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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.
Colleen Dewhurst. Actress: Anne of Green Gables. Tall, luminous and leonine, the legendary Colleen Dewhurst must go down as one of the theater's finest contemporary tragediennes of the late 1900s.
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Colleen Dewhurst, one of America's foremost actresses whose career on stage, screen and television spanned 40 years and earned her two Tony Awards and three Emmys, died last night at her home...
May 30, 2024 · Colleen Dewhurst (born June 3, 1924, Montreal, Que., Can.—died Aug. 22, 1991, South Salem, N.Y., U.S.) was an American actress who was the leading Broadway interpreter of the plays of Eugene O’Neill in the second half of the 20th century.
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Aug 24, 1991 · Colleen Dewhurst, one of America's foremost actresses, whose career on stage, screen and television spanned 40 years and earned her two Tony Awards and three Emmys, died Thursday night at her...
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 22, 1991 · 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'.
