- Kate Reid
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birthname = Kate Daphne Reid
birthdate = birth date|1930|11|4|mf=y
location =London ,England
deathdate = death date and age|1993|3|27|1930|11|4|mf=y
deathplace =Stratford, Ontario
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yearsactive = 1950s-1990s
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notable role = Esther, in Wesker's "Friends" at the Avon Theater, Stratford, Ontario - 1970
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tonyawards =Kate Daphne Reid (
November 4 1930 –March 27 1993 ) was a Canadian stage, film and television actress.Born in
London, England , she had a long, extensive, varied career on film, television and stage in bothCanada and theUnited States .Her stage roles included Lady Macbeth ("
Macbeth "), Katharina ("The Taming of the Shrew ") and Martha ("Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf "). Her more notable film roles included the roles of "Dr. Ruth Leavitt" in "The Andromeda Strain", and as the scene-stealing alcoholic "Claire" in the film version ofEdward Albee 's stage play, "A Delicate Balance". She also played the scheming/domineering mother ofNatalie Wood in "This Property is Condemned ", although she was only 8 years older than Ms. Wood.She played "Aunt Lil" on "Dallas" in the early 1980s. She also appeared in episodes of "
Scarecrow and Mrs. King " and "Columbo", among other U.S. television series.In 1974, she was made an Officer of the
Order of Canada . She died ofbrain cancer inStratford, Ontario , aged 62, in 1993.Quotes
"Acting is not being emotional, but being able to express emotion."
External links
* [http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0006754 Kate Daphne Reid] at
The Canadian Encyclopedia
* [http://www.gg.ca/honours/search-recherche/honours-desc.asp?lang=e&TypeID=orc&id=1401 Order of Canada citation]
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