Anne Anglin

{{Short description|Canadian actress and theatre director}}

Anne Anglin (born 1942) is a Canadian actress and theatre director.Vit Wagner, "Stone Angel star stoops to conquer". Toronto Star, April 5, 1993. She is most noted for her performance as Sharon in the 1986 television film Turning to Stone, for which she was a Genie Award nominee for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Program or Series at the 1st Gemini Awards,Sid Adilman, "Anne leads field in Geminis race". Toronto Star, October 16, 1986. and her recurring role as Mrs. Cooney, the grandmother of J.T. Yorke, in Degrassi: The Next Generation.

Her other film and television credits have included the films Ada, Scanners, Butterbox Babies and House, and appearances in the television series King of Kensington, Seeing Things, Love and Betrayal: The Mia Farrow Story, Train 48 and This Is Wonderland.

Most prominently a stage actress, her roles have included productions of Judith Merril's Headspace,Jay Scott, "Sci-fi lost in theatre space". The Globe and Mail, June 5, 1978. Erika Ritter's Winter 1671,Bryan Johnson, "Winter 1671 flimsy and silly". The Globe and Mail, February 8, 1979. David Fennario's Balconville,Ray Conlogue, "Masterful acting abounds in Fennario's Balconville". The Globe and Mail, October 4, 1979. William Shakespeare's Macbeth,Ray Conlogue, "Macbeth dies dull death as supporting actors fail". The Globe and Mail, October 9, 1980. Anne Chislett's Quiet in the Land,Ray Conlogue, "Blyth's hit also its worthiest drama". The Globe and Mail, July 18, 1981. Sally Clark's Lost Souls and Missing Persons,Ray Conlogue, "Clark's comedy Lost Souls hasn't quite found itself yet". The Globe and Mail, May 30, 1984. Layne Coleman's Blue City Slammers,Ray Conlogue, "A condescending view of rural life". The Globe and Mail, October 18, 1985. James W. Nichol's stage adaptation of Margaret Laurence's novel The Stone Angel and Michel Tremblay's Counter Service.Kate Taylor, "Tremblay's drama important yet somehow unsatisfactory". The Globe and Mail, April 8, 1995.

She won a Dora Mavor Moore Award for best female performance, midsized theatre division in 1993 for The Stone Angel."Dora Mavor Moore Award winners". Toronto Star, June 22, 1993. She was nominated for best female performance in a featured role in 1986 for Blue City Slammers,Robert Crew, "Tarragon sweeps the nominations for Dora Awards". Toronto Star, May 15, 1986. and best female performance, midsized theatre in 1995 for Counter Service."And the Dora nominees are ...". The Globe and Mail, May 13, 1995.