Jump to content

Kate Reid: Difference between revisions

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Browse history interactively
← Previous editNext edit →
Content deleted Content added
VisualWikitext
m →‎top: Cda=>Cdn per discussion at Canadian project; reduce overlinking
→‎Filmography: Added data-sort-value so "The" & "A" at beginning ignored when titles sorted
(37 intermediate revisions by 26 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
{{Short description|English-born Canadian actress (1930-1993)}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=October 2012}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=October 2012}}
⚫
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}}

{{Infobox person
{{Infobox person
| name = Kate Reid
| name = Kate Reid
Line 8: Line 9:
| birthname = Daphne Kate Reid
| birthname = Daphne Kate Reid
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1930|11|4|df=yes}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1930|11|4|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[London]], [[England]], UK
| birth_place = London, England
| death_date = {{death date and age|1993|3|27|1930|11|4|df=yes}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|1993|3|27|1930|11|4|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Stratford, Ontario]], Canada
| death_place = [[Stratford, Ontario]], Canada
| spouse = [[Austin Willis]] (1953–1962) (divorced) (2 children) [[Michael Sadlier]] (?–?) (divorced)
| spouse = {{Unbulleted list|{{marriage|[[Austin Willis]]|1953|1962}}|Michael Sadlier (divorced)}}
| children = 2
| othername =
| othername =
| occupation = Actress
| occupation = Actress
| years_active = 1953–1993}}
| years_active = 1953–1993}}
⚫
'''Daphne Katherine Reid''' {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|size=100%|OC}} (4 November 1930 – 27 March 1993) was an English-born Canadian stage, film, and television actress. She played more than one thousand roles,<ref name=":2">{{cite book |title=Inspiring Women: A Celebration of Herstory |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XhHUzUwJtA4C&q=reid |first1=Mona |last1=Holmlund |first2=Gail |last2=Youngberg |publisher=Couteau Books |year=2003 |isbn=978-1550502046 |location=Regina, Sask |page=225 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> most notably onstage in ''[[Death of a Salesman]]'', in the 1980 film ''[[Atlantic City (1980 film)|Atlantic City]]'', and in episodes of the TV show ''[[Dallas (1978 TV series)|Dallas]]''.<ref name=":0">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/03/29/obituaries/kate-reid-actress-dead-at-62-a-veteran-of-hundreds-of-roles.html |title=Kate Reid, Actress, Dead at 62; A Veteran of Hundreds of Roles |last=Lambert |first=Bruce |date=1993-03-29 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |issn=0362-4331 |access-date=2016-04-28}}</ref> She was described by ''Inspiring Women: A Celebration of Herstory'' as "generally regarded as the finest actress ever developed in Canada".<ref name=":2" />

⚫
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2012}}

⚫
'''Kate Reid''', {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|OC}} (née '''Daphne Katherine Reid'''; 4 November 1930 – 27 March 1993) was a [[Canadians|Canadian]] stage, film, and television actress. She starred in over one thousand roles,<ref name=":2">{{cite book |title=Inspiring Women: A Celebration of Herstory |last= |first= |publisher= |year= |isbn= |location= |pages= }}</ref> most notably performing onstage in ''[[Death of a Salesman]]'', in the 1980 film ''[[Atlantic City (1980 film)|Atlantic City]]'', and in episodes of the TV show ''[[Dallas (1978 TV series)|Dallas]]''.<ref name=":0">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/03/29/obituaries/kate-reid-actress-dead-at-62-a-veteran-of-hundreds-of-roles.html |title=Kate Reid, Actress, Dead at 62; A Veteran of Hundreds of Roles |last=Lambert |first=Bruce |date=1993-03-29 |newspaper=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |access-date=2016-04-28}}</ref> She was described by ''Inspiring Women: A Celebration of Herstory'' as "generally regarded as the finest actress ever developed in Canada."<ref name=":2" />


