Jackie Burroughs

Jacqueline Burroughs (2 February 1939 – 22 September 2010) was a Canadian actress. Burroughs starred in over 100 films and television shows over her career, including Heavy Metal, The Care Bears Movie, The Grey Fox, and Anne of Green Gables, and was best known for her role as Hetty King in the TV series Road to Avonlea.

Early life

Born in Southport, Lancashire (now Merseyside), England, on 2 February 1939, Burroughs emigrated to Canada with her family in 1951. She attended the University of Toronto, graduating in 1962. At university, Burroughs appeared in Trinity College productions of Saint Joan, The Cave Dwellers and Resounding Tinkle.<ref name="aatm">Template:Cite book</ref>

Career

After graduating, Burroughs travelled to England and was a member of the Chesterfield Civic Repertory Theatre for a season, before returning to Toronto. Burroughs appeared with Crest summer-time spinoff Straw Hat Players, before her debut at Toronto's Crest Theatre in 1963 in the play Arms and the Man.Template:Sfn In 1967, she married Zal Yanovsky and moved to New York City.<ref name="cbcobit">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="globeobit">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> After they divorced in 1968, Burroughs returned to Canada and live theatre, performing at Ottawa's National Arts Centre, Ontario's Stratford Festival and Shaw Festival,<ref name="cbcobit"/> including starring as Portia in The Merchant of Venice in 1976.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Burroughs won the 1969 Canadian Film Award for best actress, for starring in the television film Dulcima.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Burroughs acted in over 100 films and television programs, including a voice-over stint in the animated anthology Heavy Metal (1981), appearances in The Grey Fox (1982), and The Dead Zone (1983). Burroughs played the voice of The Spirit in 1985's The Care Bears Movie.<ref name="cbcobit"/>

In 1987, Burroughs produced, directed, co-wrote, and starred in A Winter Tan, a film based on the letters of Maryse Holder, published in 1979 as the book Give Sorrow Words – Maryse Holder's Letters from Mexico, later receiving a Genie Award for best performance by an actress in a leading role for the film.<ref name="cbcobit"/> She played role of Mrs. Amelia Evans in Anne of Green Gables (1985).<ref name="npobit">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> She was perhaps best known for her portrayal of the fictional character, Hetty King, in the CBC Television series Road to Avonlea from 1990 to 1996. The series was based on the works of Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery.<ref name="globeobit"/> She also played Mother Mucca in the television adaptations of Armistead Maupin's More Tales of the City and Further Tales of the City. Burroughs again played a mother role in 2003's Willard.<ref name="gg">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In 2001, she was awarded the Earle Grey Award for her contributions to arts and entertainment over the years by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television. In 2005, Burroughs received a Governor General's Performing Arts Award for Lifetime Artistic Achievement, Canada's highest honour in the performing arts.<ref name="gg"/> Over her career, Burroughs was nominated ten times and won seven, including four Gemini Awards and two Canadian Film Awards. Burroughs also won three Genie Awards.<ref name="npobit"/>

Personal life

Burroughs was married to Zalman Yanovsky, co-founder (with John Sebastian) of The Lovin' Spoonful; they separated in 1968. They had one daughter.<ref name="globeobit"/>

Death

Burroughs died at her home in Toronto on 22 September 2010, aged 71, after suffering from stomach cancer.<ref name="cbcobit"/>

