colleen rose dewhurst played marilla cuthbert in anne of green gables.
who played marilla cuthbert in anne of green gables?
colleen rose dewhurst
colleen rose dewhurst (3 june 1924 – 22 august 1991) was a canadian-american actress. she is known most for theatre roles, and for a while as "the queen of off-broadway". in her autobiography, dewhurst wrote: "i had moved so quickly from one off-broadway production to the next that i was known, at one point, as the 'queen of off-broadway'. this title was not due to my brilliance, but, rather, because most of the plays i was in closed after a run of anywhere from one night to two weeks. i would then move immediately into another." she was a renowned interpreter of the works of eugene o'neill on the stage, and her career also encompassed film, early dramas on live television, and joseph papp's new york shakespeare festival. one of her last roles was playing marilla cuthbert in the kevin sullivan television adaptations of the "anne of green gables" series, and her reprisal of the role in the subsequent tv series "road to avonlea" (marketed as "avonlea" in the us). dewhurst won two tony awards and four emmy awards for her stage and television work.
colleen dewhurst
marilla tries to prevent anne from seeing gilbert because anne is still quite young and marilla wants anne to continue her education. in the end, however, when matthew dies and forces marilla into considering selling green gables, gilbert gives anne his teaching post in nearby avonlea so she can stay at green gables and continue to support marilla.









































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bullet::::- megan follows – anne shirley









































bullet::::- colleen dewhurst – marilla cuthbert









































bullet::::- richard farnsworth – matthew cuthbert









































bullet::::- patricia hamilton – rachel lynde









































bullet::::- marilyn lightstone – miss stacy









































bullet::::- schuyler grant – diana barry
anne of green gables (1985 film)