==Life and career==
==Life and career==
Reid was born on 4 November 1930 in London, England, the daughter of Canadian parents, Helen Isabel (''née'' Moore) and Walter Clarke Reid, who was a former [[Bengal]] [[Lancer]] in the [[Indian Army|Indian army]] and a retired colonel.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/91/Kate-Reid.html |title=Kate Reid Biography (1930-) |website=www.filmreference.com}}</ref><ref>[http://www.lib.unb.ca/Texts/TRIC/bin/get4.cgi?directory=vol19_1/sperdakos/&filename=sperdakos.html ''Theatre Research in Canada'', Vol. 19, No. 1 (1998)]</ref> While Reid was still young, she and her family emigrated to [[Oakville, Ontario]].<ref name=":2" />
Reid was born on 4 November 1930 in London, England, the daughter of Canadian parents Walter Clarke Reid, a retired colonel of the [[Bengal Lancers]] in the [[Indian Army]], and Helen Isabel, ''née'' Moore.<ref>{{cite journal| url=https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/TRIC/article/view/7117/8176| first=Paula| last=Sperdakos| title=Acting in Canada in 1965: Frances Hyland, Kate Reid, Martha Henry and John Hirsch's ''The Cherry Orchard'' at Stratford| volume=19| number=1| date=1 January 1998| journal=Theatre Research in Canada| pages=35–62| doi=10.3138/tric.19.1.35| access-date=9 March 2020}}</ref> While Reid was young, she and her family emigrated to [[Oakville, Ontario]].<ref name=":2" />


She attended [[Havergal College]] in Toronto and university in London, and then studied acting at a performance art school in [[Canada]].<ref name=":1">[http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0006754 Kate Reid bio entry in ''The Canadian Encyclopedia'' (online)]</ref> She had a long and varied career on film, television and stage in both Canada and the [[United States]]. Her stage roles included [[Lady Macbeth]] in ''[[Macbeth]]'', Katharina in ''[[The Taming of the Shrew]]'', Henny in ''[[Bosoms and Neglect]]'', and Martha in ''[[Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf]]''.
She attended [[Havergal College]] in Toronto and university in London, and then studied acting at a performance art school in Canada.<ref name=":1">{{cite encyclopedia| url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/kate-reid| title=Kate Reid| first=David| last=Gardner| date=4 March 2015| encyclopedia=[[The Canadian Encyclopedia]]| access-date=9 March 2020}}</ref> She had a long and varied career on film, television, and stage in Canada and the United States. Her stage roles included [[Lady Macbeth]] in ''[[Macbeth]]'', Katharina in ''[[The Taming of the Shrew]]'', Henny in ''[[Bosoms and Neglect]]'', and Martha in ''[[Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?]]''


Reid played the scheming and domineering mother of [[Natalie Wood]]'s character in 1966's ''[[This Property is Condemned]]'', although she was only seven years Wood's senior; her other film appearances included roles in ''[[The Andromeda Strain (film)|The Andromeda Strain]]'' (1971), ''[[A Delicate Balance (film)|A Delicate Balance]]'' (1973), ''[[Equus (film)|Equus]]'' (1977), ''[[Death Ship (1980 film)|Death Ship]]'' and ''[[Atlantic City (1980 film)|Atlantic City]]'' (both 1980). She also played [[Ray Krebbs]]' aunt Lil Trotter on ''[[Dallas (1978 TV series)|Dallas]]'' in the early 1980s, as well as appearing in episodes of ''[[Scarecrow and Mrs. King]]'' and ''[[Columbo]]''.
Reid played the scheming and domineering mother of [[Natalie Wood]]'s character in 1966's ''[[This Property is Condemned]]'', although she was only seven years Wood's senior; her other film appearances included roles in ''[[The Andromeda Strain (film)|The Andromeda Strain]]'' (1971), ''[[A Delicate Balance (film)|A Delicate Balance]]'' (1973), ''[[Equus (film)|Equus]]'' (1977), ''[[Death Ship (1980 film)|Death Ship]]'' and ''[[Atlantic City (1980 film)|Atlantic City]]'' (both 1980). She also played [[Ray Krebbs]]' aunt Lil Trotter on ''[[Dallas (1978 TV series)|Dallas]]'' in the early 1980s, as well as appearing in episodes of ''[[Scarecrow and Mrs. King]]'' and ''[[Columbo]]''.


