Fiona Reid
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Fiona Reid, CM
(born 1951) is a Canadian
television, film and stage actress. She is best known for her role as Cathy on the TV series King of Kensington
.
Reid was born in Whitstable
, Kent
, England
; her father was a doctor in the British Army. She lived in Germany
, Africa
and the United States
before settling in Canada with her family in 1964. She studied acting at McGill University
receiving a Bachelor of Arts
degree in 1972 and at the Banff Centre for the Arts. Her first Her first professional acting job was a school tour with the Globe Theatre in Saskatchewan. Reid lent her voice in the 1978 Hallowe’en
special Witch's Night Out
on NBC
.
She appeared for three seasons as Cathy on the King of Kensington
and was nominated in 1977 for an ACTRA Award for Best Performance in a Continuing Role in a Television Program. She left after expressing a desire to return to the stage.
Her television credits have included Dr. Zonk and the Zunkins
,, Coming Up Rosie
, P.R.
, Pearlie
, and Jacob Two-Two
. She also appeared in the movies Switching Channels
, At the End of the Day: The Sue Rodriguez Story
, Duct Tape Forever
, My Big Fat Greek Wedding
,Prom Queen: The Marc Hall Story
, and Beethoven Lives Upstairs
.
She has been a mainstay on the stage at the Shaw
and Stratford Shakespeare Festival. She has twice won the Dora Mavor Moore Award
, in 1993 for Fallen Angels and in 1995 for Six Degrees of Separation.
Reid voiced Mrs. Jenkins in the animated series Timothy Goes to School
.
In 2006, she was made a Member of the Order of Canada
and in 2010 she receive an award of excellence from ACTRA
Toronto.
In 2009, she starred as Sister Aloysius in Doubt, a Parable at the Neptune Theatre (Halifax)
in Halifax.
In 2011, she stars as Violet in August: Osage County at the Citadel Theatre (Edmonton) in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Order of Canada
The Order of Canada is a Canadian national order, admission into which is, within the system of orders, decorations, and medals of Canada, the second highest honour for merit...
(born 1951) is a Canadian
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...
television, film and stage actress. She is best known for her role as Cathy on the TV series King of Kensington
King of Kensington
King of Kensington was a Canadian television sitcom which aired on CBC Television from 1975 to 1980.The show starred Al Waxman as Larry King, a convenience store owner in Toronto's Kensington Market who was known for helping friends and neighbours solve problems. His multicultural group of friends...
.
Reid was born in Whitstable
Whitstable
Whitstable is a seaside town in Northeast Kent, Southeast England. It is approximately north of the city of Canterbury and approximately west of the seaside town of Herne Bay. It is part of the City of Canterbury district and has a population of about 30,000.Whitstable is famous for its oysters,...
, Kent
Kent
Kent is a county in southeast England, and is one of the home counties. It borders East Sussex, Surrey and Greater London and has a defined boundary with Essex in the middle of the Thames Estuary. The ceremonial county boundaries of Kent include the shire county of Kent and the unitary borough of...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
; her father was a doctor in the British Army. She lived in Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
, Africa
Africa
Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...
and the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
before settling in Canada with her family in 1964. She studied acting at McGill University
McGill University
Mohammed Fathy is a public research university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The university bears the name of James McGill, a prominent Montreal merchant from Glasgow, Scotland, whose bequest formed the beginning of the university...
receiving a Bachelor of Arts
Bachelor of Arts
A Bachelor of Arts , from the Latin artium baccalaureus, is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate course or program in either the liberal arts, the sciences, or both...
degree in 1972 and at the Banff Centre for the Arts. Her first Her first professional acting job was a school tour with the Globe Theatre in Saskatchewan. Reid lent her voice in the 1978 Hallowe’en
Halloween
Hallowe'en , also known as Halloween or All Hallows' Eve, is a yearly holiday observed around the world on October 31, the night before All Saints' Day...
special Witch's Night Out
Witch's Night Out
Witch's Night Out is an animated television Halloween special that premiered on NBC October 27, 1978, but was shot in a Toronto studio. It was the sequel to the 1974 special The Gift of Winter with the vocal talents from Dan Aykroyd and Vlari Bromfield...
on NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
.
She appeared for three seasons as Cathy on the King of Kensington
King of Kensington
King of Kensington was a Canadian television sitcom which aired on CBC Television from 1975 to 1980.The show starred Al Waxman as Larry King, a convenience store owner in Toronto's Kensington Market who was known for helping friends and neighbours solve problems. His multicultural group of friends...
and was nominated in 1977 for an ACTRA Award for Best Performance in a Continuing Role in a Television Program. She left after expressing a desire to return to the stage.
Her television credits have included Dr. Zonk and the Zunkins
Dr. Zonk and the Zunkins
Dr. Zonk and the Zunkins was a CBC children's television series which ran three afternoons a week from 23 September 1974 to 14 April 1975....
