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Charmion King

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Charmion King
Born(1925-07-25)July 25, 1925
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
DiedJanuary 6, 2007(2007-01-06) (aged 81)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Years active1952–2002

Charmion King (July 25, 1925 – January 6, 2007) was a Canadian actress.

Born in Toronto, Ontario, she was part of the country's burgeoning theatre and television industry in the decade of the 1950s. Fresh out of the University of Toronto's Hart House, she quickly became known for her fresh beauty and roles at the new Crest Theatre and their Straw Hat Players summer circuit in the Muskoka Lake district.

She went on to the Stratford Festival appearing in productions of The Winter's Tale, Three Sisters and Uncle Vanya, and appeared on Broadway in Tyrone Guthrie's production of Love and Libel.

She also acted in notable television films, including Anne of Green Gables (as Josephine Barry) and Jackie, Ethel, Joan: The Women of Camelot (as Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy). She also starred in the Canadian television series Wind at My Back and House of Pride. In 1988 she appeared in the film Shadow Dancing.

Family

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She was married to actor Gordon Pinsent for 44 years. Their daughter, Leah Pinsent, is also a noted Canadian television actress.

Death

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King died, aged 81, in Toronto, reportedly from complications of emphysema. [citation needed]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
1964 Nobody Waved Good-bye Mother
1966 Affair with a Killer
1969 Don't Let the Angels Fall Myrna
1977 Who Has Seen the Wind Mrs. Abercrombie
1988 Shadow Dancing Grace Meyerhoff
1998 Last Night Grandmother
2001 Picture Claire Lady on the Train
2002 A Promise Mum Short

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
1952 Theatre Royal Julie Cavendish TV film
Anne of Green Gables Mrs. Allen "Great Aunt Josephine"
1953, 1955-1957 & 1959 - 1961 Encounter Rosalind Marshall/Mrs. Davenport, Mable / Mary Brock, Grace Shearing, Grace Slidell, Jean & Ruby Crawford "Star Light, Star Bright" & "The Coming Out of Ellie Swan", "The Magic Life", "Failure to Remain", "Guest Appearance", "Some Of My Best Friends", "A Wind from the South" & "Company Party"
1955 Playbill "The Typewriter Murder"
1956 Folio Gwendolyn Fairfax "The Importance of Being Earnest"
1957 The Adventures of Tugboat Annie Lydia "The Romance of Horatio Bullwinkle"
1957 & 1958 On Camera Martha Madison / Grace & Joan "A Lesson in Psychology", "Wait for Me" & "The Beard"
1959 The Family Reunion Mary TV film
1960 First Person Ethel Blanton "Some Are So Lucky"
1961 & 1962 Playdate Ursula Bennett, "Nightmare" & "The Eye Opener Man and the Wages of Zinn" "Valerie" & Ellen / Laura
1961 Q for Quest Karin Hildebrandt "The Standard of Dying"
Quest Marion "Sam"
Festival Mrs. Provocateur "The Police"
1962 Queen / Aurore "The Queen and the Rebels" & "Bousille and the Just"
1963 Playdate Ruth Rutledge / Anne / Mrs. Wenfield "The Man Who Cheered the Leafs", "Willow Circle", "The Fight for Martin Wheeler"
The Forest Rangers Juliette Davis "The Deputy"
1964 A Very Close Family Daughter TV film
1965 & 1966 Seaway Emily Paneau & Anna Amorest "Nothing But a Long Goodbye" & "Don't Forget to Wipe the Blood Off: Parts 1 & 2"
1969 Room 222 Dora Hughes "The Exchange Teacher"
1973 McMillan & Wife Ann Grey "Death of a Monster... Birth of a Legend"
1974 House of Pride Mary Kirby TV series
1985 Anne of Green Gables Great Aunt Josephine Barry TV miniseries
1987 Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel
1988 Katts and Dog Princess Rosa "Comedy of Errors", "Princess Rosa" & "Protective Custody"
The Twilight Zone Diane Brockman "Our Selena Is Dying"
1990 The Hitchhiker Margaret Cabot "Hard Rhyme"
1994 Broken Lullaby Natalia Rostova TV film
1997 Traders Frankie Beal "Family Legacy"
Psi Factor Bridget Jamieson "The Damned"
1997–2001 Wind at My Back Daisy Whitney Recurring role
1998 My Own Country Young Man's Mother TV film
Witness to Yesterday Mary Pickford "Mary Pickford"
2000 Twitch City Meals Lady "Klan Bake"
2001 Jackie, Ethel, Joan: The Women of Camelot Rose Kennedy TV film
Twice in a Lifetime Anne "Final Flight"
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