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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.
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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Dewhurst played Julia Cavendish in "The Royal Family" while a student at Carnegie Lyceum in 1946. However, it took six years for her to make her professional debut at the ANTA in New York with a small dancing role in O'Neill's "Desire Under the Elms" (1952).
- June 3, 1924
- August 22, 1991
Aug 23, 1991 · Dewhurst made her acting debut in 1946 in 'The Royal Family,' and had her first Broadway role in 1952 -- for which she won an Obie award -- in Eugene O'Neill's 'Desire Under the Elms.'
Aug 23, 1991 · Miss Dewhurst made her acting debut in 1946 in “The Royal Family,” and had her first Broadway role in 1952 in O’Neill’s “Desire Under the Elms.”
She made her New York debut in 1946, while still an acting student, playing the role of Julia Cavendish in The Royal Family. In 1952, she had a small part in a production of Eugene O'Neill's Desire Under the Elms, in which she would later play the leading role of Abbie Putnam.
Sep 6, 1991 · She’s remembered as Diane Keaton’s mother in Woody Allen’s Annie Hall (1977); for Between Two Women, for which she won an Emmy in 1986; and for this summer’s Dying Young, starring Campbell Scott,...
