Good Citizen: Betty Baker

Good Citizen: Betty Baker

27 mins | Comedy | Jan. 1, 1996

Good Citizen: Betty Baker is a tongue-in-cheek mystery, full of unexpected twists. It features Betty, a civic-minded housewife who inhabits a cartoonish, 2-D, 1950s-inspired world, replete with narrow-minded peril. The story begins when Prince Philip goes missing and Betty finds a clue that leads her on a thrilling chase from her neighbour’s trash, to a strangely exciting all-girls bar, to the local chapter of 100% Women. Accompanied by the musical stylings of Marilyn Lerner, this frolicking satire irreverently unravels right-wing family values.

Good Citizen: Betty Baker

27 mins | Comedy | Jan. 1, 1996

Good Citizen: Betty Baker
Good Citizen: Betty Baker is a tongue-in-cheek mystery, full of unexpected twists. It features Betty, a civic-minded housewife who inhabits a cartoonish, 2-D, 1950s-inspired world, replete with narrow-minded peril. The story begins when Prince Philip goes missing and Betty finds a clue that leads her on a thrilling chase from her neighbour’s trash, to a strangely exciting all-girls bar, to the local chapter of 100% Women. Accompanied by the musical stylings of Marilyn Lerner, this frolicking satire irreverently unravels right-wing family values.
Producers National Film Board of Canada, Winnipeg Film Group, Finger In the Dyke Productions
Original title Good Citizen: Betty Baker
Directors Valerie Shantz, Yvette Nolan, Shawna Dempsey, Lorri Millan, Maria Popoff
Writers Anna Marie Boquist, Shawna Dempsey, Lorri Millan

Cast

Shawna Dempsey

as Betty Baker

Sharon Bajer

as Buffy

Sarah Stanley

as Toots

Lori Weidenhammer

as Guard McMahon

Gene Pyrz

as Fred

Mariam Bernstein

as The Horned Goddess

David Warburton

as The Pharaoh

Ellen Peterson

as The Crier

Alica Palmer

as The Dancer

Mauralea Austin

as 100% Women Member 1

Ann Hodges

as 100% Women Member 2

Debbie Patterson

as 100% Women Member 3

Laura Schroeder

as 100% Women Member 4

Jane Wells

as 100% Women Member 5

Bill Stewart

as Radio Announcer (voice)

Chorine Scott

as Busty Lad

Fredo Onio

as Cocktail Waitress

Erla Anderson

as Theatre Patron 1

Bob Burdey

as Theatre Patron 2

Eve Rice

as Theatre Patron 3

Kim Baryluk

as Femme 1

Mary Jo Bolton

as Femme 2

Margo Charlton

as Femme 3

Naomi Guilbert

as Femme 4

Louise Loewen

as Femme 6

Dorothy Penner

as Femme 7

Lori Freedman

as Butch 1

Marni Kalef

as Butch 2

Joy Keeper

as Butch 3

Clarissa Lagartera

as Butch 4

Marilyn Lerner

as Butch 5

Monica Marx

as Butch 6

Erika MacPherson

as Butch 7

Tracey McCorrister

as Butch 8

Maria Popoff

as Butch 9

Nancy Reinhold

as Butch 10

Louise Simbandumwe

as Butch 11

Noreen Stevens

as Butch 12

Rachel Zolf

as Butch 13