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Jackie Richardson

Acting

Born January 4, 1947 · Donora

Biography

Jackie Richardson CM (born January 4, 1947) is a Canadian singer and actress. She is known for her screen roles in Turning to Stone, The Gospel According to the Blues, The Doodlebops, and Sins of the Father. She is also known for her appearance on the YTV show Catwalk where she played the grandmother to Atlas.

Awards & recognition

  • Gemini Award · 2011
  • Dora Mavor Moore Awards · 2004
  • NAACP Image Awards · 2003 · nominated
  • Betty Award · 2000 · nominated
  • Gemini Award · 1986 · nominated

Filmography31 titles

Bojangles

2001as Bedella

This Is Wonderland

2004as Lucia Smith

Monk

2002as Wendy Maas

Mr. Music

1998as Rhonda Grace

Doc

2001

They Call Me Sirr

2001as Grams

The Miracle Worker

2000as Viney

Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye

2002as Mrs. Alice Dotson

Dear Viola

2014as Rennie Jasper

Enslavement: The True Story of Fanny Kemble

2000as Daphne

T and T

as Aunt Martha Robinson

The Doodlebops

as Jazzmin

Don't Mess with Grandma

2024as Granna

A Gift of Love: The Daniel Huffman Story

1999as Transplant Co-Ordinator

Critical Care

1997as Mrs. Steckler

Pretty Hard Cases

2021as Maureen Gray

Three Men and a Baby

1987as Edna

Harriet the Spy

1996as Janie's Mother

Her Desperate Choice

1996as Frances

Switching Channels

1988as Abigail

Extreme Measures

1996as Triphase Nurse

Maximum Risk

1996as Large Woman

Bogus

1996as Babysitter

Woman Wanted

1999as Lydia

Color of Justice

1997as Judge Winslow

Welcome to Mooseport

2004as Martha

Another Woman

1994as Anna

Fake Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

2025as Bernice Davis

Getting Gotti

1994as Juror No. 1

A Holiday Romance

1999as Bea Buskins

Car 54, Where Are You?

1994as Madam