Fran Gebhard is a Canadian actress and theatre director.Adrian Chamberlain, "Midsummer Night's Dream goes punk; New York scene in late '70s inspires director Fran Gebhard". Victoria Times-Colonist, November 6, 2014. She is most noted for her performance in the 1987 film Blue City Slammers, for which she received a Genie Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress at the 9th Genie Awards.Liam Lacey, "Quebec film picks up 14 nominations: Zoo paces race for Genies". The Globe and Mail, February 17, 1988. She is currently a professor at the University of Victoria.
Career Gebhard has had supporting or guest roles in the films A Piano for Mrs. Cimino, Police Academy 3: Back in Training, Love and Murder, Ernest Goes to School and Case 39, and the television series Check It Out!, Friday the 13th: The Series, T. and T., The Dead Zone, The Chris Isaak Show and The L Word. As a director, her work has included productions of You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown, Wreckage, The School for Scandal, Crackpot, The Affections of May, Twelfth Night, For the Pleasure of Seeing Her Again and A Midsummer Night's Dream.
She has also been associated with the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, including as program head of the Playwrights' Colony and coordinator of the Screenwriters' Workshop.
Gebhard has often served as a festival adjudicator for Theatre BC's regional zone festivals. Gebhard adjudicated the 2014 North Island Zone Drama Festival. In 2015, she was the Main Stage Adjudicator for Kamloops. Gebhard adjudicated the Fraser Valley Zone Festival in 2017. In 2018, she adjudicated the Kitimat Drama Festival. She served as the Main Stage Adjudicator in Vernon in 2022.
A theatre professor at the University of Victoria,Adrian Chamberlain, "Liaisons a bona fide coup for UVic team". Victoria Times-Colonist, November 13, 2016. Gebhard has directed productions for the university's Phoenix Theatre. In 2016, she directed Les Liaisons Dangereuses. She directed Morris Panych's 7 Stories in 2019. In 2021, Gebhard directed George F. Walker's Problem Child and Sarah Ruhl's Dead Man's Cell Phone.
Gebhard has also directed several productions for Victoria's Blue Bridge Repertory Theatre including The Importance of Being Earnest (2016), Barefoot in the Park (2019), and Salt Water Moon (2021)
Filmography
Film +YearTitleRole Notes1986Police Academy 3: Back in TrainingWoman at Cafe1988Blue City SlammersBarb1990Love & MurderWilma Evans1994Ernest Goes to SchoolMiss Cosgrove2009Case 39Coordinator
Television YearTitleRole Notes1982 A Piano for Mrs. CiminoGloria CiminoTelevision film1983 The Shaft of LoveNurse with Thermometer1985Check It Out!Lady ShopperEpisode: "Seven Days Make One Week"1986 The Ray Bradbury TheaterNeighbourEpisode: "The Screaming Woman"1987Walking on AirJason's MomTelevision film1988Friday the 13th: The SeriesBradley / Marlene2 episodes1990T. and T.Marlene NesmithEpisode: "A Lesson in Values"1990PersonalsMelodyTelevision film1992ShameBetty1993 The SubstituteFemale Teacher2001Wolf LakeNurseEpisode: "Excitable Boy"2002 The Dead ZoneHenrietta Dodd2 episodes2002, 2004 The Chris Isaak ShowDebbie / Betty2007 The L WordConnieEpisode: "Little Boy Blue"
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