Kate Reid
Daphne Katherine Reid OC (4 November 1930 – 27 March 1993) was an English-born Canadian stage, film, and television actress. She played more than one thousand roles,[1] most notably onstage in Death of a Salesman, in the 1980 film Atlantic City, and in episodes of the TV show Dallas.[2] She was described by Inspiring Women: A Celebration of Herstory as "generally regarded as the finest actress ever developed in Canada".[1]
Life and career
Reid was born on 4 November 1930 in London, England, the daughter of Canadian parents Walter Clarke Reid, a retired colonel of the Bengal Lancers in the Indian Army, and Helen Isabel, née Moore.[3] While Reid was young, she and her family emigrated to Oakville, Ontario.[1]
She attended Havergal College in Toronto and university in London, and then studied acting at a performance art school in Canada.[4] She had a long and varied career on film, television, and stage in Canada and the United States. Her stage roles included Lady Macbeth in Macbeth, Katharina in The Taming of the Shrew, Henny in Bosoms and Neglect, and Martha in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Reid played the scheming and domineering mother of Natalie Wood's character in 1966's This Property is Condemned, although she was only seven years Wood's senior; her other film appearances included roles in The Andromeda Strain (1971), A Delicate Balance (1973), Equus (1977), Death Ship and Atlantic City (both 1980). She also played Ray Krebbs' aunt Lil Trotter on Dallas in the early 1980s, as well as appearing in episodes of Scarecrow and Mrs. King and Columbo.
Both of Reid's marriages, to Michael Sadlier and Austin Willis, ended in divorce. She had two children with Willis. Reid died of cancer in Stratford, Ontario, aged 62, in 1993.[2]
Filmography
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1953 | Farewell Oak Street | ||
1957 | A Dangerous Age | Nancy's Mother | |
1961 | One Plus One | Julia Bradley | 'Homecoming' segment |
1966 | This Property is Condemned | Hazel Starr | |
1967 | The Paper People | Rosamund Davis | |
1968 | The Best Damn Fiddler from Calabogie to Kaladar | Glad | |
1971 | The Sidelong Glances of a Pigeon Kicker | Jonathan's Mother | |
1971 | Columbo Episode: Dead Weight | Mrs. Walters | |
1971 | The Andromeda Strain | Dr. Ruth Leavitt | |
1973 | Hawkins: Death and the Maiden | Julia Dayton | TV movie; pilot for the series Hawkins |
1973 | The Rainbow Boys | Gladys | |
1973 | A Delicate Balance | Claire | |
1976 | Shoot | Mrs. Graham | |
1977 | Equus | Margaret Dysart | |
1979 | Plague | Dr. Jessica Morgan, Director McNaughton Labs | |
1979 | Crossbar | Clare Kornylo | TV movie |
1980 | Death Ship | Sylvia | |
1980 | Double Negative | Mrs. Swanscutt | |
1980 | Atlantic City | Grace | |
1981 | Circle of Two | Doctor Emily Reid | |
1982 | Monkey Grip | Peggy | |
1982 | Highpoint | Mrs. Hatcher | |
1984 | The Blood of Others | Madame Blomart | |
1985 | Heaven Help Us | Grandma | |
1985 | Death of a Salesman | Linda Loman | TV movie |
1986 | Fire with Fire | Sister Victoria | |
1987 | Control | Camille Dupont | |
1988 | Sweet Hearts Dance | Pearne Manners | |
1989 | Signs of Life | Mrs. Wrangway | |
1989 | Bye Bye Blues | Mary Wright | |
1990 | Saying Goodbye | Episode "The First Snowfall" | |
1991 | Deceived | Rosalie |
Honours and awards
- Officer of the Order of Canada (1974)
- ACTRA and Dora Mavor Moore awards (1980 and 1981, respectively)
- Earle Grey Award (1988)
- Honorary degrees from York University (1970) and the University of Toronto (1989)
References
- ^ a b c Holmlund, Mona; Youngberg, Gail (2003). Inspiring Women: A Celebration of Herstory. Regina, Sask: Couteau Books. p. 225. ISBN 978-1550502046.
