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Canadian comedian, actress and television host

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Mag Ruffman
Born	Margaret Ruffman (1957-02-28) February 28, 1957 (age 67) Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada
Occupations	Actress comedian TV host
Years active	1982–present
Spouse	Daniel Hunter (m. 1989)

Margaret "Mag" Ruffman (born February 28, 1957) is a Canadian comedian, actress and television host.

She has played roles in films such as Anne of Green Gables and Anne of Avonlea and TV series Road to Avonlea. She was reunited with Sarah Polley on the set of the Netflix show Alias Grace in 2017 when she played Diane.

Mag also creates and performs in the theatre. She created and performed as Ms. Eleanor Crumpacker in Dufferin Museum's 1919 Prohibition Halloween Dinner Theatre in 2019. Mag also wrote and performed in a one-woman show entitled Self-Help Cabaret on January 19, 2020.

In addition to her acting, Ruffman works on home improvement, hosting shows for W Network, Canada's women's network. She hosted A Repair to Remember in 1999 and 2000. In 2000, she launched a second series, Anything I Can Do, a workshop show. Ruffman writes a weekly home improvement column, ToolGirl, for the Toronto Star. She published a collection of her ToolGirl columns as a book, How Hard Can It Be?, in 2003.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1982	Murder by Phone	Teenage Girl
1987	Deep Sea Conspiracy	Nurse
1999	My Grandmother Ironed the King's Shirts	Narrator (voice)	Short film
2014	Bully Fighters	Jury Woman 7	Short film
2019	All About Who You Know	Linda

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1985	Perry Mason Returns	Salesgirl	TV film
1985	Anne of Green Gables	Alice Lawson	TV miniseries
1986	Reckless Disregard	Sandy	TV film
1986	Alex: The Life of a Child	Jane	TV film
1986	Perry Mason: The Case of the Shooting Star		TV film
1986	Philip Marlowe, Private Eye	Maid (uncredited)	Episode: Trouble is My Business
1987	Smith & Smith		TV series
1987	Amerika	Sally	TV miniseries
1987	Anne of Avonlea	Alice Lawson	TV miniseries
1989	Looking for Miracles	Nurse Blanche	TV film
1990–96	Road to Avonlea	Olivia King Dale	Main role
1991	Stranger in the Family	Mrs. Kessler	TV film
1996	Goosebumps	Mrs. Mathews	Episodes: "Attack of the Mutant: Parts 1 & 2"
1998	Happy Christmas, Miss King	Olivia Dale	TV film
1999	Shadow Lake	Louise Garby	TV film
2000–01	Timothy Goes to School	Lilly (voice)	Recurring role
2011	The Being Frank Show		"1.11"
2016	Murdoch Mysteries	Eunice	Episode: "Unlucky in Love"
2017	Alias Grace	Diane	Episodes: "Part 1", "Part 5", "Part 6"
2017	Christmas Inheritance	Kathy Martin	TV film
2020	Avocado Toast	Meredith	Episodes: "Homo Milk", "Woke", "Burnt Toast"

Writer & director

Year	Title	Notes
2008	The Red Green Story: We're All in This Together	TV movie

References

"Mag Ruffman". IMDb. Retrieved March 27, 2020.
"Catching Up With…Mag Ruffman From 'Road to Avonlea'". www.everythingzoomer.com. Retrieved March 27, 2020.
Vernon, Chris (October 2, 2019). "Mag Ruffman delivers temprance movement message at Dufferin Museum". Orangeville.com. Retrieved March 27, 2020.
"Mag Ruffman's Self Help Cabaret". NOW Magazine. December 27, 2019. Retrieved March 27, 2020.
"Getting a fix on Mag Ruffman". Retrieved March 27, 2020.

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