Jackie Burroughs

Jacqueline Burroughs (2 February 1939 – 22 September 2010) was a Canadian actress. Burroughs starred in over 100 films and television shows over her career, including Heavy Metal, The Care Bears Movie, The Grey Fox, and Anne of Green Gables, and was best known for her role as Hetty King in the TV series Road to Avonlea.

Early life 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.

Career 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, 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. 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.

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.

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

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

Filmography Film

Television