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Frances Hyland

Actress / Stage Actress / Film Actress | * 04/25/1927 († 77, 07/11/2004) | Shaunavon, Saskatchewan (Canada)
Frances Hyland (April 25, 1927 – July 11, 2004) was a Canadian stage, film and television actress. She earned recognition for roles on stage (including ten seasons with Stratford Festival) and screen (including her performance as Nanny Louisa on Road to Avonlea). Honoured with the Governor General's Performing Arts Award in 1994, she was called "the first lady of Canadian theatre". ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Thriller | TV Movies

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Set off the West Coast of Canada in 1965, a hip new teacher with a miniskirt and lots of ideas turns a small town upside down. The soft autumn light of Galiano Island is beautifully rendered in writer ...

The Lotus Eaters

Certification unknown

1993 | 3.5/5 | 1h 41min
Drama, Comedy
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Virginia is proud that she belongs to a clique. The best students at a private school. But before her 18th birthday, a gruesome set of murders take place and her friends are the ones who are falling p ...

Happy Birthday to Me

R

1981 | 3.0/5 | 1h 50min
Drama, Horror, Thriller, Mystery
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After a tragic event happens, composer John Russell moves to Seattle to try to overcome it and build a new and peaceful life in a lonely big house that has been uninhabited for many years. But, soon a ...

The Changeling

R

1980 | 3.5/5 | 1h 43min
Horror
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It's the winter of 1940. Father Athol Murray - "Pere" to most that know him - is an opinionated, chain-smoking, hard drinking parish priest at Notre Dame College in Wilcox, Saskatchewan. His strong op ...

Hounds of Notre Dame

Certification unknown

1980 | 1h 36min
Drama
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Awards & Nominations for Frances Hyland

Officer of The Order of Canada
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Movies with Frances Hyland as Actress(16)

as Nuala Moore1998 Moonlight Becomes You
as Thelma Jenkins1997 I'll Be Home For Christmas
as Dr. Martha Petrie1995 When the Dark Man Calls
as Mrs. Slotnick1995 Never Talk to Strangers
as Marie1994 Broken Lullaby
as Muriel1993 Survive The Night
as Florence Bettray Kelly1988 Liberace: Behind the Music
as Narrator1986 Return to Dresden
as Rose Duras1985 The Hearst and Davies Affair
as Mrs. Higgins1983 Pygmalion
as Mrs. Patterson1981 Happy Birthday to Me
as Dody1981 Evil Stalks This House
as Mrs. Grey1980 The Changeling
as Mother Therese1980 Hounds of Notre Dame
as Aunt Martha1978 Home to Stay
as Liza1962 Drylanders

TV Shows/Series with Frances Hyland as Actress(10)

1996 Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal
1994 Due South
as Fraser's Grandmother1994 Due South
as Mrs. Skalany1993 Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
1986 Kay O'Brien
as Edith Ferris1985 The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1985 The Twilight Zone
as Nurse1975 Peep Show
1956 First Performance
as Olivia1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame

Movies with Frances Hyland as Crew(1)

Writing/Screenplay1936 My Marriage

Full Name: Frances Hyland
Citizenship: Canada
Born: Monday, 04/25 1927 (April) in Shaunavon, Saskatchewan (Canada)
Died: Sunday, 07/11 2004 (July) in Toronto (aged: 77)
Zodiac sign: Taurus (Chinese zodiac sign: Rabbit)
Educated at: University of Saskatchewan
Spouses (current/former): George McCowan
Other names for Frances Hyland (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Фрэнсис Хайланд"
Frances Hyland frequently works together with these people:
Maurice Evans (11x, Actor)
Julie Harris (10x, Actress)
George Rose (7x, Actor)
Denholm Elliott (6x, Actor)
Kevin Rushton (6x, Actor)
Christopher Plummer (5x, Actor)
Nigel Bennett (5x, Actor)
Lane Smith (5x, Actor)
Richard Thomas (5x, Actor)
Lamont Johnson (5x, Crew)
Judith Anderson (5x, Actress)
Bob Pritchett (3x, Crew)

Other people with this name: Frances Hyland (US)

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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:1339756, Added: 09/03/2019, Last updated: 03/26/2024