,, Coming Up Rosie
Coming Up Rosie
Coming Up Rosie was a Canadian children's sitcom TV series on CBC Television, aired for three seasons from 1975–1978.-Premise:The show focused on a group of tenants in an office building located at 99 Sumach Street, Toronto. The title character, Rosie Tucker, was played by Rosemary Radcliffe...
, P.R.
P.R. (TV series)
P.R. was a Canadian television sitcom, which aired on CBC Television in 2000. The show starred Diane Flacks as Alexandra Reed and Ellie Harvie as Jill Hayes, partners in a public relations firm...
, Pearlie
Pearlie
Pearlie is a 2009 Australian-Canadian-American animated comedy series based on the children's book series Pearlie the Park Fairy by Wendy Harmer. Pearlie is a co-production between Australian children's television producer Sticky Pictures and Canadian animation house Nelvana...
, and Jacob Two-Two
Jacob Two-Two (TV series)
Jacob Two-Two is a Canadian animated TV series based on a trilogy of books written by Mordecai Richler that first aired on Canadian children's channel YTV and aired on the French Canadian VRAK.TV as Jacob Jacob and in Spanish on Telemundo as Jacobo Dos Dos. It was produced by Nelvana; before being...
. She also appeared in the movies Switching Channels
Switching Channels
Switching Channels not to be confused with channel surfing is a 1988 American comedy film remake of The Front Page . It stars Kathleen Turner as Christy Colleran, Burt Reynolds as John L...
, At the End of the Day: The Sue Rodriguez Story
At the End of the Day: The Sue Rodriguez Story
At the End of the Day: The Sue Rodriguez Story is a 1998 Canadian documentary/drama film about the life of Canadian right to die advocate Sue Rodriguez....
, Duct Tape Forever
Duct Tape Forever
Duct Tape Forever is a 2002 comedy film based on The Red Green Show. It was written by Steve Smith, the actor who plays Red Green.-Plot:...
, My Big Fat Greek Wedding
My Big Fat Greek Wedding
My Big Fat Greek Wedding is a 2002 Canadian and American romantic comedy film written by and starring Nia Vardalos and directed by Joel Zwick. The film is centered on Fotoula "Toula" Portokalos , a middle class Greek American woman who falls in love with a non-Greek upper middle class "White...
,Prom Queen: The Marc Hall Story
Prom Queen: The Marc Hall Story
Prom Queen: The Marc Hall Story is a Canadian television movie, which aired on CTV in 2004. The film is about Marc Hall, a gay Canadian teenager whose legal fight to bring a same-sex date to his Catholic high school prom made headlines in 2002.-Plot:...
, and Beethoven Lives Upstairs
Beethoven Lives Upstairs
Beethoven Lives Upstairs is a Canadian 1992 HBO Original Films TV movie directed by David Devine. Based on a vocal recording written and directed by Barbara Nichol, the film stars Illya Woloshyn as Christoph, a young boy who develops a friendship with composer Ludwig van Beethoven , a boarder in...
.
She has been a mainstay on the stage at the Shaw
Shaw Festival
The Shaw Festival is a major Canadian theatre festival in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, the second largest repertory theatre company in North America...
and Stratford Shakespeare Festival. She has twice won the Dora Mavor Moore Award
Dora Mavor Moore Award
The Dora Mavor Moore Award is an award presented annually by the Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts which honours theatre, dance, and opera productions in Toronto. Named after Dora Mavor Moore, who helped establish Canadian professional theatre, the award was established on December 13, 1978...
, in 1993 for Fallen Angels and in 1995 for Six Degrees of Separation.
Reid voiced Mrs. Jenkins in the animated series Timothy Goes to School
Timothy Goes to School
Timothy Goes to School is a cartoon series based on the books by Rosemary Wells.It features a young raccoon, Timothy, who attends a fictional primary school kindergarten. The series aired on PBS Kids as part of the PBS Kids Bookworm Bunch from 2000 until 2004. It was later broadcast on Discovery...
.
In 2006, she was made a Member of the Order of Canada
Order of Canada
The Order of Canada is a Canadian national order, admission into which is, within the system of orders, decorations, and medals of Canada, the second highest honour for merit...
and in 2010 she receive an award of excellence from ACTRA
ACTRA
The Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists is a Canadian labour union representing performers in English-language media. It has 22,000 members working in film, television, radio, and all other recorded media....
Toronto.
In 2009, she starred as Sister Aloysius in Doubt, a Parable at the Neptune Theatre (Halifax)
Neptune Theatre (Halifax)
The Neptune Theatre is the largest professional theatre company in Atlantic Canada with a capacity of 497 and is located in downtown Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. It performs a mixture of new and classical plays....
in Halifax.
In 2011, she stars as Violet in August: Osage County at the Citadel Theatre (Edmonton) in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Personal life
Reid met Macgowan Thomas doing summer stock theatre and married him in 1977; they have two children, Alec and Julia.External links
- Fiona Reid at Northern Stars