Colleen Dewhurst

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Colleen Dewhurst
Biographical information
Born	June 3, 1924 Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Died	August 22, 1991 South Salem, New York, USA
Birth name	Colleen Rose Dewhurst
Family members	Ferdinand Augustus Dewhurst (father) Frances Maria Woods (mother) James Vickery (first husband) George C. Scott (second husband) Alexander Scott (son) Campbell Scott (son)
Career information
Years active	1952–1991
Character(s)	Marilla Cuthbert

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.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role
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	Marilla Cuthbert
	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

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External links

• Colleen Dewhurst at the Internet Movie Database
• Colleen Dewhurst on Wikipedia