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| name= Patricia Hamilton |
| name= Patricia Hamilton |
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| birth_name = Patricia Ruth Hamilton |
| birth_name = Patricia Ruth Hamilton |
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| birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1937|04|27}} |
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| birth_place = [[Regina, Saskatchewan]], Canada |
| birth_place = [[Regina, Saskatchewan]], Canada |
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| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2023|04|30|1937|04|30}} |
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| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2023|04|30|1937|04|30}} |
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| death_place = [[Stratford, Ontario]], Canada |
| death_place = [[Stratford, Ontario]], Canada |
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| alma_mater = [[Carnegie Institute of Technology]]<br>[[Royal Central School of Speech and Drama]] |
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| yearsactive = 1971-2008 |
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| yearsactive = 1960–2008 |
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| occupation= Actress, voice artist |
| occupation= Actress, voice artist |
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| spouse = [[Leslie Carlson]] |
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Leslie Carlson]]|1967|end=divorced}} |
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| family = [[Ben Carlson]] (son) |
| family = [[Ben Carlson]] (son) |
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'''Patricia Hamilton''' (27 April 1937 - 30 April 2023) was a [[Canadian]] actress, perhaps best known for playing Rachel Lynde in the television mini-series ''[[Anne of Green Gables (1985 film)|Anne of Green Gables]]'', its sequels: ''[[Anne of Avonlea (1987 film)|Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel]]'', ''[[Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story]]'', and ''[[Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning]]'', and several Anne of Green Gables related films (such as ''[[Road to Avonlea]]''). |
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'''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"/> |
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She also provided the voice of the character for PBS' animated series ''[[Anne of Green Gables: The Animated Series|Anne of Green Gables]]''. 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. |
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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"/> |
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==Biography== |
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Hamilton attended Pittsburgh's [[Carnegie Tech]]<ref name="Avonlea">''Avonlea actor nurses "small fire inside"'' by Mira Friedlander. ''[[The Toronto Star]]''. PEOPLE; pg. D2. February 14, 1993</ref> She was also part of [[Tarragon Theatre]]'s inaugural season in 1971.<ref name="Avonlea"/> |
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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"/> |
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==Life and career== |
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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> |
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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"/> |
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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"/> |
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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> |
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> |
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==Death== |
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Hamilton died of undisclosed causes at a nursing home in Stratford, Ontario at the age of 86, 3 days after her birthday. |
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==Personal life and death== |
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She was married to actor [[Leslie Carlson|Leslie "Les" Carlson]] in 1967; their son [[Ben Carlson]] is a noted Canadian stage actor who regularly performs Shakespearean roles with the Stratford Festival. Les and Patricia eventually divorced. Hamilton died on 30 April 2023, three days after her 86th birthday. |
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==Filmography== |
==Filmography== |
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|''No, That's Me Over Here!'' |
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|Episode: "3.13" |
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|1971 |
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|''Hine'' |
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|Miss Tarrant |
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|3 episodes |
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|1971 |
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|''[[Doctor at Large (TV series)|Doctor at Large]]'' |
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|Mrs. Hunter |
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|Episode: "Mr. Moon" |
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|1972 |
|1972 |
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|data-sort-value="House Without a Christmas Tree, The" | ''[[The House Without a Christmas Tree]]'' |
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|''[[Upstairs, Downstairs (1971 TV series)|Upstairs, Downstairs]]'' |
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|Mrs. Fellows |
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|Episode: "[[I Dies from Love]]" |
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|1972 |
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|''[[The House Without a Christmas Tree]]'' |
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|Narrator (uncredited) |
|Narrator (uncredited) |
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|TV movie |
|TV movie |
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|rowspan=4|1973 |
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|1972 |
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|''[[ |
|''[[Purple Playhouse]]'' |
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|Policewoman<br>Mrs. Thrupp |
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|Episode: "Ticket-of-Leave Man" |
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|Episode: "[[List of The Fenn Street Gang episodes#Series one|From Sudbury with Love]]"<br>Episode: "[[List of The Fenn Street Gang episodes#Series two|The Lady with the Lamp]]" |
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|''[[CBC Drama '73]]'' |
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|1973 |
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|Mrs. MacLeod |
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|''The Fenn Street Gang'' |
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|Episode: "A Bird in the House" |
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|Mrs. Dobell |
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|Episode: "[[List of The Fenn Street Gang episodes#Series three|An Englishman's Home]]" |
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|''[[Dr. Simon Locke]]'' |
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|1973 |
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|Marian |
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|''The Upper Crusts'' |
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|Episode: "Dark Pages" |
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|Miss Thoroughgood |
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|Episode: "Decline and Fall" |
