Catherine Disher Explained

Catherine Disher
Birth Place:England
Occupation:Actress
Years Active:1986–present
Children:1

Catherine Disher is a British-born Canadian actress. She has won two Gemini Awards: in 2005 for Best Actress for her role in the Canadian mini-series Snakes and Ladders,[1] and in 2010 for her role in The Border. She was also nominated for her role as Dr. Natalie Lambert in the Forever Knight TV series.

Career

Disher had a supporting role on T. and T., the legal/action series starring Mr. T, and had another supporting role in the second season of the War of the Worlds series. She starred in Forever Knight from 1992 to 1996, and provided the voice of Jean Grey on the X-Men animated series from 1992 to 1997.[2] She played Maggie Norton on the Canadian television series The Border from 2008 to 2010 and provides additional voices on the PBS Kids/CBC Kids series Super Why!.

Apart from her work as an actor, Disher has done voice work for animated series and video games, such as [3] and Sailor Moon.[4] She also wrote one episode of the British-Canadian-Midwestern-French drama series The Campbells.

Disher played Martha Tinsdale in a series of made-for-TV movies about The Good Witch (alongside her X-Men co-star Chris Potter), and has continued the role on the television series Good Witch.[5]

Personal life

She was formerly married to her X-Men co-star Cedric Smith, with whom she had a son, Darcy Montgomery Smith, in 1993.

Filmography

Live action

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1986 data-sort-value="Vindicator, The" The Vindicator Catherine Collins
Murder Sees the Light Television film
1987 Haunted by Her Past Salesgirl
1988 data-sort-value="New Life, A" A New Life Student
1989 data-sort-value="Long Road Home, The" The Long Road Home Bayla
data-sort-value="Private Capital, The" The Private Capital Television film
1990 Dark Horse
1991 data-sort-value="Psychic, The" The Psychic Lucinda
Grand Larceny Dulcie Television film
1993 Judy Zess
1998 Earthquake in New York Ms. Clark
2003 Coast to Coast Paula Hobday
2004 Plain Truth Leda Television film
2005 Murder in the Hamptons D. A. Dynak
Terry Betty Fox
Ms. Starr
2006 data-sort-value="Dad for Christmas, The" A Dad for Christmas Beverly
2007 In God's Country Eileen
For Lease Viola Checkny Short film
2008 data-sort-value="Good Witch, The" The Good Witch Martha Tinsdale Television film
2009 data-sort-value="Good Witch's Garden, The" The Good Witch's Garden
2010 data-sort-value="Good Witch's Gift, The" The Good Witch's Gift
2011 data-sort-value="Good Witch's Family, The" The Good Witch's Family
2012 Foxfire: Confessions of a Girl Gang Mrs. O'Hagan
Blood Pressure Glenda
data-sort-value="Good Witch's Charm, The" The Good Witch's Charm Martha Tinsdale Television film
An Officer and a Murderer Captain Catherine Novak
2013 data-sort-value="Good Witch's Destiny, The" The Good Witch's Destiny Martha Tinsdale
2014 data-sort-value="Good Witch's Wonder, The" The Good Witch's Wonder
2015 Regression Kate
2016 Love's Complicated J.R. Television film

Television

Voice work

Video games

Year Title Role Notes
1994 X-Men: Children of the Atom
1995 Marvel Super Heroes Psylocke
1996 X-Men vs. Street Fighter Storm
1999
2000 Psylocke, Storm, Spiral, Jill Valentine
2000 Jean Grey
2001

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2004-12-15 . 'Human Cargo' wins big at Gemini Awards . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20080622191205/http://www.cbc.ca/arts/story/2004/12/13/geminiawards041213.html . 2008-06-22 . 2010-08-06 . CBC.ca.
  2. Web site: The X-Men Episode Guide 3x12: 'Dark Phoenix Part I: Dazzled' . Comics Alliance . 2 October 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20161016144036/http://comicsalliance.com/the-x-men-episode-guide-3x12-dark-phoenix-part-i-dazzled/ . 16 October 2016 .
  3. Web site: CRIMSON HEAD ELDER Interview Catherine Disher. CRIMSON HEAD ELDER. 2 October 2016. 30 July 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140730030341/http://www.crimson-head.com/apps/podcast/podcast/327618. live.
  4. Web site: Finally, We Can End the Catherine Disher Saga...(And A Gemini Awards Update). moon-chase.blogspot.ca. 2 October 2016. 16 October 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161016145849/http://moon-chase.blogspot.ca/2009/11/finally-we-can-end-catherine-disher.html. live.
  5. Web site: Dillard. Mechele R.. GOOD WITCH 'Madame Mayor' Catherine Disher Almost Became a Zoologist! (Interview). TVRuckus. 2 October 2016. 3 October 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161003102512/http://tvruckus.com/2015/04/10/good-witch-madame-mayor-catherine-disher-almost-became-a-zoologist-interview/. live.
  6. Web site: Catherine Disher (visual voices guide) - BTVA - Behind The Voice Actors. behindthevoiceactors.com. 8 October 2019. . Check mark indicates role has been confirmed using screenshots of closing credits and other reliable sources.. 14 November 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201114045506/https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Catherine-Disher/. live.
  7. Web site: 'X-Men '97' exclusive look reveals legacy costumes, Theo James casting. EW.com. 2024-02-15. 2024-02-15. https://web.archive.org/web/20240215144748/https://ew.com/x-men-97-trailer-legacy-costumes-casting-confirmed-theo-james-8580432. live.

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