Colleen Dewhurst

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1924-06-03 (67 years old)

Deathday

1991-08-22

Place of Birth

Montréal, Québec, Canada

Colleen Dewhurst

Biography

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   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 encomp...

Acting

1977

Annie Hall

as Mrs. Hall

1983

The Dead Zone

as Henrietta Dodd

1986

The Boy Who Could Fly

as Mrs. Sherman

1991

Dying Young

as Estelle Whittier

1959

The Nun's Story

as Dangerous Hospital Patient

1987

1972

1985

Anne of Green Gables

as Marilla Cuthbert

1966

A Fine Madness

as Dr. Vera Kropotkin

1960

Man on a String

as Helen Benson

1978

Ice Castles

as Beulah Smith

1971

The Last Run

as Monique

1980

Death Penalty

as Elaine Lipton

1984

You Can't Take it With You

as Grand Duchess Olga Katrina

1986

Between Two Women

as Barbara Petherton

1975

1980

Tribute

as Gladys Petrelli

1991

1959

Burning Bright

as Mordeen Saul

1982

Split Cherry Tree

as Mrs. Sexton

1978

The Third Walker

as Kate Maclean

1987

Bigfoot

as Gladys

1986

As Is

as Hospice Worker

1971

The Price

as Esther Franz

2006

Kevin Sullivan's Classic

as Self - Marilla Cuthbert (archive footage)

1980

Baby Comes Home

as Anna Kramer

1959

Medea

as First Woman of Corinth

1983

1980

Escape

as Lily Levinson

1981

A Few Days at Weasel Creek

as Aunt Cora Jackfield

1974

McQ

as Myra

1980

Final Assignment

as Dr. Valentine Ulanova

1976

Almos' a Man

as Self - Series Hostess

1989

Those She Left Behind

as Margaret Page

1984

The Glitter Dome

as Lorna Dillman

1989

Termini Station

as Molly Dushane

1973

A Prowler in the Heart

as Margery Landing

1979

And Baby Makes Six

as Anna Kramer

1972

1986

Sword of Gideon

as Golda Meir

1973

Legend in Granite

as Marie Lombardi

1990

The Exorcist III

as Satan (voice) (uncredited)

1974

The Music School

as Self - Series Hostess

1967

The Crucible

as Elizabeth Proctor

1988

Hitting Home

as Judge

1980

A Perfect Match

as Meg Larson

1977

Simple Gifts

as Self - Host

1986

Johnny Bull

as Marie Kovacs

1989

Lantern Hill

as Hepzibah

1990

Kaleidoscope

as Margaret

1983

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