Jayne Eastwood

Biography

Jayne Eastwood is a Canadian actress and comedian. She is best known for her film roles as Anna-Marie Biddlecoff in the comedy film Finders Keepers (1984), Mrs. Hammond in Anne of Green Gables (1986), Judy the Waitress in The Santa Clause (1994), Mrs. White in My Big Fat Greek Wedding trilogy, Mrs. Borusewicz in Chicago (2002), Lucy Decker in Welcome to Mooseport (2004), and Miss Wimsey in Hairspray (2007). Her credits also include countless television appearances and voice over work.

Known For

Haven

Gloria Verrano

Haven

Gloria

Orphan Black

Nona Walker

Lost Girl

Velma

Private Eyes

Animal Rescue Woman

Goosebumps

Woman in Line

War of the Worlds

Grace

Babar and the Adventures of Badou

(voice)

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2025	The Rug
2024	The Christmas Charade	Gladys
2023	'Twas the Text Before Christmas	Maybel
2023	Just A Friend
2023	My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3	Mrs. White
2023	Making Scents of Love	Wilma Galway
2023	Heroes of the Golden Mask	Helen (voice)
2022	A Tail of Love	Lily Channing
2022	Hotel for the Holidays	Florence
2022	Baking All the Way	Irene
2022	Jump, Darling	Jeanne
2021	Trigger Point	Irene Cole
2020	Buffaloed	Rhonda
2020	Work It	Ruthie (Nursing Home)
2020	The Santa Squad	Connie
2020	Heart of the Holidays	Val
2020	Inn Love by Christmas	Gram
2020	Anything for Jackson	Ian's Mom (voice)
2019	Time to Fuck 4
2019	The Knight Before Christmas	Eileen
2019	Christmas Unleashed	Gram Jean
2017	Bruno & Boots: This Can't Be Happening at Macdonald Hall	Ms Davis
2016	My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2	Mrs. White
2016	The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let's Do the Time Warp Again	Butler
2016	All Yours	Vivian
2015	No Stranger Than Love	Brenda
2015	Last Chance for Christmas	Mrs. Claus
2014	Beethoven's Treasure Tail	Grace O'Malley
2014	Christmas at Cartwright's	Mrs. Rositani
2013	Cas & Dylan	Hotel Receptionist
2013	The Story of Luke	Theresa
2013	Looking Is the Original Sin	Janet
2012	Servitude	Edna
2011	Down the Road Again	Betty
2011	Silent Witness	Sara Croft
2011	12 Dates of Christmas	Margine Frumkin
2010	Harriet the Spy: Blog Wars	Ms. Elson
2010	St. Roz	Mrs. P
2010	Coopers' Camera	Nana Gert
2009	Northern Lights	Mayor Hopp
2009	The National Tree	Lana
2008	Real Time	Grandma
2008	Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning	Mrs. Hammond
2008	The Echo	Lucille Jiminez
2008	Roxy Hunter and the Myth of the Mermaid	Mable Crabtree
2007	Hairspray	Miss Wimsey
2007	Twitches Too	Mrs Norseng
2007	You Kill Me	Kathleen Fitzgerald
2007	Roxy Hunter and the Mystery of the Moody Ghost	Mrs. Crabtree
2006	Snow Cake	Ellen Freeman
2006	Wedding Wars	Wanda Grandy
2006	Relative Chaos	Carol Gilbert
2006	The Great Polar Bear Adventure	Hillary (voice)
2006	Monkey Warfare	Garage Sale Lady
2006	Candles on Bay Street	Sarah
2005	Riding the Bus with My Sister	Estella
2005	I Do, They Don't	Thelma
2004	Dawn of the Dead	Norma
2004	Suburban Madness	Sheila
2004	Hustle	Marge Schott
2003	How to Deal
2002	My Big Fat Greek Wedding	Mrs. White
2002	Chicago	Mrs. Borusewicz
2002	The Man Who Saved Christmas	Mrs. Gilbert
2002	Duct Tape Forever
2001	What Makes a Family	Judge Shales
2000	Where the Money Is	Connie
1999	Deep in My Heart	Mrs. Marsden
1999	A Holiday Romance	Margie
1999	Resurrection	Dolores Koontz
1997	That Old Feeling	Aunt Iris
1996	A Holiday for Love	Margie
1996	Noah's Magic Ark	(voice)
1996	Joe's Wedding	Agatha Rankin
1996	Undue Influence	Mrs. Miller
1996	Dangerous Offender: The Marlene Moore Story	Mrs. Moore
1994	The Santa Clause	Waitress
1993	Partners 'n Love	Heady Taylor
1993	Bury Me in Niagara	Pearl
1990	Back to the Beanstalk	Jack’s Mother
1989	Small Sacrifices	Evelyn Slaven
1989	Cold Comfort	Mrs. Brockel
1989	Hostile Takeover	Joan Talmage
1989	Andrea Martin... Together Again
1988	Night Friend	Rita the bag lady
1988	God Bless the Child	Mrs. Prentice
1988	Drop-Out Mother	Blanche
1988	Candy Mountain	Lucille
1988	Shades of Love: Indigo Autumn	Louise
1987	Nowhere to Hide	Jean Bollinger
1987	Love at Stake
1987	The Kidnapping of Baby John Doe	Joan
1986	My Pet Monster	Mrs. Smith
1986	Really Weird Tales	Mother Superior (segment "I'll Die Loving")
1986	The Incredible Time-Travels of Henry Osgood
1985	The Care Bears Movie	Mrs. Cherrywood (voice)
1985	Anne of Green Gables	Mrs. Hammond
1984	When We First Met	Amelia
1984	Finders Keepers	Anne-Marie Biddlecoff
1983	Videodrome	Woman Caller
1978	Margaret Laurence, First Lady of Manawaka	Narrator
1978	Drying Up the Streets	Sheila
1978	Tomorrow Never Comes	Girl in Bar
1977	The World of Darkness	Helen
1977	One Man	Alicia Brady
1976	Ada	Leslie
1975	My Pleasure Is My Business	Isabella
1971	The Crowd Inside	Casting Agent
1970	Goin' Down the Road	Betty
	Godspell 2025

