# Bronwen Mantel

Bronwen Mantel (born 29 October 1948) is a Canadian actress. Mantel has appeared in numerous movies and has done extensive voice acting in animated films and television series.

## Early life and career

Mantel was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. She has appeared in several movies including Secret Window and Gothika, and as a voice actress in the TV series Mega Babies, Adventures of the Little Koala, Arthur, Bobobobs, Tripping the Rift, Sharky and George, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Papa Beaver's Storytime, A Bunch of Munsch, Young Robin Hood, The Smoggies, Princess Sissi, What's with Andy?, Christopher Columbus, Adventures of the Little Mermaid, Adventures of Pinocchio, Caillou, The Little Lulu Show, Cat Tales, The World of David the Gnome, Spirou, Anna Banana, Diplodos, Nutsberry Town, Lucky Luke, C.L.Y.D.E., Jungle Tales, The Country Mouse and the City Mouse Adventures, Pig City, Wunschpunsch, Sea Dogs, A Miss Mallard Mystery, Woofy, Fred the Caveman, Bob in a Bottle, Jim Button, The Tofus, The Kids from Room 402, Night Hood, Flight Squad, Ivanhoe, Bumpety Boo, Oscar and Spike, Ocean Tales, The Magical Adventures of Quasimodo, Creepschool, Mica, Belphegor, Zoe and Charlie, Gino the Chicken, Pet Pals, The Twins, Marsupilami, Wombat City, Mona the Vampire, Zoé Kezako, The Babaloos, Robinson Sucroe, My Goldfish is Evil, Inuk, Ripley's Believe It or Not!, Chip and Charlie, The Babaloos, Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat, The Real Story of, Tommy and Oscar, Samurai Pizza Cats, Malo Korrigan, Turtle Island, Milo, Lola and Virginia, Dragon Hunters, Gofrette, The Legend of White Fang, Adventures of Peter Pan, Gulliver's Travels and Animal Crackers.
She also appears as Bronwyn Mantel.

## Partial filmography

| Year | Movie | Role | Production Company |
| 1979 | In Praise of Older Women | Woman in Cafe | G. Kaczender/RSL Films |
| 1979 | City on Fire | Sarah Watts/welfare Mother | Astral Films |
| 1980 | Revolution's Orphans* | Ruth Nemets | National Film Board / John Smith |
| 1980 | Hog Wild | Mrs. Rumble | FilmPlan |
| 1983 | Of Unknown Origin | Principal/Boss' wife | Mutuel Films |
| 1983 | Illusions | Principal/Anne Desmond | CBS Films |
| 1985 | Joshua Then and Now | Mrs. Friar | RSL Films / Ted Kotcheff |
| 1987 | The Last Straw | Principal | National Film Board |
| 1987 | Crazy Moon | Anne's Mother | Allegro Films |
| 1988 | Pin | Mrs. Linden | Filmline / Sandor Stern |
| 1990 | Backstab | Principal/Judge | Allegro Films |
| 1993 | Map of the Human Heart | Woman Guest | Miramax |
| 1994 | Breakthrough | Gaylene Janus | Filmline / Piers Haggard |
| 1996 | Mother Night | Howard Campbell's mother | Applause Films / Nick Nolte |
| 1996 | Rainbow | School principal | Filmline/ Bob Hoskins |
| 1996 | Arthur | Mrs. MacGrady | WGBH/Cookie Jar/9 Story Entertainment |
| 1997 | Voices from a Locked Room | Madge Ryan | U.K./Malcom Clarke |
| 2000 | Stardom | Principal/PBS pledge host | Alliance Atlantis/Denys Arcand |
| 2003 | Gothika | Irene | Dark Castle-Warner |
| 2004 | Secret Window | Greta Bowie | Grand Slam Productions / David Koepp |
| 2006 | The Favorite Game | Esther Cohen | Cine Qua Non Films |
| 2006 | Black Eyed Dog | Donna | Pierre Gang |
| 2006 | Banshee | Mildred Totty | Oygen |
| 2008 | Swamp Devil | Shelly | Muse Entertainment |
| 2016 | Ballerina | Mother Superior (voice) | |
* Genie Nominee: Best Astress in a non-feature 1980 and Earle Grey Award: BEST ACTRESS, ACTRA Awards 1980