Elva Mai Hoover is a Canadian actress.[1] She is best known for her performance as Betty Fox in The Terry Fox Story, for which she garnered a Genie Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress at the 5th Genie Awards, in 1984,[2] and her television roles as Mrs. Edison in The Edison Twins and Mrs. Lawson in Road to Avonlea.
She has also had guest and supporting roles in other films and television series, but worked primarily as a stage actor, most notably as painter Anne Langton in Molly Thom's The Bush-Ladies.[3]
Hoover is the mother of writer Gemma Files, through her marriage to Australian actor Gary Files.[1]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | Equus | Miss Raintree | ||
| 1980 | Superman II | Mother | ||
| 1982 | Murder by Phone | Phone woman | ||
| Class of 1984 | Ellen Corrigan | |||
| 1990 | Stella | Mrs. Hough | ||
| 1996 | Losing Chase | Margaret Thompson | ||
| 1997 | Pippi Longstocking | Mrs. Kling (voice) | ||
| Time to Say Goodbye? | Counsellor | |||
| Hayseed | Auntie Charity | |||
| 1999 | data-sort-value="Map of the World, A" | A Map of the World | Superintendent | |
| 2008 | Toronto Stories | Dog walker lady | ||
| 2011 | Down the Road Again | Housekeeper | ||
| 2013 | Mama | Dr. Dreyfuss' secretary |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | Police Surgeon | Clara | Episode: "Borrowed Trouble" | ||
| 1976 | King of Kensington | Marian Martinique | Episode: "Cathy's Hobby" | ||
| 1980, 1984 | data-sort-value="Littlest Hobo, The" | The Littlest Hobo | Margaret "Marge" Carrano | Episodes: "Willy and Kate", "One Door Closes" | |
| 1981 | data-sort-value="Great Detective, The" | The Great Detective | Catherine Emerston | Episodes: "Murder by Proxy: Parts 1 & 2" | |
| 1982 | Seeing Things | Episode: "Through the Looking Glass" | |||
| 1983 | data-sort-value="Terry Fox Story, The" | The Terry Fox Story | Betty Fox | TV film | |
| 1984–1986 | data-sort-value="Edison Twins, The" | The Edison Twins | Mrs. Edison | Recurring role | |
| 1986 | data-sort-value="Judge, The" | The Judge | Episode: "Just Leave Me Alone" | ||
| data-sort-value="Truth About Alex, The" | The Truth About Alex | Mrs. Prager | TV film | ||
| 1987 | Danger Bay | Gail | Episode: "Time Out" | ||
| Malvanna Wilde (voice) | Main role | ||||
| 1987, 1989 | Jean Flappen, Joanne | Episodes: "Doctor Jack", "The Sweetest Sting" | |||
| 1988 | Diamonds | Episode: "Sweetheart Deal" | |||
| T. and T. | Judge | Episodes: "Junkyard Blues", "Mickey's Choice" | |||
| 1989, 1993 | E.N.G. | Mrs. X, Judy Heinrich | Episodes: "Dirty Trick", "Love and Marriage" | ||
| 1990, 1992 | Street Legal | Nancy Cross, Janis Barnett | Episodes: "The Bracelet", "Affairs of the Heart" | ||
| 1990–1994 | Road to Avonlea | Elvira Lawson | Recurring role (seasons 1–5) | ||
| 1993 | Class of '96 | Faculty member | Episode: "Pilot" | ||
| Tales from the Cryptkeeper | Dr. Mahdi (voice) | Episode: "This Wraps It Up" | |||
| 1994 | Hello Kitty and Friends | (voice) | Episodes: "The Circus Comes to Town", "Mom Loves Me After All" | ||
| 1995 | data-sort-value="Vow to Kill, A" | A Vow to Kill | Ida Lambert | TV film | |
| NY librarian | TV film | ||||
| Picture Windows | Candice | Episode: "Soir Bleu" | |||
| 1996 | Losing Chase | Margaret Thompson | TV film | ||
| 1998 | State Department woman | TV film | |||
| 2000 | Rated X | Principal's secretary | TV film | ||
| Queer as Folk | Mrs. Schmidt | Episode: "Ted's Not Dead" | |||
| 2001 | Our Hero | Dora | Episode: "The Last Laugh Issue" | ||
| data-sort-value="Familiar Stranger, The" | The Familiar Stranger | Sheila | TV film | ||
| Midwives | Ob-gyn doctor | TV film | |||
| 2002 | data-sort-value="Ripping Friends, The" | The Ripping Friends | (voice) | Episode: "The Infernal Wedding" | |
| 2010 | Rookie Blue | Store owner | Episode: "Mercury Retrograde" | ||
| 2011 | Flashpoint | Carol | Episode: "Terror" | ||
| Murdoch Mysteries | Mrs. Shanley | Episode: "Confederate Treasure" | |||
| 2015–16 | Odd Squad | Rita | Episodes: "Training Day", "The O Team/Show Me the Money" | ||
| 2018 | data-sort-value="Romanoffs, The" | The Romanoffs | June | Episode: "The Royal We" |