- ^ a b Lambert, Bruce (29 March 1993). "Kate Reid, Actress, Dead at 62; A Veteran of Hundreds of Roles". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
- ^ Sperdakos, Paula (1 January 1998). "Acting in Canada in 1965: Frances Hyland, Kate Reid, Martha Henry and John Hirsch's The Cherry Orchard at Stratford". Theatre Research in Canada. 19 (1): 35–62. doi:10.3138/tric.19.1.35. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
- ^ Gardner, David (4 March 2015). "Kate Reid". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
External links
- Kate Reid at IMDb
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1970–2021
- Gratien Gélinas (1970)
- Danny Freedman (1971)
- Donald Pilon (1972)
- Willie Lamothe (1973)
- No Award (1974)
- Henry Beckman (1975)
- Frank Moore (1976)
- Jean Lapointe (1977)
- Henry Beckman (1978)
- Gordon Pinsent (1980)
- Germain Houde (1981)
- Saul Rubinek (1982)
- R. H. Thomson (1983)
- Michael Zelniker (1984)
- Alan Scarfe (1985)
- Alan Arkin (1986)
- Gabriel Arcand (1987)
- Germain Houde (1988)
- Rémy Girard (1989)
- Rémy Girard (1990)
- August Schellenberg (1991)
- Michael Hogan (1992)
- Kevin Tighe (1993)
- Don McKellar (1994)
- Kenneth Welsh (1995)
- Peter Donaldson (1996)
- Peter MacNeill (1997)
- Callum Keith Rennie (1998)
- Mark McKinney (1999)
- Martin Cummins (2000)
- Vincent Gale (2001)
- Elias Koteas (2002)
- Stéphane Rousseau (2003)
- Jean Lapointe (2004)
- Denis Bernard (2005)
- Stephen McHattie (2006)
- Armin Mueller-Stahl (2007)
- Callum Keith Rennie (2008)
- Maxim Gaudette (2009)
- Dustin Hoffman (2010)
- Viggo Mortensen (2011)
- Serge Kanyinda (2012)
- Gordon Pinsent (2013)
- John Cusack (2014)
- Nick Serino (2015)
- Vincent Cassel (2016)
- Ethan Hawke (2017)
- Richard Clarkin (2018)
- Rémy Girard (2019)
- Colm Feore (2020)
- Joshua Odjick (2021)
1970–2021
- Fernande Giroux (1970)
- Olivette Thibault (1971)
- Doris Petrie (1972)
- Camille Bernard (1973)
- No Award (1974)
- Lila Kedrova (1975)
- Tedde Moore (1976)
- Carole Lazare (1977)
- Marilyn Lightstone (1978)
- Geneviève Bujold (1980)
- Kate Reid (1981)
- Denise Filiatrault (1982)
- Jackie Burroughs (1983)
- Jackie Burroughs (1984)
- Linda Sorenson (1985)
- Linda Sorenson (1986)
- Louise Portal (1987)
- Paule Baillargeon (1988)
- Colleen Dewhurst (1989)
- Robyn Stevan (1990)
- Danielle Proulx (1991)
- Monique Mercure (1992)
- Nicola Cavendish (1993)
- Martha Henry (1994)
- Kate Nelligan (1995)
- Martha Burns (1996)
- Seana McKenna (1997)
- Monique Mercure (1998)
- Catherine O'Hara (1999)
- Helen Shaver (2000)
- Molly Parker (2001)
- Pascale Montpetit (2002)
- Marie-Josée Croze (2003)
- Jennifer Jason Leigh (2004)
- Danielle Proulx (2005)
- Carrie-Anne Moss (2006)
- Kristen Thomson (2007)
- Kristin Booth (2008)
- Martha Burns (2009)
- Minnie Driver (2010)
- Sophie Nélisse (2011)
- Seema Biswas (2012)
- Sarah Gadon (2013)
- Suzanne Clément (2014)
- Joan Allen (2015)
- Molly Parker (2016)
- Bahar Noohian (2017)
- Sarah Gadon (2018)
- Nour Belkhiria (2019)
- Mary Walsh (2020)
- Cherish Violet Blood (2021)
2022-present
- Aaron Pierre (2022)
Separate awards were presented by gender prior to 2022; a single unified category for best performance regardless of gender has been presented since.