Cast of
Silence of the North

About Silence of the North

Director Allan King's 1981 drama, based on true events, stars Ellen Burstyn as a strong-willed woman struggling to survive with her family in the Canadian wilderness.

Full Cast of Silence of the North

Ellen Burstyn
plays Olive Frederickson

Ellen Burstyn as Olive Frederickson

Ellen Burstyn (born Edna Rae Gillooly; December 7, 1932) is an American actress. Known for her portrayal of complicat...

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Gordon Pinsent
plays John Frederickson

Tom Skerritt
plays Walter Reamer

Tom Skerritt as Walter Reamer

Thomas Roy Skerritt (born August 25, 1933) is an American actor who has appeared in more than forty films and more th...

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Colin Fox
plays Arthur Herriot

Jennifer McKinney
plays Little Olive Reamer

Donna Dobrijevic
plays Vala Reamer

Jeff Banks
plays Lewis Reamer

David Fox
plays Lea Goodwin

Frank C. Turner
plays Young Man

Frank C. Turner as Young Man

Frank C. Turner is an actor and iconographer born in Wainwright, Alberta and now living in Port Coquitlam, British Co...

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Crew of Silence of the North

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