Marilyn Lightstone is one of Canada's most respected actresses, known for her moving performances on stage, screen and television.

Among her accolades in film are a Genie Award for Best Actress for Lies My Father Told Me; a Genie Award for Best Supporting Actress for In Praise of Older Women; and a Best Actress Award at the Moscow International Film Festival for The Tin Flute. On television, she co-starred as Miss Stacey in the two Anne of Green Gables mini-series, as well as in the spinoff series, Road to Avonlea, both seen in over 100 countries. She has also made guest appearances on such network series as Cheers, Cagney and Lacey, Street Legal, E.N.G., and Ready or Not. On stage, she played Goneril, in King Lear at the Lincoln Centre in New York opposite Lee J. Cobb; Masha, in Chekov's The Seagull at the Stratford Festival; Leah, in The Dybbuk, winner of a Los Angeles Drama Critics Award as Best Production; and was part of the original Los Angeles and New York casts of Tamara, the participatory, interactive theatrical phenomenon that played for long runs and to rave reviews.

In addition, she has done extensive radio drama work, voice overs and commercials, as well as hundreds of voices for animated cartoons. She has written scripts for The Littlest Hobo and The Colours of Love; a song for the holiday season, The Light Shines All Over the World (which was released as a music video and plays annually on MuchMusic, MuchMoreMusic and Bravo!), as well as a collection of songs entitled Miss Lightstone Sings.

Miss Lightstone was the founding 'Voice" of Bravo!, Canada's NewStyleArts Channel, a role she continues to enjoy. She has also served as Associate Producer and co-Director of the channel's Gemini Award-winning drama series, Spoken Art.

Currently Miss Lightstone hosts Playwrights and Screenwriters, on Bravo!, a series of half-hour profiles that explores the exciting creative process of putting the written word into the mouths of actors.