Lorraine Thomson

Lorraine Thomson (12 July 1931 – 13 August 2020) was a Canadian dancer, television host, television producer and one of the co-founders, with Pierre Berton, of the ACTRA Awards.

She was the first dancer hired by the CBC for their first televised variety show, The Big Revue.

She turned to radio hosting the 1960s, and then television hosting in the 1970s for CBC's The Naked Mind, The Weaker(?) Sex and V.I.P.

She was the one of the first women to produce variety shows on CBC.

For 18 years, she was the program coordinator for Front Page Challenge. She was nominated for several national awards for her work both in front of and behind the camera.

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