Lisa Langlois

Lisa Langlois (born March 15, 1959) is a Canadian actress who has appeared in movies, television and theater.

Life and career Langlois was born in North Bay, Ontario. She spent her childhood years in Hamilton, Ontario, where she attended a French language school becoming fluent in French. In 1974 she represented Hamilton in the Miss Teen Canada beauty pageant, where she finished second. Langlois graduated from McMaster University in Hamilton.

She made her film debut in Claude Chabrol's mystery Blood Relatives (1978) opposite Donald Sutherland. Chabrol also cast her in his next feature, Violette Nozière (1978). Langlois made a number of other films in Canada, including the thriller Phobia (1980), directed by John Huston.

She appeared in another 1980 film, Klondike Fever, and played leading roles in three films that have acquired cult followings: the horror film Happy Birthday to Me (1981), the teen actioner Class of 1984 (1982), and the killer rat shocker Deadly Eyes (1982).

After this work in Paris and Toronto, Langlois moved to Los Angeles to pursue American projects. She appeared in two Paramount Pictures comedy features: The Man Who Wasn't There (1983), a 3-D production, and National Lampoon's Joy of Sex (1984), directed by Martha Coolidge. In 1985 Langlois co-starred in the romantic comedy The Slugger's Wife, where she played a struggling singer and performed her own musical numbers after auditioning for Quincy Jones. She made guest appearances on television programs such as Murder, She Wrote in 1986, and she performed on stage in the La Jolla Playhouse's production of Once in a Lifetime in 1988. She played the heroine in Roger Corman's horror film The Nest (1988) and co-starred in an hour-long episode of Nightmare Classics, "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" (1989).

During the 1990s Langlois moved back to Canada. She worked steadily including parts in the action pictures The White Tiger (1995) and The Final Cut (1995), alongside Sam Elliott. She made appearances in the television series Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction? (1998), Vengeance Unlimited (1999), and Relic Hunter (2000). After a brief hiatus she returned to the Los Angeles stage in 2004, starring in Jungle Express in Malibu.

More recently, Langlois had a co-starring role in The Perfect Marriage (2006), a thriller that premiered on Lifetime Television; in 2007 she had a recurring role in the TV series The L Word. In 2010, she appeared in Summer Eleven directed by Joseph Kell, her former co-star from Deadly Eyes (1982).

Langlois has a son, Emerson.

Filmography

Movies

Year Title Role Notes 1977 The Stowaway Georgina Short 1978 Blood Relatives Muriel Stark Violette Maddy 1980 Klondike Fever Diamond Tooth Gertie It Rained All Night the Day I Left Suzanna Phobia Laura Adams 1981 Happy Birthday to Me Amelia 1982 Class of 1984 Patsy Deadly Eyes Trudy White Hard Feelings Barbara Holland 1983 The Man Who Wasn't There Cindy Worth 1984 Joy of Sex Melanie 1985 The Slugger's Wife Aline Cooper 1988 The Nest Elizabeth Johnson Transformations Miranda 1989 Mindfield Sarah Paradis 1996 The Final Cut Sara White Tiger Joanne Grogan 2008 Poe: Last Days of the Raven Jane Stanard 2010 Summer Eleven Jenine 2015 Relentless Justice Gloria Curtis 2022 Hotel for the Holidays Madame Fontaine 2023Silver Fox Joanna

Television

YearTitleRole Notes 1975 Sidestreet 1983 Hangin' In Faye / Gail 2 episodes: "Love Is Deaf", "I've Got a Secret" 1985 The Edison Twins Alison 1 Episode: "My House Is Your House" 1986 Murder, She Wrote Kitty Manette 1 Episode: "The Perfect Foil" Doing Life Rose-Ann Rosenberg TV movie 1989 Nightmare Classics 1 Episode: "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" 1990 Father Dowling Mysteries Carol Van Horn 1 Episode: "The Ghost of a Chance Mystery" 1994 Forever Knight Laura / Marise 1 Episode: "Capital Offense" 1998 Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction Emma Jansen 1 Episode: "Count Mystery" Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal Dr. Judith Taggart 1 Episode: "Absolution" 1999 Vengeance Unlimited Helen Clemente 1 Episode: "Vendetta" 2000 Relic Hunter Monica 1 Episode: "Fertile Ground" 2006 The Perfect Marriage Carrie Hollings TV movie 2007 Fire Serpent Heather Allman TV movie Framed for Murder Diane Desalvo TV movie 2006–07 Hank William's First Nation Monique Savard 4 episodes 2007–19 Heartland Marion Fleming 3 episodes: "Coming Home", "Full Circle", "The Passing of the Torch" 2008 The L Word Andrea 2 episodes: "Liquid Heat", "Lunar Cycle" 2016 Our World Today Pretty Funny Woman 18 episodes 2017 Mommy's Little Boy Principal Reynolds TV movie 2021 A Chance for Christmas Wanda TV movie 2022 Lemonade Stand Romance Gladys McTavish TV Movie 2025 The Perfect Setting Miss Haenard TV Movie 2025 Murdoch Mysteries Ida McKay Episode: "The Wrong Man" 2025 The Nanny Sees All Vivian TV Movie