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Jackie Burroughs Biography:
Born in Lancashire, England, Jackie
Burroughs moved to Toronto, Canada with her family when she was 13. She
was enrolled at Branksome Hall, a private girls’ school. Burroughs
remembers herself this way: "I was the jolliest girl. I was very
straight. I was head girl and reported on the smokers, and I was
awful." She attended the University of Toronto, graduating in 1962
and began acting by performing in summer theater. "I sort of fell
into acting after university," she recalls. Her neighbor was
director René Bonniére, and he gave her a role in a television show he
was doing in 1963 called Twelve and a Half Cents. "I learned
a lot doing it," she says, "and then other things came up all
the way along." Those other things included appearing at the
prestigious Stratford Festival, where Burroughs gained valuable
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She worked regularly in front
of the camera as well. Ironically, when Burroughs was just 35, she won
the role of "The Old Lady" in a National Film Board film
called Running Time (1974). With her tiny frame and premature
wrinkles, Burroughs has made a good living through the years by playing
little old ladies many years older than herself. It was in 1982 that she
landed her breakout role -- starring opposite Richard Farnsworth in the The
Grey Fox (1982). The Canadian film was nominated for an astounding
14 Genie awards (Canada’s equivalent to the Oscars), and took home
seven, including Best Picture and acting awards for Burroughs and
Farnsworth.
The following year, Burroughs landed a
role in The Dead Zone (1983), opposite Martin Sheen and
Christopher Walken. In 1985, she played Dorothy in the NBC mini-series Evergreen,
with Joan Allen and Armand Assanti. Also in 1985, she was asked to play
the role of Amelia Evans in the Sullivan Entertainment TV movie Anne
of Green Gables, reuniting her with Richard Farnsworth, who was
playing Matthew Cuthbert. The experience led to a starring role on a new
Sullivan Entertainment television series called Road to Avonlea.
Burroughs became a household name in Canada, playing the role of the
eccentric Hetty King who takes in her young niece. The series was set in
the fictional village of Avonlea, Prince Edward Island -– the same
village featured in the highly successful Anne of Green Gables
movie and its sequel, Anne of Avonlea. Road to Avonlea
went on to became one of the most popular Canadian series of all time,
running for seven years on CBC in Canada, and as Avonlea on The
Disney Channel in the U.S., as well as playing all around the world in
various countries. Burroughs won three Gemini awards (Canada’s
equivalent to the Emmy awards) for her performances on the show.
However, she’s most proud of her work
in the feature A Winter Tan (1987), calling it "one of the
best films ever made. It took about three to five years doing the
script, getting the money, developing, shooting and editing. And [the
people involved] each made about $3,000 in three to five years. It
consumed all of our time, but it’s worth it to get a film out that
went all over the world, that we’re totally happy about."
Burroughs won a Genie award as Best Actress in a Leading Role for her
work in the film. In 2001, she was awarded the Earle Grey award for her
contributions over the years by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and
Television.
Burroughs has a daughter, Zoé, from her
marriage to Zal Yanovsky, a founding member of the musical group The
Loving Spoonful. However, the marriage ended soon after their daughter
was born, and Zoé was raised by her father in Kingston, Ontario, where
he owned a restaurant. Burroughs currently divides her time between a
home in Mexico and an apartment in Toronto. Her hobbies include Tai Chi,
reading novels, studying Spanish and taking dancing lessons.
Filmography:
Going the Distance (2004)
The Republic of Love (2004)
Willard (2003)
Guy Thing, A (2003)
Night's Noontime (2002)
On Their Knees (2001)
Lost and Delirious (2001)
Washed Up (2000)
Have Mercy (1999)
Last Night (1998)
Bleeders (1997)
How Dinosaurs Learned to Fly (1995) (voice)
Careful (1992)
Midday Sun, The (1989)
Food of the Gods II (1989)
John and the Missus (1987)
Taking Care of Terrific (1987)
Winter Tan, A (1987)
Judgment in Stone, A (1986)
Neon, an Electric Memoir (1985)
Care Bears Movie, The (1985)
Surrogate, The (1984)
Chautauqua Girl (1983)
Gentle Sinners (1983)
Dead Zone, The (1983)
Wars, The (1983)
Grey Fox, The (1982)
Intruder, The (1981)
Heavy Metal (1981) (voice)
The Kidnapping of the President (1980)
My Pleasure Is My Business (1974)
Running Time (1974)
125 Rooms of Comfort (1974)
Monkeys in the Attic (1974)
Eat Anything (1971)
Notes for a Film About Donna & Gail (1966) |
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