Angela Fusco

Acting

Angela Fusco

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Angela Fusco, daughter of violinist Frank Fusco, embarked on her career in CBC Radio and TV as a child. She honed her craft at the Stratford Festival under directors like Michael Langham and Jean Gascon, working alongside esteemed actors. Graduating from university, she showcased her talent across theatres including the National Arts Centre, Royal Alexandra Theatre, and the Shaw Festival. Fusco's mezzo-soprano voice earned acclaim in musical theatre, notably in Dora Award-winning productions like "Colette, The Colours of Love" and "Nunsense." She hosted CBC's "Listen to the Music" and appeared in commercials, narrations, and TV shows like TVO's "Read All About It!" Her versatile career spanned narrations with music projects and earned her a Juno Award nomination for "A Butterfly in Time." Her later career delved into film and TV with roles in "The Morrison Murders," "The Listener," and films like "The Third Miracle," "Focus," and "New Blood," showcasing her range and talent in diverse roles.

Acting credits

Elliot: The Littlest Reindeer poster
5.7

When Blitzen announces his retirement on December 21st, a miniature horse has 3 days to fulfill his lifelong dream of earning a spot on Santa's team at the North Pole try-outs.

Elliot: The Littlest Reindeer

2018

The Third Miracle poster
5.9

The Vatican sends a priest to verify some miracles, performed by a woman who has been nominated for sainthood...

The Third Miracle

1999

The Morrison Murders: Based on a True Story poster
4.5

A husband and wife and their youngest son are murdered in this true story. Their two other sons are left to cope with their loss, but the local sherrif begins to suspect that one of the brothers committed the crime, and must convince the other to help him discover the truth.

The Morrison Murders: Based on a True Story

1996

Cagney & Lacey: The View Through the Glass Ceiling poster
7.5

Cagney and Lacey work a case involving police corruption and document forgery. Chris seeks a prestigious promotion, while Mary Beth has to deal with the return of her sickly, aged father.

Cagney & Lacey: The View Through the Glass Ceiling

1995

Special People poster
10.0

Brooke Adams is the real-life Diane Dupuy, the Canadian woman whose vision and drive molded a group of developmentally-challenged young adults into the Famous People Players, a professional puppet troupe that has become world-renowned, having performed Radio City Music Hall and Las Vegas (Liberace's opening act in 1975) to the People's Republic of China.

Special People

1984

Focus poster
6.5

In the waning months of World War II, a man and his wife are mistakenly identified as Jews by their anti-Semitic Brooklyn neighbors. Suddenly the victims of religious and racial persecution, they find themselves aligned with a local Jewish immigrant in a struggle for dignity and survival.

Focus

2001

Improper Channels poster
8.5

A father brings a young child to an emergency room to get treatment for a minor injury occurring in an innocent accident, but he gets accused of child abuse. Child welfare agencies commit grossly unfair over-reactions to remove the child forcibly from the Father, who must brave the arcane system to reclaim his daughter.

Improper Channels

1981

The Undergrads poster
6.5

An elderly man discovers that his son wants to put him in an old-age home. However, the old man's grandson refuses to allow it, and the man and his grandson wind up becoming roommates at the boy's college dorm.

The Undergrads

1985

X-Rated poster
3.0

A man is asked by his parents to run an apartment complex they own and becomes acquainted with an intriguing hippie girl and various other people from all walks of life who live there. This film is the pilot for Liberty Street (1994).

X-Rated

1994

The Art of the Animator Part I poster
7.0

"The Art of the Animator" series examines the creative thoughts and processes behind the meticulous work of several animators; this part examines the work of Ishu Patel, Caroline Leaf and John Weldon - animators who create motion out of still images, in what is often lonesome and painstaking work. By observing these artists at work, the filmmakers show the deft and quite magical process of animation that requires great commitment, patience and artistic cleverness.

The Art of the Animator Part I

The Art of the Animator Part II poster
8.0

"The Art of the Animator" series examines the creative thoughts and processes behind the meticulous work of several animators; this part examines the work of Co Hoedeman, Jacques Drouin, George Ungar and Gayle Thomas - animators who create motion out of still images, in what is often lonesome and painstaking work. By observing these artists at work, the filmmakers show the deft and quite magical process of animation that requires great commitment, patience and artistic cleverness.

The Art of the Animator Part II