Wendy Jane Crewson was born on May 9, 1956 in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. She is a Canadian actress.

Crewson performed in television nearly a decade before her first feature "The Doctor" (1991) opened in theaters. A regular on the short-lived CBS dramatic series "Hard Copy" (1987) that introduced her to husband Michael Murphy, she also acted with him in Robert Altman's critically-acclaimed HBO series "Tanner '88" (1988).

Crewson's first significant feature role came as the mother of an evil Macauley Culkin in "The Good Son" (1993). She starred opposite Tim Allen in his impressive debut in "The Santa Clause" (1995), a film better than the standard holiday fare indicated by the title. Crewson was the attractive single female brought to distract Peter Gallagher from his preoccupation with dead wife Michelle Pfeiffer in "To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday" (1996) and brought warmth to her role as First Lady Grace Marshall opposite Harrison Ford in the blockbuster "Air Force One" (1997).

TV provided her a turn as Roberta Crachit in "Ebbie" (1995), a gender-bent "A Christmas Carol" starring Susan Lucci, and Crewson has kept busy on the small screen, assuming the role of Susan Silverman in a pair of telepics based on the Robert Urich TV series adapted from Robert Parker's "Spenser For Hire" novels, as well as essaying novelist Gail Bowen's heroine Joanne Kilbourn in a series of Lifetime TV movies under the banner title "Criminal Instinct."

She also had prominent roles in "The Last Brickmaker in America" (2001) starring Sidney Poitier, and "Summer's End" (1998). On the big screen, the actress has continued to make her presence known, largely in supporting roles. She appeared as one of robotic Robin Williams' owners in "Bicentennial Man" (1999), as the conservative, in-the-dark mother of one of the lesbian lovers in "Better Than Chocolate" (1999), as Arnold Schwarzenegger's wife in "The Sixth Day" (2000) and as part of the ensemble of the multi-storylined "Between Strangers" (2002).

In 2001 Crewson also co-executive produced and starred in the independent film "Suddenly Naked," in which she played a lonely Jackie Collins-style novelist who falls for a much-younger man. Her last credits include Skinwalkers (2006), Away from Her (2006) and The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising (2007).

Filmography

• "The Summit" (2008) (mini) TV mini-series
• "ReGenesis" (9 episodes, 2007)
• The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising (2007)
• The Robber Bride (2007) (TV)
• The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause (2006)
• Who Loves the Sun (2006)
• Away from Her (2006)
• The Path to 9/11 (2006) (TV)
• The Covenant (2006)
• Skinwalkers (2006)
• Niagara Motel (2006)
• "Crimes of Passion" (2006) TV series
• Eight Below (2006)
• The Man Who Lost Himself (2005) (TV)
• Hunt for Justice (2005) (TV)
• Sex Traffic (2004) (TV)
• Pigeon (2004)
• A Home at the End of the World (2004)
• Jack (2004) (TV)
• The Clearing (2004)
• "24" (8 episodes, 2003)
• Twelve Mile Road (2003) (TV)
• The Piano Man's Daughter (2003) (TV)
• An Unexpected Love (2003) (TV)
• The Elfkins First Christmas (2002) (TV) (voice)
• The Santa Clause 2 (2002)
• Perfect Pie (2002)
• Between Strangers (2002)
• Verdict in Blood (2002) (TV)
• The Matthew Shepard Story (2002) (TV)
• A Killing Spring (2002) (TV)
• The Many Trials of One Jane Doe (2002) (TV)
• The Last Brickmaker in America (2001) (TV)
• Suddenly Naked (2001)
• "The Beast" (1 episode, 2001)
• A Colder Kind of Death (2001) (TV)
• The Wandering Soul Murders (2001) (TV)
• The 6th Day (2000)
• What Lies Beneath (2000)
• Deadly Appearances (2000) (TV)
• Love and Murder (2000) (TV)
• Mercy (2000)
• Bicentennial Man (1999)
• Question of Privilege (1999)
• Better Than Chocolate (1999)
• Summer's End (1999) (TV)
• Where's Marlowe? (1998)
• "From the Earth to the Moon" (1998) (mini) TV mini-series
• The Eighteenth Angel (1998)
• Escape Velocity (1998)
• At the End of the Day: The Sue Rodriguez Story (1998) (TV)
• Sleeping Dogs Lie (1998)
• "Black Harbour" (2 episodes, 1997)
• "Due South" (1 episode, 1997)
• Gang Related (1997)
• Air Force One (1997)
• To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday (1996)
• Ebbie (1995) (TV)
• Spenser: A Savage Place (1995) (TV)
• Spenser: The Judas Goat (1994) (TV)
• The Santa Clause (1994)
• Corrina, Corrina (1994)
• To Save the Children (1994) (TV)
• Frostfire (1994) (TV)
• Lives of Girls & Women (1994) (TV)
• The Good Son (1993)
• "Home Fires" (1992) TV series
• Folks! (1992)
• I'll Never Get to Heaven (1992)
• The Doctor (1991)
• "Street Legal" (3 episodes, 1990)
• Getting Married in Buffalo Jump (1990) (TV)
• "Studio 5-B" (1989) TV series
• Spies, Lies & Naked Thighs (1988) (TV)
• "Tanner '88" (1 episode, 1988)
• A Hobo's Christmas (1987) (TV)
• "CBS Summer Playhouse" (1 episode, 1987)
• "Hard Copy" (6 episodes, 1987)
• Covert Action (1987) (TV)
• Perry Mason: The Case of the Shooting Star (1986) (TV)
• "Adderly" (1 episode, 1986)
• Whodunit (1986) (TV)
• Murder: By Reason of Insanity (1985) (TV)
• Murder in Space (1985) (TV)
• "Night Heat" (6 episodes, 1985)
• The Sight (1985)
• Mark of Cain (1985)
• My Father, My Rival (1985) (TV)
• The Guardian (1984) (TV)
• Heartsounds (1984) (TV)
• Skullduggery (1983)
• Mazes and Monsters (1982) (TV)
• "The Littlest Hobo" (1 episode, 1981)
• "Home Fires" (1980) TV series
• War Brides (1980) (TV)

Awards

• Gemini Award Best Actress in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series "At the End of the Day: The Sue Rodriguez Story" 1999
• Gemini Award Best Guest Actress in a Dramatic Series "Due South" 1998