Ruffman - Alice Lawson Dave Foley - Lewis Allen Awards and nominations 2 Cable Ace Awards: Best Costume, Best Supporting Actress (Colleen Dewhurst), 1987 6 Gemini Awards: Best Dramatic Miniseries, Best Photography (Marc Champion), Best Art Direction, Best Costume Design, Best Performance by Lead Actress (Megan Follows), Best Performance by a Supporting Actress (Colleen Dewhurst), 1988 Silver Award - International Film and Television Festival, New York, 1987 Best Family Series - TV Guide, 1987 CFTA Award - Best New TV Production, 1987 Chris Award - Columbus International Film Festival, 1987 Honourable Mention - International San Francisco Film Festival, 1988 Crystal Apple Award - National Education Film and Video Festival, 1988 ACT Award - Achievement in Children's TV, 1988 Golden Hugo Award - Chicago International Film Festival, 1987 Gold Award - Houston International Film Festival, 1987 Sequels and spinoffs Road to Avonlea is a television series which was first broadcast in Canada and the United States between 1990 and 1996. It was inspired by a series of short stories and two novels by Lucy Maud Montgomery. Many of the actors in the Anne of Green Gables movies also appear in storylines crossing over into the long-running Emmy award-winning series, including Patricia Hamilton as Rachel Lynde, Colleen Dewhurst as Marilla Cuthbert until her death in 1991, and Marilyn Lightstone as Muriel Stacy. Jonathan Crombie returned as Gilbert Blythe in a one-time guest appearance in the finale episode of season three, which dealt with Marilla's death. Other actors from the first two Anne films portrayed different characters in Road to Avonlea, including Rosemary Dunsmore, who played Katherine Brooke in this film but returned as "Abigail MacEwan" in the television series. Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story was released in 2000. Many cast members from the first two movies returned, including Megan Follows, Jonathan Crombie, and Schuyler Grant. Taking place in the midst of World War I, the movie follows Anne (now in her twenties) as she embarks on a new journey, taking her from her home in Prince Edward Island to New York City, London, and into war-ravaged Europe. This film is an original story not based on any of Montgomery's novels, nor does it align with the chronology of the books. Montgomery's Rilla of Ingleside, which also takes place during the first World War, focuses on Anne's teenage daughter and depicts Anne and Gilbert as a middle-aged couple who witness the