Jayne Eastwood

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Biography

Jayne Eastwood is a Canadian actress and comedian. She is best known for her film roles as Anna-Marie Biddlecoff in the comedy film Finders Keepers (1984), Mrs. Hammond in Anne of Green Gables (1986), Judy the Waitress in The Santa Clause (1994), Mrs. White in My Big Fat Greek Wedding trilogy, Mrs. Borusewicz in Chicago (2002), Lucy Decker in Welcome to Mooseport (2004), and Miss Wimsey in Hairspray (2007). Her credits also include countless television appearances and voice over work.

Known For

Dawn of the Dead

Norma

Chicago

Mrs. Borusewicz

Hairspray

Miss Wimsey

Videodrome

Woman Caller

The Santa Clause

Waitress

My Big Fat Greek Wedding

Mrs. White

Orphan Black

Nona Walker

Work It

Ruthie (Nursing Home)

Full Filmography

Year	Title	Role
2026	Relationship Goals MOVIE	Doris Diner Waitress
2025	You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution... MOVIE	Self / Sonia
2025	Paige Darcy: Reluctant Detective MOVIE	Mrs. Murray
2025	The Rug MOVIE	Self
2024	The Christmas Charade MOVIE	Gladys
2024	Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent TV	Mrs. Plath
2023	'Twas the Text Before Christmas MOVIE	Maybel
2023	Just A Friend MOVIE	Lucy
2023	My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3 MOVIE	Mrs. White
2023	Heroes of the Golden Mask MOVIE	Helen (voice)
2023	Making Scents of Love MOVIE	Wilma Galway
2022	Hotel for the Holidays MOVIE	Florence
2022	Baking All the Way MOVIE	Irene
2022	High School TV	June
2022	A Tail of Love MOVIE	Lily Channing
2022	Jump, Darling MOVIE	Jeanne
2021	Home Sweet Home Alone MOVIE	Grandma (uncredited)
2021	Overlord and the Underwoods TV	Nana Kirkland
2021	Trigger Point MOVIE	Irene Cole
2020	Inn Love by Christmas MOVIE	Gram
2020	The Santa Squad MOVIE	Connie
2020	Heart of the Holidays MOVIE	Val
2020	Work It MOVIE	Ruthie (Nursing Home)
2020	Lockdown TV	Ms. Eastwood
2020	Anything for Jackson MOVIE	Ian's Mom (voice)
2020	Buffaloed MOVIE	Rhonda
2020	Hey Lady! TV	Lady
2019	Christmas Unleashed MOVIE	Gram Jean
2019	The Knight Before Christmas MOVIE	Eileen
2018	Star Falls TV	Granny King
2018	The Writers' Block TV	Sherri
2017	The Space Between MOVIE	Luella
2017	Bruno & Boots: This Can't Be Happening at MacDonald Hall MOVIE	Ms Davis
2017	Bruno & Boots: The Wizzle War MOVIE	Mrs. Davis
2016	The Second Time Around MOVIE	Betty
2016	The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let's Do the Time Warp Again MOVIE	Butler
2016	Private Eyes TV	Animal Rescue Woman
2016	All Yours MOVIE	Vivian
2016	Bruno & Boots: Go Jump in the Pool MOVIE	Mrs. Davis
2016	My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 MOVIE	Mrs. White
2015	Last Chance for Christmas MOVIE	Mrs. Claus
2015	No Stranger Than Love MOVIE	Brenda
2014	Christmas at Cartwright's MOVIE	Mrs. Rositani
