Editing Colleen Dewhurst (section)

{{short description|Canadian-American actress (1924–1991)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name               = Colleen Dewhurst
| image              = Colleen Dewhurst.JPG
| caption            = Colleen Dewhurst in ''The Trial of Susan B. Anthony'' (1971)
| birth_name         = Colleen Rose Dewhurst
| birth_date         = {{Birth date|1924|6|3|mf=y}}
| birth_place        = [[Montreal]], [[Quebec]], [[Canada]]
| death_date         = {{Death date and age|1991|8|22|1924|6|3|mf=y}}
| death_place        = [[South Salem, New York]], U.S.
| occupation         = Actress
| years active       = 1952–1991
| spouse             = {{ubl
  | {{marriage|James Vickery|1947|1960|end=div}}
  | {{marriage|[[George C. Scott]]|1960|1965|end=div}}
  | {{marriage||1967|1972|end=div}}
  }}
| partner            = Ken Marsolais (1975–1991; her death)
| children           = 2, including [[Campbell Scott]]
| awards             = {{ubl | 2 [[Tony Awards]] | 4 [[Emmy Awards]] }}
| module2            = {{infobox officeholder |embed=yes
| office       = 11th [[President (corporate title)|President]] of the [[Actors' Equity Association]]
| term_start   = 1985
| term_end     = 1991 (died in the office)
| predecessor  = [[Ellen Burstyn]]
| successor    = [[Ron Silver]]
}}
}}

'''Colleen Rose Dewhurst''' (June 3, 1924 – August 22, 1991) was a Canadian-American actress mostly known for theatre roles. She 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 performances in [[Joseph Papp]]'s [[New York Shakespeare Festival]]. One of her last roles was playing Marilla Cuthbert in the [[Kevin Sullivan (producer)|Kevin Sullivan]] television adaptations of the [[Anne of Green Gables (1985 film)|''Anne of Green Gables'' series]] and her reprisal of the role in the subsequent TV series ''[[Road to Avonlea]]''. In the United States, Dewhurst won two [[Tony Awards]] and four [[Primetime Emmy Awards]] for her stage and television work. In addition to other Canadian honors over the years, Dewhurst won two [[Gemini Awards]] (the former Canadian equivalent of an Emmy Award) for her portrayal of Marilla Cuthbert; once in 1986 and again in 1988. It is arguably her best known role because of the [[Anne of Green Gables (1985 film)|Sullivan-produced series']] continuing popularity and also the initial co-production by the [[CBC Television|CBC]]; allowing for rebroadcasts over the years on it, and also on [[PBS]] in the United States. The initial broadcast alone was seen by millions of viewers.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.cbc.ca/archives/entry/anne-of-green-gables-tv-phenomenon| title = CBC Archives}}</ref>

Dewhurst was a co-founder of the Writers and Artists for Peace in the Middle East, a pro-Israel group.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gop Platform Committee Urged to Give Support to Israel |url=https://www.jta.org/archive/gop-platform-committee-urged-to-give-support-to-israel |access-date=2025-05-23 |website=Jewish Telegraphic Agency |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>Considine, p. 299</ref>