Jackie Burroughs

{{Infobox person

| name = Jackie Burroughs

| image = Jackie Burroughs.jpg

| birth_name = Jacqueline West Burroughs

| birth_date = {{birth date|1939|02|02|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Southport, Lancashire, England

| death_date = {{death date and age|2010|9|22|1939|02|02|df=yes}}

| death_place = Toronto, Ontario, Canada

| nationality = British Canadian

| occupation = Actress

| years_active = 1966–2010

| spouse = {{marriage|Zal Yanovsky|1967|1968|reason=divorced}}

| children = 1

| website =

}}

Jacqueline Burroughs (2 February 1939 – 22 September 2010) was a Canadian actress. Burroughs starred in over 100 films and television shows over her career, including Heavy Metal, The Care Bears Movie, The Grey Fox, and Anne of Green Gables, and was best known for her role as Hetty King in the TV series Road to Avonlea.

Early life

Born in Southport, Lancashire (now Merseyside), England, on 2 February 1939, Burroughs emigrated to Canada with her family in 1951. She attended the University of Toronto before moving to New York City.{{cite web |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/jackie-burroughs-of-road-to-avonlea-dies-1.933006 |title=Jackie Burroughs of Road to Avonlea dies |work=CBC News |date=22 September 2010 |access-date=22 January 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/jackie-burroughs-dead-at-71/article1213800/ |title=Jackie Burroughs dead at 71 |work=The Globe and Mail |last=Martin |first=Sandra |date=22 September 2010 |access-date=22 January 2024}}

Career

After returning to Canada, Burroughs started acting in live theatre at Ontario's Stratford Festival and Shaw Festival, including starring as Portia in The Merchant of Venice in 1976.{{cite news |first=Clive |last=Barnes |title=Stage Two at Stratford |newspaper=The New York Times |date=10 June 1976 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1976/06/10/archives/stage-two-at-stratford-merchant-of-venice-starring-hume-cronyn.html}} Burroughs won the 1969 Canadian Film Award for best actress, for starring in the television film Dulcima.{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-leader-post/137112086/ |title=Best Damn Fiddler movie named film of the year |newspaper=The Leader-Post |page=7 |agency=The Canadian Press |date=7 October 1969 |access-date=23 January 2024 |via=newspapers.com}} Burroughs acted in over 100 films and television programs, including a voice-over stint in the animated anthology Heavy Metal (1981), appearances in The Grey Fox (1982), and The Dead Zone (1983). Burroughs played the voice of The Spirit in 1985's The Care Bears Movie.

In 1987, Burroughs produced, directed, co-wrote, and starred in A Winter Tan, a film based on the letters of Maryse Holder, published in 1979 as the book Give Sorrow Words – Maryse Holder's Letters from Mexico, later receiving a Genie Award for best performance by an actress in a leading role for the film. She played role of Mrs. Amelia Evans in Anne of Green Gables (1985).{{cite web |url=https://nationalpost.com/arts/jackie-burroughs-best-known-as-aunt-hetty-on-road-to-avonlea-dies-at-71 |title=Jackie Burroughs, best known as Aunt Hetty on Road to Avonlea, dies at 71 |work=National Post |date=22 September 2010 |access-date=23 January 2024}} She was perhaps best known for her portrayal of the fictional character, Hetty King, in the CBC Television series Road to Avonlea from 1990 to 1996. The series was based on the works of Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery. She also played Mother Mucca in the television adaptations of Armistead Maupin's More Tales of the City and Further Tales of the City. Burroughs again played a mother role in 2003's Willard.{{cite web |title=Jackie Burroughs (1939-2010) |url=http://ggpaa.ca/award-recipients/2005/burroughs-jackie-(1939-2010).aspx |publisher=Governor General's Performing Arts Awards Foundation |access-date=27 January 2014}}

In 2001, she was awarded the Earle Grey Award for her contributions to arts and entertainment over the years by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television. In 2005, Burroughs received a Governor General's Performing Arts Award for Lifetime Artistic Achievement, Canada's highest honour in the performing arts. Over her career, Burroughs was nominated ten times and won seven, including four Gemini Awards and two Canadian Film Awards. Burroughs also won three Genie Awards.