Both of Reid's marriages, to Michael Sadlier and Austin Willis, ended in divorce.<ref name=":0" /> She had two children, son Reid Willis and daughter Robin Willis;<ref name=":0" /> and two granddaughters, Jessica and Mackenzie Willis.
Both of Reid's marriages, to Michael Sadlier and Austin Willis, ended in divorce. She had two children with Willis. Reid died of [[cancer]] in [[Stratford, Ontario]], aged 62, in 1993.<ref name=":0"/>


==Filmography==
==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
|-
! Year
! Year
! Title
! Title
! Role
! Role
! Notes
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
|-
|1957|| ''[[A Dangerous Age]]'' || Nancy's Mother ||
|1953 || ''[[Farewell Oak Street]]'' || ||
|-
|1957|| data-sort-value="Dangerous Age, A" | ''[[A Dangerous Age]]'' || Nancy's Mother ||
|-
|-
|1961|| ''One Plus One'' || Julia Bradley || 'Homecoming' segment
|1961|| ''One Plus One'' || Julia Bradley || 'Homecoming' segment
Line 43: Line 44:
|1966|| ''[[This Property is Condemned]]'' || Hazel Starr ||
|1966|| ''[[This Property is Condemned]]'' || Hazel Starr ||
|-
|-
|1967|| data-sort-value="Paper People, The" | ''[[The Paper People]]'' || Rosamund Davis ||
⚫
|1968|| ''[[The Best Damn Fiddler from Calabogie to Kaladar]]'' || Glad ||
|-
|-
⚫
|1968|| data-sort-value="Best Damn Fiddler from Calabogie to Kaladar, The" | ''[[The Best Damn Fiddler from Calabogie to Kaladar]]'' || Glad ||
|1971|| ''[[The Sidelong Glances of a Pigeon Kicker|Pigeons]]'' || Jonathan's Mother ||
|-
|-
|1971|| ''[[The Andromeda Strain (film)|The Andromeda Strain]]'' || Dr. Ruth Leavitt ||
|1971|| data-sort-value="Sidelong Glances of a Pigeon Kicker, The" | ''[[The Sidelong Glances of a Pigeon Kicker]]'' || Jonathan's Mother ||
|-
|-
|1973|| ''The Rainbow Boys'' || Gladys ||
|1971|| ''[[Columbo| Columbo Episode: Dead Weight]]''|| Mrs. Walters ||
|-
|-
|1973|| ''[[A Delicate Balance (film)|A Delicate Balance]]'' || Claire ||
|1971|| data-sort-value="Andromeda Strain, The" | ''[[The Andromeda Strain (film)|The Andromeda Strain]]'' || Dr. Ruth Leavitt ||
|-
|1973|| ''[[Hawkins (TV series)|Hawkins: Death and the Maiden]]'' || Julia Dayton || TV movie; [[Television pilot|pilot]] for the series ''[[Hawkins (TV series)|Hawkins]]''
|-
|1973|| data-sort-value="Rainbow Boys, The" | ''The Rainbow Boys'' || Gladys ||
|-
|1973|| data-sort-value="Delicate Balance, A" | ''[[A Delicate Balance (film)|A Delicate Balance]]'' || Claire ||
|-
|-
|1976|| ''[[Shoot (film)|Shoot]]'' || Mrs. Graham ||
|1976|| ''[[Shoot (film)|Shoot]]'' || Mrs. Graham ||
Line 73: Line 80:
|1982|| ''[[Highpoint (film)|Highpoint]]'' || Mrs. Hatcher ||
|1982|| ''[[Highpoint (film)|Highpoint]]'' || Mrs. Hatcher ||
|-
|-
|1984|| ''[[The Blood of Others (film)|The Blood of Others]]'' || Madame Blomart ||
|1984|| data-sort-value="Blood of Others, The" | ''[[The Blood of Others (film)|The Blood of Others]]'' || Madame Blomart ||
|-
|-
|1985|| ''[[Heaven Help Us (film)|Heaven Help Us]]'' || Grandma ||
|1985|| ''[[Heaven Help Us (film)|Heaven Help Us]]'' || Grandma ||
Line 88: Line 95:
|-
|-
|1989|| ''[[Bye Bye Blues (film)|Bye Bye Blues]]'' || Mary Wright ||
|1989|| ''[[Bye Bye Blues (film)|Bye Bye Blues]]'' || Mary Wright ||
|-
|1990|| ''[[Saying Goodbye (TV series)|Saying Goodbye]]'' || || Episode "The First Snowfall"
|-
|-
|1991|| ''[[Deceived]]'' || Rosalie ||
|1991|| ''[[Deceived]]'' || Rosalie ||
|}
|}


