Colleen Dewhurst

Colleen Dewhurst

Nacimiento : 1924-06-03, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Muerte : 1991-08-22

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​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   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
Colleen Dewhurst

Películas

Bed & Breakfast
Ruth
Life changes for three woman who run a failing hotel, when a mysterious man washes up at the beach.
Elegir un amor
Estelle Whittier
Hilary (Julia Roberts) es una atractiva joven que ya casi ha renunciado al amor, y el resto de su vida tampoco va demasiado bien. Un día decide contestar a un anuncio en un periódico, en el que se solicita una chica atenta y servicial. Acude a una lujosa mansión, donde conoce a Victor (Campbell Scott), un joven de buena familia que padece una leucemia que todos creen incurable, incluido su dominante padre (David Selby).
Danielle Steel: Caleidoscopio
Margaret
Un terrible suceso trunca la vida de las tres hermanas Walker, separadas en la infancia y entregadas en adopción a distintas familias. Pero Hilary, la mayor y menos afortunada de las tres, preservará en su memoria su vida en común y alentará durante años la esperanza de volver a reunirse con ellas.
El exorcista III
Satan (voice) (uncredited)
Una mujer que se arrastra por el techo. Un criminal muerto hace tiempo que asesina víctima tras víctima. Las llamas estallan, las serpientes se deslizan, la tierra se abre revelando el tormentoso infierno. El demonio ha vuelto... pero el sacerdote Damien Karras vuelve a notar la presencia del maligno, y pedirá la ayuda del escéptico detective Kinderman para derrotarle.
Lantern Hill
Hepzibah
La madre de Jane Stuart ha caído enferma, por lo que ambas deberán trasladarse temporalmente a vivir con su adinerada abuela, donde sufren sus insultos e intimidaciones. (FILMAFFINITY)
Termini Station
Molly Dushane
Narra la historia de Molly Dushane, una viuda enganchada al alchohol y a los culebrones de la tele, y de su hija Micheline, que trabaja como prostituta y sueña con escapar de allí y marcharse a Montreal.
Those She Left Behind
Margaret Page
Scott and Sue Grimes are a happily married and affluent young couple who are about to start a family together. Unfortunately, that plan gets turned completely upside-down when Sue dies suddenly and unexpectedly while giving birth to their daughter. Now in the aftermath, Scott not only has to deal with the loss of his wife, he also has the daunting task of raising his daughter all alone.
Hitting Home
Judge
Canadian businesswoman Dinah Middleton's is devastated when her teenage son, Alex, is killed by a hit-and-run driver. When the police fail to turn up any suspects, she turns private detective to track the killer down. She traces the murderer to New York, only to discover that the crime is not covered by the extradition treaty between Canada and the US. She becomes obsessed with bringing the criminal to justice.
Ana de las tejas verdes: La continuación
Marilla Cuthbert
Ana es ahora una joven de 18 años y continúa con su carácter imaginativo, testarudo, impulsivo y bondadoso. Es contratada como maestra en una escuela para señoritas y tendrá que enfrentarse a nuevos retos en su faceta de educadora. Por otra parte, su antiguo compañero de colegio y eterno enamorado Gilbert, ahora estudiante de medicina, sigue pendiente de la indomable e independiente Ana Shirley.
Bigfoot
Gladys
Muchas leyendas han surgido entorno a los "bigfoot", unas criaturas de más de dos metros, de altura semejante a los simios, que viven en regiones salvajes. Pero estas leyendas se vuelven sorprendentemente reales cuando dos jóvenes se encuentran cara a cara con un grupo de estos misteriosos animales. Una vez recuperados del susto, los jóvenes descubrirán a un despiadado cazador decidido a capturar y explotar a los bigfoot a toda costa. Dispuestos a salvar a las legendarias criaturas, los chicos recurrirán a una solitaria antropóloga en un arriesgado intento por proteger a los bigfoot de su violento destino.
Sword of Gideon
Golda Meir
Chronicles a Mossad team hand picked to hunt down the terrorists involved in the 1972 Munich Olympic massacre of Israeli athletes.
Más allá de la realidad
Mrs. Sherman
Milly y Lewis, junto a su recién enviudada madre, Charlene, se mudan a un nuevo vecindario. Una vez allí, se enfrentan a una serie de problemas personales, pero Milly encuentra a un amigo en Eric, su vecino, un chico autista. Y descubre que Eric tiene una auténtica fascinación con el vuelo, capaz de cambiar el mundo que le rodea.
As Is
Hospice Worker
Story of a homosexual man who finds out he has AIDS and how people react. Ex-lovers are brought together when the former is stricken with AIDS. Often humorous and never morose, author William Hoffman doesn't pull his punches with either his portrayal of a gay lifestyle or of the emotional toll the disease takes.
