Colleen Rose Dewhurst (June 3, 1924 — August 22, 1991) was a Canadian-American actress known for a while as "the Queen of Off-Broadway." In her autobiography, Dewhurst wrote: "I had moved so quickly from one Off-Broadway production to the next that I was known, at one point, as the 'Queen of Off-Broadway'. This title was not due to my brilliance but rather because most of the plays I was in closed after a run of anywhere from one night to two weeks. I would then move immediately into another." Dewhurst was a renowned interpreter of the works of Eugene O’Neill on the stage, and her career also encompassed film, early dramas on live television, and Joseph Papp's New York Shakespeare Festival. Description above from the Wikipedia article Colleen Dewhurst, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Colleen Dewhurst was a celebrated Canadian-American actress recognized as a leading interpreter of theatrical works and a distinguished screen performer.
She is best known for her definitive stage performances in theatrical classics and her beloved television role as Marilla Cuthbert in Anne of Green Gables.
Her career spanned classical stage tragedies, live television dramas, and diverse cinematic character roles across comedy and horror.
She was closely associated with New York's Broadway theater community and Joseph Papp's New York Shakespeare Festival.
