Cause of death Stomach Cancer Role Actress Occupation Actress | Years active 1966–2010 Name Jackie Burroughs Children Zoe Yanovsky | |
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Full Name Jacqueline Burroughs Movies and TV shows Similar People Mag Ruffman, Lally Cadeau, Gema Zamprogna, Kevin Sullivan, Patricia Hamilton | ||
Avonlea tv remembering jackie burroughs
Jacqueline "Jackie" Burroughs (2 February 1939 – 22 September 2010) was an English-born Canadian actress.
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- Early life
- Career
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- Death
- Filmography
- References
Second jackie burroughs tribute
Early life
Born in Southport, Lancashire now Merseyside, England, she emigrated to Canada on August 26, 1948 with her mother Edna, her father Harry and younger brother Gary.
Career
Burroughs started acting in live theatre at Ontario's famous Stratford Festival. Her film credits included The Dead Zone (1983), The Grey Fox (1982), and a voice-over stint in the legendary animated anthology Heavy Metal (1981), while her TV-series résumé includes the roles of Mrs. Amelia Evans in Anne of Green Gables (1985) and Hetty King in Road to Avonlea (1990).
In 1987, Jackie Burroughs produced, directed, co-wrote, and starred in A Winter Tan, a film based on the letters of Maryse Holder, published in 1979 as the book Give Sorrow Words – Maryse Holder's Letters from Mexico, later receiving a Genie Award for best performance by an actress in a leading role for the film, and won several more Genies and Geminis during her career.
Her first award was the 1969 Canadian Film Award for best actress, for starring in the television film Dulcima.
In 2001, she was awarded the Earle Grey Award for her contributions to arts and entertainment over the years by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television.
In 2005, Burroughs received a Governor General's Performing Arts Award for Lifetime Artistic Achievement, Canada's highest honour in the performing arts.
Burroughs played the voice of The Spirit in 1985's The Care Bears Movie. She also played teacher Nancy Galik in The Undergrads (1985) opposite Art Carney.
She was perhaps best known to American audiences for her portrayal of the fictional character, Hetty King, in the CBC Television series Road to Avonlea from 1990 to 1996. The series was based on the works of Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery and produced by Sullivan Entertainment. She also played Mother Mucca in the television adaptations of Armistead Maupin's More Tales of the City and Further Tales of the City. Burroughs again played a mother role in 2003's Willard.
She appeared in the 2006 film The Sentinel. She also appeared in the Smallville season one episode "Hourglass" as the elderly blind prophetess Cassandra Carver.
Personal life
Burroughs was married to Zalman Yanovsky, co-founder (with John Sebastian) of The Lovin' Spoonful; they separated in 1968. They had one daughter, Zoe (a restaurant owner and author in Kingston).
Death
Burroughs died at her home in Toronto on 22 September 2010, aged 71, after suffering from stomach cancer.
Filmography
Actress
2010
Small Town Murder Songs as
Olive
2010
Higglety Pigglety Pop! or There Must Be More to Life (Video short) as
Mother Goose (voice)
2009
Sophie (TV Series) as
Aunt Sheil
- Stolen Kisses (2009) - Aunt Sheil
