Rosemary Dunsmore
Biography
Rosemary Dunsmore is a Canadian actress, director, and educator who trained in drama at York University and began performing professionally in 1975 on a tour of Ten Lost Years. She went on to work at venues including the Stratford Festival, the Saidye Bronfman Centre for the Arts, and the Centaur Theatre, and in 1982 she received the Dora Mavor Moore Award for Straight Ahead/Blind Dancers, along with a best performer honor at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Her best known screen role came in the 1987 miniseries Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel, where she played Katherine Brooke. She also appeared as Abigail MacEwan in Road to Avonlea and as Sally Sullivan in Mom P.I., and her film credits include Twins (1988) and Total Recall (1990). She won a 2009 ACTRA Award for Best Actress for The Baby Formula, and her television work also includes Murdoch Mysteries, Lost Girl, and Orphan Black.
74years old
Turns 75 on July 13in 245 days
- Born Edmonton
- Star sign: CancerThe sign runs June 21 to July 22
Movie Career
- Films
- 20
- Career span
- 35 years1987 to 2022
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Behind the award
Rosemary Dunsmore acted in Straight Ahead/Blind Dancers in 1982. That year she won a Dora Mavor Moore Award and took the best performer prize at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
First role
In 1975, Dunsmore launched her professional career by touring in Ten Lost Years, a play written by Cedric Smith and George Luscombe.
Big break
Rosemary Dunsmore played Katherine Brooke in the 1987 miniseries Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel, which viewers outside Canada knew as Anne of Avonlea. The role made her well known.
Rosemary Dunsmore movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Six 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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Box office
What Rosemary Dunsmore's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$638 million
5 of the 20 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 20 films: 5 worldwide figure; 14 never in cinemas; 1 figure not found.
- 5Worldwide figure
- 14Never in cinemas
- 1Figure not found
Top grosser
Highest grossing
The five biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$261M41.0% of the total
- 2$217M34.0% of the total
- 3$81M12.7% of the total
- 4$78M12.2% of the total
- 5$914K0.1% of the total
Awards
One award and honor.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Other honors | |||
| Dora Mavor Moore Awards | Won | ||
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