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==Early life== Dewhurst was born June 3, 1924, in Montreal, Quebec, the only child of Frances Marie (nee Woods) and Ferdinand Augustus "Fred" Dewhurst. Fred Dewhurst was the owner of a chain of [[confectionery]] stores and had been a celebrated athlete in Canada, where he had played football with the [[Ottawa Rough Riders]].<ref>[http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~jmbhome/colleendewhurst.htm Colleen Dewhurst genealogy]</ref> The family became naturalized as U.S. citizens before 1940. Colleen Dewhurst's mother was a [[Christian Science|Christian Scientist]], a faith Colleen also embraced.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,911043,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081222050852/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,911043,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 22, 2008|magazine=Time|title=Show Business: Gorgeous Gael|date=January 21, 1974|access-date=April 30, 2010}}</ref> The Dewhursts moved to Massachusetts in 1928 or 1929, staying in the Boston area neighborhoods of Dorchester, Auburndale, and West Newton. Later they moved to New York City and then to [[Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin]]. Dewhurst attended [[Whitefish Bay High School]] for her first two years of high school, moved to [[Shorewood High School (Wisconsin)|Shorewood High School]] for her junior year, and graduated from [[Riverside University High School|Riverside High School]] in Milwaukee in 1942. About this time her parents separated. Dewhurst attended [[Milwaukee-Downer College]] for two years, then moved to New York City to pursue an acting career.<ref>[https://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800017656/bio Colleen Dewhurst profile], Yahoo! Movies; accessed February 8, 2014.</ref>
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