Colleen Dewhurst

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BIRTHDAY

June 03, 1926

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

DIED

August 22, 1991

RECENT CREDITS

The Nun's Story (FILM) Jan. 1, 1999

The Line King: The Al Hirschfeld St... (FILM) Sep. 27, 1996

Bed & Breakfast (FILM) Aug. 7, 1992

Helen Hayes: First Lady of the Amer... (TV) Jul. 1, 1991

Dying Young (FILM) Jun. 21, 1991

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BIOGRAPHY

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Award-winning stage and TV performer whose regal presence has made her a leading interpreter of American playwrights from Eugene O'Neill to Edward Albee. Frequently cast as sensual, earth-mother types, Dewhurst first won acclaim on Broadway as James Agee's mother in Tad Mosel's adaptation of Agee's "A Death in the Family" and "All the Way Home" (1961). Though she has appeared in relatively few films, she was memorable as Annie's superbly WASP-y mother in "Annie Hall" (1977). Dewhurst also played Candice Bergen's mother in the popular TV comedy series "Murphy Brown".

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"The Hours" Gets Season's First Film Award

Dec. 5, 2002

National Film Board of Review announces top 10 films including The Hours Chicago Gangs of New York Far From Heaven Frida The Pianist The Quiet American Rabbit-Proof Fence

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