Lisa Langlois Explained

Lisa Langlois
Birth Date:15 March 1959
Birth Place:North Bay, Ontario
Occupation:Actress
Yearsactive:1975–present

Lisa Langlois (born March 15, 1959) is a Canadian actress, who has appeared in movies, television and theater.

Life and career

Langlois was born in North Bay, Ontario. spent her childhood years in Hamilton, Ontario, where she attended a French language school becoming fluent in French. In 1974 she represented Hamilton in the Miss Teen Canada beauty pageant, where she finished second. Langlois graduated from McMaster University in Hamilton.

She made her film debut in Claude Chabrol's mystery Blood Relatives (1978) opposite Donald Sutherland. Chabrol also cast her in his next feature, Violette Nozière (1978). Langlois made a number of other films in Canada, including the thriller Phobia (1980), directed by John Huston.[1]

She appeared in another 1980 film, Klondike Fever, and played leading roles in three films that have acquired cult followings: the horror film Happy Birthday to Me (1981), the teen actioner Class of 1984 (1982), and the killer rat shocker Deadly Eyes (1982).[2]

After this work in Paris and Toronto, Langlois moved to Los Angeles to pursue American projects. She appeared in two Paramount Pictures comedy features: The Man Who Wasn't There (1983), a 3-D production, and National Lampoon's Joy of Sex (1984), directed by Martha Coolidge. In 1985 Langlois co-starred in the romantic comedy The Slugger's Wife, where she played a struggling singer and performed her own musical numbers after auditioning for Quincy Jones. She made guest appearances on television programs such as Murder, She Wrote in 1986, and she performed on stage in the La Jolla Playhouse's production of Once in a Lifetime in 1988. She played the heroine in Roger Corman's horror film The Nest (1988) and co-starred in a made for TV movie, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1989).

During the 1990s Langlois moved back to Canada. She worked steadily including parts in the action pictures The White Tiger (1995) and The Final Cut (1995), alongside Sam Elliott. She made appearances in the television series (1998), Vengeance Unlimited (1999), and Relic Hunter (2000). After a brief hiatus she returned to the Los Angeles stage in 2004, starring in Jungle Express in Malibu.

More recently, Langlois had a co-starring role in The Perfect Marriage (2006), a thriller that premiered on Lifetime Television; in 2007 she had a recurring role in the TV series The L Word. In 2010, she appeared in Summer Eleven directed by Joseph Kell, her former co-star from Deadly Eyes (1982).[2]

Langlois has a son, Emerson.

Filmography

Movies

YearTitleRoleNotes
1977data-sort-value="Stowaway, The" The StowawayGeorgina Short
1978Blood RelativesMuriel Stark
VioletteMaddy
1980Klondike FeverDiamond Tooth Gertie
It Rained All Night the Day I LeftSuzanna
PhobiaLaura Adams
1981Happy Birthday to MeAmelia
1982Class of 1984Patsy
Deadly EyesTrudy White
Hard FeelingsBarbara Holland
1983data-sort-value="Man Who Wasn't There, The" The Man Who Wasn't ThereCindy Worth
1984Joy of SexMelanie
1985data-sort-value="Slugger's Wife, The" The Slugger's WifeAline Cooper
1988data-sort-value="Nest, The" The NestElizabeth Johnson
TransformationsMiranda
1989MindfieldSarah Paradis
1996data-sort-value="Final Cut, The" The Final CutSara
White TigerJoanne Grogan
2008Poe: Last Days of the RavenJane Stanard
2010Summer ElevenJenine
2015Relentless JusticeGloria Curtis
2022Hotel for the HolidaysMadame Fontaine
2023Silver FoxJoanna

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1975Sidestreet
1983Hangin' InFaye / Gail 2 episodes: Love Is Deaf, I've Got a Secret
1985data-sort-value="Edison Twins, The" The Edison TwinsAlison1 Episode: My House Is Your House
1986Murder, She WroteKitty Manette 1 Episode: The Perfect Foil
Doing LifeRose-Ann Rosenberg TV movie
1989Nightmare Classics1 Episode: The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1990Father Dowling MysteriesCarol Van Horn 1 Episode: The Ghost of a Chance Mystery
1994Forever KnightLaura / Marise 1 Episode: Capital Offense
1998Emma Jansen 1 Episode: Count Mystery
Dr. Judith Taggart 1 Episode: Absolution
1999Vengeance UnlimitedHelen Clemente 1 Episode: Vendetta
2000Relic HunterMonica1 Episode: Fertile Ground
2006data-sort-value="Perfect Marriage, The" The Perfect MarriageCarrie HollingsTV movie
2007Fire SerpentHeather Allman TV movie
Framed for MurderDiane Desalvo TV movie
2006–07Hank William's First NationMonique Savard 4 episodes
2007–19HeartlandMarion Fleming 3 episodes: Coming Home, Full Circle, The Passing of the Torch
2008data-sort-value="L Word, The" The L WordAndrea 2 episodes: Liquid Heat, Lunar Cycle
2016Our World TodayPretty Funny Woman 18 episodes
2017Mommy's Little BoyPrincipal Reynolds TV movie
2021A Chance for ChristmasWandaTV movie
2022Lemonade Stand RomanceGladys McTavishTV Movie

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Beauty & the Beasts: An Interview with Lisa Langlois – June 2011. The Terror Trap.
  2. Web site: The Beauty & the Beasts: An Interview with Lisa Langlois Part II – June 2011. The Terror Trap.