Occupation Actress Name Frances Hyland | Role Film actress Children Evan McCowan | |
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Parents Jessie Worden Hyland, Thomas Hyland Movies Happy Birthday to Me, The Changeling, Drylanders, Harlequin Romance Series: Br, Liberace: Behind the Music Similar People Peter Medak, J Lee Thompson, Paul Shapiro, Garth Drabinsky, Pete Seeger | ||
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Frances Hyland (April 25, 1927 – July 11, 2004) was a Canadian stage, film and television actress.
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- The ecstasy of rita jo frances hyland and the vancouver playhouse part 4 of 9
- Personal life and awards
- Filmography
- References
Hyland studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, making her professional debut in London as Stella in A Streetcar Named Desire, opposite John Gielgud. In 1954, she returned to Canada, becoming a regular at the Stratford Festival in Ontario. Her roles there included Isabella (in Measure for Measure), Portia (in The Merchant of Venice), Olivia (in Twelfth Night), Perdita (in The Winter's Tale), Desdemona (in Othello) and Ophelia in (in Hamlet). She appeared in movies such as The Changeling (1980), The Hounds of Notre Dame (1980), Happy Birthday to Me (1981), The Lotus Eaters (1993) and Never Talk to Strangers (1995), and on television, including a role on Road to Avonlea.
Personal life and awards
Hyland was born in 1927 in Shaunavon, Saskatchewan, a small town south-west of Swift Current, to Jessie (née Worden), a teacher, and Thomas Hyland, a salesman. Her parents separated, reconciled, and finally parted permanently during the first decade of Hyland's life. She never saw her father again.
Frances Hyland graduated in 1948 from the University of Saskatchewan with a BA in English.
In 1970, she was appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada. In 1994, Hyland received the Governor General's Performing Arts Award, Canada's highest honour in the performing arts, for her lifetime contribution to Canadian theatre.
She was married once, to George McCowan; the couple had one child, a son, Evan.
Filmography
Actress
1998
Moonlight Becomes You (TV Movie) as
Nuala Moore
1997
I'll Be Home for Christmas (TV Movie) as
Thelma Jenkins
1997
A Prayer in the Dark (TV Movie) as
Anna
1996
PSI Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal (TV Series) as
Catherine Cartwright
- Reptilian Revenge/Ghostly Voices (1996) - Catherine Cartwright
1996
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues (TV Series) as
Mrs. Skalany
- Circle of Light (1996) - Mrs. Skalany
1996
Lives of Girls & Women (TV Movie) as
Aunt Grace
1995
Never Talk to Strangers as
Mrs. Slotnick
1995
When the Dark Man Calls (TV Movie) as
Dr. Martha Petrie
1995
Due South (TV Series) as
Fraser's Grandmother
- Letting Go (1995) - Fraser's Grandmother
1990
Avonlea (TV Series) as
Nanny Banks / Louisa Banks
- Comings and Goings (1995) - Louisa Banks
- Sara's Homecoming (1990) - Nanny Banks
- The Journey Begins (1990) - Nanny Banks
1994
Lonesome Dove: The Series (TV Mini Series) as
Clementine Coffey
- Duty Bound (1994) - Clementine Coffey
1994
Tales from the Cryptkeeper (TV Series) as
Aunt Melva
- The Haunted Mine (1994) - Aunt Melva (voice)
- The Avenging Phantom/Myth Conceptions (1994) - (voice)
1994
Broken Lullaby (TV Movie) as
Maria
1993
Street Legal (TV Series) as
Caroline Diamond
- Persons Living or Dead (1994) - Caroline Diamond
- Forgiveness (1993) - Caroline Diamond
- Thicker Than Water (1993) - Caroline Diamond
1993
The Lotus Eaters as
Flora Kingswood
1993
The Hidden Room (TV Series) as
Rita
- After the Crash (1993) - Rita
1993
Survive the Night (TV Movie)
1990
E.N.G. (TV Series) as
Thelma
- Division of Labour (1990) - Thelma
1989
Glory! Glory! (TV Movie) as
Velma
1988
Lonely Knights (TV Movie) as
Maggie
1988
Night Heat (TV Series) as
Marie
- No Regrets (1988) - Marie
1988
The Twilight Zone (TV Series) as
Laura Kincaid
- Dream Me a Life (1988) - Laura Kincaid
1988
Liberace: Behind the Music (TV Movie) as
Florence Bettray Kelly
1987
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV Series) as
Edith Ferris
- The Impatient Patient (1987) - Edith Ferris
1986
Kay O'Brien (TV Series) as
Dr. Sarah McDonovan
- Princess of the City (1986) - Dr. Sarah McDonovan
1985
The Sight (Short)
1985
The Hearst and Davies Affair (TV Movie) as
Rose Duras
1983
Pygmalion (TV Movie) as
Mrs. Higgins
1981
Titans (TV Series) as
Elizabeth I.
- Elizabeth I (1981) - Elizabeth I.
