Biography
Elva Mai Hoover is a Canadian actress. 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, 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.Hoover is the mother of writer Gemma Files, through her marriage to Australian actor Gary Files.
Filmography
all 31
Movies 24
TV Shows 7
Frida
Sister Dating Swap (2023)
Movie
Mrs. Embalmo
Christmas in Toyland (2022)
Movie
Helen
The Christmas Chalet (2019)
Movie
Martha
Entertaining Christmas (2018)
Movie
June
The Romanoffs (2018)
TV
5
Store Owner
Rookie Blue (2010)
TV
6.35
Meg the Clerk
Stolen Miracle (2001)
Movie
OB Gym Doctor
Midwives (2001)
Movie
Alice
For Love of Olivia (2001)
Movie
Sheila
My Husband's Double Life (2001)
Movie
Mrs. Schmidt
Queer As Folk (2000)
TV
6
Real Estate Agent
Custody of the Heart (2000)
Movie
Principal's Secretary
Rated X (2000)
Movie
Superintendent
A Map of the World (1999)
Movie
Driver's Mother
Judgment Day: The Ellie Nesler Story (1999)
Movie
State Department Woman
Escape: Human Cargo (1998)
Movie
Auntie Charity
Hayseed (1997)
Movie
Actress
Harrison: Cry of the City (1996)
Movie
N.Y. Librarian
Choices of the Heart: The Margaret Sanger Story (1995)
Movie
Doctor
Gate II (1990)
Movie
Mrs. Lawson / Mrs. Elvira Lawson
Road to Avonlea (1990)
TV
Mrs. Lawson / Mrs. Elvira Lawson
Road to Avonlea: The Movie (1990)
Movie
Prof. Malvanna Wilde
Starcom: The U.S. Space Force (1987)
TV
Mrs. Prager
The Truth About Alex (1987)
Movie
Mrs. Riley
Workin' For Peanuts (1985)
Movie
Mrs. Edison
The Edison Twins (1984)
TV
Betty Fox
The Terry Fox Story (1983)
Movie
Ellen Corrigan
Class of 1984 (1982)
Movie
5.58
Mother
Superman II (1980)
Movie
5.97
The Littlest Hobo (1979)
TV
Miss Raintree
Equus (1977)
Movie
Ratings
Average 6.11
Based on 216 Thousand movie and tv ratings over time
1977
1987
1999
1997
2023
Information
Known ForActing
GenderFemale
ChildrenGemma Files
Also Known AsElva May Hoover
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