Earle Grey Award

The Earle Grey Award is the lifetime achievement award for television acting of the Canadian Screen Awards, and its predecessor the Gemini Awards. It can be presented to an individual or collaborative team (such as SCTV or Royal Canadian Air Farce).

The award was named in honour of Earle Grey, an actor and theatre director who founded the Earle Grey Players theatre troupe and had served as the first president of ACTRA's local chapter in Toronto.

The award was first presented by the ACTRA Awards in 1972, as the award for best performance in a television film within the annual eligibility period. In the earliest years it was the only acting award presented by the ACTRA Awards, although it was later supplemented with an award for best performance in a television series. It was discontinued after 1983, and replaced with separate categories for performances by actors and actresses in television films; when the ACTRA Awards were taken over by the Gemini Awards beginning in 1986, the Earle Grey Award name was then revived as a lifetime achievement award.

Nominations for the award are presented by professionals within the Canadian television community and the decision of who will win the award is made by a special committee.

Recipients[]

ACTRA Awards[]

1972 - Geneviève Bujold^[1]
1973 - Gordon Pinsent, The Rowdyman^[2]
1974 - Jackie Burroughs, ^[3]
1975 - William Hutt, The National Dream^[4]
1976 - Jayne Eastwood, ^[5]
1977 - Sean Sullivan, ^[6]
1978 - Donald Sutherland, Bethune^[7]
1979 - Helen Burns, ^[8]
1980 - Don Francks, Drying Up the Streets^[9]
1981 - Al Waxman, The Winnings of Frankie Walls^[10]
1982 - Lally Cadeau, You've Come a Long Way, Katie^[11]
1983 - Rosemary Dunsmore, Blind Faith

Gemini Awards[]

1986 - Ed McNamara^[12]
1987 - Lorne Greene
1988 - Kate Reid
1989 - Sean McCann
1990 - Jan Rubeš
1992 - Colleen Dewhurst (posthumous award)
1993 - Barbara Hamilton
1994 - Ernie Coombs (Mr. Dressup)
1995 - Cast of SCTV: Rick Moranis, Eugene Levy, Andrea Martin, Martin Short, Joe Flaherty, Catherine O'Hara, John Candy (posthumous), Harold Ramis, Dave Thomas.
1996 - Bruno Gerussi (posthumous)
1997 - Gordon Pinsent
1998 - Kenneth Welsh and Al Waxman
1999 - Jayne Eastwood
2000 - Cast and writers of Royal Canadian Air Farce: Ron Mann, Roger Abbott, Luba Goy, Don Ferguson, John Morgan.
2001 - Jackie Burroughs
2002 - Members of CODCO: Tommy Sexton (posthumous), Andy Jones, Greg Malone
2003 - Jennifer Dale
2004 - Graham Greene
2005 - Steve Smith
2006 - Donnelly Rhodes
2007 - Don Harron
2008 - David Gardner
2009 - Eric Peterson
2010 - Not awarded
2011 - Cedric Smith
2012 - Not awarded
2013 - Not awarded
2014 - Colm Feore
2015 - Paul Gross
2016 - Wendy Crewson
2017 - Tantoo Cardinal^[13]
2018 - Clark Johnson^[14]
2019 - Tina Keeper^[15]

References[]

^ "Bujold and Berton winners in ACTRA annual awards". Montreal Gazette, April 17, 1972.
^ "Radio personalities sweep ACTRA Awards". Montreal Gazette, April 30, 1973.
^ "Annual ACTRA Awards dominated by women". Montreal Gazette, March 4, 1974.
^ "William Hutt wins top ACTRA Award". The Province, April 24, 1975.
^ "CBC dominates awards as Canada honours own". Alberni Valley Times, April 22, 1976.
^ "ACTRA Awards not pretentious, anyway". Ottawa Citizen, April 15, 1977.
^ "CBC stars, programs sweep ACTRA Awards". Saskatoon Star-Phoenix, March 23, 1978.
^ "ACTRA awards list". Regina Leader-Post, April 5, 1979.
^ "They're picked as the best in Canadian radio, TV". Regina Leader-Post, April 10, 1980.
^ "And the winners are...". Edmonton Journal, April 4, 1981.
^ "ACTRA winners". Vancouver Sun, May 13, 1982.
^ "Anne continues sweep of Gemini awards". The Globe and Mail, December 5, 1986.
^ "Tantoo Cardinal among those getting special Canadian Screen Awards" Archived 2017-01-13 at the Wayback Machine. The Guardian, January 12, 2016.
^ "Canadian Screen Awards: Peter Mansbridge, Karyn Pugliese, Margaret Atwood to be honoured". CBC News, October 30, 2017.
^ Corey Atad, "Alex Trebek, David Suzuki, Dan Levy And More Among 2020 Canadian Screen Awards Special Honourees". ET Canada, December 4, 2019.

External links[]

Academy database

[1] "Bujold and Berton winners in ACTRA annual awards". Montreal Gazette, April 17, 1972.

[2] "Radio personalities sweep ACTRA Awards". Montreal Gazette, April 30, 1973.

[3] "Annual ACTRA Awards dominated by women". Montreal Gazette, March 4, 1974.

[4] "William Hutt wins top ACTRA Award". The Province, April 24, 1975.

[5] "CBC dominates awards as Canada honours own". Alberni Valley Times, April 22, 1976.

[6] "ACTRA Awards not pretentious, anyway". Ottawa Citizen, April 15, 1977.

[7] "CBC stars, programs sweep ACTRA Awards". Saskatoon Star-Phoenix, March 23, 1978.

[8] "ACTRA awards list". Regina Leader-Post, April 5, 1979.

[9] "They're picked as the best in Canadian radio, TV". Regina Leader-Post, April 10, 1980.

[10] "And the winners are...". Edmonton Journal, April 4, 1981.

[11] "ACTRA winners". Vancouver Sun, May 13, 1982.

[12] "Anne continues sweep of Gemini awards". The Globe and Mail, December 5, 1986.

[13] "Tantoo Cardinal among those getting special Canadian Screen Awards" Archived 2017-01-13 at the Wayback Machine. The Guardian, January 12, 2016.

[14] "Canadian Screen Awards: Peter Mansbridge, Karyn Pugliese, Margaret Atwood to be honoured". CBC News, October 30, 2017.

[15] Corey Atad, "Alex Trebek, David Suzuki, Dan Levy And More Among 2020 Canadian Screen Awards Special Honourees". ET Canada, December 4, 2019.

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