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Kay Tremblay

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Kay Tremblay
Born
Katherine McAllister

(1914-03-13)13 March 1914
Died9 August 2005(2005-08-09) (aged 91)
OccupationActress
Years active1964–2001

Kay Tremblay (13 March 1914 – 9 August 2005) was a Canadian film actress, also appearing on television and theatre. She was best known for her Gemini Award-winning role of Great Aunt Eliza on Road to Avonlea.

Biography

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Born in Scotland,[1] she began her career with the George Balanchine Ballet[1][2] at Theatre Royal in London. Tremblay arrived in Canada after her marriage and began her Canadian artistic career in 1954.[2] Kay Tremblay lived in a thatched cottage at 46a high street, Flore, Northants, UK, from the 1960s. She named the property "The Farthings" as she said this was all she had left after she purchased it.[citation needed]

Career

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Her Canadian career was namely in television, but she worked briefly at the Stratford Festival from 1989 to 1990. She won a Gemini Award in 1997 for Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Series in Road to Avonlea,[3] and a Gemini nomination in 1989 for Best Guest Performance in a Series by an Actor or Actress in Night Heat.[4]

Death

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Tremblay died on 9 August 2005 at the age of 91.[1][2][5]

Filmography

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Year Title Role Notes
1964 Phoebe
1970 Flesh Feast Woman in park
1977 The Phoenix and the Carpet Amelia Episode: "The Hole in the Carpet"
1979 Thomas and Sarah Mrs. Derwent Episode: "Made in Heaven"
1980 Oh! Heavenly Dog Lady Hermione
1985 The Cuckoo Bird Customer TV movie
1985 The Beachcombers Aunt Mary Episode: "You Won't Miss It"
1985–1988 Night Heat Various 6 episodes
1986 The Marriage Bed TV movie
1986 Hot Shots Rose Episode: "The Family Jules"
1987 Friday the 13th Amanda Episode: "Root of All Evil"
1987 Street Legal Mrs. Greco Episode: "Even Lawyers Sing the Blues"
1988 Diamonds Episode: "When the Wind Blows"
1988 Shadow Dancing Sophie Beaumont
1989 Renegades Old Woman
1990 Friday the 13th Mrs. Cromwell Episode: "Repetition"
1990 E.N.G. Old Woman Episode: "Striking Out"
1990 Rin Tin Tin: K-9 Cop Episode: "Over the Hill Gang"
1990 Dog House Iris Slack TV series
1990 The Hitchhiker Episode: "New Dawn"
1990 The Admiral and the Princess Renee (voice) TV movie
1990–1996 Road to Avonlea Eliza Ward 22 episodes
1991 Sam & Me Mrs. Rohrlich
1991 Love & Murder Receptioinist
1992 The Shower Pearl
1993–1995 X-Men Shard, Annalee, Nimrod (voice) Episodes: "Captive Hearts", "One Man's Worth", "Beyond Good and Evil"
1995 The NeverEnding Story Mrs. Large Head (voice) Episode: "To Save Falkor"
1995 Falling for You Mrs. Stringer TV movie[6]
1995 National Lampoon's Senior Trip Mrs. Winston
1995 TekWar Mrs. Hastings Episode: "Cyberhunt"
1995 Side Effects Lady with Dog Episode: "Paying the Price"
1995 Remember Me Phoebe Sprague TV movie
1996 Traders Linda McGregor Episode: "Chaos Theory"
1996 Are You Afraid of the Dark? Marjorie Episode: "The Tale of the Jagged Sign"
1996 First Degree Estelle Sarner Video
1996 Lulu
1997 Goosebumps Mimi Episode: "An Old Story"
1997 Wind at My Back Jessie Buchanan Episode: "A Meeting of the Clan"
Episode: "Smiling Through"
1998 Moonlight Becomes You TV movie
1998 The Real Howard Spitz Theodora Winkle [7]
1998 Happy Christmas, Miss King Eliza Ward TV movie
1999 Storm of the Century False Mother TV miniseries
2000 Relic Hunter Older Woman Episode: "Afterlife and Death"
2000 Santa Who? Elderly Woman TV movie
2001 Who Is Cletis Tout? Old Mrs. Stanton

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Kay Tremblay, Thespian 1915-2005" by Catherine Cullen, The Globe and Mail (12 Sept, 2005) Retrieved from ProQuest 383653551
  2. ^ a b c "She never looked down" by Alan Hustak, The Gazette (18 Sept, 2005) [Final Edition] Retrieved from ProQuest 434249114
  3. ^ "Due South wins best drama Gemini" at playbackonline.ca
  4. ^ "This year's TV Gemini nominations" by Larry Weinstein, Toronto Star (26 Oct, 1989) Retrieved from ProQuest 436043153
  5. ^ "Jennings, Smokey Smith among those lost in 2005" at www.theglobeandmail.com
  6. ^ "Cbs Tuesday Movie Falling for You " by Tony Scott at variety.com
  7. ^ The Real Howard Spitz review by Derek Elley at variety.com
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