Kate Reid
{{Short description|Canadian actress (1930-1993)}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=October 2012}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Kate Reid
| honorific_suffix = OC
| image = Kate Reid 1966.jpg
| imagesize =
| caption = Reid in 1966
| birthname = Daphne Katherine Reid
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1930|11|4|df=yes}}
| birth_place = London, England
| death_date = {{death date and age|1993|3|27|1930|11|4|df=yes}}
| death_place = Stratford, Ontario, Canada
| spouse = {{Unbulleted list|{{marriage|Austin Willis|1953|1962}}|Michael Sadlier (divorced)}}
| children = 2
| awards = See below
| othername =
| alma_mater = University of Toronto
The Royal Conservatory of Music
| occupation = Actress
| years_active = 1953–1993
}}
Daphne Katherine Reid {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|size=85%|OC}} (4 November 1930 – 27 March 1993) was a Canadian actress, whose career spanned over fifty years and hundreds of roles across both stage and screen.{{cite book |last1=Holmlund |first1=Mona |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XhHUzUwJtA4C&q=reid |title=Inspiring Women: A Celebration of Herstory |last2=Youngberg |first2=Gail |publisher=Couteau Books |year=2003 |isbn=978-1550502046 |location=Regina, Sask |page=225 |url-access=subscription}} She was described by the book Inspiring Women: A Celebration of Herstory as "the finest actress ever developed in Canada".
Born in England and raised in Ontario, Reid performed with the Stratford Festival, before making her Broadway debut as Martha in the matinee cast of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, and went on to be nominated for two Tony Awards, Best Featured Actress in a Play for Dylan and Best Actress in a Play for Slapstick Tragedy. She played Linda Loman in the acclaimed 1984 revival of Death of a Salesman.
On screen, Reid won the Genie Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Louis Malle's Atlantic City (1980). She was also nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture for A Delicate Balance (1973), and Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film for the 1985 television film of Death of a Salesman. She also won a Dora Mavor Moore Award, and the Earle Grey Award.{{cite encyclopedia |title=Kate Reid |encyclopedia=The Canadian Encyclopedia |url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/kate-reid |access-date=9 March 2020 |last=Gardner |first=David |date=4 March 2015}}
Early life and education
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.{{cite journal |last=Sperdakos |first=Paula |date=1 January 1998 |title=Acting in Canada in 1965: Frances Hyland, Kate Reid, Martha Henry and John Hirsch's The Cherry Orchard at Stratford |url=https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/TRIC/article/view/7117/8176 |journal=Theatre Research in Canada |volume=19 |pages=35–62 |doi=10.3138/tric.19.1.35 |access-date=9 March 2020 |number=1}} While Reid was still a toddler, she and her family moved back to Canada and settled in Oakville, Ontario.
She attended Havergal College in Toronto, the University of Toronto,{{Cite web |title=Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia - Reid, Kate |url=https://www.canadiantheatre.com/dict.pl?term=Reid,%20Kate |access-date=2024-08-14 |website=www.canadiantheatre.com}} and then studied acting at the Royal Conservatory of Music. She made her earliest stage appearances at the Hart House Theatre, before her professional debut with the Straw Hat Players in Muskoka.
Career
=Theatre=
Reid performed with the Crest Theatre in Toronto and starred in The Stepmother on London's West End, before joining the Stratford Festival in 1959. She maintained a close association with the Festival until her death, over the years playing such roles as Lady Macbeth in Macbeth, Katharina in The Taming of the Shrew, Celia in As You Like It, Emilia in Othello, the Nurse in Romeo and Juliet, and Mistress Overdone in Measure for Measure. In the early 1960s, Reid moved to New York City to study with Uta Hagen. She was cast as Martha in the alternate matinee cast of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?.
At the Shaw Festival, Reid played the title role in Mrs. Warren's Profession and in The Apple Cart. In 1984, Reid starred in the critically-acclaimed Broadway revival of Death of a Salesman, opposite Dustin Hoffman, John Malkovich, and Stephen Lang.
=Film=
Reid made her film debut in the NFB short Farewell Oak Street, then starred in Sidney J. Furie's A Dangerous Age, notable for being English-language Canadian feature. Following her stage success, she was cast as the scheming and domineering mother of Natalie Wood's character in Sydney Pollack's 1966 film This Property is Condemned, although she was only seven years Wood's senior.
Her other film appearances included starring roles as acerbic scientist Dr. Ruth Leavitt in The Andromeda Strain (1971), the alcoholic sister of Katharine Hepburn's character in A Delicate Balance (1973) - which earned her a Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture, Margaret Dysart in the 1977 film version of Equus, and aging beauty Grace in Atlantic City (1980). The latter role won her the Genie Award for Best Supporting Actress at the 2nd Genie Awards.
=Television=
Reid was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for playing Queen Victoria in the television drama Invincible Mr. Disraeli (1963).