1981
Tales of the Haunted (TV Movie) as
Dody
1981
Happy Birthday to Me as
Mrs. Patterson
1973
The Beachcombers (TV Series) as
Sadie
- Sadie Is a Lady (1980) - Sadie
- The Sasquatch Walks by Night (1974)
- Keep Your Shirt On (1973)
- Sadie (1973) - Sadie
1980
Hounds of Notre Dame as
Mother Therese
1980
The Changeling as
Mrs. Grey
1980
Matt and Jenny (TV Series) as
Martha Jane
- A Woman's Place (1980) - Martha Jane
1979
The Albertans (TV Series) as
Marjanne Hardin
- Episode #1.2 (1979) - Marjanne Hardin
- Episode #1.1 (1979) - Marjanne Hardin
1979
The Great Detective (TV Series) as
Mrs. Eglantyne
- Death Takes a Curtain Call (1979) - Mrs. Eglantyne
1978
Home to Stay (TV Movie) as
Aunt Martha
1974
Drylanders Episode 1 (Short) as
Liza
1974
The Naked Mind (TV Series)
- Episode #1.4 (1974)
- Episode #1.3 (1974)
- Episode #1.2 (1974)
- Episode #1.1 (1974)
1972
Another Smith for Paradise as
Marie Smith
1970
McQueen (TV Series) as
Myra
- Carnival (1970) - Myra
1967
The Mystery Maker (TV Series) as
A boarding house employee (1967)
1966
Each Day That Comes (Short)
1960
Festival (TV Series) as
Katherine / Emilia / Major Barbara / ...
- Silent Night, Lonely Night (1965) - Katherine
- The Magician of Lublin (1964) - Emilia
- Major Barbara (1964) - Major Barbara
- Grand Exits (1962) - Margot
- The Duchess of Malfi (1962) - Duchess
- Pictures in the Hallway (1961)
- The Three Sisters (1961) - Olga
- Julius Caesar (1960) - Calpurnia
- The Old Ladies (1960) - May Beringer
1961
Playdate (TV Series) as
Sylvia / Eurasian Girl / Rachel / ...
- The Typists (1963) - Sylvia
- The Messenger (1963) - Eurasian Girl
- Question of Fact (1962) - Rachel
- Mr. Oblomov (1962) - Olga Iliynski
- The Square (1962)
- The Salt of the Earth (1961) - Alice
1962
Drylanders as
Liza
1962
Quest (TV Series)
- Bedtime Story (1962)
1961
Salt of the Earth (TV Movie)
1961
Shoestring Theatre (TV Series)
- The Falcon's Way (1961)
1961
Q for Quest (TV Series)
- For the Information of Husbands (1961)
1961
First Person (TV Series)
- My Home Is Here (1961)
1955
Encounter (TV Series) as
Nellie Bancroft / Shevawn Flaherty / Ethel / ...
- The Vigilante (1961) - Nellie Bancroft
- A Wind from the South (1960) - Shevawn Flaherty
- Love Story: 1910 (1959) - Ethel
- Not Made in Heaven (1959) - Melissa Turner
- The Flower in the Rock (1958) - Catherine
- The Sand Castle (1955)
- The Gentle Gunman (1955) - Maureen
1960
Startime (TV Series) as
Miss Miller / Catherine Stockmann
- A Tongue of Silver (1960) - Miss Miller
- An Enemy of the People (1960) - Catherine Stockmann
1960
Suspense (TV Series) as
Ethel
- Love Story (1960) - Ethel
1959
R.C.M.P. (TV Series) as
Lucy Dodds / Mrs.Phillips
- The Hunt (1960) - Lucy Dodds
- The Replacement (1959) - Mrs.Phillips
1959
The Unforeseen (TV Series) as
Sybil / Martha
- Desire (1960) - Sybil
- The Wreath (1959) - Martha
- The Storm (1959)
1959
Hudson's Bay (TV Series) as
Susan Murray
- Bosom Friends - Susan Murray
1957
Folio (TV Series) as
Zuzushka / Mariana / The Infanta / ...
- Ivanov (1959) - Zuzushka
- The Master of Santiago (1959) - Mariana
- Queen After Death (1958) - The Infanta
- Proud Passage (1957) - Frances
1958
First Performance (TV Series)
- Panic at Parth Bay (1958)
1957
Twelfth Night (TV Movie) as
Lady Olivia
1955
On Camera (TV Series)
- The Queen's Ring (1955)
1955
Scope (TV Series)
- Prelude to Marriage (1955)
1954
Playbill (TV Series) as
Marge
- Goodbye Hollywood, Hello New York (1954) - Marge
1950
BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (TV Series) as
Megan Owen / Sonia / Penelope Blessington / ...
- The Gift (1954) - Megan Owen
- Crime and Punishment (1953) - Sonia
- Adam's Apple (1952) - Penelope Blessington
- Deep Are the Roots (1950) - Genevra Langdon
Self
2002
Glitter Palace (TV Movie documentary) as
Self
1986
Return to Dresden (Documentary short) as
Narrator (voice)
1969
Centre for the Performing Arts No. 2 (Documentary short) as
Rita Joe (uncredited)
1961
The Test (Short documentary)
1961
Cattle Ranch (Short documentary) as
Narrator (voice)
References
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