Personal life

Burroughs was married to Zalman Yanovsky, co-founder (with John Sebastian) of The Lovin' Spoonful; they separated in 1968. They had one daughter.

Death

Burroughs died at her home in Toronto on 22 September 2010, aged 71, after suffering from stomach cancer.

Filmography

=Film=

class="wikitable sortable"
Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" \| Notes
1966 \|Notes for a Film About Donna and Gail \|Gail \|
1967 \|{{sortname\|The\|Ernie Game}} \|Gail \|
1971 \|Eat Anything \| \|
1972 \|{{sortname\|A\|Fan's Notes\|A Fan's Notes (film)}} \|Betty Blind \|
1974 \|Monkeys in the Attic \|Wanda \|
1974 \|125 Rooms of Comfort \|Bobbie Kidd \|
1975 \|My Pleasure Is My Business \|Old lady at pool \|Uncredited
1980 \|data-sort-value="Kidnapping of the President, The" \| The Kidnapping of the President \|Woman Agent \|
1981 \|Heavy Metal \|Katherine \|Voice, (segment "Den")
1981 \|data-sort-value="Intruder, The" \| The Intruder \|Eleanor \|
1982 \|{{sortname\|The\|Grey Fox}} \|Katherine 'Kate' Flynn \|
1983 \|{{sortname\|The\|Wars\|The Wars (film)}} \|Miss Davenport \|
1983 \|{{sortname\|The\|Dead Zone\|The Dead Zone (film)}} \|Vera Smith \|
1983 \|Gentle Sinners \|Mrs. Smith \|
1984 \|Chautauqua Girl \|Mrs. Ferguson \|
1984 \|data-sort-value="Surrogate, The" \| The Surrogate \|Woman at Anouk's \|
1985 \|{{sortname\|The\|Care Bears Movie}} \|The Spirit \|Voice
1986 \|{{sortname\|A\|Judgment in Stone\|nolink=1}} \|Joan Smith \|
1987 \|{{sortname\|A\|Winter Tan}} \|Maryse Holder \|
1987 \|John and the Missus \|Missus \|
1988 \|Inside/Out \| \|
1989 \|Food of the Gods II \|Dr. Treger \|
1989 \|{{sortname\|The\|Midday Sun\|nolink=1}} \|Lilian \|
1990 \|Whispers \|Mrs. Yancey \|
1991 \|Elizabeth Smart: On the Side of the Angels \|Elizabeth Smart \|
1992 \|Careful \|Frau Teacher \|
1997 \|Bleeders \|Lexie \|
1998 \|Last Night \|The Runner \|
1999 \|Have Mercy \|Lulu \|
2000 \|Washed Up \|Tosca \|
2000 \|How Dinosaurs Learned to Fly \|Narrator \|Voice, Short
2001 \|Lost and Delirious \|Fay Vaughn \|
2001 \|On Their Knees \|Flora \|
2002 \|Night's Noontime \|Queen Victoria \|Short
2003 \|{{sortname\|A\|Guy Thing}} \|Aunt Budge \|
2003 \|Willard \|Henrietta Stiles \|
2003 \|Rhinoceros Eyes \|Mrs. Walnut \|
2003 \|{{sortname\|The\|Republic of Love}} \|Betty Avery \|
2004 \|Cavedweller \|Grandma Windsor \|
2004 \|Going the Distance \|Mother Libby \|
2004 \|Re-Generation \|Grandmother \|
2005 \|Fever Pitch \|Mrs. Warren \|
2005 \|King's Ransom \|Grandma \|
2005 \|Bailey's Billion$ \|Constance Pennington \|
2005 \|Leo \|Felicity \|Short
2005 \|Heidi \|Frau Rottenmeier \|Voice
2006 \|data-sort-value="Sentinel, The" \| The Sentinel \|Mrs. Miller \|Uncredited
2006 \|First Snow \|Maggie \|
2006 \|Deck the Halls \|Mrs. Ryor \|
2008 \|Into the Labyrinth \|Ariadne \|
2010 \|Higglety Pigglety Pop! \|Mother Goose \|Voice, Video short
2010 \|Small Town Murder Songs \|Olive \|

class="wikitable sortable"

Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

1966

|Notes for a Film About Donna and Gail

|Gail

1967

|{{sortname|The|Ernie Game}}

|Gail

1971

|Eat Anything

1972

|{{sortname|A|Fan's Notes|A Fan's Notes (film)}}

|Betty Blind

1974

|Monkeys in the Attic

|Wanda

1974

|125 Rooms of Comfort

|Bobbie Kidd

1975

|My Pleasure Is My Business

|Old lady at pool

|Uncredited

1980

|data-sort-value="Kidnapping of the President, The" | The Kidnapping of the President

|Woman Agent

1981

|Heavy Metal

|Katherine

|Voice, (segment "Den")

1981

|data-sort-value="Intruder, The" | The Intruder

|Eleanor

1982

|{{sortname|The|Grey Fox}}

|Katherine 'Kate' Flynn

1983

|{{sortname|The|Wars|The Wars (film)}}

|Miss Davenport

1983

|{{sortname|The|Dead Zone|The Dead Zone (film)}}

|Vera Smith

1983

|Gentle Sinners

|Mrs. Smith

1984

|Chautauqua Girl

|Mrs. Ferguson

1984

|data-sort-value="Surrogate, The" | The Surrogate

|Woman at Anouk's

1985

|{{sortname|The|Care Bears Movie}}

|The Spirit

|Voice

1986

|{{sortname|A|Judgment in Stone|nolink=1}}

|Joan Smith

1987

|{{sortname|A|Winter Tan}}

|Maryse Holder

1987

|John and the Missus

|Missus

1988

|Inside/Out

1989

|Food of the Gods II

|Dr. Treger

1989

|{{sortname|The|Midday Sun|nolink=1}}

|Lilian

1990

|Whispers

|Mrs. Yancey

1991

|Elizabeth Smart: On the Side of the Angels

|Elizabeth Smart

1992

|Careful

|Frau Teacher

1997

|Bleeders

|Lexie

1998

|Last Night

|The Runner

1999

|Have Mercy

|Lulu

2000

|Washed Up

|Tosca

2000

|How Dinosaurs Learned to Fly

|Narrator

|Voice, Short

2001

|Lost and Delirious

|Fay Vaughn

2001

|On Their Knees

|Flora

2002

|Night's Noontime

|Queen Victoria

|Short

2003

|{{sortname|A|Guy Thing}}

|Aunt Budge

2003

|Willard

|Henrietta Stiles

2003

|Rhinoceros Eyes

|Mrs. Walnut

2003

|{{sortname|The|Republic of Love}}

|Betty Avery

2004

|Cavedweller

|Grandma Windsor

2004

|Going the Distance

|Mother Libby

2004

|Re-Generation

|Grandmother

2005

|Fever Pitch

|Mrs. Warren

2005

|King's Ransom

|Grandma

2005

|Bailey's Billion$

|Constance Pennington

2005

|Leo

|Felicity

|Short

2005

|Heidi

|Frau Rottenmeier

|Voice

2006

|data-sort-value="Sentinel, The" | The Sentinel

|Mrs. Miller

|Uncredited

2006

|First Snow

|Maggie

2006

|Deck the Halls

|Mrs. Ryor

2008

|Into the Labyrinth

|Ariadne

2010

|Higglety Pigglety Pop!

