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Colleen Rose Dewhurst was a Canadian-American actress. She is known most for theatre roles, and 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." 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 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.
Birth Name
Colleen Rose Dewhurst
Born
Tuesday, 03 June 1924
Died
Thursday, 22 August 1991
Actress Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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McKellen: Playing the Part | Self | 2018 |
Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning | Marilla Cuthbert | 2008 |
John Wayne: Behind the Scenes | (archive footage) | 2007 |
Bed & Breakfast | Ruth / Ruth Wellesly | 1991 |
Dying Young | Estelle Whittier | 1991 |
Kaleidoscope | Margaret | 1990 |
The Civil War | Various | 1990 |
The Exorcist III | Satan | 1990 |
Avonlea | Marilla Cuthbert | 1990 |
Lantern Hill | Hepzibah | 1989 |
Actress Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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McKellen: Playing the Part | Self | 2018 |
Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning | Marilla Cuthbert | 2008 |
John Wayne: Behind the Scenes | (archive footage) | 2007 |
Bed & Breakfast | Ruth / Ruth Wellesly | 1991 |
Dying Young | Estelle Whittier | 1991 |
Kaleidoscope | Margaret | 1990 |
The Civil War | Various | 1990 |
The Exorcist III | Satan | 1990 |
Avonlea | Marilla Cuthbert | 1990 |
Lantern Hill | Hepzibah | 1989 |
Termini Station | Molly Dushane | 1989 |
The 43rd Annual Tony Awards | Self - Presenter | 1989 |
Murphy Brown | Avery Brown Sr. / Avery Brown | 1988 |
Hitting Home | Judge | 1988 |
Anne of Avonlea | Marilla Cuthbert | 1987 |
Sword of Gideon | Golda Meir | 1986 |
The Boy Who Could Fly | Mrs. Sherman | 1986 |
As Is | Hospice Worker | 1986 |
American Masters | Self | 1986 |
The 40th Annual Tony Awards | Self - Performer | 1986 |
Between Two Women | Barbara Petherton | 1986 |
Anne of Green Gables | Marilla Cuthbert | 1985 |
The Twilight Zone | Hallie Parker | 1985 |
A.D. | Antonia | 1985 |
Night of 100 Stars II | Self | 1985 |
Moonlighting | Betty Russell | 1985 |
The Glitter Dome | Lorna Dillman | 1984 |
Finder of Lost Loves | Rachel Green | 1984 |
The Good Fight: The Abraham Lincoln Brigade in the Spanish Civil War | La Pasionaria | 1984 |
All the World's a Stage | Self - Actress / Extract Reader: A Long Day's Journey into Night | 1984 |
The Dead Zone | Henrietta Dodd | 1983 |
The 37th Annual Tony Awards | Self - Presenter | 1983 |
The Blue and the Gray | Maggie Geyser | 1982 |
Tom Cottle: Up Close | Self | 1982 |
Between Two Brothers | 1982 | |
Night of 100 Stars | Self | 1982 |
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones | Mrs. Myrtle Kennedy | 1982 |
Split Cherry Tree | Mother / Mrs. Sexton | 1982 |
The 35th Annual Tony Awards | Self - Presenter | 1981 |
Tribute | Gladys Petrelli | 1980 |
Baby Comes Home | Anna Kramer | 1980 |
Final Assignment | Dr. Valentine Ulanova | 1980 |
The Women's Room | Val | 1980 |
Escape | Lily Levinson | 1980 |
When a Stranger Calls | Tracy | 1979 |
Studs Lonigan | Mary Lonigan | 1979 |
Silent Victory: The Kitty O'Neil Story | Mrs. O'Neil | 1979 |
Ice Castles | Beulah Smith | 1978 |
The Third Walker | Kate Maclean | 1978 |
The Love Boat | Maud Correll | 1977 |
Annie Hall | Mom Hall / Mrs. Hall | 1977 |
Quincy M.E. | Dr. Barbara Ludow | 1976 |
Almos' a Man | Narrator | 1976 |
A Moon for the Misbegotten | Josie Hogan | 1975 |
The Jolly Corner | Narrator | 1975 |
Dinah! | Self - Guest | 1974 |
The Story of Jacob and Joseph | Rebekah | 1974 |
McQ | Myra | 1974 |
The Music School | Hostess | 1974 |
Parker Adderson, Philosopher | Hostess | 1974 |
Legend in Granite | Marie Lombardi | 1973 |
The Wide World of Mystery | Margery Landing | 1973 |
Tennessee Williams' South | Hannah Jelkes | 1973 |
The Hands of Cormac Joyce | Molly Joyce | 1972 |
The Cowboys | Kate | 1972 |
The Last Run | Monique | 1971 |
Great Performances | Red Queen / Grand Duchess Olga Katrina | 1971 |
The Price | Mrs. Franz | 1971 |
The David Frost Show | Self - Guest | 1969 |
ITV Saturday Night Theatre | Mrs Franz | 1969 |
The 22nd Annual Tony Awards | Self | 1968 |
The Crucible | Elizabeth Proctor | 1967 |
A Fine Madness | Dr. Vera Kropotkin | 1966 |
The F.B.I. | Amy Doucette | 1965 |
The Big Valley | Annie | 1965 |
East Side/West Side | Shirley Frost | 1963 |
The Eleventh Hour | Joanne Novak | 1962 |
The Doctors and the Nurses | Grace Milo | 1962 |
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour | Nurse Ellen Hatch | 1962 |
The Virginian | Celia Ames | 1962 |
Accent on an American Summer | The Dead Woman | 1962 |
The Tonight Show | Self - Guest | 1962 |
The Mike Douglas Show | Herself - Guest | 1961 |
Ben Casey | Phyllis Anders | 1961 |
Dr. Kildare | Eleanor Markham | 1961 |
The DuPont Show of the Week | Karen Holt | 1961 |
Here's Hollywood | Self | 1960 |
Man on a String | Helen Benson | 1960 |
Burning Bright | Mordeen Saul | 1959 |
Play of the Week | Inez (No Exit) / Mordeen Saul / Woman | 1959 |
Startime | Self / Lady Macbeth | 1959 |
The Nun's Story | Archangel Gabriel (Sanatorium) / Dangerous Hospital Patient | 1959 |
Broadway Theatre Archive: Burning Bright | 1959 | |
Decoy | Taffy Connor | 1957 |
The DuPont Show of the Month | Aldonza / Dulcinea / Escalante | 1957 |
Camera Three | Miss Amelia Evans | 1956 |
The Magical World of Disney | Gladys | 1954 |
The United States Steel Hour | Francie Broderick / Vera Brandon | 1953 |
The Ed Sullivan Show | Self / Mary Follet | 1948 |
Kraft Theatre | Christine | 1947 |
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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1991 | Emmy | Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series | Won |
1991 | Emmy | Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series | Nominated |
1990 | Emmy | Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series | Nominated |
1990 | Emmy | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Special | Nominated |
1989 | Emmy | Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series | Won |
1986 | Emmy | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Special | Won |
1981 | Emmy | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or a Special | Nominated |
1979 | Emmy | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or a Special | Nominated |
1976 | Emmy | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama or Comedy Special | Nominated |
1971 | Emmy | Outstanding Single Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role | Nominated |