Name Charmion King Role Actress | Children Leah Pinsent | |
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Died January 6, 2007, Toronto, Canada Movies and TV shows Similar People Gordon Pinsent, Leah Pinsent, Patricia Hamilton, Marilyn Lightstone, Schuyler Grant | ||
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Charmion King (July 25, 1925 – January 6, 2007) was a Canadian actress.
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Born in Toronto, Ontario, she was part of the country's burgeoning theatre and television industry in the decade of the 1950s. Fresh out of the University of Toronto's Hart House, she quickly became known for her fresh beauty and roles at the new Crest Theatre and their Straw Hat Players summer circuit in the Muskoka Lake district.
She went on to the Stratford Festival appearing in productions of The Winter's Tale, Three Sisters and Uncle Vanya, and appeared on Broadway in Tyrone Guthrie's production of Love and Libel.
She also acted in notable television films, including Anne of Green Gables (as Josephine Barry) and Jackie, Ethel, Joan: The Women of Camelot (as Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy). She also starred in the Canadian television series Wind at My Back and House of Pride. In 1988 she appeared in the film Shadow Dancing.
Family
She was married to actor Gordon Pinsent for 44 years. Their daughter, Leah Pinsent, is also a noted Canadian television actress.
Death
King died, aged 81, in Toronto, reportedly from complications of emphysema.
Filmography
Actress
2002
A Promise (Short) as
Mum
2001
Picture Claire as
Lady on the Train
2001
Twice in a Lifetime (TV Series) as
Anne
- Final Flight (2001) - Anne
1997
Wind at My Back (TV Series) as
Daisy Whitney
- Pay Back (2001) - Daisy Whitney
- Remembrance Day (2000) - Daisy Whitney
- The Strap (1999) - Daisy Whitney
- Careers (1997) - Daisy Whitney
- By Gosh or by Golly (1997) - Daisy Whitney
- Moving Mountains (1997) - Daisy Whitney
2001
Jackie, Ethel, Joan: The Women of Camelot (TV Movie) as
Rose Kennedy
2000
Twitch City (TV Series) as
Meals Lady
- Klan Bake (2000) - Meals Lady
1998
My Own Country (TV Movie) as
Young Man's Mother
1998
Last Night as
Grandmother
1998
Witness to Yesterday (TV Series) as
Mary Pickford
- Mary Pickford (1998) - Mary Pickford
1997
Traders (TV Series) as
Frankie Beal
- Family Legacy (1997) - Frankie Beal
1997
PSI Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal (TV Series) as
Bridget Jamieson
- The Damned (1997) - Bridget Jamieson
1997
The Newsroom (TV Series)
- Meltdown: Part 3 (1997)
1994
Broken Lullaby (TV Movie) as
Natalia Rostova
1994
Frontline (TV Series documentary) as
Translation voice
- Romeo and Juliet in Sarajevo (1994) - Translation voice
1990
The Hitchhiker (TV Series) as
Margaret Cabot
- Hard Rhyme (1990) - Margaret Cabot
1988
Rin Tin Tin: K-9 Cop (TV Series) as
Princess Rosa
- Comedy of Errors (1989) - Princess Rosa
- Protective Custody (1988) - Princess Rosa
- Princess Rosa (1988) - Princess Rosa
1988
The Twilight Zone (TV Series) as
Selena Brockman
- Our Selena Is Dying (1988) - Selena Brockman
1988
Shadow Dancing as
Grace Meyerhoff
1987
Anne of Avonlea (TV Mini Series) as
Aunt Josephine Barry
- Episode #1.4 (1987) - Aunt Josephine Barry
- Episode #1.3 (1987) - Aunt Josephine Barry
- Episode #1.2 (1987) - Aunt Josephine Barry
- Episode #1.1 (1987) - Aunt Josephine Barry
1985
Anne of Green Gables (TV Mini Series) as
Aunt Josephine
- Part 2 (1985) - Aunt Josephine
- Part 1 (1985) - Aunt Josephine
1981
Once as
Audrey Finlayson
1977
Sidestreet (TV Series)
- A Case in Point (1977)
1977
Who Has Seen the Wind as
Mrs. Abercrombie
1976
Royal Suite (TV Series)
- Le Club (1976)
1974
House of Pride (TV Series) as
Mary Kirby
- Episode dated 19 September 1974 (1974) - Mary Kirby
1973
McMillan & Wife (TV Series) as
Ann Grey
- Death of a Monster- Birth of a Legend (1973) - Ann Grey
1969
Room 222 (TV Series) as
Dora Hughes
- The Exchange Teacher (1969) - Dora Hughes
1969
Don't Let the Angels Fall as
Myrna
1961
Festival (TV Series)(segment 'My Lost Saints') / Aurore / Queen / ...
