Colleen Dewhurst (born June 3, 1924; died August 22, 1991) was a Canadian-born actress best known for playing Marilla Cuthbert in the various Anne of Green Gables productions from Sullivan Entertainment. June 3 is the 154th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (155th in leap years), with 211 days remaining. ... 1924 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... August 22 is the 234th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (235th in leap years), with 131 days remaining. ... 1991 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Anne of Green Gables boxed set Anne of Green Gables, a childrens book by Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery, was first published in 1908. ...

Born an only child to a football player turned businessman and his homemaker wife in Montreal, Quebec, but raised in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, her breakthrough stage role, which made her a major success, came in 1974 after 27 years of acting, when she appeared in Eugene O'Neill's A Moon for the Misbegotten as "Josie Hogan". She interpreted many roles in O'Neill plays. This article needs cleanup. ... City nickname: The City of Festivals Location of Milwaukee in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin County Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett (D) Area   â€“Land   â€“Water 251. ... 1974 is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ... Eugene ONeill Eugene Gladstone ONeill (New York City, October 16, 1888 – November 27, 1953 in Boston) was an American playwright. ...

Over the course of her 45 year career, Dewhurst won two Tony Awards, two Obies and two Gemini Awards. In 1989 she won the Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role for her role in Hitting Home. She was nominated for an Emmy Award on twelve occasions, she won four: What is popularly called the Tony Award® but is formally the Antoinette Perry Award is an annual American award celebrating achievements in theater, including musical theater. ... An Emmy Award. ...

• 1988 & 1991  : "Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series" for Murphy Brown
• 1989 : "Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Special" for Those She Left Behind
• 1986 : "Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Special" for Between Two Women

During the last years of her life, she lived on a farm in South Salem, New York with her lover, Ken Marsolais, and also in a summer home on Prince Edward Island, in her native Canada. Murphy Brown was an American situation comedy which aired on CBS from November 14, 1988 to May 18, 1998. ... Motto: Parva Sub Ingenti (The small under the protection of the great) Other Canadian provinces and territories Capital Charlottetown Largest city Charlottetown Lieutenant Governor J. Léonce Bernard Premier Pat Binns (PC) Area 5,660 km² (13th) Land 5,660 km² Water 0 km² (0%) Population (2004) Population 137,900...

She was president of the Actors' Equity Association from 1985 until her 1991 death from cervical cancer at the age of 67, which might have been cured but for Dewhurst's Christian Science beliefs and her refusal to countenance any kind of surgical treatment. The Actors Equity Association (commonly simply Equity) is the trade union of American theatrical performers and stage managers. ... Cervical cancer is a malignancy of the cervix. ... The Church of Christ, Scientist, often known as The Christian Science Church, is a nontrinitarian Protestant Christian denomination, founded by Mary Baker Eddy in 1879. ... Surgery Surgery is the medical specialty that treats diseases or injuries by operative manual and instrumental treatment. ...

Dewhurst was married to James Vickery from 1947 to 1960, and to actor George C. Scott twice for a total of approximately 10 years, both times resulting in divorce; she was the mother of 2 sons, including actor Campbell Scott, with whom she-costarred in the ironically titled Dying Young, one of the last performances she would ever give. George C. Scott George Campbell Scott (October 18, 1927–September 22, 1999) was a film/stage actor, director, and producer. ... Campbell Scott (born July 19, 1961 in New York City, New York, USA) is an American actor. ...

She referred to George C. Scott as "a wife beater" on one occasion, and he was known for his violence towards other women in his life as well, such as his one-time lover Ava Gardner and his last wife, Trish Vandevere. Ava Gardner Ava Gardner (December 24, 1922 – January 25, 1990) was an American actress. ...

External link

• Colleen Dewhurst at the Internet Movie Database