Occupation Actress Years active 1964–2001 | Name Kay Tremblay Role Film actress | |
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Full Name Katherine McAllister Born March 13, 1914 Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland, UK Died August 9, 2005, Stratford, Canada Spouse Raoul Tremblay (m. ?–1970) Awards Gemini Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Series Nominations Gemini Award for Best Guest Performance in a Series by an Actor or Actress Movies and TV shows Road to Avonlea, Night Heat, The Real Howard Spitz, Mary Higgins Clark's R, Dog House Similar People George Kaczender, Kevin Sullivan, Vadim Jean, Srinivas Krishna, Larry Jacobson | ||
Kay Tremblay (March 13, 1914 – August 9, 2005) was a Canadian film actress, also appearing on television and theatre. She was best known for her Gemini Award-winning role of Great Aunt Eliza on Road to Avonlea.
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Biography
Born in Scotland, she began her career with the George Ballachine Ballet at Theatre Royal in London. Tremblay arrived in Canada after her marriage and began her Canadian artistic career in 1954.
Career
Her Canadian career was namely in television, but she worked briefly at the Stratford Festival from 1989 to 1990. She won a Gemini Award in 1997 for Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Series in Road to Avonlea, and a Gemini nomination in 1989 for Best Guest Performance in a Series by an Actor or Actress in Night Heat.
Filmography
Actress
2001
Who Is Cletis Tout? as
Old Mrs. Stanton
2000
The Wonderful World of Disney (TV Series) as
Elderly Woman
- Santa Who? (2000) - Elderly Woman
2000
Relic Hunter (TV Series) as
Older Woman
- Afterlife and Death (2000) - Older Woman
1999
Storm of the Century (TV Mini Series) as
Robbie's Mother
- Episode #1.3 (1999) - Robbie's Mother
- Episode #1.2 (1999) - Robbie's Mother
1998
Happy Christmas, Miss King (TV Movie) as
Great Aunt Eliza
1998
The Real Howard Spitz as
Theodora Winkle
1998
Moonlight Becomes You (TV Movie) as
Leticia
1997
The Hitchhiker (TV Series) as
Art Critic
- New Dawn (1997) - Art Critic (as Kaye Tremblay)
1997
Wind at My Back (TV Series) as
Jessie Buchanan
- Smiling Through (1997) - Jessie Buchanan
- A Meeting of the Clan (1997) - Jessie Buchanan
1997
Goosebumps (TV Series) as
Mimi
- An Old Story (1997) - Mimi
1996
Traders (TV Series) as
Linda McGregor
- Chaos Theory (1996) - Linda McGregor
1996
Are You Afraid of the Dark? (TV Series) as
Marjorie
- The Tale of the Jagged Sign (1996) - Marjorie
1996
Lulu
1990
Avonlea (TV Series) as
Great Aunt Eliza / Aunt Eliza / Eliza Ward
- After the Ball Is Over (1996) - Great Aunt Eliza
- Total Eclipse (1996) - Great Aunt Eliza
- King of the Great White Way (1996) - Great Aunt Eliza
- Secrets and Sacrifices (1996) - Great Aunt Eliza
- Davey and the Mermaid (1996) - Great Aunt Eliza
- Out of the Ashes (1996) - Great Aunt Eliza
- Love May Be Blind- But the Neighbours Ain't (1996) - Great Aunt Eliza
- Homecoming (1995) - Great Aunt Eliza
- A Time to Every Purpose (1995) - Great Aunt Eliza
- The More Things Change (1995) - Great Aunt Eliza
- A Fox Tale (1995) - Great Aunt Eliza
- Comings and Goings (1995) - Eliza Ward
- Fools and Kings (1995) - Aunt Eliza
- Otherwise Engaged (1994) - Great Aunt Eliza
- Thursday's Child (1994) - Great Aunt Eliza
- The Great Race (1994) - Aunt Eliza (uncredited)
- Strictly Melodrama (1994) - Great Aunt Eliza
- Memento Mori (1994) - Aunt Eliza
- Fathers and Sons (1994) - Aunt Eliza
- Hearth and Home (1993) - Aunt Eliza
- The Ties That Bind (1992) - Great Aunt Eliza
- How Kissing Was Discovered (1990) - Great Aunt Eliza
1995
The Neverending Story (TV Series) as
Mrs. Large Head
- To Save Falkor (1995) - Mrs. Large Head (voice)
1992
X-Men: The Animated Series (TV Series) as
Shard / Annalee / Shard Bishop
- Have Yourself a Morlock Little X-Mas (1995) - Annalee (voice, as Kay Trembley)
- Beyond Good and Evil: Part 4 (1995) - Shard (uncredited)
- Beyond Good and Evil: Part 3 (1995) - Shard Bishop (voice, as Kay Trembley)
- Beyond Good and Evil: Part 2 (1995) - Shard (voice)
- Beyond Good and Evil: Part 1 (1995) - Shard Bishop (voice, as Kay Trembley)
- One Man's Worth: Part 2 (1995) - Shard (voice)
