The 15th ACTRA Awards were presented on April 2, 1986 to honour achievements in Canadian television production in 1985.[1] They were the final ACTRA Awards presented before the responsibility for organizing and presenting Canadian television awards was transferred from ACTRA to the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television;[2] after this, ACTRA only presented awards in radio categories, until relaunching the ACTRA Awards program in the early 2000s as a series of regional production awards in various Canadian film and television production markets.
The ceremony was hosted by Don Harron, Pierre Berton, Barbara Frum, Gordon Pinsent, Dave Broadfoot and Ann Mortifee.[3]
Due to overlapping eligibility periods, some of the nominees or winners at the 15th ACTRA Awards were also nominees or winners at the 1st Gemini Awards, which were presented in December 1986.[4]
Television
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Best Direction in a Television Program
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| Best Television Actor
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Best Television Actress
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| Best Continuing TV Performance
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Best Supporting TV Performance
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| Best TV Variety Performance
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Best Television Host
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| Best Children's Television Program
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Best Television Score
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| Best Writing, Original Television Drama
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Best Writing, Adapted Television Drama
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| Best Writing, Television Comedy/Variety
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Best Writing, Television Public Affairs
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Radio
| Best Radio Program
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Best Radio Host
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 Glenn Gould: The Well-Tempered Polymath[5]- A Celebration of Genius: The 300th Anniversary of Johann Sebastian Bach[6]
- Ideas: "Journey Through the Volcano"[6]
- Scales of Justice: "I'm Not Living Like This Anymore"[6]
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Best Radio Actress
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- Bill Meilen, The Legend of Old Charlie[5]
- John Colicos, Hanging Judge[6]
- Sean Mulcahy, Philadelphia Here I Come[6]
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| Best Radio Variety Performance
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Best Writing, Original Radio Drama
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- Linda Zwicker, Grey Pearls[5]
- John Douglas, Attack of the Killer Mouse[6]
- Michael Tait, The Victims[6]
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| Best Writing, Adapted Radio Drama
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Best Writing, Radio Variety
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- David Gollob, Ideas: "Journey Through the Volcano"[5]
- Fiona McHugh, One Mortal Woman[6]
- Christopher Thomas, This England[6]
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Journalism and special awards
References
- ^ Jim Bawden, "Old familiar faces clean up at final ACTRA ceremony". Toronto Star, April 3, 1986.
- ^ Sid Adilman, "Canada's new TV award makes debut". Toronto Star, April 22, 1986.
- ^ "ACTRA co-hosts announced". Toronto Star, March 6, 1986.
- ^ Bill Taylor, "Producer may boycott Geminis". Toronto Star, June 17, 1986.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z Adele Freedman, "Charlie Grant's War is ACTRA's top show of the year: Nellie makes last stand brisk but chummy". The Globe and Mail, April 4, 1986.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb "ACTRA nominations for 15th annual Nellie Awards on April 2". Montreal Gazette, March 18, 1986.
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