In 1971, Reid co-starred with Eddie Albert and Suzanne Pleshette in the Columbo episode "Dead Weight".{{cite web|url=https://mysteriesahoy.com/2020/04/04/columbo-dead-weight-tv/|title=Columbo: Dead Weight (TV)|website=MysteriesAhoy.com|publisher=Mysteries Ahoy!|access-date=4 April 2020}} She also co-starred as Lil Trotter on Dallas, between seasons 6 and 9.{{cite news |last=Lambert |first=Bruce |date=1993-03-29 |title=Kate Reid, Actress, Dead at 62; A Veteran of Hundreds of Roles |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/03/29/obituaries/kate-reid-actress-dead-at-62-a-veteran-of-hundreds-of-roles.html |access-date=2016-04-28 |newspaper=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331}}
In 1985, she reprised her role as Linda in the CBS television version of Death of a Salesman, alongside the other stars of the '84 Broadway revival. The film won three Emmys, and Reid received her second Golden Globe nomination, for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film
Honours
In 1974, Reid was acclaimed an Officer of the Order of Canada.{{Cite web |title=Mrs. Kate Reid |url=https://www.gg.ca/en/honours/recipients/146-13413 |access-date=2024-08-14 |website=The Governor General of Canada |language=en}}
She received honourary degrees from York University (1970) and the University of Toronto (1989).
She had lifetime achievement ACTRA and Dora Awards. In 1988, she received the Earle Grey Award from the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television.
Personal life
Both of Reid's marriages, to Michael Sadlier and Austin Willis, ended in divorce. She had two children with Willis, Reid and Robin.
=Death=
Reid died of brain cancer in Stratford, Ontario, aged 62, in 1993. Her memorial service was held at St Clement's Episcopal Church in New York. Among those in attendance were Edward Albee, John Guare, Elizabeth Wilson, Marian Seldes, Rosemary Murphy, and Carrie Nye.
Filmography
=Film=
| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
| 1953
| Welfare woman | Short |
| 1957
| data-sort-value="Dangerous Age, The" | A Dangerous Age | Nancy's Mother | |
| 1961
| One Plus One | Julia Bradley | 'Homecoming' segment |
| 1961
|William Lyon Mackenzie: A Friend to His Country |Isabel Mackenzie |Short |
| 1966
| Hazel Starr | |
| 1966
|Each Day That Comes | |Short |
| 1967
| data-sort-value="Paper People, The" | The Paper People | Rosamund Davis | |
| 1968
| data-sort-value="Best Damn Fiddler from Calabogie to Kaladar, The" | The Best Damn Fiddler from Calabogie to Kaladar | Glad | |
| 1970
| data-sort-value="Sidelong Glances of a Pigeon Kicker, The" | The Sidelong Glances of a Pigeon Kicker | Jonathan's Mother | |
| 1971
| data-sort-value="Andromeda Strain, The" | The Andromeda Strain | Dr. Ruth Leavitt | |
| 1973
| data-sort-value="Rainbow Boys, The" | The Rainbow Boys | Gladys | |
| 1973
| data-sort-value="Delicate Balance, A" | A Delicate Balance | Claire | |
| 1976
| Shoot | Mrs. Graham | |
| 1977
| Equus | Margaret Dysart | |
| 1979
| Plague | Dr. Jessica Morgan, Director McNaughton Labs | |
| 1980
| Sylvia | |
| 1980
| Mrs. Swanscutt | |
| 1980
| Grace | |
| 1981
| Doctor Emily Reed | |
| 1982
| Peggy | |
| 1982
| Mrs. Hatcher | |
| 1984
| data-sort-value="Blood of Others, The" | The Blood of Others | Madame Blomart | |
| 1985
| Grandma | |
| 1986
| Sister Victoria | |
| 1987
| Control | Camille Dupont | |
| 1988
| Pearne Manners | |
| 1989
| Mrs. Wrangway | |
| 1989
| Mary Wright | |
| 1991
| Deceived | Rosalie | |
=Television=
| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
| 1952–1961
|Mrs. Manningham / Julie Bedford / Miss Robie / Evelyn Heath / Alice Pemberton / Carol / Jo March / Lisa / Martha / Esther / Annabelle Ronan / Susan / Nina / Ellen Gordon |25 episodes |
| 1954–1957
|Ethel Morrison / Ethel Muller / Lucille |7 episodes |
| 1955
|Playbill |Reporter |2 episodes |
| 1955
|Ophelia |Season 1 Episode 18: "Hamlet" |
| 1955
|CBC Summer Theatre | |Season 1 Episode 3: "The Mark" |
| 1955
|Perspective |Janice Barker (uncredited) |Episode: "Raw Material" |
| 1955–1959
