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Acting

Colleen Dewhurst

Career: Active from 1959 to 1991, busiest in 1980 with 7 main titles.

Leading roles: 34
top three billing

Average score: 63/100

Highest rated: Anne of Green Gables
93/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 42 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Colleen Dewhurst Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Dark Humor
1.6, average 2.8
Absurdist Humor
0.8, average 2.0
Cringe Humor
1.0, average 2.2
Contemporary Realism
4.4, average 5.4

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character Study 5
Coming-of-Age 5
Historical Setting 4
Historical Drama 4
Family-Friendly 4
Period Drama 4
Character-Driven 3
Coming-of-Age Story 3
Family Saga 3
Nostalgic 3
Intrigue 2
Melancholy 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

81

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

1990s

5 titles · average score 61

Dying Young

43

as Estelle Whittier

Bed & Breakfast

55

as Ruth

The Exorcist III

59

as Satan (voice) (uncredited)

The Civil War

85

TV show · as Various (voice)

Kaleidoscope

63

as Margaret

1980s

37 titles · average score 71

Termini Station

as Molly Dushane

Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel

84

TV show · as Marilla Cuthbert

Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel

81

as Marilla Cuthbert

The Boy Who Could Fly

57

as Mrs. Sherman

Between Two Women

65

as Barbara Petherton

As Is

as Hospice Worker

Anne of Green Gables

86

TV show · as Marilla Cuthbert

Anne of Green Gables

93

as Marilla Cuthbert

The Dead Zone

70

as Henrietta Dodd

Split Cherry Tree

as Mrs. Sexton

The Women's Room

as Val

Escape

as Lily Levinson

1970s

22 titles · average score 62

When a Stranger Calls

53

as Tracy

Studs Lonigan

TV show · as Mary Lonigan

Silent Victory: The Kitty O'Neil Story

as Mrs. O'Neil

Mary and Joseph: A Story of Faith

as Elizabeth

And Baby Makes Six

as Anna Kramer

Ice Castles

49

as Beulah Smith

The Love Boat

53

TV show · as Maud Correll

A Moon for the Misbegotten

as Josie Hogan

McQ

49

as Myra

The Story of Jacob and Joseph

61

as Rebekah

Legend in Granite

as Marie Lombardi

The Cowboys

69

as Kate

1960s

10 titles · average score 61

ITV Saturday Night Theatre

TV show · as Mrs Franz

The Crucible

as Elizabeth Proctor

A Fine Madness

41

as Dr. Vera Kropotkin

The Big Valley

69

TV show · as Annie

The F.B.I.

65

TV show · as Amy Doucette

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

54

TV show · as Nurse Ellen Hatch

The Virginian

70

TV show · as Celia Ames

Dr. Kildare

63

TV show · as Eleanor Markham

Ben Casey

65

TV show

Man on a String

64

as Helen Benson

1950s

6 titles · average score 78

Medea

as First Woman of Corinth

Burning Bright

as Mordeen Saul

The Nun's Story

77

as Dangerous Hospital Patient

Decoy

70

TV show · as Taffy Connor

The Wonderful World of Disney

81

TV show · as Gladys

Hallmark Hall of Fame

84

TV show · as Esther Franz / Mollie Joyce

1940s

1 title · average score 78

Kraft Television Theatre

78

TV show · as Christine