Claire Drainie Taylor
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Claire Drainie Taylor was a Canadian
actor and writer, who wrote and acted in radio drama
s for CBC Radio
from the 1930s through the 1960s.
Claire married fellow actor John Drainie
, with whom she had six children including journalist Bronwyn Drainie
. After John Drainie's death in 1966, she remarried to theatre producer Nathan A. Taylor, who died in 2004.
She published an autobiography, The Surprise of My Life, in 1998. Also that year, she created the Drainie-Taylor Biography Prize
, a literary award presented by the Writers' Trust of Canada
to the year's best biographical
work by a Canadian writer.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
actor and writer, who wrote and acted in radio drama
Radio drama
Radio drama is a dramatized, purely acoustic performance, broadcast on radio or published on audio media, such as tape or CD. With no visual component, radio drama depends on dialogue, music and sound effects to help the listener imagine the characters and story...
s for CBC Radio
CBC Radio
CBC Radio generally refers to the English-language radio operations of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. The CBC operates a number of radio networks serving different audiences and programming niches, all of which are outlined below.-English:CBC Radio operates three English language...
from the 1930s through the 1960s.
Claire married fellow actor John Drainie
John Drainie
John Robert Roy Drainie was a Canadian actor and television presenter, who was called "the greatest radio actor in the world" by Orson Welles....
, with whom she had six children including journalist Bronwyn Drainie
Bronwyn Drainie
Bronwyn Drainie is a Canadian arts journalist. Currently editor of the Literary Review of Canada, she has also been a columnist and book reviewer for The Globe and Mail, and was formerly a host of programming on CBC Radio including the flagship program Sunday Morning...
. After John Drainie's death in 1966, she remarried to theatre producer Nathan A. Taylor, who died in 2004.
She published an autobiography, The Surprise of My Life, in 1998. Also that year, she created the Drainie-Taylor Biography Prize
Drainie-Taylor Biography Prize
The Drainie-Taylor Biography Prize is a Canadian literary award, presented annually by the Writers' Trust of Canada for the best work of biography, autobiography, or personal memoir....
, a literary award presented by the Writers' Trust of Canada
Writers' Trust of Canada
The Writers' Trust of Canada is a non-profit organization which provides financial support to Canadian writers.Founded by Margaret Atwood, Pierre Berton, Graeme Gibson, David Young and Margaret Laurence, the Writers' Trust of Canada was registered as a non-profit organization in 1976...
to the year's best biographical
Biography
A biography is a detailed description or account of someone's life. More than a list of basic facts , biography also portrays the subject's experience of those events...
work by a Canadian writer.