{{short description|Canadian actress and theatre director}} {{Infobox person | name = Fran Gebhard | image = <!-- filename only, no "File:" or "Image:" prefix, and no enclosing brackets --> | alt = <!-- descriptive text for use by speech synthesis (text-to-speech) software --> | caption = | birth_name = <!-- only use if different from name --> | birth_date = <!-- {{Birth date and age|YYYY|MM|DD}} for living people supply only the year with {{Birth year and age|YYYY}} unless the exact date is already widely published, as per WP:DOB. For people who have died, use {{Birth date|YYYY|MM|DD}}. --> | birth_place = | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (DEATH date then BIRTH date) --> | death_place = | nationality = <!-- use only when necessary per WP:INFONAT --> | other_names = | education = University of British Columbia (MFA)<ref name=minty>{{Cite web |date=June 1, 2017|title=Minty: Zoned in on community theatre, which isn’t ‘amateur’ at all - Surrey Now-Leader |url=https://www.surreynowleader.com/entertainment/minty-zoned-in-on-community-theatre-which-isnt-amateur-at-all/ |access-date=September 15, 2022 |website=www.surreynowleader.com |language=en-US}}</ref> | occupation = Actress, director, and professor | years_active = | known_for = | notable_works = }} '''Fran Gebhard''' is a Canadian actress and theatre director.<ref name=punk>Adrian Chamberlain, "Midsummer Night's Dream goes punk; New York scene in late '70s inspires director Fran Gebhard". ''Victoria Times-Colonist'', November 6, 2014.</ref> She is most noted for her performance in the 1987 film ''Blue City Slammers'', for which she received a Genie Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress at the 9th Genie Awards.<ref>Liam Lacey, "Quebec film picks up 14 nominations: Zoo paces race for Genies". ''The Globe and Mail'', February 17, 1988.</ref> She is currently a professor at the University of Victoria.{{citation needed|date=February 2023}}
== Career == Gebhard has had supporting or guest roles in the films ''A Piano for Mrs. Cimino'', ''Police Academy 3: Back in Training'', ''Love and Murder'', ''Ernest Goes to School'' and ''Case 39'', and the television series ''Check It Out!'', ''Friday the 13th: The Series'', ''T. and T.'', ''The Dead Zone'', ''The Chris Isaak Show'' and ''The L Word''. As a director, her work has included productions of ''You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown'', ''Wreckage'', ''The School for Scandal'', ''Crackpot,'' ''The Affections of May'', ''Twelfth Night'', ''For the Pleasure of Seeing Her Again'' and ''A Midsummer Night's Dream''.<ref name=punk/>
She has also been associated with the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, including as program head of the Playwrights' Colony and coordinator of the Screenwriters' Workshop.{{Citation needed|date=September 2022}}
Gebhard has often served as a festival adjudicator for Theatre BC's regional zone festivals.<ref name=":0" /> Gebhard adjudicated the 2014 North Island Zone Drama Festival.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gough |first=Brenda |date=May 13, 2014|title=Mix of genres offers a theatrical feast |url=https://www.pqbnews.com/entertainment/mix-of-genres-offers-a-theatrical-feast/ |access-date=September 15, 2022|website=Parksville Qualicum Beach News |language=en-US}}</ref> In 2015, she was the Main Stage Adjudicator for Kamloops.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lamb-Yorski |first=Monica |date=July 16, 2015 |title=Williams Lake Studio Theatre receives accolades at Mainstage 2015 |url=https://www.wltribune.com/entertainment/williams-lake-studio-theatre-receives-accolades-at-mainstage-2015/ |access-date=September 15, 2022 |website=Williams Lake Tribune |language=en-US}}</ref> Gebhard adjudicated the Fraser Valley Zone Festival in 2017.<ref name="minty" /> In 2018, she adjudicated the Kitimat Drama Festival.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gervais |first=Brittany |date=June 7, 2018|title=Terrace Little Theatre wins big at Kitimat Drama Festival |url=https://www.terracestandard.com/community/terrace-little-theatre-wins-big-at-kitimat-drama-festival/ |access-date=September 15, 2022 |website=Terrace Standard |language=en-US}}</ref> She served as the Main Stage Adjudicator in Vernon in 2022.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Handschuh |first=Darren |date=July 4, 2022|title=Main Stage 2022 will take place July 11-16 in Vernon |url=https://www.castanet.net/news/Vernon/373537/Main-Stage-2022-will-take-place-July-11-16-in-Vernon |access-date=September 15, 2022 |website=Castanet |language=en}}</ref>