Johnny Bull
Marie Kovacs
An English girl comes to America to join her American husband in a Pennsylvania coal town in the late 1950's. She faces the ire of her new mother-in-law, a former Hungarian with different ideas about the life and culture that her son should have.
Entre Dos Mujeres
Barbara Petherton
Narra la relación entre dos mujeres, suegra y nuera, durante catorce años. La primera, una antigua estrella de la ópera (Colleen Dewhurst), es la madre dominante de un hijo alienado (Michael Nouri), y la segunda, una brillante profesora (Farrah Fwcett), es la mujer de éste.
Ana de las tejas verdes
Marilla Cuthbert
Todo un clásico de la televisión canadiense -a su vez basada en una joya de la literatura infantil del país norteamericano-. Ambientada en la isla de Prince Edward a finales del siglo XIX, narra la historia de Anne, una niña huérfana de once años que viaja desde el orfanato donde reside hasta la granja de "Tejas Verdes". Allí una pareja de hermanos, ambos mayores, la esperan para adoptarla. Al llegar, la niña descubre que todo ha sido un error porque los Cuthbert esperaban en realidad adoptar un muchacho que pudiera ayudarles a llevar la granja. (FILMAFFINITY)
Night of 100 Stars II
Self
This special is the second "Night of 100 Stars" to benefit The Actors Fund of America. Edited from a seven-hour live entertainment marathon that was taped February 17, 1985, at New York's Radio City Music Hall, this sequel to the 1982 "Night of 100 Stars" special features 288 celebrities.
You Can't Take it With You
Grand Duchess Olga Katrina
A man from a family of rich snobs becomes engaged to a woman from a good-natured but decidedly eccentric family.
The Glitter Dome
Lorna Dillman
Al Mackey and Marty are homicide cops in Hollywood and hot on the trail of the murderer of a movie mogul that was moonlighting by making child porno pictures. Willie is one of several suspects with motive, opportunity and the evil means to carry out this act. A medal should be in order instead of being arrested
La zona muerta
Henrietta Dodd
Adaptación de la novela escrita por Stephen King. Un joven profesor sufre un accidente que le hará permanecer cinco años en coma. Al despertar, descubre que posee poderes extrasensoriales y que es capaz de adivinar el futuro. La policía pedirá su colaboración para resolver un asesinato...
Alice in Wonderland
Red Queen
From the elaborate Broadway revival of the 1932 Eva Le Gallienne/Florida Friebus production comes a whimsical retelling of the Lewis Carroll classic.
Between Two Brothers
Bob Frazer is a prominent attorney who compulsively tries to make amends with his younger, less polished brother Russ who runs the family business and harbors the guilt for their father's recent death.
Night of 100 Stars
Self
The most glittering, expensive, and exhausting videotaping session in television history took place Friday February 19, 1982 at New York's Radio City Music Hall. The event, for which ticket-buyers payed up to $1,000 a seat (tax-deductible as a contribution to the Actors' Fund) was billed as "The Night of 100 Stars" but, actually, around 230 stars took part. And most of the audience of 5,800 had no idea in advance that they were paying to see a TV taping, complete with long waits for set and costume changes, tape rewinding, and the like. Executive producer Alexander Cohen estimated that the 5,800 Radio City Music Hall seats sold out at prices ranging from $25 to $1,000. The show itself cost about $4 million to produce and was expected to yield around $2 million for the new addition to the Actors Fund retirement home in Englewood, N. J. ABC is reputed to have paid more than $5 million for the television rights.
Split Cherry Tree
Mrs. Sexton
Split Cherry Tree is a 1982 short film directed by Andrei Konchalovsky. A father learns the importance of education and gains an understanding of his son and an insight into his dreams and ambitions. The film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film.
A Few Days in Weasel Creek
Aunt Cora Jackfield
Serio-comic road movie about a feisty girl who sets out for California and hitches a ride for herself and her house trailer with a runaway farm boy and accompanies him on a side trip to visit his aunt in the Southern hamlet of Weasel Creek.
Tributo
Gladys Petrelli
Scottie (Lemmon) es un escritor de segunda que trabaja como agente de prensa. Tiene una doble personalidad: mientras sonríe, su alma esconde soledad y angustia. En su atropellada y fracasada existencia arrastró consigo a su esposa e hijo. Algunos años después, se da cuenta de que desea y necesita ser amado y perdonado. (FILMAFFINITY)
Baby Comes Home
Anna Kramer
In this sequel to "And Baby Makes Six," a middle-aged couple deals with familial upheaval after giving birth to an unplanned fourth baby --- 17 years after their last child.
