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Colleen Dewhurst

Film, stage, television and voice actress

Died when: 67 years 80 days (806 months)
Star Sign: Gemini

 

Colleen Dewhurst

Colleen Rose Dewhurst (3 June 1924 – 22 August 1991) was a Canadian-American actress mostly known for theatre roles.She 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 performances in Joseph Papp's New York Shakespeare Festival.

One of her last roles was playing Marilla Cuthbert in the Kevin Sullivan television adaptations of the Anne of Green Gables series and her reprisal of the role in the subsequent TV series Road to Avonlea.

Dewhurst won two Tony Awards and four Emmy Awards for her stage and television work.

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