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1966	Notes for a Film About Donna and Gail	Gail
1967	Template:Sortname	Gail
1971	Eat Anything
1972	Template:Sortname	Betty Blind
1974	Monkeys in the Attic	Wanda
1974	125 Rooms of Comfort	Bobbie Kidd
1975	My Pleasure Is My Business	Old lady at pool	Uncredited
1980	The Kidnapping of the President	Woman Agent
1981	Heavy Metal	Katherine	Voice, (segment "Den")
1981	The Intruder	Eleanor
1982	Template:Sortname	Katherine 'Kate' Flynn
1983	Template:Sortname	Miss Davenport
1983	Template:Sortname	Vera Smith
1983	Gentle Sinners	Mrs. Smith
1984	Chautauqua Girl	Mrs. Ferguson
1984	The Surrogate	Woman at Anouk's
1985	Template:Sortname	The Spirit	Voice
1986	Template:Sortname	Joan Smith
1987	Template:Sortname	Maryse Holder
1987	John and the Missus	Missus
1988	Inside/Out
1989	Food of the Gods II	Dr. Treger
1989	Template:Sortname	Lilian
1990	Whispers	Mrs. Yancey
1991	Elizabeth Smart: On the Side of the Angels	Elizabeth Smart
1992	Careful	Frau Teacher
1997	Bleeders	Lexie
1998	Last Night	The Runner
1999	Have Mercy	Lulu
2000	Washed Up	Tosca
2000	How Dinosaurs Learned to Fly	Narrator	Voice, Short
2001	Lost and Delirious	Fay Vaughn
2001	On Their Knees	Flora
2002	Night's Noontime	Queen Victoria	Short
2003	Template:Sortname	Aunt Budge
2003	Willard	Henrietta Stiles
2003	Rhinoceros Eyes	Mrs. Walnut
2003	Template:Sortname	Betty Avery
2004	Cavedweller	Grandma Windsor
2004	Going the Distance	Mother Libby
2004	Re-Generation	Grandmother
2005	Fever Pitch	Mrs. Warren
2005	King's Ransom	Grandma
2005	Bailey's Billion$	Constance Pennington
2005	Leo	Felicity	Short
2005	Heidi	Frau Rottenmeier	Voice
2006	The Sentinel	Mrs. Miller	Uncredited
2006	First Snow	Maggie
2006	Deck the Halls	Mrs. Ryor
2008	Into the Labyrinth	Ariadne
2010	Higglety Pigglety Pop!	Mother Goose	Voice, Video short
2010	Small Town Murder Songs	Olive	posthumously released in 2011

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1969	Dulcima	Dulcima Gaston	Canadian Film Award winner for Best Actress (Non-Feature), 21st Canadian Film Awards
1970	Template:Sortname	Jane	Episode: "God Bless the Children"
1970	Twelve and a Half Cents	Vicky
1973	Vicky		Earle Grey Award winner, 3rd ACTRA Awards Canadian Film Award winner for Best Actress (Non-Feature), 25th Canadian Film Awards
1978	Great Performances	Maria Mitchell	Episode: "Out of Our Father's House"
1981	Chairman of the Board	Prof. Hannah Cohen	TV series
1985	Evergreen	Dorothy	TV miniseries
1985	American Playhouse	Emmaline Ozmondo Fingal	Episode: "Overdrawn at the Memory Bank"
1985	Seduced	Mrs. Riordan	TV film
1985	The Undergrads	Nancy Galik	TV film
1985	Star Wars: Ewoks	Morag	Voice, 13 episodes
1985	Anne of Green Gables	Mrs. Amelia Evans	TV miniseries
1987	Taking Care of Terrific	Mrs. Forbes	TV film
1989	Template:Sortname	Jean Reed	Episode: "Many, Many Monkeys"
1990–1996	Road to Avonlea	Hetty King	Main role
1992	Heritage Minutes	Narrator	Episode: "Rural Teacher"
1993	Night Owl	Dr. Matthews	TV film
1994	Template:Sortname	Aggie	Recurring role
1995	Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years	Ozza Starks	Episode: "The Hanging"
1997	Elvis Meets Nixon	Dodger	TV film
1997	Due South	Gladys Caunce	Episode: "Eclipse"
1997	Platinum	Sir Ian Ball-Worthington	TV film
1998	Evidence of Blood	Granny Dollar	TV film
1998	More Tales of the City	Mother Mucca	TV miniseries
1998	Happy Christmas, Miss King	Hetty King	TV film
1999	Cover Me	Caitlin Crawford	TV miniseries
2001	Further Tales of the City	Mother Mucca	TV miniseries
2001	Smallville	Cassandra Carver	Episode: "Hourglass"
2003	Just Cause	Lily Zimmer	Episode: "Death's Details"
2003	Made in Canada	Helga Lemper	"Beaver Creek Valentine"
2003	Dead Like Me	Florence	Episode: "Reaping Havoc"
2004	Template:Sortname	Arlene Garwood	Episode: "Georgia"
2004	Template:Sortname	Mrs. Young	TV film
2004	Snow	Lorna	TV film
2005	Slings & Arrows	Moira	3 episodes
2005	Martha: Behind Bars	Big Martha	TV film
2008	Skip Tracer	Florence	TV film
2009	Sophie	Aunt Sheil	Episode: "Stolen Kisses"

References

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