Elva Mai Hoover

Elva Mai Hoover is a Canadian actress.^[1] 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,^[2] 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.^[3]

Hoover is the mother of writer Gemma Files, through her marriage to Australian actor Gary Files.^[1]

Selected filmography

Film

List of film appearances, with year, title, and role shown

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1977	Equus	Miss Raintree
1980	Superman II	Mother
1982	Murder by Phone	Phone woman
	Class of 1984	Ellen Corrigan
1990	Stella	Mrs. Hough
1996	Losing Chase	Margaret Thompson
1997	Pippi Longstocking	Mrs. Kling (voice)
	Time to Say Goodbye?	Counsellor
	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"
	The Truth About Alex	Mrs. Prager	TV film
1987	Danger Bay	Gail	Episode: "Time Out"
	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"
	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"
	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
	Choices of the Heart: The Margaret Sanger Story	NY librarian	TV film
	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
	Queer as Folk	Mrs. Schmidt	Episode: "Ted's Not Dead"
2001	Our Hero	Dora	Episode: "The Last Laugh Issue"
	The Familiar Stranger	Sheila	TV film
	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"
	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"