2008
Into the Labyrinth as
Ariadne
2008
Skip Tracer (TV Movie) as
Florence
2006
Deck the Halls as
Mrs. Ryor
2006
First Snow as
Maggie
2006
The Sentinel as
Mrs. Miller (uncredited)
2005
Heidi as
Fraulein Rottenmeier (voice)
2005
Time Warp Trio (TV Series) as
Bitter Flower
- The Good, the Bad, and the Goofy (2005) - Bitter Flower (voice)
2005
Martha Behind Bars (TV Movie) as
Big Martha
2005
Leo (Short) as
Felicity
2005
Bailey's Billion$ as
Constance Pennington
2005
Slings and Arrows (TV Series) as
Moira
- Birnam Wood (2005) - Moira
- Fallow Time (2005) - Moira
- Season's End (2005) - Moira
2005
King's Ransom as
Grandma
2005
Fever Pitch as
Mrs. Warren
2005
Walter Ego (TV Series)
2004
Snow (TV Movie) as
Lorna
2004
Move or Die (Video Game) as
Mrs. Grimm (voice)
2004
Re-Generation as
Grandmother
2004
Going the Distance as
Mother Libby
2004
Cavedweller as
Grandma Windsor
2004
The Winning Season (TV Movie) as
Mrs. Young
2004
Bury the Lead (TV Series) as
Arlene Garwood
- Georgia (2004) - Arlene Garwood
2003
The Republic of Love as
Betty Avery
2003
Rhinoceros Eyes as
Mrs. Walnut
2003
Dead Like Me (TV Series) as
Florence
- Reaping Havoc (2003) - Florence
2003
A Guy Thing: Deleted Scenes (Video short) as
Aunt Budge
2003
Willard as
Mrs. Stiles
2003
Mystery Ink (TV Series) as
True Crimes Performer
2003
The Industry (TV Series) as
Helga Lemper
- Beaver Creek Valentine (2003) - Helga Lemper
2003
A Guy Thing as
Aunt Budge
2003
Just Cause (TV Series) as
Lily Zimmer
- Death's Details (2003) - Lily Zimmer
2002
Night's Noontime (Short) as
Queen Victoria
2002
The Wet Season (Short)
2002
The Pilot's Wife (TV Movie) as
Julia (uncredited)
2001
Smallville (TV Series) as
Cassandra Carver
- Hourglass (2001) - Cassandra Carver
1999
Angela Anaconda (TV Series)
- Driving Miss Angela/Window Pain (2001) - (voice)
- Sound of Silence/Johnny Learns to Swing (2001) - (voice)
- The Girl with All the Answers/Good Seats (2001) - (voice)
- No Thanksgiving/Family Tree (2000) - (voice)
- Boo-Who?/The Haunting of Angela Anaconda (2000) - (voice)
- All for One/Uncle Nicky's Midlife Crisis (2000) - (voice)
- Brinks of No Return/Operation Ringside (2000) - (voice)
- Earhart's Heirloom/Ancient Greeks (2000) - (voice)
- Snow Mercy/Be-Trayed (2000) - (voice)
- The List/French Connection (2000) - (voice)
- Vicious Cycle/To Catch a Thief (2000) - (voice)
- The Nanette Lock/Gordy Floats (1999) - (voice)
- Kar-Lean on Me/Slice of Life (1999) - (voice)
- Cabin Fever/Don't Over-Due It (1999) - (voice)
- Everybody Loves Gina/Halls of Justice (1999) - (voice)
- Crazed and Confused/Strange Bedfellows (1999) - (voice)
- Stuck on You/Hard to Swallow (1999) - (voice)
2001
On Their Knees as
Flora
2001
Further Tales of the City (TV Mini Series) as
Mother Mucca
- Episode #1.3 (2001) - Mother Mucca
- Episode #1.2 (2001) - Mother Mucca
- Episode #1.1 (2001) - Mother Mucca
2001
Lost and Delirious as
Fay Vaughn
2000
Washed Up as
Tosca
1999
Cover Me (TV Mini Series) as
Caitlin Crawford
- Episode #1.6 (1999) - Caitlin Crawford
- Episode #1.5 (1999) - Caitlin Crawford
- Episode #1.4 (1999) - Caitlin Crawford
- Episode #1.3 (1999) - Caitlin Crawford
- Episode #1.2 (1999) - Caitlin Crawford
- Episode #1.1 (1999) - Caitlin Crawford
1999
Have Mercy as
Lulu
1999
Små varelser och stora (Short)(Narrator) (segment: Hur dinosaurierna lärde sig flyga)
1998
Happy Christmas, Miss King (TV Movie) as
Hetty King
1998
