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Colleen Dewhurst

1924 - 1991

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Colleen Rose Dewhurst (June 3, 1924 – August 22, 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. In the United States, Dewhurst won two Tony Awards and four Primetime Emmy Awards for her stage and television work. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Colleen Dewhurst is the 3,214th most popular actor (down from 3,034th in 2019), the 277th most popular biography from Canada (down from 234th in 2019) and the 68th most popular Canadian Actor.

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Among actors, Colleen Dewhurst ranks 3,214 out of 13,578. Before her are Anna Rita Del Piano, Özcan Deniz, Olivia Wilde, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Tony Danza, and Pilou Asbæk. After her are Oscar Isaac, Fons Rademakers, Zdeněk Svěrák, Nehemiah Persoff, Marilyn Burns, and Jonny Lee Miller.

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Among people born in 1924, Colleen Dewhurst ranks 261. Before her are Zsuzsa Körmöczy, Dennis Weaver, Qiao Shi, János Starker, Mike Bongiorno, and J. J. Johnson. After her are Inji Aflatoun, Karen Harup, Aleksandar Tišma, Gloria Vanderbilt, Basil Bernstein, and A. B. Bardhan. Among people deceased in 1991, Colleen Dewhurst ranks 124. Before her are Antoine Berman, Robert Motherwell, Peggy Ashcroft, Fred MacMurray, Nicholas Poppe, and Luigi Zampa. After her are Roy Black, Mort Shuman, Július Torma, Jean Van Houtte, Ole Beich, and Vilma Bánky.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Colleen Dewhurst ranks 277 out of 1,622. Before her are Ray Bourque (1960), Michael Wincott (1958), Terry Fox (1958), Agnes Martin (1912), Henri Richard (1936), and Lawrence Stroll (1959). After her are Ernest Burgess (1886), John Abbott (1821), Oliver Platt (1960), Diana Krall (1964), Sandra Oh (1971), and Jean-Claude Turcotte (1936).

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Among actors born in Canada, Colleen Dewhurst ranks 68. Before her are Walter Pidgeon (1897), Neve Campbell (1973), Arthur Hill (1922), Kenneth Welsh (1942), John Kricfalusi (1955), and Michael Wincott (1958). After her are Oliver Platt (1960), Sandra Oh (1971), Alan Thicke (1947), Elias Koteas (1961), Len Cariou (1939), and Stana Katic (1978).

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