# Linda Goranson

Linda Goranson (born 1947 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian actress.

## Career

Linda Goranson is most noted for her performance in "The Spike in the Wall", a 1970 episode of the CBC Television drama anthology series The Manipulators, for which she won the Canadian Film Award for Best Actress in a Non-Feature at the 22nd Canadian Film Awards; her performance, in which her character removed her blouse to attract her husband's attention, was also controversial as the first topless scene ever broadcast on Canadian network television.
She also appeared in the films The Trap, The Rowdyman, Too Outrageous!, The Painted Door, Confidential, The Gate, Ordinary Magic, Harrison Bergeron, Dirty Pictures, Owning Mahowny and Drifting Snow, and had recurring roles in the television series The Whiteoaks of Jalna, The Newcomers, Traders and Cardinal. She is most prominently associated with stage roles, including productions of William Shakespeare's Measure for Measure, Jane Martin's Talking With..., Neil Simon's Brighton Beach Memoirs, Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None and Joe DiPietro's Over the River and Through the Woods.

## Personal life

She was married to film director Peter Carter until his death.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role |
| 1966 | The Trap | Trader's Daughter |
| 1972 | The Rowdyman | Ruth Lowe |
| 1972 | A Fan's Notes | Limpid |
| 1986 | Confidential | Mrs. Jameson |
| 1986 | Lost! | Wilma |
| 1987 | The Gate | Terry's Mom |
| 1989 | Millennium | Hostage |
| 1993 | Ordinary Magic | Mayor's Wife |
| 2003 | Owning Mahowny | Belinda's Mother |
| 2010 | Casino Jack | President Bush's Secretary |
| 2015 | Let's Rap | Gladys |
| 2015 | Gridlocked | Nancy |
| 2019 | Samanthology | Talent Agent |
| 2021 | Drifting Snow | Myrna |
| 2022 | The Devil's Void | Suzanne |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1971, 1972 | Dr. Simon Locke | Helen / Carrie | 2 episodes |
| 1972–1975 | The Whiteoaks of Jalna | Victoria | 5 episodes |
| 1973 | Program X | Shirley | Episode: "Nightmare" |
| 1979 | An American Christmas Carol | Mrs. Doris Thatcher | Television film |
| 1981 | The Great Detective | Cathy | Episode: "A Question of Loyalties" |
| 1983, 1985 | The Littlest Hobo | Mrs. Greene / Mrs. McKinley | 3 episodes |
| 1985 | The Edison Twins | Mrs. Blake | Episode: "Water Witch" |
| 1985 | ABC Weekend Special | Mrs. Settergren | Episode: "Pippi Longstocking" |
| 1985 | Night Heat | Sandra Kemp | Episode: "Poison" |
| 1985 | The Execution of Raymond Graham | Eileen O'Brien | Television film |
| 1987 | Hoover vs. The Kennedys | Ethel Kennedy | 2 episodes |
| 1988 | Danger Bay | Fiona Todd | Episode: "Second Best" |
| 1988 | The Ray Bradbury Theater | Mother | Episode: "The Emissary" |
| 1988 | Glory Enough for All | Nurse Scott | Television film |
| 1989 | War of the Worlds | Connie | Episode: "Dust to Dust" |
| 1990 | E.N.G. | Mrs. Ascott | Episode: "Payment in Kind" |
| 1991 | Top Cops | Brenda | 1 episode |
| 1992 | Street Legal | Dr. Grant | Episode: "The Phoenix" |
| 1992 | A Town Torn Apart | Sherry Danza | Television film |
| 1992 | The Good Fight | Nurse | Television film |
| 1993 | Forever Knight | Mrs. Shore | Episode: "Fatal Mistake" |
| 1993 | Gross Misconduct: The Life of Brian Spencer | Irene Spencer | Television film |
| 1993 | Rapture | Shane | Television film |
| 1993 | Woman on the Run: The Lawrencia Bembenek Story | Connie Bell | Television film |
| 1993 | David's Mother | Saleswoman | Television film |
| 1995 | The Possession of Michael D. | Helene | Television film |
| 1995 | Harrison Bergeron | Hazel Bergeron | Television film |
| 1996 | Mr. and Mrs. Loving | Mother Loving | Television film |
| 1996 | Escape Clause | Car Crash Mother | Television film |
| 1996 | Undue Influence | Elevator Passenger | Television film |
| 1996 | Traders | Gillian Cunningham | 4 episodes |
| 1997 | Lies He Told | Carolyn Bay | Television film |
| 1997 | Psi Factor | Miss Maxwell | Episode: "Fire Within/Fate" |
| 1998 | Evidence of Blood | Mrs. Hunter | Television film |
| 1998 | Flood: A River's Rampage | Donna Powers | Television film |
| 1998 | Exhibit A: Secrets of Forensic Science | Danielle Thomas | Episode: "The Gun Men" |
| 2000 | Dirty Pictures | Mary | Television film |
| 2001 | Jackie, Ethel, Joan: The Women of Camelot | Lady Bird Johnson | Television film |
| 2002 | Pretend You Don't See Her | Mrs. Hoffman | Television film |
| 2003 | Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye | June McMullen | Episode: "The Heist" |
| 2004 | This Is Wonderland | Mrs. Keeler | Episode #1.2 |
| 2004 | A Separate Peace | Mrs. Carmichael | Television film |
| 2004, 2007 | 72 Hours: True Crime | Kathy Fuller / Dora McPhee | 2 episodes |
| 2011 | Warehouse 13 | Mrs. Martin | Episode: "Queen for a Day" |
| 2013 | Hemlock Grove | Magdalena | Episode: "The Price" |
| 2014 | Remedy | Cathy | Episode: "Bad Blood" |
| 2016 | Shadowhunters | Grandma | Episode: "Major Arcana" |
| 2017 | Schitt's Creek | Linda | Episode: "Sebastien Raine" |
| 2018 | Designated Survivor | Old Woman | Episode: "Run" |
| 2018 | Killer High | Mrs. Blakeslee | Television film |
| 2019–2021 | The Moodys | Grandma Mary | 4 episodes |
| 2020 | Transplant | Lena Joseph | Episode: "Eid" |
| 2020 | Cardinal | Adele | 2 episodes |