A theatre professor at the University of Victoria,<ref>Adrian Chamberlain, "Liaisons a bona fide coup for UVic team". ''Victoria Times-Colonist'', November 13, 2016.</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Prendergast |first=Monica |title=2019's theatre report card is in |url=https://www.focusonvictoria.ca/focus-magazine-sept-oct-2019/2019s-theatre-report-card-is-in-r4/ |access-date=September 15, 2022 |website=Focus on Victoria |language=en-CA}}</ref> Gebhard has directed productions for the university's Phoenix Theatre. In 2016, she directed ''Les Liaisons Dangereuses''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Chamberlain |first=Adrian |date=November 12, 2016 |title=Review: Les Liaisons Dangereuses a bona fide coup for UVic team |url=https://www.timescolonist.com/entertainment/review-les-liaisons-dangereuses-a-bona-fide-coup-for-uvic-team-4643147 |access-date=September 15, 2022 |website=Victoria Times Colonist |language=en}}</ref> She directed Morris Panych's ''7 Stories'' in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |date=March 3, 2019 |title=UVic production of 7 Stories features original 23 foot tall set |url=https://www.mondaymag.com/entertainment/uvic-production-of-7-stories-features-original-23-foot-tall-set/ |access-date=September 15, 2022 |website=Monday Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref> In 2021, Gebhard directed George F. Walker's ''Problem Child''<ref>{{Cite web |last=Devlin |first=Mike |date=March 18, 2021 |title=First show by the Phoenix Theatre in over a year goes the livestream route |url=https://www.timescolonist.com/entertainment/first-show-by-the-phoenix-theatre-in-over-a-year-goes-the-livestream-route-4688121 |access-date=September 15, 2022 |website=Victoria Times Colonist |language=en}}</ref> and Sarah Ruhl's ''Dead Man's Cell Phone''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Devlin |first=Mike |date=November 12, 2021 |title=Phoenix Theatre returns for its first mainstage production since March 2020 |url=https://www.timescolonist.com/entertainment/phoenix-theatre-returns-for-its-first-mainstage-production-since-march-2020-4746387 |access-date=September 15, 2022 |website=Victoria Times Colonist |language=en}}</ref>
Gebhard has also directed several productions for Victoria's Blue Bridge Repertory Theatre including ''The Importance of Being Earnest'' (2016),<ref>{{Cite web |last=Chamberlain |first=Adrian |date=July 7, 2016 |url=https://www.timescolonist.com/entertainment/veteran-actors-come-full-circle-in-importance-of-being-earnest-4638404 |title=Veteran actors come full circle in Importance of Being Earnest |access-date=September 15, 2022 |website=Victoria Times Colonist |language=en}}</ref> ''Barefoot in the Park'' (2019),<ref>{{Cite web |last=Horne |first=Chris |date=July 10, 2019 |title=Local theatre takes on 1963 comedic classic Barefoot in the Park |url=https://www.martlet.ca/local-theatre-takes-on-1963-comedic-classic-barefoot-in-the-park/ |access-date=September 15, 2022 |website=Martlet.ca |language=en-US}}</ref> and ''Salt Water Moon'' (2021)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Devlin |first=Mike |date=July 2, 2021 |title=Blue Bridge welcomes in-person audiences back to the theatre |url=https://www.timescolonist.com/entertainment/blue-bridge-welcomes-in-person-audiences-back-to-the-theatre-4690430 |access-date=September 15, 2022 |website=Victoria Times Colonist |language=en}}</ref>
== Filmography ==
=== Film === {| class="wikitable sortable" |+ !Year !Title !Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- |1986 |''Police Academy 3: Back in Training'' |Woman at Cafe | |- |1988 |''Blue City Slammers'' |Barb | |- |1990 |''Love & Murder'' |Wilma Evans | |- |1994 |''Ernest Goes to School'' |Miss Cosgrove | |- |2009 |''Case 39'' |Coordinator | |}
=== Television === {| class="wikitable sortable" !Year !Title !Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- |1982 |data-sort-value="Piano for Mrs. Cimino, A" | ''A Piano for Mrs. Cimino'' |Gloria Cimino | rowspan="2" |Television film |- |1983 |data-sort-value="Shaft of Love, The" | ''The Shaft of Love'' |Nurse with Thermometer |- |1985 |''Check It Out!'' |Lady Shopper |Episode: "Seven Days Make One Week" |- |1986 |data-sort-value="Ray Bradbury Theater, The" | ''The Ray Bradbury Theater'' |Neighbour |Episode: "The Screaming Woman" |- |1987 |''Walking on Air'' |Jason's Mom |Television film |- |1988 |''Friday the 13th: The Series'' |Bradley / Marlene |2 episodes |- |1990 |''T. and T.'' |Marlene Nesmith |Episode: "A Lesson in Values" |- |1990 |''Personals'' |Melody | rowspan="3" |Television film |- |1992 |''Shame'' |Betty |- |1993 |data-sort-value="Substitute, The" | ''The Substitute'' |Female Teacher |- |2001 |''Wolf Lake'' |Nurse |Episode: "Excitable Boy" |- |2002 |data-sort-value="Dead Zone, The" | ''The Dead Zone'' |Henrietta Dodd | rowspan="2" |2 episodes |- |2002, 2004 |data-sort-value="Chris Isaak Show, The" | ''The Chris Isaak Show'' |Debbie / Betty |- |2007 |data-sort-value="L Word, The" | ''The L Word'' |Connie |Episode: "Little Boy Blue" |}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{IMDb name|0311366}}
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