|Mother Goose

|Voice, Video short

2010

|Small Town Murder Songs

|Olive

=Television=

class="wikitable sortable"
Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" \| Notes
1969 \|Dulcima \|Dulcima Gaston \|Canadian Film Award winner for Best Actress (Non-Feature), 21st Canadian Film Awards
1970 \|{{sortname\|The\|Psychiatrist\|The Psychiatrist (TV series)}} \|Jane \|Episode: "God Bless the Children"
1970 \|Twelve and a Half Cents \|rowspan=2\|Vicky \|
1973 \|Vicky \|Earle Grey Award winner, 3rd ACTRA Awards Canadian Film Award winner for Best Actress (Non-Feature), 25th Canadian Film Awards
1978 \|Great Performances \|Maria Mitchell \|Episode: "Out of Our Father's House"
1981 \|Chairman of the Board \|Prof. Hannah Cohen \|TV series
1985 \|Evergreen \|Dorothy \|TV miniseries
1985 \|American Playhouse \|Emmaline Ozmondo Fingal \|Episode: "Overdrawn at the Memory Bank"
1985 \|Seduced \|Mrs. Riordan \|TV film
1985 \|{{sortname\|The\|Undergrads\|nolink=1}} \|Nancy Galik \|TV film
1985 \|Star Wars: Ewoks \|Morag \|Voice, 13 episodes
1985 \|Anne of Green Gables \|Mrs. Amelia Evans \|TV miniseries
1987 \|Taking Care of Terrific \|Mrs. Forbes \|TV film
1989 \|{{sortname\|The\|Twilight Zone\|The Twilight Zone (1985 TV series)}} \|Jean Reed \|Episode: "Many, Many Monkeys"
1990–1996 \|Road to Avonlea \|Hetty King \|Main role
1992 \|Heritage Minutes \|Narrator \|Episode: "Rural Teacher"
1993 \|Night Owl \|Dr. Matthews \|TV film
1994 \|{{sortname\|The\|Adventures of Dudley the Dragon}} \|Aggie \|Recurring role
1995 \|Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years \|Ozza Starks \|Episode: "The Hanging"
1997 \|Elvis Meets Nixon \|Dodger \|TV film
1997 \|Due South \|Gladys Caunce \|Episode: "Eclipse"
1997 \|Platinum \|Sir Ian Ball-Worthington \|TV film
1998 \|Evidence of Blood \|Granny Dollar \|TV film
1998 \|More Tales of the City \|Mother Mucca \|TV miniseries
1998 \|Happy Christmas, Miss King \|Hetty King \|TV film
1999 \|Cover Me \|Caitlin Crawford \|TV miniseries
2001 \|Further Tales of the City \|Mother Mucca \|TV miniseries
2001 \|Smallville \|Cassandra Carver \|Episode: "Hourglass"
2003 \|Just Cause \|Lily Zimmer \|Episode: "Death's Details"
2003 \|Made in Canada \|Helga Lemper \|"Beaver Creek Valentine"
2003 \|Dead Like Me \|Florence \|Episode: "Reaping Havoc"
2004 \|{{sortname\|The\|Eleventh Hour\|The Eleventh Hour (Canadian TV series)}} \|Arlene Garwood \|Episode: "Georgia"
2004 \|{{sortname\|The\|Winning Season\|The Winning Season (2004 film)}} \|Mrs. Young \|TV film
2004 \|Snow \|Lorna \|TV film
2005 \|Slings & Arrows \|Moira \|3 episodes
2005 \|Martha: Behind Bars \|Big Martha \|TV film
2008 \|Skip Tracer \|Florence \|TV film
2009 \|Sophie \|Aunt Sheil \|Episode: "Stolen Kisses"

class="wikitable sortable"

Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

1969

|Dulcima

|Dulcima Gaston

|Canadian Film Award winner for Best Actress (Non-Feature), 21st Canadian Film Awards

1970

|{{sortname|The|Psychiatrist|The Psychiatrist (TV series)}}

|Jane

|Episode: "God Bless the Children"

1970

|Twelve and a Half Cents

|rowspan=2|Vicky

1973

|Vicky

|Earle Grey Award winner, 3rd ACTRA Awards
Canadian Film Award winner for Best Actress (Non-Feature), 25th Canadian Film Awards

1978

|Great Performances

|Maria Mitchell

|Episode: "Out of Our Father's House"

