Rebecca Liddiard (Houdini & Doyle), Sharron Matthews (Mean Girls) and Emmanuel Kabongo (21 Thunder) are joining the cast of CBC’s new detective drama Frankie Drake Mysteries. The Canadian actors will play a police morality officer, a morgue attendant and a boxer, respectively. Set in the 1920s and starring Lauren Lee Smith as Toronto’s only female detective, the show will debut on CBC and at cbc.ca/watch on Nov. 6. The series from Shaftesbury, makers of Murdoch Mysteries, also star Chantel Riley (Race) as Frankie Drake’s detective partner Trudy. CBC also announced a number of guest stars, including Lucas Bryant (Haven), Wendy Crewson (Saving Hope),

Source: thestar August 31, 2017 21:00 UTC