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Quick Facts

Born:
1924-06-03

Birthplace:
Montréal, Québec, Canada

Credits:
100 Total Roles

Colleen Dewhurst

Acting

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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 encompassed film, early dramas on live television, and Joseph Papp's New York Shakespeare Festival.

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Known For

Full Filmography

Year Title Role
2006 Kevin Sullivan's Classic MOVIE Self - Marilla Cuthbert (archive footage)
1992 Vicki! TV Self
1991 Bed & Breakfast MOVIE Ruth
1991 Dying Young MOVIE Estelle Whittier
1990 Kaleidoscope MOVIE Margaret
1990 The Civil War TV Various
1990 The Exorcist III MOVIE Satan (voice) (uncredited)
1989 Lantern Hill MOVIE Hepzibah
1989 Termini Station MOVIE Molly Dushane
1989 Those She Left Behind MOVIE Margaret Page

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