Colleen Dewhurst
| Colleen Dewhurst | |
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Dewhurst in The Trial of Susan B. Anthony, 1971
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Colleen Rose Dewhurst June 3, 1924 Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Died | August 22, 1991 (aged 67) South Salem, New York, United States |
| Cause of death | Cervical cancer |
| Occupation | Film, stage, television and voice actress |
| Years active | 1952–91 |
| Spouse(s) | James Vickery (1947–60; divorced) George C. Scott (1960–65; divorced); 2 children George C. Scott (1967–72; divorced) |
| Partner(s) | Ken Marsolais (1975–91; her death) |
| Children | Alexander Scott (born 1960) Campbell Scott (born 1961) |
Colleen Rose Dewhurst (June 3, 1924 – August 22, 1991) was a Canadian-American actress 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 (marketed as Avonlea in the US).
Colleen Dewhurst was born June 3, 1924 in Montreal, Quebec to housewife Frances Marie (née Woods) and Ferdinand Augustus "Fred" Dewhurst. She had no siblings. Fred Dewhurst was the owner of a chain of confectionery stores, and wife Frances' father had been a celebrated athlete in Canada where he had played football with the Ottawa Rough Riders". The family became naturalized as U.S. citizens before 1940. Colleen's mother was a Christian Scientist, a faith Colleen also embraced.
The Dewhursts moved to Massachusetts in 1928 or 1929, staying in Boston, Dorchester, Auburndale, and West Newton. Later they moved to New York City, and then to Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin. She attended Whitefish Bay High School for her first two years of high school, moved to Shorewood High School for her junior year, and finally graduated from Riverside High School in Milwaukee in 1942. Around this time, her parents separated. Dewhurst went on to attend Milwaukee-Downer College for two years before moving to New York City to pursue an acting career.
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