==Honours/Awards==
==Honours and awards==
* Officer of the [[Order of Canada]] (1974)
* Officer of the [[Order of Canada]] (1974)
* ACTRA and Dora Mavor Moore awards (1980 and 1981, respectively)
* ACTRA and Dora Mavor Moore awards (1980 and 1981, respectively)
* Earle Grey Award (1988)
* Earle Grey Award (1988)
* Honorary degrees from [[York University]] (1970) and the [[University of Toronto]] (1989)
* Honorary degrees from [[York University]] (1970) and the [[University of Toronto]] (1989)

==Death==
Kate Reid died of [[cancer]] in [[Stratford, Ontario]], aged 62, in 1993.<ref name="cancer">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/03/29/obituaries/kate-reid-actress-dead-at-62-a-veteran-of-hundreds-of-roles.html |title=Kate Reid, Actress, Dead at 62; A Veteran of Hundreds of Roles |last=Lambert |first=Bruce |date=1993-03-29 |newspaper=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |access-date=2017-06-29}}</ref>

==Quotes==
*''"Acting is not being emotional, but being able to express emotion."'' {{citation needed|date=December 2013}}


==References==
==References==
Line 121: Line 124:
[[Category:Canadian expatriate actresses in the United States]]
[[Category:Canadian expatriate actresses in the United States]]
[[Category:Deaths from cancer in Ontario]]
[[Category:Deaths from cancer in Ontario]]
⚫
[[Category:Deaths from brain tumor]]
[[Category:English emigrants to Canada]]
[[Category:English emigrants to Canada]]
[[Category:Best Supporting Actress Genie and Canadian Screen Award winners]]
[[Category:Best Supporting Actress Genie and Canadian Screen Award winners]]
Line 129: Line 131:
[[Category:20th-century English actresses]]
[[Category:20th-century English actresses]]
[[Category:Canadian Shakespearean actresses]]
[[Category:Canadian Shakespearean actresses]]
[[Category:Havergal College alumni]]
⚫
[[Category:Actresses from London]]

Revision as of 14:32, 27 September 2023

Kate Reid
Reid in 1966
Born
Daphne Kate Reid

(1930-11-04)4 November 1930
London, England
Died27 March 1993(1993-03-27) (aged 62)
Stratford, Ontario, Canada
OccupationActress
Years active1953–1993
Spouses
  • ​
    (m. 1953⁠–⁠1962)​
  • Michael Sadlier (divorced)
Children2

Daphne Katherine Reid OC (4 November 1930 – 27 March 1993) was an English-born Canadian stage, film, and television actress. She played more than one thousand roles,[1] most notably onstage in Death of a Salesman, in the 1980 film Atlantic City, and in episodes of the TV show Dallas.[2] She was described by Inspiring Women: A Celebration of Herstory as "generally regarded as the finest actress ever developed in Canada".[1]