|Folio |Anne / Natalya Petrovna / Lucie / Ines de Castro / Sarah |6 episodes |
| 1958
|Anne Swift |Season 3 Episode 32: "The Myth Makers" |
| 1959
|Gertrude Glass (The Actress) |2 episodes |
| 1960
|Andromache / Hagga / Candida |3 episodes |
| 1960
|{{sortname|The|Hill|nolink=1}} |Mary Magdalene |TV Movie |
| 1960
| |Season 1 Episode 24: "A Matter of Some Importance" |
| 1960–1967
|Portia / Masha / Anne of Cleves / Madam Fay / Mother Courage / Rosamund Davis |7 episodes |
| 1961
|{{sortname|The|Wayne and Shuster Hour|nolink=1}} | |Season 4 Episode 5: "The Mona Lisa Mystery" |
| 1961–1964
|Connie / Louise Pazzano / Stella / Grace |4 episodes |
| 1963
|Invincible Mr. Disraeli |Queen Victoria |TV Movie |
| 1964
|Mary Todd |TV Movie |
| 1964
|CBC Show of the Week | |Episode: "The Trial of Dr. Fancy" |
| 1965
|{{sortname|The|Holy Terror|nolink=1}} |Aunt Mai |TV Movie |
| 1966
|Rose Hunter |Season 1 Episode 2: "All Aboard for Candyland" |
| 1966
|Catherine Stockmann |Season 1 Episode 9: "An Enemy of the People" |
| 1970
|Deborah |TV Movie |
| 1970
|Woman |Season 17 Episode 13: "Any Heart in a Storm" |
| 1971
|Mrs. Walters |Season 1 Episode 3: "Dead Weight" |
| 1972–1975
|{{sortname|The|Whiteoaks of Jalna}} |Old Adeline / Adeline |Miniseries |
| 1973
| Hawkins: Death and the Maiden | Julia Dayton |
| 1973
|Maggie Knowlton |TV Movie |
| 1974
|Episode: "Queen Victoria" |
| 1974
|Kleopatra |Episode: "Enemies" |
| 1975
|Death Among Friends |Lt. Shirley Ridgeway |TV Movie |
| 1975
|Mary |Season 7 Episode 15: "The Silent Witness" |
| 1976
| |Season 2 Episode 2: "The Right to Defend" |
| 1976
|Ada |Mother | |
| 1977
| |Season 2 Episode 5: "Ada" |
| 1977
|{{sortname|The|Ugly Little Boy|The Ugly Little Boy#Television adaptation}} |Nurse Edyth L. Fellowes |TV Movie |
| 1978
|What Really Happened to the Class of '65? |Jane |Season 1 Episode 6: "Class Crusader" |
| 1978
|Hilda |Miniseries |
| 1978
|Nellie McClung | |TV Movie |
| 1979
|Clare Kornylo |TV Movie |
| 1981
|Explorations in Shaw |Shaw's Mother |TV Movie |
| 1982
|CBS Library |Old Lady (segment: Invisible Boy) |Season 3 Episode 1: "Robbers, Rooftops and Witches" |
| 1982
|Ida Bolton |TV Movie |
| 1982–1983
|Marion Jaworski |Series regular |
| 1982–1986
|Aunt Lil Trotter |17 episodes (Recurring role) |
| 1983
|Mrs. Welch |Season 1 Episode 1: "The First Time" |
| 1984
|Hannah |Season 3 Episode 2: "Someone Is Watching" |
| 1985
|{{sortname|The|Edison Twins}} |Millie |Season 3 Episode 10: "My House Is Your House" |
| 1985
|Linda Loman |TV Movie |
| 1985
|{{sortname|The|Execution of Raymond Graham|nolink=1}} |Mrs. Graham |TV Movie |
| 1985
|Mrs. Brown |Season 6 Episode 8: "A Mother's Work Is Never Done" |
| 1986
|Morningstar/Eveningstar |Martha Cameron |Series regular |
| 1986
|Anna Jeeter |Season 2 Episode 5: "Trouble Is My Business" |
| 1986
|Molly Gottchalk |TV Movie |
| 1987
|Johanna Enright |Season 2 Episode 2: "Conversation Over a Corpse" |
| 1989
|Gretta |Season 3 Episode 7: "Curse of the Corn People" |
| 1989
|Georgina Rawls |Season 4 Episode 5: "The Cradle Will Rock" |
| 1989
|Lili Lita |Season 3 Episode 9: "Femme Fatale" |
| 1990
|{{sortname|The|Last Best Year}} |Sister Mary Rose |TV Movie |
| 1990
|Christmas in America |Hattie Booth |TV Movie |
| 1990
|Irene |Season 2 Episode 4: "Scratches on a Plaster Wall" |
| 1990
| |Season 1 Episode 5: "The First Snowfall" |
| 1992
|Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story |Faye |TV Movie |
| 1993
|Pansy Street |Miniseries |
Awards and nominations
References
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External links
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Category:Canadian film actresses
Category:Canadian stage actresses
Category:Canadian television actresses
Category:Canadian expatriate actresses in the United States
Category:Deaths from cancer in Ontario
Category:English emigrants to Canada
Category:Best Supporting Actress Genie and Canadian Screen Award winners
Category:Officers of the Order of Canada
Category:People from Stratford, Ontario
Category:Actresses from Ontario
Category:20th-century English actresses
Category:Canadian Shakespearean actresses