More Tales of the City (TV Mini Series) as
Mother Mucca
- Episode #1.6 (1998) - Mother Mucca
- Episode #1.5 (1998) - Mother Mucca (credit only)
- Episode #1.4 (1998) - Mother Mucca (credit only)
- Episode #1.3 (1998) - Mother Mucca
- Episode #1.2 (1998) - Mother Mucca
- Episode #1.1 (1998) - Mother Mucca
1998
Last Night as
The Runner
1998
Evidence of Blood (TV Movie) as
Granny Dollar
1997
Platinum (TV Movie) as
Sir Ian Ball-Worthington
1997
Due South (TV Series) as
Gladys Caunce
- Eclipse (1997) - Gladys Caunce
1997
Elvis Meets Nixon (TV Movie) as
Dodger
1997
Bleeders as
Lexie
1997
O Canada (TV Series) as
Voices
1990
Avonlea (TV Series) as
Hetty King
- So Dear to My Heart (1996) - Hetty King
- The Last Hurrah (1996) - Hetty King (credit only)
- Return to Me (1996) - Hetty King
- After the Ball Is Over (1996) - Hetty King (credit only)
- From Away (1996) - Hetty King
- Total Eclipse (1996) - Hetty King (credit only)
- King of the Great White Way (1996) - Hetty King
- Ah- Sweet Mystery of Life (1996) - Hetty King
- Secrets and Sacrifices (1996) - Hetty King (credit only)
- Woman of Importance (1996) - Hetty King (credit only)
- Davey and the Mermaid (1996) - Hetty King
- Out of the Ashes (1996) - Hetty King
- Love May Be Blind- But the Neighbours Ain't (1996) - Hetty King
- Homecoming (1995) - Hetty King
- A Time to Every Purpose (1995) - Hetty King (credit only)
- What a Tangled Web We Weave (1995) - Hetty King
- Home Is Where the Heart Is (1995) - Hetty King
- The More Things Change (1995) - Hetty King
- Great Expectations (1995) - Hetty King
- The Trouble with Davey (1995) - Hetty King
- Comings and Goings (1995) - Hetty King
- Fools and Kings (1995) - Hetty King
- Christmas in June (1995) - Hetty King (credit only)
- The Return of Gus Pike (1995) - Hetty King
- Lonely Hearts (1995) - Hetty King
- The Minister's Wife (1994) - Hetty King
- Enter Prince Charming (1994) - Hetty King
- Otherwise Engaged (1994) - Hetty King
- Best Laid Plans (1994) - Hetty King
- Thursday's Child (1994) - Hetty King
- Someone to Believe In (1994) - Hetty King
- Stranger in the Night (1994) - Hetty King
- The Great Race (1994) - Hetty King (credit only)
- Strictly Melodrama (1994) - Hetty King
- A Friend in Need (1994) - Hetty King
- Modern Times (1994) - Hetty King
- Memento Mori (1994) - Hetty King
- Fathers and Sons (1994) - Hetty King (credit only)
- The Lady and the Blade (1993) - Hetty King
- Hearth and Home (1993) - Hetty King
- Home Movie (1993) - Hetty King
- The Disappearance (1993) - Hetty King
- Felicity's Perfect Beau (1993) - Hetty King
- Hearts and Flowers (1993) - Hetty King
- Heirs and Graces (1993) - Hetty King
- The Dinner (1993) - Hetty King
- Evelyn (1993) - Hetty King
- Moving On (1993) - Hetty King
- Boys Will Be Boys (1993) - Hetty King
- Incident at Vernon River (1993) - Hetty King (credit only)
- Tug of War (1993) - Hetty King
- Old Friends, Old Wounds (1992) - Hetty King
- The Calamitous Courting of Hetty King (1992) - Hetty King
- High Society (1992) - Hetty King
- After the Honeymoon (1992) - Hetty King
- Vows of Silence (1992) - Hetty King
- Friends and Relations (1992) - Hetty King
- A Dark and Stormy Night (1992) - Hetty King
- Aunt Janet Rebels (1992) - Hetty King
- When She Was Bad, She Was Horrid: Part 2 (1992) - Hetty King
- When She Was Bad, She Was Horrid: Part 1 (1992) - Hetty King
- Felix and Blackie (1992) - Hetty King