Year	TV Show	Role
2022	High School	June
2021	Overlord and the Underwoods	Nana Kirkland
2020	Hey Lady!	Lady
2020	Lockdown	Ms. Eastwood
2018	The Writers' Block	Sherri
2016	Private Eyes	Animal Rescue Woman
2013	Orphan Black	Nona Walker
2011	Scaredy Squirrel	Momma (voice)
2010	Babar and the Adventures of Badou	(voice)
2010	Haven	Gloria Verrano
2010	Haven	Gloria
2010	Lost Girl	Velma
2009	Bob & Doug
2007	Little Mosque on the Prairie
2007	Wayside	Ms. Mush (voice)
2007	Ricky Sprocket: Showbiz Boy	(voice)
2006	Second City: First Family of Comedy	Self
2004	Peep and the Big Wide World
2004	This Is Wonderland	Ronnie Sacks
2003	JoJo's Circus	Mrs. Karen Kersplatski (voice)
2002	Roboroach
2002	Widows	Audrey
2002	Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye	Janice
2001	Degrassi
2001	Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows	Lottie
2000	For Better or for Worse	Mrs. Dingle
1999	Twice in a Lifetime	Emma Price
1999	Monster by Mistake
1998	Bob and Margaret
1998	Noddy	Aunt Agatha
1998	Twitch City	Nathan's Mother
1997	Riverdale	Gloria Wilkes
1997	Freaky Stories	Rosie
1995	The NeverEnding Story	Mrs. Rockchewer (voice)
1995	Goosebumps	Woman in Line
1990	Wish You Were Here
1990	Maniac Mansion	Hidie Muckle
1988	War of the Worlds	Grace
1987	Friday the 13th: The Series	Joni
1987	Echoes in the Darkness	Betty Vannort
1985	The Care Bears	Birthday Bear (voice)
1985	The Ray Bradbury Theater	Mrs. Marjorie Braling
1979	The Littlest Hobo
1977	For The Record
1951	Hallmark Hall of Fame	Sarah