Peter Herrndorf

Peter Herrndorf

male
ontario lawyer, From Winnipeg, MBA, master of business administration, Harvard Business School, Television executive…NationalArtsCentre
Peter Herrndorf is a Canadian lawyer and media businessman. He is the president and chief executive officer of the National Arts Centre. He...
Rick Mercer

Rick Mercer

male, 40 years old
Richard Vincent "Rick" Mercer, Show Me the Button, Richard Vincent (Rick) Mercer, political satirist, Meech Lake, Fake News anchor…NationalArtsCentre
Richard Vincent "Rick" Mercer (born October 17, 1969 in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador), is a Canadian comedian, television personality,...
George Ryga

George Ryga

male, deceased (1987)
novelist, Banff School of Fine Arts, Royal Winnipeg Ballet, Captives of the Faceless Drummer, In the Shadow of the Vulture, Ploughmen of the Glacier…NationalArtsCentre, Banff Centre for the Arts
George Ryga (July 27, 1932 - November 18, 1987) was a Canadian playwright and novelist. Ryga was born in Deep Creek, Alberta to poor Ukrainian...
Rod Beattie

Rod Beattie

male
Canadian, The Wars, Oleanna, Wingfield Series, The Loveliest, Stratford Festival…Manitoba Theatre Centre, NationalArtsCentre
Rod Beattie is a Canadian actor who is best known for performing the Wingfield Series of plays by Dan Needles. In these plays Beattie plays all the...
Franco Mannino

Franco Mannino

male, deceased (2005)
Death from surgical complications, ballet, Teatro Massimo, Mario e il Mago, Italian, composer…NationalArtsCentre
Franco Mannino (24 April 1924, Palermo - 1st February 2005, Rome) was mostly known as an Italian film composer. However he was also a pianist...

Jackie Maxwell

female, 53 years old
Theatre director, belfast, Irish, University of Manchester, Factory Theatre, NationalArtsCentre
Jackie Maxwell (born 1956), theatre director and dramaturge. Maxwell was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland. After earning an Honours degree in...
Martha Burns

Martha Burns

female
Trafford Tanzi, Genie Award winner for Best Supporting Actress, Tarragon Theatre, Shaw Festival, NationalArtsCentre, Gemini Award
Martha Burns is an award-winning Canadian actress best known for her stage work and youth outreach in Ontario and her leading role in the TV drama...
Brigitte Haentjens

Brigitte Haentjens

female
French, immigrant to Canada, Theatre director, Théâtre du Nouvel-Ontario, Nouvelle Compagnie Théâtrale, Canadian writer in French…NationalArtsCentre
Brigitte Haentjens is a Canadian theatre director. Born in France, she studied theatre in Paris before moving to Canada. From 1982 to 1990, she was...
Dan George

Dan George

male, deceased (1981)
film actor, NationalArtsCentre, Burrard Inlet, Salish, Residential School, The Outlaw Josey Wales
Chief Dan George (July 24, 1899-September 23, 1981) was a chief of the Tsleil-Waututh, a Salish First Nations people located in Burrard Inlet,...
Micheline Beauchemin

Micheline Beauchemin

female, 80 years old
Officer of the Order of Canada, artist, Canadian, Knight of the National Order of Quebec, Textile artist, From Longueuil…National Order of Quebec, Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, NationalArtsCentre, Place des Arts
Micheline Beauchemin, O.C., C.Q., R.C.A. (born 24 October 1929) is a Canadian textile artist and weaver. Born in Longueuil, Quebec, she made the...