Colleen Dewhurst

Colleen Dewhurst
Birth name	Colleen Rose Dewhurst
Born	June 3, 1924 in Montréal, Québec, Canada
Died	August 22, 1991 in South Salem, New York, USA from cervical cancer
Notable Roles	Marilla Cuthbert in Anne of Green Gables
Notable Episodes
Awards

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Roles

Starring Roles

Series	Role	Year(s)	Season(s)
Studs Lonigan	Mary Lonigan	1979	miniseries
A.D.	Antonia	1985	miniseries
Anne of Green Gables	Marilla Cuthbert	1985	miniseries
Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel	Marilla Cuthbert	1987	miniseries

Guest Starring Roles

Series	Role	Episode	Airdate
Studio One		10x02 - First Prize for Murder	October 16, 1957
Kraft Television Theatre	Christine	11x51 - Presumption of Innocence	October 1, 1958
Decoy	Taffy	1x07 - Deadly Corridor	October 8, 1958
The DuPont Show of the Month		2x02 - The Count of Monte Cristo	October 28, 1958
The United States Steel Hour	Vera Brandon	7x02 - The Hours Before Dawn	September 23, 1959
Play of the Week	Woman	1x01 - Medea	October 12, 1959
Play of the Week	Mordeen Saul	1x03 - Burning Bright	October 26, 1959
The DuPont Show of the Month	Aldonza / Dulcinea / Escalante	3x03 - I, Don Quixote	November 9, 1959
Play of the Week	Inez	2x23 - No Exit/The Indifferent Lover	February 27, 1961
Ben Casey	Phyllis Anders	1x04 - I Remember a Lemon Tree	October 23, 1961
The Virginian	Celia Ames	1x01 - The Executioners	September 19, 1962
The Nurses	Grace Milo	1x03 - Fly, Shadow	October 11, 1962
The Eleventh Hour	Joanne Novak	1x04 - I Don't Belong in a White-Painted House	October 24, 1962
The United States Steel Hour	Francie Broderick	10x13 - Night Run to the West	February 20, 1963
The DuPont Show of the Week	Karen Holt	2x16 - Something to Hide	May 5, 1963
Camera Three	Miss Amelia Evans	9x11 - The Ballad of the Sad Café (1)	December 8, 1963
Camera Three	Miss Amelia Evans	9x12 - The Ballad of the Sad Café (2)	December 15, 1963
East Side/West Side	Shirley Frost	1x24 - Nothing but the Half Truth	March 30, 1964
Dr. Kildare	Eleanor Markham	4x24 - All Brides Should Be Beautiful	March 11, 1965
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour	Nurse Ellen Hatch	3x28 - Night Fever	May 3, 1965
Festival	Winifred Hennessy	A Cheap Bunch of Nice Flowers	September 22, 1965
The F.B.I.	Mrs. Amy Doucette	1x22 - The Baby Sitter	February 13, 1966
The Big Valley	Annie Morton	2x13 - A Day of Terror	December 12, 1966
ITV Saturday Night Theatre	Mrs Franz	3x16 - The Price	March 28, 1971
The Wide World of Mystery	Margery Landing	A Prowler in the Heart	March 26, 1973
Quincy, M.E.	Dr. Barbara Lubow	7x13 - For Love of Joshua	February 3, 1982
Great Performances	Red Queen	12x02 - Alice in Wonderland	October 3, 1983
Finder of Lost Loves	Rachel Green	1x05 - Echoes	October 27, 1984
Great Performances	Grand Duchess Olga Katrina	13x04 - You Can't Take It with You	November 21, 1984
The Love Boat	Maud	8x11/12 - My Mother, My Chaperone / The Present / The Death and Life of Sir Alfred Demerest / Welcome Aboard	November 24, 1984
The Twilight Zone	Hallie Parker	3x13 - There Was an Old Woman	December 17, 1988
Moonlighting	Betty Russell	5x06 - Take My Wife, for Example	February 7, 1989
Murphy Brown	Avery Brown	1x15 - Mama Said	March 6, 1989
Murphy Brown	Avery Brown	2x10 - Brown Like Me (1)	November 27, 1989
Murphy Brown	Avery Brown	2x11 - Brown Like Me (2)	November 27, 1989
Murphy Brown	Avery Brown	3x06 - Bob & Murphy & Ted & Avery	November 5, 1990

Specials and Made-for-TV Movies

Title	Role	Airdate	Series/Banner
The Foxes		September 21, 1961
Focus		January 21, 1962
The Crucible	Elizabeth Proctor	May 4, 1967
The Hands of Cormac Joyce	Molly Joyce	November 17, 1972
Legend in Granite	Marie Lombardi	December 14, 1973
Parker Adderson, Philosopher	Hostess	1974
The Music School	Hostess	1974
The Story of Jacob and Joseph	Rebekah	April 7, 1974
A Moon for the Misbegotten	Josie Hogan	May 27, 1975
Silent Victory: The Kitty O'Neil Story	Mrs. O'Neil	February 24, 1979
And Baby Makes Six	Anna Kramer	October 22, 1979
Mary and Joseph: A Story of Faith	Elizabeth	December 9, 1979
Death Penalty	Elaine Lipton	January 22, 1980
Escape	Lily Levinson	February 20, 1980
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones	Mrs. Myrtle Kennedy	January 25, 1980
The Women's Room	Val	September 14, 1980
A Perfect Match	Meg Larson	October 5, 1980
Baby Comes Home	Anna Kramer	October 16, 1980
A Few Days in Weasel Creek	Aunt Cora	October 21, 1981
Night of 100 Stars	Herself	March 8, 1982
Between Two Brothers		March 9, 1982
Sometimes I Wonder	Grandma	1983
The Glitter Dome	Lorna Dillman	November 18, 1984
Night of 100 Stars	Herself	March 10, 1985
Between Two Women	Barbara Petherton	March 10, 1986
Johnny Bull	Marie Kovacs	May 19, 1986
As Is	Hospice Worker	July 27, 1986
Sword of Gideon	Golda Meir	November 29, 1986
Bigfoot	Gladys	March 8, 1987	Disneyland
Hitting Home	Judge	September 21, 1988
Those She Left Behind	Margaret Page	March 6, 1989
Lantern Hill	Hepzibah	January 27, 1990
Kaleidoscope	Margaret	October 15, 1990

Awards and Accolades

Tony Awards

• Won: Best Featured Actress in a Play (1961)

All the Way Home

• Won: Best Leading Actress in a Play (1974)

A Moon for the Misbegotten

Primetime Emmy Awards

(4 Wins in 13 Nominations)

• Won: Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie (1986)

Between Two Women

• Won: Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie (1989)

Those She Left Behind

• Won: Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series (1989, 1991)

Murphy Brown