Life and career

Reid was born on 4 November 1930 in London, England, the daughter of Canadian parents Walter Clarke Reid, a retired colonel of the Bengal Lancers in the Indian Army, and Helen Isabel, née Moore.[3] While Reid was young, she and her family emigrated to Oakville, Ontario.[1]

She attended Havergal College in Toronto and university in London, and then studied acting at a performance art school in Canada.[4] She had a long and varied career on film, television, and stage in Canada and the United States. Her stage roles included Lady Macbeth in Macbeth, Katharina in The Taming of the Shrew, Henny in Bosoms and Neglect, and Martha in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Reid played the scheming and domineering mother of Natalie Wood's character in 1966's This Property is Condemned, although she was only seven years Wood's senior; her other film appearances included roles in The Andromeda Strain (1971), A Delicate Balance (1973), Equus (1977), Death Ship and Atlantic City (both 1980). She also played Ray Krebbs' aunt Lil Trotter on Dallas in the early 1980s, as well as appearing in episodes of Scarecrow and Mrs. King and Columbo.

Both of Reid's marriages, to Michael Sadlier and Austin Willis, ended in divorce. She had two children with Willis. Reid died of cancer in Stratford, Ontario, aged 62, in 1993.[2]

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
1953 Farewell Oak Street
1957 A Dangerous Age Nancy's Mother
1961 One Plus One Julia Bradley 'Homecoming' segment
1966 This Property is Condemned Hazel Starr
1967 The Paper People Rosamund Davis
1968 The Best Damn Fiddler from Calabogie to Kaladar Glad
1971 The Sidelong Glances of a Pigeon Kicker Jonathan's Mother
1971 Columbo Episode: Dead Weight Mrs. Walters
1971 The Andromeda Strain Dr. Ruth Leavitt
1973 Hawkins: Death and the Maiden Julia Dayton TV movie; pilot for the series Hawkins
1973 The Rainbow Boys Gladys
1973 A Delicate Balance Claire
1976 Shoot Mrs. Graham
1977 Equus Margaret Dysart
1979 Plague Dr. Jessica Morgan, Director McNaughton Labs
1979 Crossbar Clare Kornylo TV movie
1980 Death Ship Sylvia
1980 Double Negative Mrs. Swanscutt
1980 Atlantic City Grace
1981 Circle of Two Doctor Emily Reid
1982 Monkey Grip Peggy
1982 Highpoint Mrs. Hatcher
1984 The Blood of Others Madame Blomart
1985 Heaven Help Us Grandma
1985 Death of a Salesman Linda Loman TV movie
1986 Fire with Fire Sister Victoria
1987 Control Camille Dupont
1988 Sweet Hearts Dance Pearne Manners
1989 Signs of Life Mrs. Wrangway
1989 Bye Bye Blues Mary Wright
1990 Saying Goodbye Episode "The First Snowfall"
1991 Deceived Rosalie

Honours and awards

References

  1. ^ a b c Holmlund, Mona; Youngberg, Gail (2003). Inspiring Women: A Celebration of Herstory. Regina, Sask: Couteau Books. p. 225. ISBN 978-1550502046.
  2. ^ a b Lambert, Bruce (29 March 1993). "Kate Reid, Actress, Dead at 62; A Veteran of Hundreds of Roles". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
  3. ^ Sperdakos, Paula (1 January 1998). "Acting in Canada in 1965: Frances Hyland, Kate Reid, Martha Henry and John Hirsch's The Cherry Orchard at Stratford". Theatre Research in Canada. 19 (1): 35–62. doi:10.3138/tric.19.1.35. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
  4. ^ Gardner, David (4 March 2015). "Kate Reid". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kate_Reid&oldid=1177420385"