Jackie Richardson
Acting • Born 1947-01-04
Biography
Jackie Richardson CM (born January 4, 1947) is a Canadian singer and actress. She is known for her screen roles in Turning to Stone, The Gospel According to the Blues, The Doodlebops, and Sins of the Father. She is also known for her appearance on the YTV show Catwalk where she played the grandmother to Atlas.
Filmography
66 credits
Turning to Stone
Movie • 1985
Dunky
Happy Face Murders
Movie • 1999
Judge Hoyle
Her Desperate Choice
Movie • 1996
Frances
Autour de Minuit – Un cabaret historique
Movie • 2021
Enslavement: The True Story of Fanny Kemble
Movie • 2000
Daphne
Another Woman
Movie • 1994
Anna
Harriet the Spy
Movie • 1996
Janie's Mother
Straight Line
Movie • 1989
Aunt Martha
Getting Gotti
Movie • 1994
Juror No. 1
Critical Care
Movie • 1997
Mrs. Steckler
Bojangles
Movie • 2001
Bedella
They Call Me Sirr
Movie • 2001
Grams
On Their Knees
Movie • 2001
Mother
The Biggest Little Ticket
Movie • 1994
Self
The Broken Cord
Movie • 1992
Black Mother
Music: A Family Tradition
Movie • 1997
Self
A Holiday Romance
Movie • 1999
Bea Buskins
Dear Viola
Movie • 2014
Rennie Jasper
Extreme Measures
Movie • 1996
Triphase Nurse
Under The Piano
Movie • 1996
Mrs. Syms
Maximum Risk
Movie • 1996
Large Woman
A Gift of Love: The Daniel Huffman Story
Movie • 1999
Transplant Co-Ordinator
Double Wedding
Movie • 2010
Grey on This Side Black on the Other
Movie • 1990
The Gospel According to the Blues
Movie • 2010
Love Letters
Movie • 1999
Ella
Switching Channels
Movie • 1988
Abigail
Mr. Music
Movie • 1998
Rhonda Grace
Bogus
Movie • 1996
Babysitter
Woman Wanted
Movie • 1999
Lydia
Don't Mess with Grandma
Movie • 2024
Granna
Car 54, Where Are You?
Movie • 1994
Madam
Free of Eden
Movie • 1999
Ola
Color of Justice
Movie • 1997
Judge Winslow
Play It Loud! How Toronto Got Soul
Movie • 2024
Jackie Richardson
Dreams Beyond Memory
Movie • 1987
Nurse
3 Men and a Baby
Movie • 1987
Edna
Big Spender
Movie • 2003
Sally McNeal
Fake Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
Movie • 2025
Bernice Davis
Welcome to Mooseport
Movie • 2004
Martha
Glory! Glory!
Movie • 1989
Bessie
The Famous Jett Jackson
TV • 1998
Hammerman
TV • 1991
(voice)
Due South
TV • 1994
Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye
TV • 2002
Mrs. Peterson / Landlord
Monk
TV • 2002
Wendy Maas
Soul Food
TV • 2000
Joan
Further Tales of the City
TV • 2001
Emma Ravenel
Twice in a Lifetime
TV • 1999
Loretta
Adderly
TV • 1986
Doc
TV • 2001
Tales of the City
TV • 1993
Street Time
TV • 2002
Cleo
Pretty Hard Cases
TV • 2021
Maureen Gray
The Doodlebops
TV • 2005
Jazzmin
Catwalk
TV • 1992
Aunt Ellen
T and T
TV • 1988
Aunt Martha Robinson
Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye
TV • 2002
Mrs. Alice Dotson
War of the Worlds
TV • 1988
Blanche
Due South
TV • 1994
Receptionist
Majority Rules!
TV • 2009
Mme DeMarco
More Tales of the City
TV • 1998
Emma
Hey Lady!
TV • 2020
Rosie
Lockdown
TV • 2020
Luke's Grandma
This Is Wonderland
TV • 2004
Lucia Smith
Twice in a Lifetime
TV • 1999
Mabel Jamal