Helen Hughes (actress)
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Helen Margaret Hughes | |
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Born | Johnstown, Pennsylvania, U.S. | 8 January 1918
Died | 3 April 2018 | (aged 100)
Occupation | Actress |
Helen Hughes (January 8, 1918 - April 3, 2018) was an American-Canadian actress who has worked in theatre, television, and film.[1]
Biography[]
Helen Hughes was born in the Johnstown, Pennsylvania, where she worked as an art teacher, editor and actress. She became a permanent resident of Canada in 1972. She was nominated for a Dora Mavor Moore Award in 1986. She made her last appearance at age 96, as a guest actress in the TV series Sensitive Skin.[2]
At the 10th Genie Awards in 1989, she received a nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in the film Martha, Ruth and Edie.[3]
Selected filmography[]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1977 | Outrageous! | Mrs. Connors | |
1979 | Wild Horse Hank | Mrs. Webley | |
1981 | Incubus | Agatha Galen | |
1982 | Visiting Hours | Louise Shepherd | |
1983 | Au Nom de Tous les Miens | Martin Gray's grand-mother | |
1985 | The Peanut Butter Solution | Mary, the ghost in the Kitchen | |
1987 | Blue Monkey | Marwella Harbison | |
1987 | Night Friend | Nosy neighbour | |
1990 | The Amityville Curse | Mrs. Moriarty | |
1990 | Falling Over Backwards | Rose | |
1995 | Billy Madison | 2nd Grade Teacher | |
1995 | Tommy Boy | Boardroom Lady | |
1996 | Never Too Late | Eunice | |
1999 | Storm of the Century | Roberta Coign |
1996 Goosebumps Grandma Rose
References[]
- ^ "Helen Hughes". Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia.[dead link]
- ^ "Helen Hughes 1918-2018". magazine Performers.
- ^ "List of nominees for the Genie Awards". Montreal Gazette, February 14, 1989.
External links[]
Categories:
- 1918 births
- 2018 deaths
- American emigrants to Canada
- People from Johnstown, Pennsylvania
- Actresses from Pennsylvania
- American centenarians
- Canadian centenarians
- Canadian film actresses
- 20th-century Canadian actresses
- Women centenarians