1981

|Chairman of the Board

|Prof. Hannah Cohen

|TV series

1985

|Evergreen

|Dorothy

|TV miniseries

1985

|American Playhouse

|Emmaline Ozmondo Fingal

|Episode: "Overdrawn at the Memory Bank"

1985

|Seduced

|Mrs. Riordan

|TV film

1985

|{{sortname|The|Undergrads|nolink=1}}

|Nancy Galik

|TV film

1985

|Star Wars: Ewoks

|Morag

|Voice, 13 episodes

1985

|Anne of Green Gables

|Mrs. Amelia Evans

|TV miniseries

1987

|Taking Care of Terrific

|Mrs. Forbes

|TV film

1989

|{{sortname|The|Twilight Zone|The Twilight Zone (1985 TV series)}}

|Jean Reed

|Episode: "Many, Many Monkeys"

1990–1996

|Road to Avonlea

|Hetty King

|Main role

1992

|Heritage Minutes

|Narrator

|Episode: "Rural Teacher"

1993

|Night Owl

|Dr. Matthews

|TV film

1994

|{{sortname|The|Adventures of Dudley the Dragon}}

|Aggie

|Recurring role

1995

|Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years

|Ozza Starks

|Episode: "The Hanging"

1997

|Elvis Meets Nixon

|Dodger

|TV film

1997

|Due South

|Gladys Caunce

|Episode: "Eclipse"

1997

|Platinum

|Sir Ian Ball-Worthington

|TV film

1998

|Evidence of Blood

|Granny Dollar

|TV film

1998

|More Tales of the City

|Mother Mucca

|TV miniseries

1998

|Happy Christmas, Miss King

|Hetty King

|TV film

1999

|Cover Me

|Caitlin Crawford

|TV miniseries

2001

|Further Tales of the City

|Mother Mucca

|TV miniseries

2001

|Smallville

|Cassandra Carver

|Episode: "Hourglass"

2003

|Just Cause

|Lily Zimmer

|Episode: "Death's Details"

2003

|Made in Canada

|Helga Lemper

|"Beaver Creek Valentine"

2003

|Dead Like Me

|Florence

|Episode: "Reaping Havoc"

2004

|{{sortname|The|Eleventh Hour|The Eleventh Hour (Canadian TV series)}}

|Arlene Garwood

|Episode: "Georgia"

2004

|{{sortname|The|Winning Season|The Winning Season (2004 film)}}

|Mrs. Young

|TV film

2004

|Snow

|Lorna

|TV film

2005

|Slings & Arrows

|Moira

|3 episodes

2005

|Martha: Behind Bars

|Big Martha

|TV film

2008

|Skip Tracer

|Florence

|TV film

2009

|Sophie

|Aunt Sheil

|Episode: "Stolen Kisses"

References

External links

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{{cite web| url=http://schwinger.harvard.edu/~terning/bios/Burroughs.html| title=Biography| publisher=harvard.edu| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040406215256/http://schwinger.harvard.edu/~terning/bios/Burroughs.html| archive-date=6 April 2004}}
{{cite web| url=http://www.filmreferencelibrary.ca/index.asp?layid=46&csid1=696&navid=87| title=About| publisher=Canadian Film Encyclopedia| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070627173453/http://www.filmreferencelibrary.ca/index.asp?layid=46&csid1=696&navid=87| archive-date=27 June 2007}} (A publication of The Film Reference Library/a division of the Toronto International Film Festival Group)
[http://pi.library.yorku.ca/dspace/handle/10315/580/browse?value=Jackie+Burroughs&type=series Images of Jackie Burroughs from the Toronto Telegram fonds at the Clara Thomas Archives and Special Collections, York University] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716075950/http://pi.library.yorku.ca/dspace/handle/10315/580/browse?value=Jackie+Burroughs&type=series |date=16 July 2011 }}
[http://www.aveleyman.com/ActorCredit.aspx?ActorID=2401 Jackie Burroughs] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220802161800/http://www.aveleyman.com/ActorCredit.aspx?ActorID=2401 |date=2 August 2022 }}(aveleyman)

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