- The Ties That Bind (1992) - Hetty King
- Another Point of View (1992) - Hetty King
- Old Quarrels, Old Love (1991) - Hetty King
- Misfits and Miracles (1991) - Hetty King
- A Mother's Love (1991) - Hetty King
- It's Just a Stage (1991) - Hetty King
- Dreamer of Dreams (1991) - Hetty King
- All That Glitters (1991) - Hetty King
- Sea Ghost (1991) - Hetty King
- Family Rivalry (1991) - Hetty King
- May the Best Man Win (1991) - Hetty King
- Of Corsets and Secrets and True, True Love (1990) - Hetty King
- Aunt Hetty's Ordeal (1990) - Hetty King
- How Kissing Was Discovered (1990) - Hetty King (credit only)
- Sara's Homecoming (1990) - Hetty King
- Nothing Endures But Change (1990) - Hetty King
- The Blue Chest of Arabella King (1990) - Hetty King
- The Witch of Avonlea (1990) - Hetty King
- Felicity's Challenge (1990) - Hetty King
- Malcolm and the Baby (1990) - Hetty King
- Aunt Abigail's Beau (1990) - Hetty King (credit only)
- Conversions (1990) - Hetty King
- Proof of the Pudding (1990) - Hetty King
- Old Lady Lloyd (1990) - Hetty King
- The Materializing of Duncan McTavish (1990) - Hetty King
- The Quarantine at Alexander Abraham's (1990) - Hetty King (credit only)
- The Story Girl Earns Her Name (1990) - Hetty King
- The Journey Begins (1990) - Hetty King
1995
How Dinosaurs Learned to Fly (Short) as
Narrator (voice)
1995
Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years (TV Mini Series) as
Ozza Starks
- The Hanging (1995) - Ozza Starks
1994
The Adventures of Dudley the Dragon (TV Series) as
Aggie / Pirate Aggie
- Dudley and the Great Race (1994) - Aggie
- Dragon's Ahoy! (1994) - Aggie / Pirate Aggie
- Dudley in the Rainforest (1994) - Aggie
- High Flyin' Dragon (1994) - Aggie
1993
Night Owl (TV Movie) as
Dr. Matthews
1992
Careful as
Frau Teacher
1992
Heritage Minutes (TV Series short) as
Narrator
- Rural Teacher (1992) - Narrator
1991
Elizabeth Smart: On the Side of the Angels as
Elizabeth Smart
1990
Whispers as
Mrs. Yancey
1989
Carnival of Shadows (TV Movie)
1989
Final Notice (TV Movie)
1989
The Midday Sun as
Lilian
1989
Food of the Gods II as
Dr. Treger
1989
The Twilight Zone (TV Series) as
Jean Reed
- Many, Many Monkeys (1989) - Jean Reed
1988
I Vant to be Alone (TV Movie)
1987
Taking Care of Terrific (TV Movie) as
Mrs. Forbes
1987
John and the Missus as
Missus
1987
A Winter Tan as
Maryse Holder
1986
A Judgment in Stone as
Joan Smith
1985
Evergreen (TV Mini Series) as
Dorothy
- Episode #1.3 (1985) - Dorothy
- Episode #1.2 (1985) - Dorothy
1985
Anne of Green Gables (TV Mini Series) as
Mrs. Amelia Evans
- Part 2 (1985) - Mrs. Amelia Evans
- Part 1 (1985) - Mrs. Amelia Evans
1985
Ewoks (TV Series) as
Morag the Tulgah Witch / Morag
- Asha (1985) - (voice, credit only)
- Blue Harvest (1985) - (voice, credit only)
- The Three Lessons (1985) - (voice, credit only)
- Wicket's Wagon (1985) - (voice, credit only)
- Sunstar vs. Shadowstone (1985) - Morag the Tulgah Witch (voice)
- The Land of the Gupins (1985) - (voice, credit only)
- The Curse of the Jindas (1985) - (voice, credit only)
- The Tree of Light (1985) - (voice, credit only)
- The Travelling Jindas (1985) - (voice, credit only)
- To Save Deej (1985) - (voice, credit only)
- Rampage of the Phlogs (1985) - Morag the Tulgah Witch (voice)
- The Haunted Village (1985) - Morag (voice)
- The Cries of the Trees (1985) - Morag (voice)
1985
The Undergrads (TV Movie) as
Nancy Galik
