Biography
" On the Great White Way by 1952, the 28-year-old Quebec-born actress was too old and tall to play ingénues but was given the chance to portray spirited Kate in "The Taming of the Shrew" in a 1956 stage production that established Dewhurst as an actress in-demand. Following her film debut in Fred Zinnemann's "The Nun's Story" (1959), she made infrequent movie appearances, preferring to stay close to the New York theatre and second husband …
Latest Tv Credits
1 - 4 of 4
Career Milestones
1991 | Last film, "Dying Young", starring her son Campbell Scott | |
1989 | Began recurring guest-star role as Avery Brown, Murphy's mother, on hit sitcom "Murphy Brown" | |
1988 | Last Broadway appearance, alternating roles in revivals of O'Neill's "Long Day's Journey Into Night" and "Ah, Wilderness!"; son Campbell Scott in cast | |
1987 | Starred in one-woman New York show, "My Gene", playing Eugene O'Neill's wife, Carlotta | |
| Served as president, Actors' Equity Association | ||
| Directed National Theater of the Deaf production of "All the Way Home" | ||
1981 | Directed Broadway play, "Ned and Jack" | |
1975 | Reprised "Moon" role on television | |
1974 | Achieved greatest stage acclaim in the role of Josie Hogan in revival of O'Neill's "A Moon for the Misbegotten" | |
1960 | First major Broadway role in production of Albert Camus' "Caligula" | |
1959 | Screen acting debut in "The Nun's Story" | |
1956 | Acted the roles of Gertrude in "Hamlet", Kate in "The Taming of the Shrew", Lady Macbeth and Cleopatra in Joseph Papp's Shakespeare in Central Park productions; acted several times opposite future husband George C. Scott | |
1952 | Broadway stage debut (a bit part as a dancer) in Harold Clurman's revival of Eugene O'Neill's "Desire Under the Elms" | |
1946 | Stage debut while a student in "The Royal Family" at the Carnegie Lyceum | |
| Resolved to become a pilot and later a journalist before considering an acting career | ||
| Family left Canada when Dewhurst was a child, moving first to Boston and later to Milwaukee | ||
Awards
1991 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress In a Drama Series in Avonlea |
1991 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress In a Comedy Series in Murphy Brown |
1990 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress In a Drama Series in Avonlea |
1990 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress In a Miniseries or Special in Lantern Hill |
1989 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress In a Comedy Series in Murphy Brown |
1989 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress In a Miniseries or Special in Those She Left Behind |
1986 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress In a Miniseries in Between Two Women |
1981 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress In a Limited Series or a Special in The Women's Room |
1979 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress In a Limited Series or a Special in Silent Victory: The Kitty O'Neil Story |
1974 | Tony Award for Actress (Dramatic) |
1961 | Tony Award for Actress, Supporting or Featured (Dramatic) |