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Patricia Hamilton is a Canadian actress. She starred in ''[[Anne of Green Gables]]'' and ''[[Road to Avonlea]]'' as Rachel Lynde. She married Leslie "Les" Carlson and then divorced. They had a son named Ben Carlson.
{{infobox person
| name= Patricia Hamilton
| birth_name = Patricia Ruth Hamilton
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1937|04|27}}
| birth_place = [[Regina, Saskatchewan]], Canada
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2023|04|30|1937|04|30}}
| death_place = [[Stratford, Ontario]], Canada
| alma_mater = [[Carnegie Institute of Technology]]<br>[[Royal Central School of Speech and Drama]]
| yearsactive = 1960–2008
| occupation= Actress, voice artist
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Leslie Carlson]]|1967|end=divorced}}
| family = [[Ben Carlson]] (son)
}}

'''Patricia Ruth Hamilton''' (27 April 1937 – 30 April 2023)<ref name="obit"/> was a Canadian actress who had an active career on stage, television, and film from the 1960s through the 2010s.<ref name="obit"/> She had a lengthy association as a stage actress with the [[Tarragon Theatre]] with whom she appeared in multiple world premieres of works by Canadian playwrights; including [[Judith Thompson]]'s ''I Am Yours'' (1987) for which she won a [[Dora Mavor Moore Award]] in 1988. She also appeared as a guest actress at other theaters in Canada and internationally including the [[American Shakespeare Theatre]], the [[Stratford Festival]], the [[Edinburgh International Festival]], and [[The Old Vic]].<ref name="CE"/>

Hamilton was best known for her portrayal of [[Rachel Lynde]] in several screen adaptations of works by [[Lucy Maud Montgomery]]. These include the television mini-series ''[[Anne of Green Gables (1985 film)|Anne of Green Gables]]'', its sequels: as ''[[Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel]]'', ''[[Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story]]'', and ''[[Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning]]''. She also portrayed Lynde in the television series ''[[Road to Avonlea]]''; a performance for which she was nominated for a [[Gemini Award]] for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Dramatic Series three times, winning in 1996. She also was the voice of Rachel Lynde in the [[PBS]] animated series ''[[Anne of Green Gables: The Animated Series|Anne of Green Gables]]''.<ref name="CE"/>

In addition to her work as an actress, Hamilton taught on the faculties of the [[University of Calgary]]'s [[Banff Centre for the Arts]] and [[George Brown College]].<ref name="obit"/><ref name="CE"/>

==Life and career==
Patricia Hamilton was born on 27 April 1937 in [[Regina, Saskatchewan]].<ref name="obit">{{cite news|title=Veteran actor Patricia Hamilton played fierce matriarchs|date=May 29, 2023|author=Diane Peters|work=[[The Globe and Mail]]|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-veteran-actor-patricia-hamilton-played-fierce-matriarchs/}}</ref> Her father, James Hamilton, was a lawyer, and her mother, Florence Hamilton (née Stuart), was a nurse.<ref name="obit"/> She was trained as an actor at Pittsburgh's [[Carnegie Institute of Technology]] (now Carnegie Mellon University),<ref name="Avonlea">''Avonlea actor nurses "small fire inside"'' by Mira Friedlander. ''[[The Toronto Star]]''. PEOPLE; pg. D2. February 14, 1993</ref> and began her career as a stage actress in the United States.<ref name="obit"/> She later went to London to pursue further studies in drama at the [[Royal Central School of Speech and Drama]].<ref name="CE">{{cite journal|url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/patricia-hamilton|title=Patricia Hamilton|work=[[The Canadian Encyclopedia]]|author=Robert Crew|date=March 4, 2015}}</ref>

While working as an actress in the United States in the 1960s, Hamilton began a romantic relationship with the actor [[Les Carlson]]. In 1966 the couple moved to [[Toronto]], and they were married in 1967. Their marriage ended in divorce when their son, the actor [[Ben Carlson]], was two years old.<ref name="obit"/>

In 1971 Hamilton performed in the inaugural season of the [[Tarragon Theatre]].<ref name="Avonlea"/> She maintained a long association with that theatre that lasted for decades. She appeared in several world premieres at the Tarragon Theatre, including [[Judith Thompson]]'s ''I Am Yours'' (1987), [[Joan MacLeod]]'s ''Amigo's Blue Guitar'' (1990), [[Michel Tremblay]]'s ''Impromptu on Nun's Island'' (2002) and [[David Gow]]'s ''Bea's Niece'' (2005).<ref name="CE"/> Some of the other highlights of her work at that theatre include performances in Jack Cunningham's ''See No Evil, Hear No Evil'' (1972), Tremblay's ''Forever Yours, Marie-Lou'' (1972]), David Freeman's ''Battering Ram'' (1973), [[Joanna Glass]]'s ''Artichoke'' (1976), [[Lillian Hellman]]'s ''[[Toys in the Attic (play)|Toys in the Attic]]'' (1978), [[Margaret Hollingsworth]]'s ''Mother County'' (1980), and Tremblay's ''[[Albertine in Five Times]]'' (1985) among other works.<ref name="CE"/>

In November 2008, Hamilton starred in the [[Harold Green Jewish Theatre]] production of ''[[Kindertransport (play)|Kindertransport]]'' in Toronto.<ref>{{cite news|last=Hoile|first=Christopher|title=Kindertansport|url=http://www.eyeweekly.com/theatre/article/44709|accessdate=August 15, 2011|newspaper=Eye Weekly|date=November 10, 2008|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081116171120/http://www.eyeweekly.com/theatre/article/44709|archivedate=November 16, 2008}}</ref>
==Death==
Hamilton died of undisclosed causes at a nursing home in Stratford, Ontario at the age of 86, 3 days after her birthday.


==Filmography==
==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
* Anne: Journey to Green Gables (2004) - Rachel Lynde
|-
* Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story (2000)(TV) - Rachel Lynde
! Year
* Happy Christmas, Miss King (1998)(TV) - Rachel Lynde
! Title
* "Traders" - Ambassador (1 episode, 1998)
! Role
* When Secrets Kill (1997)(TV) - Eliza Emery
! class="unsortable" | Notes
* Holiday Affair (1996)(TV) - Susan Ennis
|-
* "Road to Avonlea" - Rachel Lynde (27 episodes, 1990-1996)
|1972
* In Defense of a Married Man (1990)(TV) - Eileen Lloyd
|data-sort-value="House Without a Christmas Tree, The" | ''[[The House Without a Christmas Tree]]''
* "Street Legal" - Grace Whitney (1 episode, 1990)
|Narrator (uncredited)
* Screwball Hotel (1988) - Chastity
|TV movie
* The Christmas Wife (1988)(TV) - Dora
|-
* "Chasing Rainbows" (1988)(mini)(TV) - Miss Kidd
|rowspan=4|1973
* Blades of Courage (1988)(TV)
|''[[Purple Playhouse]]''
* "Friday the 13th" - Sadie King (1 episode, 1987)
|
* Echoes in the Darkness (1987)(TV) - Dorothy Hunsberger
|Episode: "Ticket-of-Leave Man"
* Anne of Avonlea (1987)(TV) - Rachel Lynde
|-
* Fight for Life (1987)(TV)
|''[[CBC Drama '73]]''
* "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" - Mrs. Greysome (1 episode, 1987)
|Mrs. MacLeod
* Really Weird Tales (1987)(TV) - Assessor
|Episode: "A Bird in the House"
* The Prodigious Hickey (1987)(TV) - Mrs. Conover
|-
* "Air Waves" (1986)(TV) - Kate
|''[[Dr. Simon Locke]]''
* Connection (1986)
|Marian
* Anne of Green Gables (1985)(TV) - Rachel Lynde
|Episode: "Dark Pages"
* "Night Heat" - Millie (1 episode, 1985)
|-
* Heartsounds (1984)(TV) - Flo
|data-sort-value="Thanksgiving Treasure, The" | ''The Thanksgiving Treasure''
* My Bloody Valentine (1981) - Mabel Osborne
|Narrator - Addie as an adult
* Middle Age Crazy (1980) - Barbara Pickett
|TV movie
* Who Has Seen the Wind (1977) - Miss MacDonald
|-
* Goldenrod (1976) - Mrs. Gunderson
|rowspan=2|1974
* Why Rock the Boat? (1974) - Hilda
* "The ABC Afternoon Playbreak" - Rebecca Glover (1 episode, 1974)
|data-sort-value="ABC Afternoon Playbreak, The" | ''[[The ABC Afternoon Playbreak]]''
|Rebecca Glover
* "Doctor at Sea" - Mrs. Tranmere (1 episode, 1974)
|Episode: "Last Bride of Salem"
* The Thanksgiving Treasure (1973)(TV) - Narrator (Addie as an adult)
|-
* The House Without a Christmas Tree (1972)(TV) - Narrator
|''[[Why Rock the Boat?]]''
* "Upstairs, Downstairs" - Mrs. Fellows (1 episode, 1972)
|Hilda
* "Doctor at Large" - Mrs. Hunter (1 episode, 1971)
|
|-
|rowspan=2|1975
|''Lucy Maud Montgomery - The Road to Green Gables''
|Marilla
|TV movie
|-
|''Performance''
|
|Episode: "The Captain of Kopenick"
|-
|1976
|''[[Goldenrod (film)|Goldenrod]]''
|Mrs. Gunderson
|
|-
|1977
|''[[Who Has Seen the Wind (1977 film)|Who Has Seen the Wind]]''
|Miss MacDonald
|
|-
|1980
|''[[Middle Age Crazy]]''
|Barbara Pickett
|
|-
|1981
|''[[My Bloody Valentine (film)|My Bloody Valentine]]''
|Mabel Osborne
|
|-
|1983
|''[[Hangin' In]]''
|Mrs. Holitski
|Episode: "The Hero"
|-
|rowspan=2|1984
|''When We First Met''
|
|TV movie
|-
|''[[Heartsounds]]''
|Flo
|rowspan=2|TV movie
|-
|rowspan=4|1985
|''[[Love and Larceny (1985 film)|Love and Larceny]]''
|Florida G. Blythe
|-
|''[[Night Heat]]''
|Millie
|Episode: "Crossfire"
|-
|data-sort-value="Last Polka, The" | ''[[The Last Polka]]''
|Mrs. Vicki Mahoney-Cohen
|rowspan=2|TV movie
|-
|''[[Anne of Green Gables (1985 film)|Anne of Green Gables]]''
|Rachel Lynde
|-
|rowspan=2|1986
|''Connection''
|
|
|-
|data-sort-value="Lawrenceville Stories, The" | ''[[The Lawrenceville Stories]]''
|Mrs. Conover
|Miniseries
|-
|rowspan=8|1987
|''[[American Playhouse]]''
|Mrs. Conover
|Episode: "The Prodigious Hickey"
|-
|''Really Weird Tales''
|Assessor
|TV movie
|-
|''[[The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents|Alfred Hitchcock Presents]]''
|Mrs. Greysome
|Episode: "The Impatient Patient"
|-
|''[[Fight for Life (film)|Fight for Life]]''
|
|TV movie
|-
|''[[Airwaves (TV series)|Airwaves]]''
|Kate
|Episode: "A Second Look"
|-
|''[[Anne of Avonlea (1987 film)|Anne of Avonlea]]''
|Rachel Lynde
|rowspan=2|TV movie
|-
|''[[Echoes in the Darkness]]''
|Dorothy Hunsberger
|-
|''[[Friday the 13th: The Series|Friday the 13th]]''
|Sadie King
|Episode: "[[List of Friday the 13th: The Series episodes#Season 1 .281987.E2.80.931988.29|Shadow Boxer]]"
|-
|rowspan=2|1988
|''[[Blades of Courage]]''
|Anna Petrie
|TV movie
|-
|''[[Chasing Rainbows (TV series)|Chasing Rainbows]]''
|Miss Kidd
|Miniseries
|-
|rowspan=3|1988
|''[[Check It Out! (Canadian TV series)|Check It Out!]]''
|Mrs. Kelbo
|Episode: "My Hero, Mr. Bannister"
|-
|data-sort-value="Christmas Wife, The" | ''[[The Christmas Wife]]''
|Dora
|TV movie
|-
|''[[Screwball Hotel]]''
|Chastity
|
|-
|rowspan=2|1990
|''[[Street Legal (Canadian TV series)|Street Legal]]''
|Grace Whitney
|Episode: "Security Exchange"
|-
|''In Defense of a Married Man''
|Eileen Lloyd
|TV movie
|-
|1990–1996
|''[[Road to Avonlea]]''
|Rachel Lynde
|30 episodes
|-
|1996
| ''[[Holiday Affair (1996 film)|Holiday Affair]]''
|Susan Ennis
|rowspan=2|TV movie
|-
|1997
|''When Secrets Kill''
|Eliza Emery
|-
|rowspan=2|1998
|''[[Traders (TV series)|Traders]]''
|Ambassador
|Episode: "Boom"
|-
|''[[An Avonlea Christmas]]''
|rowspan=5|Rachel Lynde
|rowspan=2|TV movie
|-
|2000
|''[[Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story]]''
|-
|2000–2001
|''[[Anne of Green Gables: The Animated Series]]''
|
|-
|2005
|''Anne: Journey to Green Gables''
|Video
|-
|2008
|''[[Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning]]''
|TV movie
|-
|2008
|data-sort-value="Miser Brothers' Christmas, The" | ''[[A Miser Brothers' Christmas]]''
|Mother Nature (voice)
|TV special
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb name|0358095|Patricia Hamilton}}