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|data-sort-value="Thanksgiving Treasure, The" | ''The Thanksgiving Treasure'' |
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|1973 |
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|''The Thanksgiving Treasure'' |
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|Narrator - Addie as an adult |
|Narrator - Addie as an adult |
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|TV movie |
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|1974 |
|rowspan=2|1974 |
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|''[[The ABC Afternoon Playbreak]]'' |
|data-sort-value="ABC Afternoon Playbreak, The" | ''[[The ABC Afternoon Playbreak]]'' |
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|Rebecca Glover |
|Rebecca Glover |
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|Episode: "Last Bride of Salem" |
|Episode: "Last Bride of Salem" |
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|1974 |
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|''[[Doctor at Sea (TV series)|Doctor at Sea]]'' |
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|Cecilia Tranmere |
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|Episode: "Oh I Do Like to Be Beside the Sea Sick"<br>Episode: "A Wolf in Ship's Clothing" |
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|1974 |
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|''[[Why Rock the Boat?]]'' |
|''[[Why Rock the Boat?]]'' |
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|Hilda |
|Hilda |
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|1975 |
|rowspan=2|1975 |
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|''Lucy Maud Montgomery - The Road to Green Gables'' |
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|''[[Edward the Seventh|Edward the King]]'' |
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|Marilla |
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|Mrs. Lilley |
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|TV movie |
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|Episode: "The Boy" |
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|''Performance'' |
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|1975 |
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|''Village Hall'' |
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|Episode: "The Captain of Kopenick" |
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|Miss Browning |
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|Episode: "Old Scores" |
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|1976 |
|1976 |
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|Episode: "The Hero" |
|Episode: "The Hero" |
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|1984 |
|rowspan=2|1984 |
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|''When We First Met'' |
|''When We First Met'' |
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|TV movie |
|TV movie |
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|1984 |
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|''[[Heartsounds]]'' |
|''[[Heartsounds]]'' |
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|Flo |
|Flo |
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|TV movie |
|rowspan=2|TV movie |
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|1985 |
|rowspan=4|1985 |
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|''[[Love and Larceny (1985 film)|Love and Larceny]]'' |
|''[[Love and Larceny (1985 film)|Love and Larceny]]'' |
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|Florida G. Blythe |
|Florida G. Blythe |
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|TV movie |
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|1985 |
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|''[[Night Heat]]'' |
|''[[Night Heat]]'' |
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|Millie |
|Millie |
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|Episode: "Crossfire" |
|Episode: "Crossfire" |
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|data-sort-value="Last Polka, The" | ''[[The Last Polka]]'' |
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|1985 |
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|''[[The Last Polka]]'' |
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|Mrs. Vicki Mahoney-Cohen |
|Mrs. Vicki Mahoney-Cohen |
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|TV movie |
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|1985 |
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|''[[Anne of Green Gables (1985 film)|Anne of Green Gables]]'' |
|''[[Anne of Green Gables (1985 film)|Anne of Green Gables]]'' |
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|Rachel Lynde |
|Rachel Lynde |
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|TV movie |
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|1986 |
|rowspan=2|1986 |
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|''Connection'' |
|''Connection'' |
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|data-sort-value="Lawrenceville Stories, The" | ''[[The Lawrenceville Stories]]'' |
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|1986 |
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|''The Lawrenceville Stories'' |
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|Mrs. Conover |
|Mrs. Conover |
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|Miniseries |
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|TV mini-series |
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|1987 |
|rowspan=8|1987 |
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|''[[American Playhouse]]'' |
|''[[American Playhouse]]'' |
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|Mrs. Conover |
|Mrs. Conover |
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|Episode: "The Prodigious Hickey" |
|Episode: "The Prodigious Hickey" |
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|1987 |
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|''Really Weird Tales'' |
|''Really Weird Tales'' |
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|Assessor |
|Assessor |
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|TV movie |
|TV movie |
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|1987 |
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|''[[The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents|Alfred Hitchcock Presents]]'' |
|''[[The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents|Alfred Hitchcock Presents]]'' |
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|Mrs. Greysome |
|Mrs. Greysome |
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|Episode: "The Impatient Patient" |
|Episode: "The Impatient Patient" |
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|1987 |
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|''[[Fight for Life (film)|Fight for Life]]'' |
|''[[Fight for Life (film)|Fight for Life]]'' |
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|TV movie |
|TV movie |
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|''[[Airwaves (TV series)|Airwaves]]'' |
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|1987 |
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|''Air Waves'' |
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|Kate |
|Kate |
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|Episode: "A Second Look" |
|Episode: "A Second Look" |
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|1987 |
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|''[[Anne of Avonlea (1987 film)|Anne of Avonlea]]'' |
|''[[Anne of Avonlea (1987 film)|Anne of Avonlea]]'' |
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|Rachel Lynde |
|Rachel Lynde |
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|TV movie |
|rowspan=2|TV movie |
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|- |
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|1987 |
