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Colleen Dewhurst

Colleen Dewhurst

Acting1924Montréal, Québec, Canada

Biography

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Colleen Rose Dewhurst (June 3, 1924 — August 22, 1991) was a Canadian-American actress known for a while as "the Queen of Off-Broadway." In her autobiography, Dewhurst wrote: "I had moved so quickly from one Off-Broadway production to the next that I was known, at one point, as the 'Queen of Off-Broadway'. This title was not due to my brilliance but rather because most of the plays I was in closed after a run of anywhere from one night to two weeks. I would then move immediately into another."

Dewhurst was a renowned interpreter of the works of Eugene O’Neill on the stage, and her career also encompassed film, early dramas on live television, and Joseph Papp's New York Shakespeare Festival.

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Acting History

2006
Kevin Sullivan's Classic
as Self - Marilla Cuthbert (archive footage)
1992
Vicki!
TVas Self• 1 eps
1991
Dying Young
as Estelle Whittier
1990
The Exorcist III
as Satan (voice) (uncredited)
Kaleidoscope
as Margaret
The Civil War
TVas Various• 9 eps
1989
Those She Left Behind
as Margaret Page
Termini Station
as Molly Dushane
Lantern Hill
as Hepzibah
Moonlighting
TVas Betty Russell• 1 eps
Murphy Brown
TVas Avery Brown Sr.• 3 eps
1988
Hitting Home
as Judge
1987
Bigfoot
as Gladys
Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel
TVas Marilla Cuthbert• 4 eps
1986
Sword of Gideon
as Golda Meir
Between Two Women
as Barbara Petherton
The Boy Who Could Fly
as Mrs. Sherman
As Is
as Hospice Worker
Johnny Bull
as Marie Kovacs
1985
Anne of Green Gables
as Marilla Cuthbert
Anne of Green Gables
TVas Marilla Cuthbert
A.D.
TVas Antonia• 5 eps
1984
The Glitter Dome
as Lorna Dillman
You Can't Take it With You
as Grand Duchess Olga Katrina
Finder of Lost Loves
TVas Rachel Green
The Love Boat
TVas Maud Correll• 1 eps
1983
The Dead Zone
as Henrietta Dodd
Great Performances
TVas Red Queen• 1 eps
1982
Split Cherry Tree
as Mrs. Sexton
The Blue and the Gray
TVas Maggie Geyser
1981
A Few Days at Weasel Creek
as Aunt Cora Jackfield
1980
Death Penalty
as Elaine Lipton
Escape
as Lily Levinson
Tribute
as Gladys Petrelli
Final Assignment
as Dr. Valentine Ulanova
Baby Comes Home
as Anna Kramer
A Perfect Match
as Meg Larson
1979
And Baby Makes Six
as Anna Kramer
Studs Lonigan
TVas Mary Lonigan
1978
Ice Castles
as Beulah Smith
The Third Walker
as Kate Maclean
1977
Annie Hall
as Mrs. Hall
Simple Gifts
as Self - Host
The American Short Story
TVas Self - Host
1976
Almos' a Man
as Self - Series Hostess
1975
1974
McQ
as Myra
The Music School
as Self - Series Hostess
1973
Legend in Granite
as Marie Lombardi
A Prowler in the Heart
as Margery Landing
1972
1971
The Last Run
as Monique
The Price
as Esther Franz
1968
Tony Awards
TVas Self• 1 eps
1967
The Crucible
as Elizabeth Proctor
1966
A Fine Madness
as Dr. Vera Kropotkin
The F.B.I.
TVas Amy Doucette• 1 eps
The Big Valley
TVas Annie• 1 eps
1965
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
TVas Nurse Ellen Hatch• 1 eps
Dr. Kildare
TVas Eleanor Markham• 1 eps
1962
The Virginian
TVas Celia Ames• 1 eps
1961
1960
Man on a String
as Helen Benson
1959
Burning Bright
as Mordeen Saul
The Nun's Story
as Dangerous Hospital Patient
Medea
as First Woman of Corinth
1958
Kraft Television Theatre
TVas Christine• 1 eps
1957
Decoy
TVas Taffy Connor
1954
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TVas Esther Franz / Mollie Joyce
1948

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Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
6/3/1924
Day of Death
8/22/1991
Place of Birth
Montréal, Québec, Canada