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Colleen Dewhurst

Colleen Dewhurst
Colleen Dewhurst
Born: Jun 03, 1924 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Died: Aug 22, 1991 in South Salem, New York
Occupation: Actor
Active: '70s-'90s
Major Genres: Drama, Comedy
Career Highlights: Anne of Green Gables, The Boy Who Could Fly, McQ
First Major Screen Credit: Burning Bright (1959)
11 Videos for Colleen Dewhurst
Bed and Breakfast (1992) The Blue and the Gray (1982) Annie Hall (1977)
Dying Young (1991) Ice Castles (1979) The Cowboys (1972)
Ken Burns' Civil War [TV Documentary Series] (1990) The Third Walker (1979) The Nun's Story (1959)
Sword of Gideon (1986) When a Stranger Calls (1979)
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Biography:

With the same drive that had distinguished her father's hockey career, Colleen Dewhurst took any number of odd jobs to pay for her tuition at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. On Broadway from 1955, Dewhurst became one of America's foremost interpreters of such pantheon playwrights as Eugene O'Neill and Edward Albee; she won a 1981 Tony Award for her performance in the revival of O'Neill's A Moon for the Misbegotten.

The forceful, deep-throated Dewhurst was not always easy to cast in films, but she chalked up several memorable movie portrayals, not least of which was as Diane Keaton's WASP-ish mom in Annie Hall (1977). Her TV work included the delightful middle aged pregnancy comedy And Baby Makes Six (1979) and numerous appearances as Candice Bergen's mom on Murphy Brown.

From 1985 through 1991, Colleen was president of Actors' Equity. Twice married to actor George C. Scott, Colleen Dewhurst is the mother of another performer, Campbell Scott. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide.