Florence Paterson

{{Short description|Canadian actress (1927–1995)}} {{Infobox person | name = Florence Paterson | birth_date = {{birth date|1927|11|3}} | birth_place = [[St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador]], Canada | death_date = {{death date and age|1995|7|23|1927|11|3}} | death_place = [[Vancouver]], [[British Columbia]], Canada | occupation = Actress | years_active = 1954–1995 }} '''Florence Paterson''' (November 3, 1927 – July 23, 1995) was a [[Canadians|Canadian]] actress.<ref name=vancouver/>

== Early life == The daughter of machinist and politician [[George Nightingale]] and Violet Noseworthy, she was born in [[St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador|St. John's]], [[Newfoundland]] and was educated there.

== Career == Paterson taught school for a time and then trained in nursing. She married John Paterson. She joined the St. John's Players in 1954, won awards at several drama festivals in the province and performed on [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|CBC]] radio. She moved to [[Halifax, Nova Scotia]] in 1972, where she performed with the [[Neptune Theatre (Halifax)|Neptune Theatre Company]].<ref name="bio">{{cite encyclopedia |url=http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/cns_enl/id/2128 |encyclopedia=[[Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador]] |page=230 |title=Paterson, Florence Maurice}}</ref>

She played the role of Mary Mercer in [[David French (playwright)|David French]]'s theatrical play ''[[Of the Fields, Lately]]'' in 1973,<ref name=fraser>John Fraser, "Of the Fields low key but brilliant". ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'', October 1, 1973.</ref> and later reprised the role in [[Mike Newell (director)|Mike Newell]]'s 1976 television adaptation.<ref name=kirby>Blaik Kirby, "Of the Fields moving". ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'', January 10, 1976.</ref>

In 1989, she moved to [[Vancouver, British Columbia]]. She appeared in the 1990 movie ''[[Bird on a Wire (film)|Bird on a Wire]]'', the [[It (miniseries)|1990 television adaptation]] of Stephen King's "It" as Ms. Kersh, and the 1994 movie ''[[Little Women (1994 film)|Little Women]]'' as Hannah. She also appeared in the CBC television series ''[[Backstretch]]''.

== Personal life == Paterson died in Vancouver at the age of 67.<ref name="vancouver">{{cite web |url=http://www.vancouverhistory.ca/whoswho_P.htm |title=Hall of Fame |work=he History of Metropolitan Vancouver |access-date=2015-07-03 |archive-date=2019-11-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191129155832/http://www.vancouverhistory.ca/whoswho_P.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>

== Filmography ==

=== Film === {| class="wikitable sortable" |+ !Year !Title !Role !Notes |- |1985 |''[[Def-Con 4]]'' |Mrs. Boyd | |- |1990 |[[Bird on a Wire (film)|''Bird on a Wire'']] |Molly Baird | |- |1994 |[[Little Women (1994 film)|''Little Women'']] |Hannah | |}

=== Television === {| class="wikitable sortable" !Year !Title !Role !Notes |- |1977, 1982 |[[For the Record (Canadian TV series)|''For the Record'']] |Betty |2 episodes |- |1983 |''[[The Undaunted (TV series)|The Undaunted]]'' |[[Elizabeth I]] |Episode: "Sir Humphrey Gilbert" |- |1987 |[[Seeing Things (TV series)|''Seeing Things'']] |Gwen |Episode: "Another Point of View" |- |1989 |[[Unsub (TV series)|''Unsub'']] |Mrs. Karchocov |Episode: "Silent Stalker" |- |1989 |[[Lantern Hill (film)|''Lantern Hill'']] |Justina Titus | rowspan="2" |Television film |- |1989 |''The Lady Forgets'' |Rebecca's Mom |- |1990 |[[Wiseguy (TV series)|''Wiseguy'']] |Adele Tilshaw |Episode: "Meet Mike McPike" |- |1990 |''[[Getting Married in Buffalo Jump]]'' |Irene McCallum |Television film |- |1990 |[[It (miniseries)|''It'']] |Mrs. Kersh |Episode: "Part 2" |- |1991 |''Captive'' |Hilda Bruger | rowspan="4" |Television film |- |1992 |''[[To Grandmother's House We Go]]'' |Great Grandma Mimi |- |1992 |[[The Man Upstairs (1992 film)|''The Man Upstairs'']] |Mrs. Porter |- |1994 |[[Seasons of the Heart (1994 film)|''Seasons of the Heart'']] |Sarah, housekeeper |}

== References == {{Reflist}}

== External links == * {{IMDb name |id=0665488}}

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