# Elva Mai Hoover

Elva Mai Hoover is a Canadian actress. She is best known for her performance as Betty Fox in The Terry Fox Story, for which she garnered a Genie Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress at the 5th Genie Awards, in 1984, and her television roles as Mrs. Edison in The Edison Twins and Mrs. Lawson in Road to Avonlea.
She has also had guest and supporting roles in other films and television series, but worked primarily as a stage actor, most notably as painter Anne Langton in Molly Thom's The Bush-Ladies.
Hoover is the mother of writer Gemma Files, through her marriage to Australian actor Gary Files.

## Selected filmography
### Film

List of film appearances, with year, title, and role shown :
| Year | Title | Role |
| 1977 | Equus | Miss Raintree |
| 1980 | Superman II | Mother |
| 1982 | Murder by Phone | Phone woman |
| 1982 | Class of 1984 | Ellen Corrigan |
| 1990 | Stella | Mrs. Hough |
| 1996 | Losing Chase | Margaret Thompson |
| 1997 | Pippi Longstocking | Mrs. Kling (voice) |
| 1997 | Time to Say Goodbye? | Counsellor |
| 1997 | Hayseed | Auntie Charity |
| 1999 | A Map of the World | Superintendent |
| 2008 | Toronto Stories | Dog walker lady |
| 2011 | Down the Road Again | Housekeeper |
| 2013 | Mama | Dr. Dreyfuss' secretary |

### Television

List of television appearances, with year, title, and role shown :
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1974 | Police Surgeon | Clara | Episode: "Borrowed Trouble" |
| 1976 | King of Kensington | Marian Martinique | Episode: "Cathy's Hobby" |
| 1980, 1984 | The Littlest Hobo | Margaret "Marge" Carrano | Episodes: "Willy and Kate", "One Door Closes" |
| 1981 | The Great Detective | Catherine Emerston | Episodes: "Murder by Proxy: Parts 1 & 2" |
| 1982 | Seeing Things | | Episode: "Through the Looking Glass" |
| 1983 | The Terry Fox Story | Betty Fox | TV film |
| 1984–1986 | The Edison Twins | Mrs. Edison | Recurring role |
| 1986 | The Judge | | Episode: "Just Leave Me Alone" |
| 1986 | The Truth About Alex | Mrs. Prager | TV film |
| 1987 | Danger Bay | Gail | Episode: "Time Out" |
| 1987 | Starcom: The U.S. Space Force | Malvanna Wilde (voice) | Main role |
| 1987, 1989 | Friday the 13th: The Series | Jean Flappen, Joanne | Episodes: "Doctor Jack", "The Sweetest Sting" |
| 1988 | Diamonds | | Episode: "Sweetheart Deal" |
| 1988 | T. and T. | Judge | Episodes: "Junkyard Blues", "Mickey's Choice" |
| 1989, 1993 | E.N.G. | Mrs. X, Judy Heinrich | Episodes: "Dirty Trick", "Love and Marriage" |
| 1990, 1992 | Street Legal | Nancy Cross, Janis Barnett | Episodes: "The Bracelet", "Affairs of the Heart" |
| 1990–1994 | Road to Avonlea | Elvira Lawson | Recurring role (seasons 1–5) |
| 1993 | Class of '96 | Faculty member | Episode: "Pilot" |
| 1993 | Tales from the Cryptkeeper | Dr. Mahdi (voice) | Episode: "This Wraps It Up" |
| 1994 | Hello Kitty and Friends | (voice) | Episodes: "The Circus Comes to Town", "Mom Loves Me After All" |
| 1995 | A Vow to Kill | Ida Lambert | TV film |
| 1995 | Choices of the Heart: The Margaret Sanger Story | NY librarian | TV film |
| 1995 | Picture Windows | Candice | Episode: "Soir Bleu" |
| 1996 | Losing Chase | Margaret Thompson | TV film |
| 1998 | Escape: Human Cargo | State Department woman | TV film |
| 2000 | Rated X | Principal's secretary | TV film |
| 2000 | Queer as Folk | Mrs. Schmidt | Episode: "Ted's Not Dead" |
| 2001 | Our Hero | Dora | Episode: "The Last Laugh Issue" |
| 2001 | The Familiar Stranger | Sheila | TV film |
| 2001 | Midwives | Ob-gyn doctor | TV film |
| 2002 | The Ripping Friends | (voice) | Episode: "The Infernal Wedding" |
| 2010 | Rookie Blue | Store owner | Episode: "Mercury Retrograde" |
| 2011 | Flashpoint | Carol | Episode: "Terror" |
| 2011 | Murdoch Mysteries | Mrs. Shanley | Episode: "Confederate Treasure" |
| 2015–16 | Odd Squad | Rita | Episodes: "Training Day", "The O Team/Show Me the Money" |
| 2018 | The Romanoffs | June | Episode: "The Royal We" |