- My Lost Saints/Brecht: A Threepenny Profile (1966) - (segment 'My Lost Saints')
- Bousille and the Just (1962) - Aurore
- The Queen and the Rebels (1962) - Queen
- The Police (1961) - Mrs. Provocateur
1966
Affair with a Killer
1965
Seaway (TV Series) as
Anna Amorest / Emily Paneau
- Dont Forget to Wipe the Blood Off: Part 2 (1966) - Anna Amorest
- Don't Forget to Wipe the Blood Off: Part 1 (1966) - Anna Amorest
- Nothing But a Long Goodbye (1965) - Emily Paneau
1965
CBC Show of the Week (TV Series)
- The Kite (1965)
1964
The Serial (TV Series)
- A Train of Murder: Episode 5 (1965)
- A Train of Murder: Episode 4 (1965)
- A Train of Murder: Episode 3 (1965)
- A Train of Murder: Episode 2 (1964)
- A Train of Murder: Episode 1 (1964)
1964
Nobody Waved Good-bye as
Mother
1964
A Very Close Family (TV Movie) as
Daughter
1963
The Forest Rangers (TV Series) as
Juliette Davis
- The Deputy (1963) - Juliette Davis
1961
Playdate (TV Series) as
Mrs. Wenfield / Anne / Ruth Rutledge / ...
- The Fight for Martin Wheeler (1963) - Mrs. Wenfield
- Willow Circle (1963) - Anne
- The Man Who Cheered the Leafs (1963) - Ruth Rutledge
- The Eye Opener Man and the Wages of Zinn (1962) - Laura
- Nightmare (1962) - Ellen
- Valerie (1961) - Ursula Bennett
1961
Quest (TV Series) as
Marion
- Gallows Humor: Part 2 (1963)
- Gallows Humor: Part 1 (1963)
- Sam (1961) - Marion
1953
Encounter (TV Series) as
Ruby Crawford / Jean / Grace Slidell / ...
- Company Party (1961) - Ruby Crawford
- The Many Vices of Professor Cliffside (1961)
- A Wind from the South (1960) - Jean
- Some of My Best Friends (1959) - Grace Slidell
- Guest Appearance (1957) - Grace Shearing
- Failure to Remain (1956) - Mary Brock
- The Magic Life (1956) - Mable
- The Coming Out of Ellie Swan (1955) - Mrs. Davenport
- The Haven (1954)
- Jason (1954)
- Operation North Star (1953)
- Star Light, Star Bright (1953) - Rosalind Marshall
1961
Q for Quest (TV Series) as
Karin Hildebrandt / Wife
- The Standard of Dying (1961) - Karin Hildebrandt
- The Wrecker (1961) - Wife
1960
First Person (TV Series) as
Ethel Blanton
- Some Are So Lucky (1960) - Ethel Blanton
- The Magnet (1960)
1959
The Family Reunion (TV Movie) as
Mary
1954
On Camera (TV Series) as
Joan / Grace / Martha Madison
- The Beard (1958) - Joan
- Wait for Me (1957) - Grace
- A Lesson in Psychology (1957) - Martha Madison
- Man Running (1956)
- Arena (1955)
- Old Flames (1954)
- The Counterfeiters (1954)
1957
The Adventures of Tugboat Annie (TV Series) as
Lydia
- The Romance of Horatio Bullwinkle - Lydia
1956
Folio (TV Series) as
Gwendolyn Fairfax
- The Trial of James Whelan (1957)
- The Importance of Being Earnest (1956) - Gwendolyn Fairfax
1955
Playbill (TV Series)
- The Typewriter Murder (1955)
1952
Anne of Green Gables (TV Series) as
Mrs. Allen
- Great-Aunt Josephine (1952) - Mrs. Allen
1952
Theatre Royal (TV Movie) as
Julie Cavendish
Self
2006
On Screen! (TV Series documentary) as
Self
- Nobody Waved Good-bye (2006) - Self
2005
The Genies at 25 (TV Movie documentary) as
Self
2000
Life and Times (TV Series documentary) as
Self
- The Life and Times of Gordon Pinsent (2000) - Self
1968
Telescope (TV Series documentary) as
Self
- Portrait of Pinsent (1968) - Self
1957
Explorations (TV Series documentary)
- City Church (1957)
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