Frances Hyland
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Frances Hyland | |
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| Born | April 25, 1927 Shaunavon, Saskatchewan, Canada |
| Died | July 11, 2004 (aged 77) Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Occupation | Actress |
Frances Hyland OC (April 25, 1927 – July 11, 2004) was a Canadian stage, film and television actress.
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.[1]
Filmography
Movies
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | Drylanders | Liza | |
| 1966 | Each Day That Comes | Short | |
| 1972 | Another Smith for Paradise | Marie Smith | |
| 1980 | The Changeling | Mrs. Grey | |
| The Hounds of Notre Dame | Mother Therese | ||
| 1981 | Happy Birthday to Me | Mrs. Patterson | |
| 1983 | The Sight | Short | |
| 1993 | The Lotus Eaters | Flora Kingswood | |
| 1995 | Never Talk to Strangers | Mrs. Slotnick |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950-54 | Sunday Night Theatre | Megan Owen / Sonia / Penelope Blessington | 4 Episodes: Deep Are the Roots, Adam's Apple, Crime and Punishment, The Gift |
| 1955 | Scope | 1 Episode: Prelude to Marriage | |
| On Camera | 1 Episode: The Queen's Ring | ||
| 1955-61 | Encounter | Nellie / Shevawn Flaherty / Melissa Turner | 6 Episodes |
| 1957 | Twelfth Night | Lady Olivia | TV Movie |
| 1957-59 | Folio | Zuzushka / Mariana / Frances | 3 Episodes: Proud Passage, The Master of Santiago, Ivanov |
| 1958 | Till Death Do Us Part | 1 Episode: Panic at Parth Bay | |
| 1959 | Hudson's Bay | Susan Murray | 1 Episode: Bosom Friends |
| 1959-60 | The Unforeseen | Martha | 3 Episodes: The Storm, The Wreath, Desire |
| R.C.M.P. | Lucy Dodds / Mrs.Phillips | 2 Episodes: The Replacement, The Hunt | |
| 1960 | Suspense | Ethel | 1 Episode: Love Story |
| Startime | Miss Miller / Catherine Stockmann | 2 Episodes: An Enemy of the People, An Enemy of the People | |
| 1960-62 | Festival | Margot / Duchess / Olga | 5 Episodes |
| 1962 | First Person | 1 Episode: My Home Is Here | |
| Salt of the Earth | TV Movie | ||
| 1961-62 | Playdate | Ethel / Nellie Bancroft / Alice | 3 Episodes: The Salt of the Earth, The Vigilante, Love Story 1910 |
| 1967 | The Mystery Maker | 1 Episode | |
| 1973-80 | The Beachcombers | Sadie | 4 Episodes: Sadie, Keep Your Shirt On, The Sasquatch Walks by Night, Sadie is a Lady |
| 1974 | The Naked Mind | 1 Episode | |
| 1978 | Home to Stay | Aunt Martha | TV Movie |
| 1979 | The Albertans | Marjanne Hardin | TV Movie |
| The Great Detective | Mrs. Eglantyne | 1 Episode: Death Takes a Curtain Call | |
| 1980 | Matt and Jenny | Martha Jane | 1 Episode: A Woman's Place |
| 1981 | Tales of the Haunted | Dody | TV Movie |
| Titans | Elizabeth I. | 1 Episode: Elizabeth I. | |
| 1983 | Pygmalion | Mrs. Higgins | TV Movie |
| 1985 | The Hearst and Davies Affair | Rose Duras | TV Movie |
| 1986 | Kay O'Brien | Dr. Sarah McDonovan | 1 Episode: Princess of the City |
| 1987 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Edith Ferris | 1 Episode: The Impatient Patient |
| 1988 | Liberace: Behind the Music | Florence Bettray Kelly | TV Movie |
| The Twilight Zone | Laura Kincaid | 1 Episode: Dream Me a Life | |
| Night Heat | Marie | 1 Episode: No Regrets | |
| Lonely Knights | Maggie | TV Movie | |
| 1989 | Glory! Glory! | Velma | TV Movie |
| 1990 | E.N.G. | Thelma | 1 Episode: Division of Labour |
| 1990-95 | Avonlea | Nanny Louisa Banks | 3 Episodes: The Journey Begins, Sara's Homecoming, Comings and Goings |
| 1993 | Survive the Night | TV Movie | |
| The Hidden Room | Rita | 1 Episode: After the Crash | |
| 1993-94 | Street Legal | Caroline Diamond | 3 Episodes: Thicker Than Water, Forgiveness, Persons Living or Dead |
| 1994 | Lonesome Dove | Clementine Coffey | 1 Episode: Duty Bound |
| Broken Lullaby | Maria | TV Movie | |
| Tales from the Cryptkeeper | Aunt Melva | 2 Episodes: The Avenging Phantom/Myth Conceptions, The Haunted Mine | |
| Lives of Girls & Women | Aunt Grace | TV Movie | |
| 1995 | Due South | Fraser's Grandmother | 1 Episode: Letting Go |
| When the Dark Man Calls | Dr. Martha Petrie | TV Movie | |
| 1996 | Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal | Catherine Cartwright | 1 Episode: Reptilian Revenge/Ghostly Voices |
| 1997 | A Prayer in the Dark | Anna | TV Movie |
| I'll Be Home for Christmas | Thelma Jenkins | TV Movie | |
| 1996 | Moonlight Becomes You | Nuala Moore | TV Movie |
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.[2]
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.
References
- ^ Frances Hyland at IMDb
- ^ Profile, journals.hil.unb.ca; accessed January 28, 2015.
External links
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- 1927 births
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- Canadian film actresses
- Canadian stage actresses
- Deaths from respiratory failure
- Disease-related deaths in Ontario
- Officers of the Order of Canada
- People from Shaunavon, Saskatchewan
- Actresses from Saskatchewan
- University of Saskatchewan alumni
- Governor General's Performing Arts Award winners