About Doreen Brownstone
Lived 1922 – 2022 (aged 100). Doreen Brownstone was a British and Canadian actor.
Doreen Brownstone OM ( Stein; 28 September 1922 – 16 December 2022) was a British-born Canadian actress, based in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Biography Brownstone was born on 28 September 1922, and was a mainstay of the Winnipeg theatre and television scene. In 1941, she quit her job to join the Royal Air Force during WWII, where she started acting after an official asked her to be in a play. She moved to Winnipeg as a war bride in 1946, and, in 1958, starred opposite Gordon Pinsent in the very first production at the very first regional theatre in North America (Hatful of Rain at Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre, directed by John Hirsch). In 2017, she was appointed a Member of the Order of Manitoba (OM).
Brownstone turned 100 on 28 September 2022, and died on 16 December.
Filmography The Stone Angel (2007) What If God Were the Sun? (2007) High Life (2009) Foodland (2010) Silent Night (2012)
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Who was Doreen Brownstone?
Canadian actress (1922–2022)
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Doreen Brownstone was born on 28 September 1922.
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Doreen Brownstone died on 16 December 2022.
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Doreen Brownstone was an actor.
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Doreen Brownstone was British and Canadian.
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