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==External Links==
[[Category:1937 births]]
*[http://www.filmreference.com/film/43/Patricia-Hamilton.html Patricia Hamilton] at www.filmreference.com
[[Category:2023 deaths]]
*[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0358095/ Patricia Hamilton] at the [[Internet Movie Database]]
[[Category:20th-century Canadian actresses]]
[[Category:21st-century Canadian actresses]]
[[Category:Canadian film actresses]]
[[Category:Canadian stage actresses]]
[[Category:Canadian television actresses]]
[[Category:Canadian voice actresses]]
[[Category:Carnegie Mellon University alumni]]
[[Category:Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series Canadian Screen Award winners]]

Latest revision as of 16:42, 16 April 2024

Patricia Hamilton
Born
Patricia Ruth Hamilton

(1937-04-27)27 April 1937
Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
Died30 April 2023(2023-04-30) (aged 86)
Stratford, Ontario, Canada
Alma materCarnegie Institute of Technology
Royal Central School of Speech and Drama
Occupation(s)Actress, voice artist
Years active1960–2008
Spouse
​
​
(m. 1967, divorced)​
FamilyBen Carlson (son)

Patricia Ruth Hamilton (27 April 1937 – 30 April 2023)[1] was a Canadian actress who had an active career on stage, television, and film from the 1960s through the 2010s.[1] She had a lengthy association as a stage actress with the Tarragon Theatre with whom she appeared in multiple world premieres of works by Canadian playwrights; including Judith Thompson's I Am Yours (1987) for which she won a Dora Mavor Moore Award in 1988. She also appeared as a guest actress at other theaters in Canada and internationally including the American Shakespeare Theatre, the Stratford Festival, the Edinburgh International Festival, and The Old Vic.[2]

Hamilton was best known for her portrayal of Rachel Lynde in several screen adaptations of works by Lucy Maud Montgomery. These include the television mini-series Anne of Green Gables, its sequels: as Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel, Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story, and Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning. She also portrayed Lynde in the television series Road to Avonlea; a performance for which she was nominated for a Gemini Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Dramatic Series three times, winning in 1996. She also was the voice of Rachel Lynde in the PBS animated series Anne of Green Gables.[2]

In addition to her work as an actress, Hamilton taught on the faculties of the University of Calgary's Banff Centre for the Arts and George Brown College.[1][2]

Life and career[edit]

Patricia Hamilton was born on 27 April 1937 in Regina, Saskatchewan.[1] Her father, James Hamilton, was a lawyer, and her mother, Florence Hamilton (née Stuart), was a nurse.[1] She was trained as an actor at Pittsburgh's Carnegie Institute of Technology (now Carnegie Mellon University),[3] and began her career as a stage actress in the United States.[1] She later went to London to pursue further studies in drama at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama.[2]

While working as an actress in the United States in the 1960s, Hamilton began a romantic relationship with the actor Les Carlson. In 1966 the couple moved to Toronto, and they were married in 1967. Their marriage ended in divorce when their son, the actor Ben Carlson, was two years old.[1]