A Perfect Match
Meg Larson
A successful fashion designer who learns that she has a mysterious illness that threatens her life searches frantically for the one suitable donor for a bone-marrow transplant -- the daughter she, as a teenager, had given up for adoption.
Final Assignment
Dr. Valentine Ulanova
An intrepid television journalist sent to cover the Canadian prime minister's visit to the Soviet Union has trouble sticking to her assignment when she unearths a horrific experimental drug trial involving children. Determined to prepare a video that will show the world exactly what's been going on, she dodges the long arm of the KGB and falls into bed with a Communist bureaucrat.
The Women's Room
Val
A wife is sick and tired of her husband's infidelities, so she leaves home and goes back to grad-school. There she meets many self-confident women who help her find her own voice.
Escape
Lily Levinson
The true story of Dwight Worker, an American who was caught smuggling drugs in Mexico, and sentenced to fortress-like Lecumberri prison where he endured brutal conditions. With the help of his wife, Barbara, he escaped the prison by disguising himself as a woman. He was the first prisoner to escape Lecumberri since Pancho Villa.
Death Penalty
Elaine Lipton
A strong-willed psychologist tries to rehabilitate a member of a Pittsburgh street gang who has been found guilty of the murder of two other teenagers in a playground rumble.
Mary and Joseph: A Story of Faith
Elizabeth
A religious drama about Christ's parents, the events leading up to his birth, and the effect on the lives of the well-known biblical figures of the time.
Llama un extraño
Tracy
Jill, una joven estudiante que por las noches trabaja cuidando a unos niños, comienza a recibir una serie de llamadas amenazadoras. Al otro lado del teléfono, sólo una pregunta: "¿has vigilado a los niños recientemente?". Asustada, llama a la policía, que identifica el origen de las llamadas en la misma casa. Cuando Jill se dirige al cuarto de los niños a su cargo, descubre que han sido asesinados mientras dormían. Una intriga envolvente en torno a un psicópata asesino, con una trama dividida en tres partes en función de la situación por la que atraviesa el criminal. Con un brillante reparto -con Charles Durning y la siempre estupenda Carol Kane al frente- ésta es la primera película dirigida por Fred Walton.
Y con el bebé somos seis
Anna Kramer
Una pareja enfrenta un dilema cuando la esposa de 46 años inesperadamente queda embarazada. Ella quiere tener el bebé, pero su esposo tiene planes para el futuro que no implican criar a otro niño. Sus 3 hijos adultos, así como otros familiares y amigos, todos tienen sus propias opiniones sobre la situación. Su relación y su matrimonio en sí son probados mientras intentan resolver el conflicto.
Silent Victory: The Kitty O'Neil Story
Mrs. O'Neil
Based on the life of Kitty O'Neil, a young girl who overcame her deafness to become one of the top stuntwomen in Hollywood, and the holder of the women's land-speed record for driving a rocket-powered racing car.
Castillos de hielo
Beulah Smith
Alexis es una joven patinadora artística y esperanza olímpica que parece destinada a la grandeza. Impulsada por su entrenador, da lo mejor de ella y llega a las finales. Justo en el momento en el que Lexie está en la cima, sufre un fatal accidente...
The Third Walker
Kate Maclean
Twins Etienne and Andrew are separated at birth--an error that years later will wrench apart two loving families.
Simple Gifts
Herself / Host
A collection of animated Christmas shorts - An original Maurice Sendak piece about a boy with nothing to give for Christmas -- An excerpt from the early part of Virginia Woolf's "Orlando" set in a time of extreme cold in Tudor-esquire England -- A short based on the Toonerville Trolley -- A bittersweet excerpt from Hart Crane's autobiography "Act One" narrated by Jose Ferrer -- A reading from the Christmas day entry from the diary of 11 year old Teddy Roosevelt -- A reading a letter by Captain Edward James Hulse describing the surprising Christmas Truce of 1914 -- An animated version by R.O. Blechmann's of his own book "Tutto Esaurito" (No Vacancy) about the travels of Mary and Joseph.
Annie Hall
Mrs. Hall
Alvy Singer, un tipo algo neurótico, trabaja como humorista en clubs nocturnos. A sus 40 años, tras romper con Annie, su última novia, reflexiona sobre su vida, rememorando sus amores, sus matrimonios, pero muy en especial su relación con Annie, a la que conoció en una cancha de tenis. Al final, llega a la conclusión de que son sus manías y obsesiones las que siempre acaban arruinando su relación con las mujeres.
Almos' a Man
Narrator
Although Dave (LeVar Burton) and his family are poor sharecroppers in the Deep South in the 1930's, this 15 year-olds problem is shared by teenagers today: he stands with one foot in adulthood and the other in childhood. "Almos' A Man", yet still treated like a child, he struggles for an identity. There's one thing, one symbol of manhood, Dave thinks, that could guarantee him instant respect: a gun.