1985
The Care Bears Movie as
The Spirit (voice)
1985
Seduced (TV Movie) as
Mrs. Riordan
1984
All the Years (Short) as
Cora Higgins
1984
The Surrogate as
Woman at Anouk's
1983
American Playhouse (TV Series) as
Fingal's Mother
- Overdrawn at the Memory Bank (1983) - Fingal's Mother
1983
Chautauqua Girl (TV Movie) as
Mrs. Ferguson
1983
Gentle Sinners as
Mrs. Smith
1983
The Dead Zone as
Vera Smith
1983
The Wars as
Miss Davenport
1982
The Grey Fox as
Kate Flynn
1981
Chairman of the Board (TV Series) as
Prof. Hannah Cohen
1981
The Intruder as
Eleanor
1981
Heavy Metal as
Katherine (segment "Den") (voice)
1980
Chairman of the Board (TV Movie)
1980
The Kidnapping of the President as
Woman Agent
1978
Death of a Gandy Dancer (Short) as
Martha
1978
Great Performances (TV Series) as
Maria Mitchell
- Out of Our Father's House (1978) - Maria Mitchell
1974
Performance (TV Series) as
Hillary Dene / Helen
- The Man Who Wanted to Be Happy (1977) - Hillary Dene
- Angel Against the Night (1974) - Helen
1976
Teleplay (TV Series)
- Microdramas: Vignettes of Paranoia (1977)
- If Wishes Were Horses (1976)
1975
My Pleasure Is My Business as
Old lady at pool (uncredited)
1974
Running Time as
The Old Lady
1974
125 Rooms of Comfort as
Bobbie Kidd
1974
'Rameau's Nephew' by Diderot (Thanx to Dennis Young) by Wilma Schoen (1974) as
Carla
1974
Police Surgeon (TV Series) as
Rose
- No More Brass Bands (1974) - Rose
1974
Monkeys in the Attic as
Wanda
1974
The Play's the Thing (TV Series)
- How I Met My Husband (1974)
1972
Norman Corwin Presents (TV Series)
- The Discovery (1972)
1972
To See Ourselves (TV Series) as
Jenny
- Tulip Garden (1972) - Jenny
1972
A Fan's Notes as
Betty Blind
1971
Eat Anything
1970
The Psychiatrist (TV Series) as
Jane, a Therapy Group Member
- God Bless the Children (Pilot) (1970) - Jane, a Therapy Group Member
1970
The Hart & Lorne Terrific Hour (TV Series)
1970
Twelve and a Half Cents as
Mother
1969
Dulcima (TV Movie) as
Dulcima Gaston
1967
The Ernie Game as
Gail
1966
The Purse (Short)
1966
Wojeck (TV Series) as
Heroin addict
- All Aboard for Candyland (1966) - Heroin addict
1966
Notes for a Film About Donna & Gail
1964
Festival (TV Series) as
Catherine
- Mother Courage (1965) - Catherine
- The Magician of Lublin (1964)
Director
1987
A Winter Tan
Writer
1987
A Winter Tan (writer)
Soundtrack
1996
Avonlea (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- King of the Great White Way (1996) - (performer: "The Holly and the Ivy" - uncredited)
Thanks
2003
The Year of the Rat (Video documentary) (very special thanks)
Self
2004
The Call (TV Series documentary) as
Self - Narrator (2004-)
2004
Mary Walsh: Open Book (TV Series) as
Self
- By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept (2004) - Self
2003
The Year of the Rat (Video documentary) as
Self - 'Mrs. Stiles'
2002
Record Man: The Life and Times of Sam Sniderman (Documentary short) as
Narrator
2000
Bingo: Faith, Hope & Charity (Video documentary) as
Narrator
1990
Distress Signals (Documentary) as
Narrator
1984
Neon, an Electric Memoir (Documentary short)
1975
Lucy Maud Montgomery: The Road to Green Gables (TV Special documentary) as
Read by (voice)
1971
Three Guesses (Documentary short) as
Self
1967
Bill's Hat (Documentary)
Archive Footage
2004
Tales from the Endor Woods (Video)
1997
The Haunted Village (Video) as
Morag
References
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