2014	Beethoven's Treasure Tail MOVIE	Grace O'Malley
2013	Looking Is the Original Sin MOVIE	Janet
2013	Cas & Dylan MOVIE	Hotel Receptionist
2013	The Story of Luke MOVIE	Theresa
2013	Orphan Black TV	Nona Walker
2012	Servitude MOVIE	Edna
2011	12 Dates of Christmas MOVIE	Margine Frumkin
2011	Silent Witness MOVIE	Sara Croft
2011	Down the Road Again MOVIE	Betty
2011	Moon Point MOVIE	Femur's Grandmother
2011	Scaredy Squirrel TV	Momma (voice)
2010	Babar and the Adventures of Badou TV	(voice)
2010	Coopers' Camera MOVIE	Nana Gert
2010	St. Roz MOVIE	Mrs. P
2010	Lost Girl TV	Velma
2010	Haven TV	Gloria Verrano
2010	Haven TV	Gloria
2010	Harriet the Spy: Blog Wars MOVIE	Ms. Elson
2009	The Christmas Hope MOVIE	Charlotte
2009	The National Tree MOVIE	Lana
2009	Bob & Doug TV	Self
2009	Northern Lights MOVIE	Mayor Hopp
2008	Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning MOVIE	Mrs. Hammond
2008	Real Time MOVIE	Grandma
2008	Roxy Hunter and the Myth of the Mermaid MOVIE	Mable Crabtree
2008	The Echo MOVIE	Lucille Jiminez
2007	Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story MOVIE	70's Girl (uncredited)
2007	Roxy Hunter and the Mystery of the Moody Ghost MOVIE	Mrs. Crabtree
2007	Twitches Too MOVIE	Mrs Norseng
2007	Ricky Sprocket: Showbiz Boy TV	(voice)
2007	Hairspray MOVIE	Miss Wimsey
2007	Wayside TV	Ms. Mush (voice)
2007	You Kill Me MOVIE	Kathleen Fitzgerald
2007	Little Mosque on the Prairie TV	Self
2006	Wedding Wars MOVIE	Wanda Grandy
2006	Candles on Bay Street MOVIE	Sarah
2006	Monkey Warfare MOVIE	Garage Sale Lady
2006	Snow Cake MOVIE	Ellen Freeman
2006	Relative Chaos MOVIE	Carol Gilbert
2006	Second City: First Family of Comedy TV	Self
2006	The Great Polar Bear Adventure MOVIE	Hillary (voice)
2005	Wayside: The Movie MOVIE	Miss Mush (voice)
2005	Riding the Bus with My Sister MOVIE	Estella
2005	I Do, They Don't MOVIE	Thelma
2004	Suburban Madness MOVIE	Sheila
2004	Hustle MOVIE	Marge Schott
2004	Brave New Girl MOVIE	Dee
2004	Peep and the Big Wide World TV	Rabbit (voice)
2004	Dawn of the Dead MOVIE	Norma
2004	Welcome to Mooseport MOVIE	Lucy Decker
2004	This Is Wonderland TV	Ronnie Sacks
2003	JoJo's Circus TV	Mrs. Karen Kersplatski (voice)
2003	Wild Card TV	Jeannie
2003	How to Deal MOVIE	Mrs. Toussaint
2003	Public Domain MOVIE	Self
2002	The Man Who Saved Christmas MOVIE	Mrs. Gilbert
2002	Chicago MOVIE	Mrs. Borusewicz
2002	Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye TV	Janice
2002	Just a Walk in the Park MOVIE	Self
2002	Widows TV	Audrey
2002	My Big Fat Greek Wedding MOVIE	Mrs. White
2002	Duct Tape Forever MOVIE	Self
2002	Roboroach TV	Self
2001	Degrassi TV	Self
2001	Club Land MOVIE	Nurse Doris
2001	Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows TV	Lottie
2001	What Makes a Family MOVIE	Judge Shales
2001	The Wandering Soul Murders MOVIE	Beth Mirasty
2000	Where the Money Is MOVIE	Connie
2000	For Better or for Worse TV	Mrs. Dingle
