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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.
Aug 23, 1991 · Ms. Dewhurst was pronounced dead by her personal physician, said Jan Stutts, a spokeswoman for the Westchester County Medical Examiner's Office. The cause of death was not immediately...
Aug 23, 1991 · Actress Colleen Dewhurst, whose throaty voice and earthy charisma were a perfect match for the dramas of Eugene O'Neill, has died. She was 65. Dewhurst died of cancer late Thursday at her home, said Jan Stutts, a spokeswoman for the Westchester County medical examiner's office.
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Aug 23, 1991 · SOUTH SALEM, N.Y. -- Colleen Dewhurst, the award-winning stage and screen actress, died of cancer at her Westchester County farm, the medical examiner's office announced Friday. She was 65.
Aug 23, 1991 · Colleen Dewhurst, the award-winning stage and screen actress whose greatest triumphs came in Eugene O’Neill’s plays, died Thursday at her Westchester County home, the medical examiner’s office...
Sep 6, 1991 · Colleen Dewhurst was a tigress of the American stage. She was great at the big stuff: passion, tragedy, fury, the howling temperament of the heart.
Dewhurst was the president of the Actors' Equity Association from 1985 to 1991 and was active in a number of theater causes, including those that lent support to actors afflicted with AIDS. The actress died of cancer, at age 67, in 1991.
Oct 13, 2005 · Actress Colleen Dewhurst, a star of the Broadway stage who also appeared in movies and on television, winning two Tonys and three Emmys, has died at 67. She died Thursday night at her home in...
Sadly, Dewhurst died before her role could be written out of the show properly. A touching death scene was edited into one episode as a tribute. Diagnosed with cervical cancer, Colleen's fervent Christian Science beliefs led her to refuse any kind of surgical treatment.
Sep 20, 1991 · Miss Dewhurst died of cancer on Aug. 22 at the age of 67. A version of this article appears in print on , Section D , Page 21 of the National edition with the headline: Colleen Dewhurst...