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|''[[Echoes in the Darkness]]'' |
|''[[Echoes in the Darkness]]'' |
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|Dorothy Hunsberger |
|Dorothy Hunsberger |
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|TV movie |
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|1987 |
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|''[[Friday the 13th: The Series|Friday the 13th]]'' |
|''[[Friday the 13th: The Series|Friday the 13th]]'' |
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|Sadie King |
|Sadie King |
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|Episode: "[[List of Friday the 13th: The Series episodes#Season 1 .281987.E2.80.931988.29|Shadow Boxer]]" |
|Episode: "[[List of Friday the 13th: The Series episodes#Season 1 .281987.E2.80.931988.29|Shadow Boxer]]" |
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|1988 |
|rowspan=2|1988 |
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|''Blades of Courage'' |
|''[[Blades of Courage]]'' |
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|Anna Petrie |
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|TV movie |
|TV movie |
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|1988 |
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|''[[Chasing Rainbows (TV series)|Chasing Rainbows]]'' |
|''[[Chasing Rainbows (TV series)|Chasing Rainbows]]'' |
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|Miss Kidd |
|Miss Kidd |
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|Miniseries |
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|TV mini-series |
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|1988 |
|rowspan=3|1988 |
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|''[[Check It Out! (Canadian TV series)|Check It Out!]]'' |
|''[[Check It Out! (Canadian TV series)|Check It Out!]]'' |
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|Mrs. Kelbo |
|Mrs. Kelbo |
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|Episode: "My Hero, Mr. Bannister" |
|Episode: "My Hero, Mr. Bannister" |
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|data-sort-value="Christmas Wife, The" | ''[[The Christmas Wife]]'' |
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|1988 |
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|''[[The Christmas Wife]]'' |
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|Dora |
|Dora |
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|TV movie |
|TV movie |
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|1988 |
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|''[[Screwball Hotel]]'' |
|''[[Screwball Hotel]]'' |
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|Chastity |
|Chastity |
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|1990 |
|rowspan=2|1990 |
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|''[[Street Legal (Canadian TV series)|Street Legal]]'' |
|''[[Street Legal (Canadian TV series)|Street Legal]]'' |
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|Grace Whitney |
|Grace Whitney |
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|Episode: "Security Exchange" |
|Episode: "Security Exchange" |
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|1990 |
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|''In Defense of a Married Man'' |
|''In Defense of a Married Man'' |
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|Eileen Lloyd |
|Eileen Lloyd |
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| ''[[Holiday Affair (1996 film)|Holiday Affair]]'' |
| ''[[Holiday Affair (1996 film)|Holiday Affair]]'' |
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|Susan Ennis |
|Susan Ennis |
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|TV movie |
|rowspan=2|TV movie |
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|1997 |
|1997 |
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|''When Secrets Kill'' |
|''When Secrets Kill'' |
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|Eliza Emery |
|Eliza Emery |
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|TV movie |
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|1998 |
|rowspan=2|1998 |
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|''[[Traders (TV series)|Traders]]'' |
|''[[Traders (TV series)|Traders]]'' |
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|Ambassador |
|Ambassador |
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|Episode: "Boom" |
|Episode: "Boom" |
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|''[[An Avonlea Christmas]]'' |
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|1998 |
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|rowspan=5|Rachel Lynde |
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|''An Avonlea Christmas'' |
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|rowspan=2|TV movie |
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|Rachel Lynde |
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|TV movie |
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|2000 |
|2000 |
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|''[[Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story]]'' |
|''[[Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story]]'' |
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|Rachel Lynde |
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|TV movie |
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|2000–2001 |
|2000–2001 |
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|''[[Anne of Green Gables: The Animated Series]]'' |
|''[[Anne of Green Gables: The Animated Series]]'' |
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|Rachel Lynde |
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|2005 |
|2005 |
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|''Anne: Journey to Green Gables'' |
|''Anne: Journey to Green Gables'' |
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|Rachel Lynde (voice) |
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|Video |
|Video |
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|2008 |
|2008 |
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|''[[Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning]]'' |
|''[[Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning]]'' |
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|Rachel Lynde |
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|TV movie |
|TV movie |
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|2008 |
|2008 |
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|''[[A Miser Brothers' Christmas]]'' |
|data-sort-value="Miser Brothers' Christmas, The" | ''[[A Miser Brothers' Christmas]]'' |
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|Mother Nature (voice) |
|Mother Nature (voice) |
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|TV special |
|TV special |
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Patricia Hamilton | |
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Born | Patricia Ruth Hamilton 27 April 1937 Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada |
Died | 30 April 2023 Stratford, Ontario, Canada | (aged 86)
Alma mater | Carnegie Institute of Technology Royal Central School of Speech and Drama |
Occupation(s) | Actress, voice artist |
Years active | 1960–2008 |
Spouse | |
Family | Ben 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]
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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]
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- ^ a b c d e f Robert Crew (March 4, 2015). "Patricia Hamilton". The Canadian Encyclopedia.
- ^ a b Avonlea actor nurses "small fire inside" by Mira Friedlander. The Toronto Star. PEOPLE; pg. D2. February 14, 1993
- ^ Hoile, Christopher (November 10, 2008). "Kindertansport". Eye Weekly. Archived from the original on November 16, 2008. Retrieved August 15, 2011.