Jackie Burroughs

Burroughs worked between 1939 and 2010 across film director, screenwriter, voice actor, stage actor and film actor and 1 further recorded occupations. This article rests on 14 scholarly references drawn from named institutional registers. Every statement below returns to a source shown in the evidence panel; where the record is silent or divided, the article says so instead of resolving it.

• Name — Jackie Burroughs • Birth Name — Jacqueline West Burroughs • Born — 2 February 1939 • Birthplace — Southport, Lancashire, England • Died — 22 September 2010 • Place of death — Toronto, Ontario, Canada • Occupation — Actress • Years Active — 1966–2010 • Children — 1

Born in Southport, Lancashire (now Merseyside), England, on 2 February 1939, Burroughs emigrated to Canada with her family in 1951. She attended the University of Toronto, graduating in 1962. At university, Burroughs appeared in Trinity College productions of Saint Joan, The Cave Dwellers and Resounding Tinkle.

After graduating, Burroughs travelled to England and was a member of the Chesterfield Civic Repertory Theatre for a season, before returning to Toronto. Burroughs appeared with Crest summer-time spinoff Straw Hat Players, before her debut at Toronto's Crest Theatre in 1963 in the play Arms and the Man. In 1967, she married Zal Yanovsky and moved to New York City. After they divorced in 1968, Burroughs returned to Canada and live theatre, performing at Ottawa's National Arts Centre, Ontario's Stratford Festival and Shaw Festival, including starring as Portia in The Merchant of Venice in 1976. Burroughs won the 1969 Canadian Film Award for best actress, for starring in the television film Dulcima. Burroughs acted in over 100 films and television programs, including a voice-over stint in the animated anthology Heavy Metal (1981), appearances in The Grey Fox (1982), and The Dead Zone (1983). Burroughs played the voice of The Evil Spirit in 1985's The Care Bears Movie. In 1987, Burroughs produced, directed, co-wrote, and starred in A Winter Tan, a film based on the letters of Maryse Holder, published in 1979 as the book Give Sorrow Words – Maryse Holder's Letters from Mexico, later receiving a Genie Award for best performance by an actress in a leading role for the film. She played role of Mrs. Amelia Evans in Anne of Green Gables (1985). She was perhaps best known for her portrayal of the fictional character, Hetty King, in the CBC Television series Road to Avonlea from 1990 to 1996. The series was based on the works of Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery. She also played Mother Mucca in the television adaptations of Armistead Maupin's More Tales of the City and Further Tales of the City. Burroughs again played a mother role in 2003's Willard. In 2001, she was awarded the Earle Grey Award for her contributions to arts and entertainment over the years by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television. In 2005, Burroughs received a Governor General's Performing Arts Award for Lifetime Artistic Achievement, Canada's highest honour in the performing arts. Over her career, Burroughs was nominated ten times and won seven, including four Gemini Awards and two Canadian Film Awards. Burroughs also won three Genie Awards.

Burroughs was married to Zalman Yanovsky, co-founder (with John Sebastian) of The Lovin' Spoonful; they separated in 1968. They had one daughter.

Burroughs died at her home in Toronto on 22 September 2010, aged 71, after suffering from stomach cancer.

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1969 — Dulcima — Dulcima Gaston — Canadian Film Award winner for Best Actress (Non-Feature), 21st Canadian Film Awards • 1970 — The — Jane — Episode: "God Bless the Children" • 1970 — Twelve and a Half Cents — Vicky • 1973 — Vicky — Earle Grey Award winner, 3rd ACTRA Awards Canadian Film Award winner for Best Actress (Non-Feature), 25th Canadian Film Awards • 1978 — Great Performances — Maria Mitchell — Episode: "Out of Our Father's House" • 1981 — Chairman of the Board — Prof. Hannah Cohen — TV series • 1985 — Evergreen — Dorothy — TV miniseries • 1985 — American Playhouse — Emmaline Ozmondo Fingal — Episode: "Overdrawn at the Memory Bank" • 1985 — Seduced — Mrs. Riordan — TV film • 1985 — The Undergrads — Nancy Galik — TV film • 1985 — Star Wars: Ewoks — Morag — Voice, 13 episodes • 1985 — Anne of Green Gables — Mrs. Amelia Evans — TV miniseries • 1987 — Taking Care of Terrific — Mrs. Forbes — TV film • 1989 — The — Jean Reed — Episode: "Many, Many Monkeys" • 1990–1996 — Road to Avonlea — Hetty King — Main role • 1992 — Heritage Minutes — Narrator — Episode: "Rural Teacher" • 1993 — Night Owl — Dr. Matthews — TV film • 1994 — The — Aggie — Recurring role • 1995 — Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years — Ozza Starks — Episode: "The Hanging" • 1997 — Elvis Meets Nixon — Dodger — TV film • 1997 — Due South — Gladys Caunce — Episode: "Eclipse" • 1997 — Platinum — Sir Ian Ball-Worthington — TV film • 1998 — Evidence of Blood — Granny Dollar — TV film • 1998 — More Tales of the City — Mother Mucca — TV miniseries • 1998 — Happy Christmas, Miss King — Hetty King — TV film • 1999 — Cover Me — Caitlin Crawford — TV miniseries • 2001 — Further Tales of the City — Mother Mucca — TV miniseries • 2001 — Smallville — Cassandra Carver — Episode: "Hourglass" • 2003 — Just Cause — Lily Zimmer — Episode: "Death's Details" • 2003 — Made in Canada — Helga Lemper — "Beaver Creek Valentine" • 2003 — Dead Like Me — Florence — Episode: "Reaping Havoc" • 2004 — The — Arlene Garwood — Episode: "Georgia" • 2004 — The — Mrs. Young — TV film • 2004 — Snow — Lorna — TV film • 2005 — Slings & Arrows — Moira — 3 episodes • 2005 — Martha: Behind Bars — Big Martha — TV film • 2008 — Skip Tracer — Florence — TV film • 2009 — Sophie — Aunt Sheil — Episode: "Stolen Kisses"

Jackie Burroughs was born on 2 February 1939 in Lancashire. Burroughs held the nationality of Canada and United Kingdom. Burroughs was educated at Trinity College. Married to: Zal Yanovsky. Burroughs worked as film director, screenwriter, voice actor and stage actor, and the authority record catalogues a further 2 occupations under the same name, among them film actor and actor. Burroughs was active from 1966. Burroughs worked in Canada. Burroughs worked in English.