Patricia Colleen "Kate" Nelligan (born 16 March 1951) is a Canadian stage, film and television actress.
Nelligan, the fourth of six children, was born in London, Ontario, the daughter of Josephine Alice (née Deir), a schoolteacher, and Patrick Joseph Nelligan, a factory repairman and municipal employee in charge of ice rinks and recreational parks. Her mother, whom Nelligan has described as "very powerful, very brilliant and very, very crazy", su...
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Patricia Colleen "Kate" Nelligan (born 16 March 1951) is a Canadian stage, film and television actress.
Nelligan, the fourth of six children, was born in London, Ontario, the daughter of Josephine Alice (née Deir), a schoolteacher, and Patrick Joseph Nelligan, a factory repairman and municipal employee in charge of ice rinks and recreational parks. Her mother, whom Nelligan has described as "very powerful, very brilliant and very, very crazy", suffered from alcohol abuse and other psychological problems, and was subsequently institutionalized. Nelligan attended London South Collegiate Institute in London, Ontario, then studied at the University of Toronto but did not graduate. Instead, she switched to studies at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London, United Kingdom.
In 1973 she made her professional stage debut, in Bristol, England, while appearing in a regular role on the British television series The Onedin Line. In 1974 she was invited to London to play the part of Jenny...
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