Colleen Dewhurst (June 3, 1924 – August 22, 1991) was a Canadian actress known for a while as "the Queen of Off-Broadway." Admired for her casual beauty, wide-armed emotional frankness and a voice as deep as a fog-horn, Dewhurst was a renowned interpreter of the works of Eugene O'Neill onstage, and her career also encompassed work in film, the early dramas of live television, and a professional relationship with Joseph Papp that went back to the ...
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Colleen Dewhurst (June 3, 1924 – August 22, 1991) was a Canadian actress known for a while as "the Queen of Off-Broadway." Admired for her casual beauty, wide-armed emotional frankness and a voice as deep as a fog-horn, Dewhurst was a renowned interpreter of the works of Eugene O'Neill onstage, and her career also encompassed work in film, the early dramas of live television, and a professional relationship with Joseph Papp that went back to the beginnings of his dream of a New York Shakespeare Festival. She married George C. Scott not once but twice, and their personal and professional partnership was known for its fire. Their son, actor Campbell Scott, is respected for his work onstage and in Hollywood films. Dewhurst won two Tony Awards and four Emmy Awards.
Dewhurst was born in Montreal, Quebec, the only child of a hockey player turned businessman and his homemaker wife. Her mother was a practitioner of Christian Science. Dewhurst was raised in Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin, a suburb...
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