Patricia Hamilton
Biography
Patricia Hamilton was a Canadian actress active in theater, television, and film from the 1960s to the 2010s. Born in Regina, Saskatchewan, she trained at Pittsburgh's Carnegie Institute of Technology and London's Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. After early stage work in the United States, she became associated with Toronto's Tarragon Theatre, where she appeared in world premieres including Judith Thompson's I Am Yours, which won her a Dora Mavor Moore Award in 1988. She was best known as Rachel Lynde in adaptations of Lucy Maud Montgomery's books, including the miniseries Anne of Green Gables (1985) and its sequel Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel (1987). She continued the role in Road to Avonlea, earning three Gemini Award nominations and a win in 1996. Hamilton also taught at the Banff Centre for the Arts and George Brown College.
86years old at death
- Born Regina
- Died Stratford
- Star sign: TaurusThe sign runs April 20 to May 20
Movie Career
- Films
- 6
- Career span
- 24 years1973 to 1997
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Behind the award
Hamilton won a Dora Mavor Moore Award in 1988 for her performance in Judith Thompson's play I Am Yours at the Tarragon Theatre.
Early training
Hamilton received actor training at Pittsburgh's Carnegie Institute of Technology, which is now Carnegie Mellon University. Her career began on the stage in the United States, and she later pursued further drama studies in London at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama.
A first
Hamilton took part in the Tarragon Theatre's first season in 1971, and her connection with that theater went on for decades.
A change of course
Besides acting, Hamilton was on the faculty at the University of Calgary's Banff Centre for the Arts and at George Brown College.
Patricia Hamilton movies on Netflix
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Most often with
Kevin Sullivan directed two of these films. Five actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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