Charmion King

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Charmion King
Born(1925-07-25)July 25, 1925
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
DiedJanuary 6, 2007(2007-01-06) (aged 81)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
NationalityCanadian

Charmion King (July 25, 1925 – January 6, 2007) was a Canadian actress.

Born in Toronto, Ontario, she was part of the country's burgeoning theatre and television industry in the decade of the 1950s. Fresh out of the University of Toronto's Hart House, she quickly became known for her fresh beauty and roles at the new Crest Theatre and their Straw Hat Players summer circuit in the Muskoka Lake district.

She went on to the Stratford Festival appearing in productions of The Winter's Tale, Three Sisters and Uncle Vanya, and appeared on Broadway in Tyrone Guthrie's production of Love and Libel.

She also acted in notable television films, including Anne of Green Gables (as Josephine Barry) and Jackie, Ethel, Joan: The Women of Camelot (as Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy). She also starred in the Canadian television series Wind at My Back and House of Pride. In 1988 she appeared in the film Shadow Dancing.

Family[]

She was married to actor Gordon Pinsent for 44 years. Their daughter, Leah Pinsent, is also a noted Canadian television actress.

Death[]

King died, aged 81, in Toronto, reportedly from complications of emphysema.[citation needed]

Filmography[]

Film[]

Year Title Role Notes
1964 Nobody Waved Good-bye Mother
1966 Affair with a Killer
1969 Don't Let the Angels Fall Myrna
1977 Who Has Seen the Wind Mrs. Abercrombie
1988 Shadow Dancing Grace Meyerhoff
1998 Last Night Grandmother
2001 Picture Claire Lady on the Train
2002 A Promise Mum Short

Television[]

Year Title Role Notes
1952 Theatre Royal Julie Cavendish TV film
1952 Anne of Green Gables Mrs. Allen "Great-Aunt Josephine"
1953 Encounter Rosalind Marshall "Star Light, Star Bright"
1955 Encounter Mrs. Davenport "The Coming Out of Ellie Swan"
1955 Playbill "The Typewriter Murder"
1956 Encounter Mable / Mary Brock "The Magic Life", "Failure to Remain"
1956 Folio Gwendolyn Fairfax "The Importance of Being Earnest"
1957 Encounter Grace Shearing "Guest Appearance"
1957 The Adventures of Tugboat Annie Lydia "The Romance of Horatio Bullwinkle"
1957 On Camera Martha Madison / Grace "A Lesson in Psychology", "Wait for Me"
1958 On Camera Joan "The Beard"
1959 Encounter Grace Slidell "Some Of My Best Friends"
1959 The Family Reunion Mary TV film
1960 Encounter Jean "A Wind from the South"
1960 First Person Ethel Blanton "Some Are So Lucky"
1961 Playdate Ursula Bennett "Valerie"
1961 Q for Quest Karin Hildebrandt "The Standard of Dying"
1961 Encounter Ruby Crawford "Company Party"
1961 Quest Marion "Sam"
1961 Festival Mrs. Provocateur "The Police"
1962 Festival Queen / Aurore "The Queen and the Rebels", "Bousille and the Just"
1962 Playdate Ellen / Laura "Nightmare", "The Eye Opener Man and the Wages of Zinn"
1963 Playdate Ruth Rutledge / Anne / Mrs. Wenfield "The Man Who Cheered the Leafs", "Willow Circle", "The Fight for Martin Wheeler"
1963 The Forest Rangers Juliette Davis "The Deputy"
1964 A Very Close Family Daughter TV film
1965 Seaway Emily Paneau "Nothing But a Long Goodbye"
1966 Seaway Anna Amorest "Don't Forget to Wipe the Blood Off: Parts 1 & 2"
1969 Room 222 Dora Hughes "The Exchange Teacher"
1973 McMillan & Wife Ann Grey "Death of a Monster... Birth of a Legend"
1974 House of Pride Mary Kirby TV series
1985 Anne of Green Gables Aunt Josephine Barry TV miniseries
1987 Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel Aunt Josephine Barry TV miniseries
1988 Katts and Dog Princess Rosa "Comedy of Errors", "Princess Rosa", "Protective Custody"
1988 The Twilight Zone Diane Brockman "Our Selena Is Dying"
1990 The Hitchhiker Margaret Cabot "Hard Rhyme"
1994 Broken Lullaby Natalia Rostova TV film
1997 Traders Frankie Beal "Family Legacy"
1997 Psi Factor Bridget Jamieson "The Damned"
1997–2001 Wind at My Back Daisy Whitney Recurring role
1998 My Own Country Young Man's Mother TV film
1998 Witness to Yesterday Mary Pickford "Mary Pickford"
2000 Twitch City Meals Lady "Klan Bake"
2001 Jackie, Ethel, Joan: The Women of Camelot Rose Kennedy TV film
2001 Twice in a Lifetime Anne "Final Flight"

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