1999	A Holiday Romance MOVIE	Margie
1999	Monster by Mistake TV	Self
1999	Twice in a Lifetime TV	Emma Price
1999	Resurrection MOVIE	Dolores Koontz
1999	Mind Prey MOVIE	Police Chief Roux
1999	Deep in My Heart MOVIE	Mrs. Marsden
1998	Noddy TV	Aunt Agatha
1998	Bob and Margaret TV	Self
1998	Twitch City TV	Nathan's Mother
1997	Freaky Stories TV	Rosie
1997	Riverdale TV	Gloria Wilkes
1997	That Old Feeling MOVIE	Aunt Iris
1996	A Holiday for Love MOVIE	Margie
1996	Dangerous Offender: The Marlene Moore Story MOVIE	Mrs. Moore
1996	Joe's Wedding MOVIE	Agatha Rankin
1996	Undue Influence TV	Mrs. Miller
1996	Devil's Food MOVIE	Margaret
1996	Noah's Magic Ark MOVIE	(voice)
1995	The NeverEnding Story TV	Mrs. Rockchewer (voice)
1995	Goosebumps TV	Woman in Line
1995	Harrison Bergeron MOVIE	Ms. Newbound
1994	The Santa Clause MOVIE	Waitress
1994	Against Their Will MOVIE	Marge
1993	Friends of Gilda MOVIE	Self
1993	Bury Me in Niagara MOVIE	Pearl
1993	Partners 'n Love MOVIE	Heddy Taylor
1990	Back to the Beanstalk MOVIE	Jack’s Mother
1990	Maniac Mansion TV	Hidie Muckle
1990	Wish You Were Here TV	Self
1990	Stella MOVIE	Nurse
1989	Small Sacrifices MOVIE	Evelyn Slaven
1989	Hostile Takeover MOVIE	Joan Talmage
1989	Cold Comfort MOVIE	Mrs. Brockel
1989	Andrea Martin... Together Again MOVIE	Self
1988	War of the Worlds TV	Grace
1988	Night Friend MOVIE	Rita the bag lady
1988	Shades of Love: Indigo Autumn MOVIE	Louise
1988	God Bless the Child MOVIE	Mrs. Prentice
1988	Candy Mountain MOVIE	Lucille
1988	Drop-Out Mother MOVIE	Blanche
1988	Once Upon a Giant MOVIE	Diabolica the Bad Witch
1987	Echoes in the Darkness TV	Betty Vannort
1987	Friday the 13th: The Series TV	Joni
1987	Love at Stake MOVIE	Annabelle Porter
1987	Nowhere to Hide MOVIE	Jean Bollinger
1987	The Kidnapping of Baby John Doe MOVIE	Joan
1986	Really Weird Tales MOVIE	Mother Superior (segment "I'll Die Loving")
1986	The Incredible Time-Travels of Henry Osgood MOVIE	Wallace's Wife
1986	My Pet Monster MOVIE	Mrs. Smith
1985	Anne of Green Gables MOVIE	Mrs. Hammond
1985	The Care Bears TV	Birthday Bear (voice)
1985	The Ray Bradbury Theater TV	Mrs. Marjorie Braling
1985	The Care Bears Movie MOVIE	Mrs. Cherrywood (voice)
1984	Finders Keepers MOVIE	Anne-Marie Biddlecoff
1984	When We First Met MOVIE	Amelia
1983	Videodrome MOVIE	Woman Caller
1979	The Littlest Hobo TV	Self
1978	Drying Up the Streets MOVIE	Sheila
1978	Tomorrow Never Comes MOVIE	Girl in Bar
1978	Margaret Laurence, First Lady of Manawaka MOVIE	Narrator
1977	One Man MOVIE	Alicia Brady
1977	World of Darkness MOVIE	Helen
1976	Ada MOVIE	Leslie
1976	Stay Tuned TV	Various Roles
1976	For the Record TV	Self
1975	My Pleasure Is My Business MOVIE	Isabella
1971	The Crowd Inside MOVIE	Casting Agent
1970	Goin' Down the Road MOVIE	Betty
1951	Hallmark Hall of Fame TV	Sarah

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