- One Man's Worth: Part 1 (1995) - Shard (voice)
- Phoenix Saga, Part 1: Sacrifice (1994) - (voice, as Kay Trembley)
- The Final Decision (1993) - (voice, as Kay Trembley)
- Days of Future Past: Part 2 (1993) - (voice, as Kay Trembley)
- Days of Future Past: Part 1 (1993) - (voice, as Kay Trembley)
- The Unstoppable Juggernaut (1993) - (voice, as Kay Trembley)
- Come the Apocalypse (1993) - (voice, as Kay Trembley)
- The Cure (1993) - (voice, as Kay Trembley)
- Slave Island (1993) - (voice, as Kay Trembley)
- Cold Vengeance (1993) - (voice, as Kay Trembley)
- Captive Hearts (1993) - Annalee (voice, as Kay Trembley)
- Deadly Reunions (1993) - (voice, as Kay Trembley)
- Enter Magneto (1992) - (voice, as Kay Trembley)
- Night of the Sentinels: Part 2 (1992) - (voice, as Kay Trembley)
- Night of the Sentinels: Part 1 (1992) - (voice, as Kay Trembley)
1995
Remember Me (TV Movie) as
Phoebe Sprague
1995
Side Effects (TV Series) as
Lady With Dog
- Paying the Price (1995) - Lady With Dog
1995
National Lampoon's Senior Trip as
Mrs. Winston
1995
First Degree (Video) as
Estelle Sarner
1995
TekWar (TV Series) as
Mrs. Hastings
- Cyberhunt (1995) - Mrs. Hastings
1995
Falling for You (TV Movie) as
Mrs. Stringer (as Kay Trembley)
1994
Tales from the Cryptkeeper (TV Series) as
Mrs. Katz
- Growing Pains (1994) - Mrs. Katz (voice)
1992
The Shower as
Pearl
1992
Secret Service (TV Series) as
Esther Cohen
- Social Insecurity/Inside Job (1992) - Esther Cohen
1991
Rin Tin Tin: K-9 Cop (TV Series)
- Over the Hill Gang (1991)
1991
Sam & Me as
Mrs. Rohrlich
1990
E.N.G. (TV Series) as
Old Woman
- Striking Out (1990) - Old Woman
1990
The Admiral and the Princess (TV Movie) as
Renee (voice)
1990
Dog House (TV Series) as
Iris Slack
- Going, Going, Gone (1990) - Iris Slack
1987
Friday the 13th: The Series (TV Series) as
Mrs. Cromwell / Amanda Harrington
- Repetition (1990) - Mrs. Cromwell
- Root of All Evil (1987) - Amanda Harrington
1990
Love & Murder as
Receptionist
1989
How Do You Do? (TV Series short) as
Old lady on subway
- Telephone (1989) - Old lady on subway (uncredited)
- Travel (1989) - Old lady on subway (uncredited)
- Clothes (1989) - Old lady on subway (uncredited)
- Home (1989) - Old lady on subway (uncredited)
- Furniture (1989) - Old lady on subway (uncredited)
- Food (1989) - Old lady on subway (uncredited)
- Identity (1989) - Old lady on subway (uncredited)
1989
Renegades as
Old Woman
1985
Night Heat (TV Series) as
Old Lady / Alice / Agnes Hubble / ...
- Archie's Riff (1988) - Old Lady
- Set for Life (1988) - Alice
- These Happy Golden Years (1987) - Agnes Hubble
- Tell Me a Story (1987) - Old Woman
- Dead Ringer (1986) - Marge Meddlestein
- Mother's Day (1985) - Mrs. Presiak
1988
Shadow Dancing as
Sophie Beaumont
1988
Diamonds (TV Series)
- When the Wind Blows (1988)
1987
Check It Out (TV Series) as
Aunt Lil
- Only God Can Make a Tree (1987) - Aunt Lil
1987
Street Legal (TV Series) as
Mrs. Greco
- Even Lawyers Sing the Blues (1987) - Mrs. Greco
1986
The Marriage Bed (TV Movie)
1986
Hot Shots (TV Series) as
Rose
- The Family Jules (1986) - Rose
1985
The Cuckoo Bird (TV Movie) as
Customer
1985
The Beachcombers (TV Series) as
Aunt Mary
- You Won't Miss It (1985) - Aunt Mary
1984
Waiting for the Parade as
Volunteer (uncredited)
1980
Oh Heavenly Dog as
Lady Hermione
1979
Thomas and Sarah (TV Series) as
Mrs. Derwent
- Made in Heaven (1979) - Mrs. Derwent
1977
The Phoenix and the Carpet (TV Series) as
Amelia
- The Hole in the Carpet (1977) - Amelia
1970
Flesh Feast as
Woman in park
1964
Phoebe (Short) as
Principal
1959
Shoestring Theatre (TV Series) as
Madame Destiny / (segment "A Sunny Morning")
- They're All Afraid (1964)
- The Oppressed (1964)
- The Return of the Emigrant (1964)
- Heliotrope (1963)
- The Will (1963)
- Long Distance Call (1962)
- Take Two Before Retiring (1962)
- Phaedre (1962)
- The Tiny Closet (1962)
- Up on the Mountain (1962)
- They Found My Grave (1961) - Madame Destiny
- Family Party at the Wellers (1960)
- Ladies at Work (1960)
- The Weaker Vessel (1960)
- Krista (1960)
- Mr. Sleeman Is Coming (1960)
- The Visitor (1959)
Self
1991
Mackenzie King and the Conscription Crisis (Documentary short)
References
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