Thompson wrote the screenplay and co-produced the 2000 film, Better Than Chocolate.[3] She began conceiving the film in 1993, shortly after finishing The Lotus Eaters, while on a retreat with Better Than Chocolate's other producer, Sharon McGowan.The two dared each other to create a lesbian coming out comedy.[4] Thompson was committed to not having Better Than Chocolate be in "the tradition of the celluloid closet" and thus gave the lesbian characters in the film a happy ending.[5]
Her other credits include the films Saint Monica[6] and Bearded Ladies: The Photography of Rosamond Norbury,[7] the television series The Beachcombers,[8]Da Vinci's Inquest and Big Sound, and stage plays including Brides in Space[9] and The Last Will and Testament of Lolita.[10] She was also coauthor, with Saeko Usukawa, of two coffee table books on film history, Hard Boiled: Great Lines from Film Noir and Tall in the Saddle: Great Lines from Classic Westerns.[11]
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^"Drama workshop helps develop creative skills". The Globe and Mail, June 6, 1985.
^"Feminist fantasy in space". Vancouver Sun, January 13, 1987.
^"Lolita grows up to get last laughs". Toronto Star, May 29, 1987.
^"Peggy Thompson: Better than chocolate. Healthier, too". Vancouver Sun, March 4, 2000.
^"A behind-the-scenes force guiding books onto shelves". The Globe and Mail, July 31, 2009.
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