A Moon for the Misbegotten
Josie Hogan
A cynical, self-hating, failed actor visits the gruff, earthy daughter of his scheming Irish tenant farmer and passes a soul-baring night of guilt-ridden confessions, tenderness, and absolution.
The Story of Jacob and Joseph
Rebekah
This film recounts the tales of the Biblical figures, Jacob and Joseph. The first part tells the story of Jacob fleeing his tribe when he cheats his brother out of his birthright, gets cheated himself in his exile years while learning of the need to make amends. The second part is of the story of Jacob's favorite son, Joseph. Betrayed and sold into slavery by his brothers, he meets and overcomes all adversity to become the Prime Minister of Egypt, second only to the Pharaoh.
McQ
Myra
McQ (John Wayne), un rudo policía de la ciudad de Seattle, trata de esclarecer la extraña muerte de su mejor amigo, acusado póstumamente de un delito de tráfico de drogas. McQ intentará vengarse del gángster que mató a su amigo y acabar con la corrupción que impregna el ambiente policial.
The Music School
This drama is based on a John Updike story and is narrated by the author. It is the tale of an angst-filled hero attending music school.
Legend in Granite
Marie Lombardi
Follows Vince Lombardi's football career from one of Fordham University's legendary "Seven Blocks of Granite" to one of American football's greatest professional coaches.
Tennessee Williams' South
The brutes and the belles. The gadflies and the good ol' boys. The taboos and the profound truths. They're all part of a tennessee state of mind -- a realm of places, personalities and ideas. Williams is front and center for this exploration, reading from his works, placing them in the context of his life, and serving as guide in visits to his career-shaping refuge in New Orleans and his later-day writing quarters in Key West. Also, dramatizations by distinguished actors -- including Jessica Tandy, Broadway's original Blanche DuBois, in a recreation of her A Streetcar Named Desire triumph -- give flesh-and-bone immediacy to some of the writer's famed works. In his own words. In his own places. The resilient character and memorable characters of one of our greatest writers reside in Tennessee Williams' South.
The Hands of Cormac Joyce
Molly Joyce
A savage storm wreaks havoc on a small Irish fishing village.
Los cowboys
Kate
En la época de la fiebre del oro, un ranchero (John Wayne) se queda sin empleados y se ve obligado a contratar chicos que todavía van a la escuela. En su primera expedición, intenta conducir 1.200 reses a través de un largo y duro recorrido.
Fuga sin fin
Monique
Un gangster americano retirado y afincado en España recibe un último encargo: trasladar a un delincuente fugado de prisión y a su novia, perseguidos por una banda rival, a través de España hasta la frontera con Francia. Sin embargo, los planes no salen tal y como estaban previstos.
The Price
Esther Franz
After the Great Depression, Victor Franz gave up going to college to support his father. After 30 years, Victor returns to sell his parents’ estate. His wife, Esther, his brother, Walter, and a canny furniture dealer have their own agendas. Victor must finally deal with his sacrifice.
The Crucible
Elizabeth Proctor
Landmark adaptation of the Arthur Miller play. Nominated for 3 Emmy awards.
Un loco maravilloso
Dr. Vera Kropotkin
Samson Shillitoe es un poeta misógino, cuyo trabajo se ve constantemente interrumpido por las mujeres que entran y salen de su vida. Esta situación lo hunde en una depresión nerviosa, de la que intenta salir buscando ayuda médica, pero el remedio acaba siendo peor que la enfermedad. (FILMAFFINITY)
Man on a String
Helen Benson
U.S. spies catch a Moscow-born U.S. citizen (Ernest Borgnine) helping spies, and they force him to counterspy.
Medea
First Woman of Corinth
A betrayed queen takes a terrible revenge.
Historia de una monja
Dangerous Hospital Patient
Una joven belga (Audrey Hepburn), que pertenece a una familia burguesa, ingresa como novicia en un convento. Tras profesar como monja, es enviada al Congo para trabajar como enfermera en una misión, como era su deseo desde niña. Sin embargo, su sorpresa será mayúscula cuando compruebe que no será destinada a atender a los nativos, sino a los europeos que viven allí.
Broadway Theatre Archive: Burning Bright
In this acclaimed production of John Steinbeck's classic morality tale, award-winning actress Colleen Dewhurst stars as Mordeen, a wife driven to desperate measures to give her aging circus performer husband a child. Dana Elcar, Donald Madden and Tony Award winner Myron McCormick round out the talented cast of this televised Broadway Theatre Archive production, produced by Lewis Freedman and Henry Weinstein.