Greenhalgh, Dawn 1934(?)–

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GREENHALGH, Dawn 1934(?)–

(Dawn Greenhaigh, Dawn Greenhall)

PERSONAL

Born c. 1934, in Shanghai, China; married Ted Follows (an actor and director), 1958 (divorced, 1979); children: Megan (an actress), Samantha (an actress), Laurence (an actor and producer), Edwina (a writer).

Career:

Actress and producer. Performed with Canadian theatre companies, including Theatre Aquarius and Straw Hat Players. Also known as Dawn Greenhall.

CREDITS

Television Appearances; Series:

Dr. Alison Carr, Strange Paradise, CBC and syndicated, 1969.

Alice Talbot, Paul Bernard, Psychiatrist, CBC, 1971–72.

(As Dawn Greenhaigh) Voice of Queen Celeste, Babar (animated), HBO, 1989–91.

Voice of Wilhelmina Scharnhorst, Cadillacs and Dinosaurs (animated), CBS, 1993–94.

Television Appearances; Miniseries:

Mrs. Cadbury, Anne of Green Gables, CBC and CITY–TV (Canada), 1985, broadcast on WonderWorks, PBS.

Joyce Colgan, Conspiracy of Silence, CBS, 1991.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Mrs. Thatcher, Tom Sawyer (also known as The Adventures of Tom Sawyer), CBS, 1973.

Catherine, Tell Me My Name, CBS, 1977.

Ellen Adler, The Undergrads, The Disney Channel, 1985.

Belle Rosenberg, Doing Life (also known as Truth or Die), NBC, 1986.

Rosemary Podgis, Deadly Betrayal: The Bruce Curtis Story (also known as Journey into Darkness: The Bruce Curtis Story), NBC, 1991.

Elaine, I Know My Son Is Alive (also known as Web of Deceit), NBC, 1994.

Julia Sands, And Then There Was One, Lifetime, 1994.

Martha Forbes, Dancing in the Dark, Lifetime, 1995.

Simone, Cagney & Lacey: The View through the Glass Ceiling, CBS, 1995.

Brenda Reilly, Talk to Me, ABC, 1996.

Lillian Jessop, Escape Clause, Showtime, 1996.

Judge Abernathy, Too Close to Home, CBS, 1997.

Lydia Novack, The Marriage Fool (also known as Love after Death), CBS, 1998.

Matron, Happy Christmas, Miss King (also known as An Avonlea Christmas and Joyeux Noel Mademoiselle King), CBC, 1998.

Molly's mother, The Virginian, TNT, 2000.

Dr. Gage, What Makes a Family, Lifetime, 2001.

Irene, Bailey's Mistake, ABC, 2001.

Anne Webster, All around the Town (also known as Mary Higgins Clark's "All around the Town" and Nous n'irons plus au bois), CanWest Global Television, 2002.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Agar, Sarah, CBC, 1976, also broadcast on Great Performances, PBS.

Mrs. Yolles, Marie Curie: More than Meets the Eye, PBS, 1997.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Jennifer, "The Executioner," Hudson's Bay, CBC, 1959.

Florence Montgomery, "Catch 23," King of Kensington, CBC and syndicated, 1979.

Florence Montgomery, "The Rivals," King of Kensington, CBC and syndicated, 1979.

Florence Montgomery, "The Spirit of Joy," King of Kensington, CBC and syndicated, 1979.

Denise Kendall, "The Spirit of Thunder Rock: Parts 1–3," The Littlest Hobo, syndicated, 1982.

Mrs. Otherby, "The Eyes of Ra," Seeing Things, CBC, 1986.

Anna Dyson, "Double Cross," Dracula: The Series, syndicated, 1990.

Helen Annesley, "Standard of Care," Street Legal, CBC, 1990.

Mrs. Carruthers, "Sophisticated Lady," Maniac Mansion, The Family Channel, 1992.

Rose Pritchard, "The Foolish Heart," Wind at My Back, CBC, 1996.

Ms. Thorne, "Interview with a Werewolf," Big Wolf on Campus, Fox Family Channel, 1999.

"The Follows Family: Sharing the Stage," Life and Times, CBC, 1999.

Mrs. Collins, "Toys in the Basement," La Femme Nikita (also known as Nikita), USA Network, 2000.

Appeared in an episode of Doc, PAX TV.

Television Producer; Specials:

The Making of "Anne of Green Gables," PBS, 1986.

Film Appearances:

Woman on train, The Rowdyman, Crawley Films, 1972.

Leah Franklin, Deadly Harvest, New World, 1977.

Donna, South of Wawa, Accent Entertainment, 1991.

Evelyn, The Circle Game, Shadowlife Film, 1994.

Helen Slide, The Wrong Woman, Image Organization, 1995.

Fish Tale Soup, National Film Board of Canada, 1996.

Mrs. Scheer, The Virgin Suicides (also known as Sofia Coppola's The Virgin Suicides), Paramount, 2000.

Peggy Towers, Avenging Angelo, Warner Bros., 2003.

Coffee shop waitress, Welcome to Mooseport, Twentieth Century–Fox, 2004.

Stage Appearances:

Standby for Mary Tyrone, Long Day's Journey into Night, Stratford Festival, Stratford, Ontario, Canada, 1995.

Charlotte Hay, Moon over Buffalo, Theatre Aquarius, Irving Zucker Theatre, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, 1997.

Mother, Counterfeit Secrets, Pleiades Theatre, Artword Theatre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 2002.

The Originals: A History of the Straw Hat Players, Opera House, Gravenhurst, Ontario, Canada, 2002.

Hay Fever, Sanderson Centre, Brantford, Ontario, Canada, 2003.

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