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Elizabeth
Leslie

Toronto · London · Hong Kong

A professional actress with over 40 principal and guest-starring roles in Canadian and American film and television, extensive credits in Japanese and Hong Kong broadcasting, and more than a decade each in classical theatre and improvisational dinner theatre. Elizabeth has also directed, written, and taught drama across three continents.

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Selected Credits

Canadian
Film & Television

Over four decades of principal and guest-starring roles across Canada and the United States.

Murdoch Mysteries · 3 Episodes Queen Victoria

Season 4

Emily of the New Moon · 5 Episodes Aunt Violet

3rd Season

My Secret Identity · 17 Episodes Mrs. Shellenbach

Recurring

Green Dolphin Beat · Vancouver Connie

Recurring

Diamonds · Vancouver Guest

Guest

The Commish · Vancouver Faye

Guest

Mom Squared Mrs. Pepper

Guest

Look Who's Talking 3 Ruthie

Film

Street Legal · 3 Episodes Rose

Guest

Sweating Bullets Connie

Guest

Counterstrike Clavering

Guest

Cheers for Miss Bishop Pom Pom

Film

Nikita Receptionist

Guest

Due South Lady

Guest

The Associate Mrs. Fitzgerald

Film

The Campbells · 5 Episodes Martha Holt

Recurring

Night Heat · 2 Episodes Rosemary / Nurse

Guest

International Credits

Asian Television

Gaijin (foreigners) in Japanese television are mostly used for historical re-enactments. In productions for FUJI TV and Nihon TV, Elizabeth portrayed a range of famous figures: Ruth Ellis, Doris Stokes, Lady Emma Hamilton, the Virgin Mary, and — memorably — a witch burned at the stake. In Hong Kong, she has worked extensively with RTHK Educational Television, including a recurring role as the Sea Witch in their adaptation of The Little Mermaid.

Japan

1998 – 2001

Waratte Iitomo · NHK · 3 Appearances Various

Unbelievable · FUJI TV Ruth Ellis · Lady Hamilton · The Virgin Mary

Sekai Gyouten News · Nihon TV Doris Stokes · Witch · Various

Station Promotions · Kansai TV Mother Duck

Commercials · Various Networks Several

Hong Kong

2002 – 2015

The Little Mermaid · RTHK (ETV) Sea Witch

It Is Magic · RTHK (ETV) Principal

Tell Me Where · RTHK (ETV) Grandmother

Mind Your Manners · Parts 1 & 2 Neighbourhood Lady

Going On an Interview School Principal

Mother Duck — Kansai TV Commercial, Japan

Sea Witch — The Little Mermaid, RTHK Hong Kong

Stage

Theatre

Beginning with playing Alice in Alice in Wonderland in grade school, Elizabeth has never stopped acting "on the boards" — from Classic British and Modern American plays to contemporary theatre, spanning Christie, Molière, and beyond.

The Mousetrap Mrs. Boyle

Christie

Torch Song Trilogy · UK Tour Mother

Fierstein

The Importance of Being Earnest Miss Prism

Wilde

Tartuffe Dorine

Molière

Whose Life Is It Anyway? Sister

Clark

Tiger at the Gates Troilius

Giraudoux

Marat/Sade Singer

Weiss

Bankhead & Barrymore · Bell/Leslie Tallulah Bankhead

Vintage Luggage · UK Tour Georgina

A Phoenix Too Frequent Doto

Fry

Les Belles Soeurs Rose

Tremblay

Last of the Red Hot Lovers Elaine

Simon

Norman Is That You? Mary

Tallulah Bankhead — Bankhead & Barrymore

Performing Since the 1980s

Improvisational
Dinner Theatre

"The cast created the characters — often take-offs of real people in the news — and we wrote the scripts, usually parodies of old movies, also written as murder mysteries where the audience had to guess the killer."

Elizabeth has performed in improvisational dinner theatre since the 1980s, working with the professional repertory company Mysteriously Yours as both actor and co-writer. Characters would eat dinner with the audience and interact with them throughout the evening. In 2013, she returned to play the Dowager Countess in Uptown Abbey — a spoof of Downton Abbey.

Uptown Abbey Countess Dowager Violet

2013

Murder on Sunset Boulevard Norma Desmond

Murder on the Limelight Express The Countess

Dying for a Clue Mrs. Peacock

The Maltese Blue Jay Iffy Archer

Merger She Wrote Leona Ova-Whelmsley

Circuses are Murder Claire Voyant

The King is Dead Jill Houserock

Welcome Home Billy Rae Loretta Lynt

Riverboat Gambler Belle

Radio Days Miss Bea

Murder Most Foul Miss Marple

Hossenfeffer's Will Lady Hossenfeffer

Reform School Mystery Mona

Norma Desmond — Murder on Sunset Boulevard

Leona Ova-Whelmsley — backstage Limelight

Education & Direction

Children's Theatre
& Teaching

Besides performing, Elizabeth has written plays and directed theatre for children. As a qualified ESL teacher, she combined both passions — teaching English through drama to students across Canada, Hong Kong, and beyond.

Lilliput Productions for Little People · 5 Seasons · Ontario/Maritimes Director & Writer

Sandra Leighton Inc.

Acting for the Camera/Teen Instructor

Peel County Board of Education

Learning English Through Drama

Adult & Children

Vancouver Board of Education

Vancouver, Canada

Primary School

French International School

Hong Kong

Secondary School