In 1971 Hamilton performed in the inaugural season of the Tarragon Theatre.[3] She maintained a long association with that theatre that lasted for decades. She appeared in several world premieres at the Tarragon Theatre, including Judith Thompson's I Am Yours (1987), Joan MacLeod's Amigo's Blue Guitar (1990), Michel Tremblay's Impromptu on Nun's Island (2002) and David Gow's Bea's Niece (2005).[2] Some of the other highlights of her work at that theatre include performances in Jack Cunningham's See No Evil, Hear No Evil (1972), Tremblay's Forever Yours, Marie-Lou (1972]), David Freeman's Battering Ram (1973), Joanna Glass's Artichoke (1976), Lillian Hellman's Toys in the Attic (1978), Margaret Hollingsworth's Mother County (1980), and Tremblay's Albertine in Five Times (1985) among other works.[2]

In November 2008, Hamilton starred in the Harold Green Jewish Theatre production of Kindertransport in Toronto.[4]

Death[edit]

Hamilton died of undisclosed causes at a nursing home in Stratford, Ontario at the age of 86, 3 days after her birthday.

Filmography[edit]

Year Title Role Notes
1972 The House Without a Christmas Tree Narrator (uncredited) TV movie
1973 Purple Playhouse Episode: "Ticket-of-Leave Man"
CBC Drama '73 Mrs. MacLeod Episode: "A Bird in the House"
Dr. Simon Locke Marian Episode: "Dark Pages"
The Thanksgiving Treasure Narrator - Addie as an adult TV movie
1974 The ABC Afternoon Playbreak Rebecca Glover Episode: "Last Bride of Salem"
Why Rock the Boat? Hilda
1975 Lucy Maud Montgomery - The Road to Green Gables Marilla TV movie
Performance Episode: "The Captain of Kopenick"
1976 Goldenrod Mrs. Gunderson
1977 Who Has Seen the Wind Miss MacDonald
1980 Middle Age Crazy Barbara Pickett
1981 My Bloody Valentine Mabel Osborne
1983 Hangin' In Mrs. Holitski Episode: "The Hero"
1984 When We First Met TV movie
Heartsounds Flo TV movie
1985 Love and Larceny Florida G. Blythe
Night Heat Millie Episode: "Crossfire"
The Last Polka Mrs. Vicki Mahoney-Cohen TV movie
Anne of Green Gables Rachel Lynde
1986 Connection
The Lawrenceville Stories Mrs. Conover Miniseries
1987 American Playhouse Mrs. Conover Episode: "The Prodigious Hickey"
Really Weird Tales Assessor TV movie
Alfred Hitchcock Presents Mrs. Greysome Episode: "The Impatient Patient"
Fight for Life TV movie
Airwaves Kate Episode: "A Second Look"
Anne of Avonlea Rachel Lynde TV movie
Echoes in the Darkness Dorothy Hunsberger
Friday the 13th Sadie King Episode: "Shadow Boxer"
1988 Blades of Courage Anna Petrie TV movie
Chasing Rainbows Miss Kidd Miniseries
1988 Check It Out! Mrs. Kelbo Episode: "My Hero, Mr. Bannister"
The Christmas Wife Dora TV movie
Screwball Hotel Chastity
1990 Street Legal Grace Whitney Episode: "Security Exchange"
In Defense of a Married Man Eileen Lloyd TV movie
1990–1996 Road to Avonlea Rachel Lynde 30 episodes
1996 Holiday Affair Susan Ennis TV movie
1997 When Secrets Kill Eliza Emery
1998 Traders Ambassador Episode: "Boom"
An Avonlea Christmas Rachel Lynde TV movie
2000 Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story
2000–2001 Anne of Green Gables: The Animated Series
2005 Anne: Journey to Green Gables Video
2008 Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning TV movie
2008 A Miser Brothers' Christmas Mother Nature (voice) TV special

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Diane Peters (May 29, 2023). "Veteran actor Patricia Hamilton played fierce matriarchs". The Globe and Mail.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Robert Crew (March 4, 2015). "Patricia Hamilton". The Canadian Encyclopedia.
  3. ^ a b Avonlea actor nurses "small fire inside" by Mira Friedlander. The Toronto Star. PEOPLE; pg. D2. February 14, 1993
  4. ^ Hoile, Christopher (November 10, 2008). "Kindertansport". Eye Weekly. Archived from the original on November 16, 2008. Retrieved August 15, 2011.

External links[edit]

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