What is Lorraine Thomson?
{{Infobox person |image= |caption=Thomson as host of ''V.I.P.'', 1973 |birth_name=Lorraine Thomson |birth_date=12 July 1931 |birth_place=[[Regina, Saskatchewan]], Canada |death_date={{death date and age|2020|08|13|1931|07|12}} |death_place=[[Toronto]], [[Ontario]], Canada |nationality=[[Canadians|Canadian]] |known_for=Interviewer on [[CBC Television]], co-founder of [[ACTRA Awards]] |occupation=dancer, television personality, television producer }} '''Lorraine Thomson''' (12 July 1931 – 13 August 2020) was a Canadian dancer, television host, [[television producer]] and one of the co-founders, with [[Pierre Berton]], of the [[ACTRA Awards]]. She was the first dancer hired by the [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|CBC]] for their first televised [[variety show]], ''[[The Big Revue]]''. She turned to radio hosting the 1960s, and then television hosting in the 1970s for CBC's ''[[The Naked Mind]]'', ''[[The Weaker(?) Sex]]'' and ''[[V.I.P. (talk show)|V.I.P.]]'' She was the one of the first women to produce variety shows on CBC.<ref name=torstar>{{cite news | last =Latner | first =Anita | title =The quiet TV personality who would rather have people watch her V.I.P. show than read about her | newspaper =Toronto Star Week | location =Toronto| publisher =Torstar | date =1975-05-23 }}</ref> For 18 years, she was the program coordinator for ''[[Front Page Challenge]]''. She was nominated for several national awards for her work both in front of and behind the camera. ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Thomson, Lorraine}} [[Category:1931 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:Canadian television presenters]] [[Category:Canadian television producers]] [[Category:People from Regina, Saskatchewan]] [[Category:Canadian dancers]] {{bio-stub}}