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Colleen Dewhurst was a Canadian-American actress, best known for her role as Marilla Cuthbert in the films and TV series created by Kevin Sullivan.
Biography[]
Filmography[]
Year | Title | Role |
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1957 | Studio One | |
1958 | Kraft Television Theatre | Christine |
Decoy | Taffy | |
1958 - 1959 | The DuPont Show of the Month | Various Characters |
1959 | The Nun's Story | Archangel Gabriel |
1959 - 1961 | Play of the Week | Mordeen Saul / Woman |
1959 - 1963 | The United States Steel Hour | Francie Broderick / Vera Brandon |
1960 | Man on a String | Helen Benson |
1961 | The Foxes | |
Ben Casey | Phyllis Anders | |
1962 | Focus | |
The Virginian | Celia Ames | |
The Nurses | Grace Milo | |
The Eleventh Hour | Joanne Novak | |
1963 | The DuPont Show of the Week | Karen Holt |
1964 | East Side / West Side | Shirley Frost |
1965 | Dr. Kildare | Eleanor Markham |
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour | Nurse Ellen Hatch | |
Festival | Winifred Hennessy | |
1966 | The F.B.I. | Amy Doucette |
A Fine Madness | Dr. Vera Kropotkin | |
The Big Valley | Annie Morton | |
1967 | The Crucible | Elizabeth Proctor |
1971 | ITV Saturday Night Theatre | Mrs Franz |
The Price | Mrs. Franz | |
The Last Run | Monique | |
1972 | The Cowboys | Kate |
The Hands of Cormac Joyce | Molly Joyce | |
1973 | The Wide World of Mystery | Margery Landing |
Legend in Granite | Marie Lombardi | |
1974 | Parker Adderson, Philosopher | Hostess |
The Music School | Hostess | |
McQ | Myra | |
The Story of Jacob and Joseph | Rebekah | |
1975 | A Moon for the Misbegotten | Josie Hogan |
1977 | Annie Hall | Mom Hall |
1978 | The Third Walker | Kate Maclean |
Ice Castles | Beulah Smith | |
1979 | Silent Victory: The Kitty O'Neil Story | Mrs. O'Neil |
Studs Lonigan | Mary Lonigan | |
When a Stranger Calls | Tracy | |
And Baby Makes Six | Anna Kramer | |
Mary and Joseph: A Story of Faith | Elizabeth | |
1980 | Death Penalty | Elaine Lipton |
Escape | Lily Levinson | |
Guayana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones | Mrs. Myrtle Kennedy | |
The Women's Room | Val | |
A Perfect Match | Meg Larson | |
Baby Comes Here | Anna Kramer | |
A Final Assignment | Dr. Valentine Ulanova | |
Tribute | Gladys Petrelli | |
1981 | A Few Days in Weasel Creek | Aunt Cora |
1982 | Split Cherry Tree | Mother |
Quincy M.E. | Dr. Barbara Ludow | |
Between Two Brothers | ||
The Blue and the Gray | Maggie Geyser | |
1983 | Sometimes I Wonder | Grandma |
The Dead Zone | Henrietta Dodd | |
1983 - 1984 | Great Performances | Olga Katrina / Red Queen |
1984 | Finders of Lost Loves | Rachel Green |
The Glitter Dome | Lorna Dillman | |
The Love Boat | Maud | |
1985 | Anne of Green Gables | |
A.D. | Antonia | |
1986 | Between Two Women | Barbara Petherton |
Johnny Bull | Marie Kovacs | |
As Is | Hospice Worker | |
The Boy Who Could Fly | Mrs. Sherman | |
Sword of Gideon | Golda Meir | |
1987 | Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel | Marilla Cuthbert |
Disneyland | Gladys | |
1988 | Hitting Home | Judge |
The Twilight Zone | Hallie Parker | |
1989 | Moonlightning | Betty Russell |
Those She Left Behind | Margaret Page | |
Termini Station | Molly Dushane | |
Lantern Hill | Hepzibah | |
1989 - 1990 | Murphy Brown | Avery Brown Sr. |
1990 | Woman in the Wind | |
The Exorcist III | Satan | |
The Civil War | Various Characters | |
Kaleidoscope | Margaret | |
Road to Avonlea | Marilla Cuthbert | |
1991 | Dying Young | Estelle Whittier |
Bed & Breakfast | Ruth | |
2000 | Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story (archive footage) | Marilla Cuthbert |
2008 | Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning (archive footage) | Marilla Cuthbert |
Behind the scenes[]
- Colleen hated to wear a corset and her least favourite outfit in Anne of Green Gables was the green outfit when Marilla tells Matthew that they can't keep Anne.
- Another fun fact from the first movie is that the lines "I'll forgive you if you forgive me" and "twenty pounds of brown sugar" was improvised.
- Colleen was unavailable at the time of filming so Trudy Grant was used as a stand-in during the drive back to the orphanage. Grant was part of the production staff in Anne of Green Gables and the executive producer for later Sullivan adaptations.
- Colleen was ill with food poisoning when they shot the scene in Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel where Marilla and Anne discusses Diana's engagement.
Gallery[]
Anne of Green Gables Wiki has 10 images of Colleen Dewhurst (view category). |
External links[]
Actresses who portrayed Marilla Cuthbert |
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Live-action actresses |
Marcia Harris · Helen Westley · Joan Miller · Margot Christie · Marthe Thiéry · Barbara Hamilton · Colleen Dewhurst Bernadette Medhurst · Faith Valerio · Sara Botsford · Geraldine James · Cassidy Fox |
Voice actresses |
Gwen Day Burroughs · Beta Poničanová · Fumie Kitahara · Zofia Rysiówna · Susan Engel · Patricia Gage Christina Pickles · Dagmar von Kurmin |
Stage actresses |
Barbara Hamilton · Mary Savidge · Elizabeth Mawson · Susan Johnston Collins · Judy Marshak · Valerie Hawkins Laura Smith · Janet MacEwen · Martha Irving · Pamela Campbell · Nora McLellan · Marlane O'Brien · Carroll Godsman Charlotte Moore |