his performance as Mona in the film Fortune and Men's Eyes,[2] for which he won the Canadian Film Award for Best Supporting Actor at the 23rd Canadian Film Awards in 1971.[3] He was born in Montreal.[4]
Freedman had no other major film roles, although he had minor supporting appearances in the films One Man and U-Turn. He was primarily a stage actor, whose performances included Paul Foster's Tom Paine,[5] John Palmer's Memories of My Brother,[6] Fabian Jennings' Charles Manson a.k.a. Jesus Christ[7] and Diane Grant's Broom Hilda.[8] He was a roommate of the three artists associated with the General Idea arts collective in the late 1960s and early 1970s.[9]
Freedman had a small part on the American soap opera The Guiding Light.[10]
References
- ^ "Good idea tossed away". Toronto Star, November 5, 1973.
- ^ "Fortune and Men's Eyes: earnest prison drama". The Globe and Mail, June 24, 1971.
- ^ "New Quebec film sweeps 8 Canadian film awards". Toronto Star, October 2, 1971.
- ^ "Fortune given rave reviews at Venice fest". The Gazette. 3 September 1971. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
- ^ "Delay improves group, not play". The Globe and Mail, November 24, 1969.
- ^ "Muraille chooses badly for opener". Toronto Star, November 6, 1969.
- ^ "Passe Muraille play full of dazzlement". Toronto Star, November 20, 1971.
- ^ "A fine ride with Broom Hilda". The Globe and Mail, May 8, 1975.
- ^ Kate Taylor, "A primer on Toronto’s General Idea, Canada’s most radical art collective". The Globe and Mail, June 1, 2022.
- ^ "People". The Gazette. 3 September 1981. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
External links
- Danny Freedman at IMDb
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1970–2021
- Gratien Gélinas (1970)
- Danny Freedman (1971)
- Donald Pilon (1972)
- Willie Lamothe (1973)
- No Award (1974)
- Henry Beckman (1975)
- Frank Moore (1976)
- Jean Lapointe (1977)
- Henry Beckman (1978)
- Gordon Pinsent (1980)
- Germain Houde (1981)
- Saul Rubinek (1982)
- R. H. Thomson (1983)
- Michael Zelniker (1984)
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- Alan Arkin (1986)
- Gabriel Arcand (1987)
- Germain Houde (1988)
- Rémy Girard (1989)
- Rémy Girard (1990)
- August Schellenberg (1991)
- Michael Hogan (1992)
- Kevin Tighe (1993)
- Don McKellar (1994)
- Kenneth Welsh (1995)
- Peter Donaldson (1996)
- Peter MacNeill (1997)
- Callum Keith Rennie (1998)
- Mark McKinney (1999)
- Martin Cummins (2000)
- Vincent Gale (2001)
- Elias Koteas (2002)
- Stéphane Rousseau (2003)
- Jean Lapointe (2004)
- Denis Bernard (2005)
- Stephen McHattie (2006)
- Armin Mueller-Stahl (2007)
- Callum Keith Rennie (2008)
- Maxim Gaudette (2009)
- Dustin Hoffman (2010)
- Viggo Mortensen (2011)
- Serge Kanyinda (2012)
- Gordon Pinsent (2013)
- John Cusack (2014)
- Nick Serino (2015)
- Vincent Cassel (2016)
- Ethan Hawke (2017)
- Richard Clarkin (2018)
- Rémy Girard (2019)
- Colm Feore (2020)
- Joshua Odjick (2021)
1970–2021
- Fernande Giroux (1970)
- Olivette Thibault (1971)
- Doris Petrie (1972)
- Camille Bernard (1973)
- No Award (1974)
- Lila Kedrova (1975)
- Tedde Moore (1976)
- Carole Lazare (1977)
- Marilyn Lightstone (1978)
- Geneviève Bujold (1980)
- Kate Reid (1981)
- Denise Filiatrault (1982)
- Jackie Burroughs (1983)
- Jackie Burroughs (1984)
- Linda Sorenson (1985)
- Linda Sorenson (1986)
- Louise Portal (1987)
- Paule Baillargeon (1988)
- Colleen Dewhurst (1989)
- Robyn Stevan (1990)
- Danielle Proulx (1991)
- Monique Mercure (1992)
- Nicola Cavendish (1993)
- Martha Henry (1994)
- Kate Nelligan (1995)
- Martha Burns (1996)
- Seana McKenna (1997)
- Monique Mercure (1998)
- Catherine O'Hara (1999)
- Helen Shaver (2000)
- Molly Parker (2001)
- Pascale Montpetit (2002)
- Marie-Josée Croze (2003)
- Jennifer Jason Leigh (2004)
- Danielle Proulx (2005)
- Carrie-Anne Moss (2006)
- Kristen Thomson (2007)
- Kristin Booth (2008)
- Martha Burns (2009)
- Minnie Driver (2010)
- Sophie Nélisse (2011)
- Seema Biswas (2012)
- Sarah Gadon (2013)
- Suzanne Clément (2014)
- Joan Allen (2015)
- Molly Parker (2016)
- Bahar Noohian (2017)
- Sarah Gadon (2018)
- Nour Belkhiria (2019)
- Mary Walsh (2020)
- Cherish Violet Blood (2021)
2022
- Aaron Pierre (2022)
2023-present
- Glenn Howerton (2023)
2023-present
- Chantal Thuy (2023)
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