Jackie Burroughs, English-born Canadian actress (Road to Avonlea, The Care Bears Movie, Willard), died from stomach cancer , 71

Jacqueline "Jackie" Burroughs  was an English-born Canadian actress died from stomach cancer , 71.


(February 2, 1939 – September 22, 2010)

Life and career

Born in Lancashire, England, Burroughs acted in live theatre at Ontario's Stratford Festival. Her film credits included The Dead Zone (1982), The Grey Fox (1982), and a voice-over stint in the legendary animated anthology Heavy Metal (1981), while her TV-series résumé includes the roles of Mrs. Amelia Evans in Anne of Green Gables (1985) and Hetty King in Road to Avonlea (1990). In 1987, Jackie 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. She won a Genie award for best performance by an actress in a leading role for the film. She won several Genies and Geminis during her career. Her first award was the 1969 Canadian Film Award for best actress, for starring in the non-feature short film Duclima.
Burroughs played the voice of The Spirit in 1985's The Care Bears Movie. She also played teacher Nancy Galik in The Undergrads (1985) opposite Art Carney.

She was perhaps best known to American audiences 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 and produced by Sullivan Entertainment. 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.
She also appeared in the movie The Sentinel. She appeared in the Smallville Season one episode "Hourglass". She portrayed elderly prophetess Cassandra Carver, who could foretell people's futures by touching their hands. Carver died immediately after seeing dark visions of Lex Luthor being the American President and for causing widespread destruction on humanity.
Burroughs was married to Zalman Yanovsky, co-founder (with John Sebastian) of The Lovin' Spoonful; they separated in 1968. They had one daughter, Zoe (restaurant owner and author in Kingston, Ontario).
Burroughs had residences in both Toronto and Oaxaca, Mexico.

Death

Burroughs died at her home in Toronto during the afternoon of September 22, 2010, after suffering from stomach cancer.^[1]

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1966	Notes for a Film About Donna & Gail
1966	The Purse		Short
1966	Wojeck	Heroin Addict	Episode: "All Aboard for Candyland"
1967	The Ernie Game	Gail
1970	The Hart & Lorne Terrific Hour		TV series
1970	The Psychiatrist	Jane	Episode: "God Bless the Children"
1971	Eat Anything
1972	Norman Corwin Presents		Episode: "The Discovery"
1974	Running Time	The old lady
1974	Monkeys in the Attic	Wanda
1974	125 Rooms of Comfort	Bobbie Kidd
1975	My Pleasure is My Business	Old lady at pool (uncredited)
1977	Twelve and a Half Cents	Mother
1978	Great Performances	Maria Mitchell	Episode: "Out of Our Father's House"
1980	Chairman of the Board		TV movie
1980	The Kidnapping of the President	Woman Agent
1981	Chairman of the Board	Prof. Hannah Cohen	TV series
1981	Heavy Metal	Katherine (voice)	Segment: "Den"
1981	The Intruder	Eleanor
1982	The Grey Fox	Katherine 'Kate' Flynn
1983	Gentle Sinners	Mrs. Smith
1983	Chautauqua Girl	Mrs. Ferguson
1983	Overdrawn at the Memory Bank	Emmaline Ozmondo Fingal	TV movie
1983	The Wars	Miss Davenport
1983	The Dead Zone	Vera Smith
1984	All the Years		Short
1984	The Surrogate	Woman at Anouk's
1985	Evergreen	Dorothy	TV miniseries
1985	Seduced	Mrs. Riordan	TV movie
1985	The Care Bears Movie	The Spirit (voice)
1985	The Undergrads	Nancy Galik
1985	The All New Ewoks	Morag the Tulgah Witch (voice)	3 episodes
1985	Anne of Green Gables	Mrs. Amelia Evans	TV movie
1986	A Judgment in Stone	Joan Smith
1987	Taking Care of Terrific	Mrs. Forbes	TV movie
1987	A Winter Tan	Maryse Holder
1987	John and the Missus	Missus
1988	I Vant to be Alone		TV short
1989	Carnival of Shadows		TV movie
1989	The Twilight Zone	Jean Reed	Episode: "Many, Many Monkeys"
1989	Food of the Gods II	Dr. Kate Travis
1989	Final Notice		TV movie
1990	Whispers	Mrs. Yancey
1990–1996	Road to Avonlea	Hetty King	90 episodes
1991	Elizabeth Smart: On the Side of the Angels	Elizabeth Smart
1992	Careful	Frau Teacher
1993	Night Owl	Dr. Matthews	TV movie
1995	How Dinosaurs Learned to Fly	Narrator (voice)	Short
1995	Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years	Ozza Starks	Episode: "The Hanging"
1997	O Canada	Voices	TV series
1997	Bleeders	Lexie
1997	Elvis Meets Nixon	Dodger
1997	Due South	Gladys Caunce	Episode: "Eclipse"
1997	Platinum	Sir Ian Ball-Worthington	TV movie
1998	More Tales of the City	Mona Ramsey	TV miniseries
1998	Heritage Minute	Additional Cast	Episode: "Rural Teacher"
1998	Evidence of Blood	Granny Dollar	TV movie
1998	Last Night	The Runner
1998	Happy Christmas, Miss King	Hetty King	TV movie
1999	Cover Me	Caitlin Crawford	TV miniseries
1999	Have Mercy	Lulu
1999	Angela Anaconda		TV series
2000	Washed Up	Tosca
2001	Lost and Delirious	Fay Vaughn
2001	Further Tales of the City	Mona Ramsey	TV miniseries
2001	On Their Knees	Flora
2001	Smallville	Cassandra Carver	Episode: "Hourglass"
2002	The Pilot's Wife	Julia (uncredited)	TV movie
2002	Night's Noontime	Queen Victoria	Short
2003	Just Cause	Lily Zimmer	Episode: "Death's Details"
2003	A Guy Thing	Aunt Budge
2003	The Industry	Helga Lemper	Episode: "Beaver Creek Valentine"
2003	Mystery Ink	True Crimes Performer	TV series
2003	Willard	Mrs. Stiles
2003	Dead Like Me	Florence	Episode: "Reaping Havoc"
2003	Rhinoceros Eyes	Mrs. Walnut
2003	The Republic of Love	Betty
2004	The Eleventh Hour	Arlene Garwood	Episode: "Georgia"
2004	The Winning Season	Mrs. Young	TV movie
2004	Cavedweller	Grandma Windsor
2004	Going the Distance	Mother Libby
2004	Re-Generation	Grandmother
2004	Snow	Lorna	TV movie
2005	Bailey's Billion$	Constance Pennington
2005	Walter Ego		TV series
2005	Fever Pitch	Mrs. Warren
2005	Leo	Felicity	Short
2005	Martha Behind Bars	Big Martha	TV movie
2005	Slings and Arrows	Moira	Episode: "Season's End" Episode: "Fallow Time"
2005	King's Ransom	Grandma
2006	The Sentinel	Mrs. Miller (uncredited)
2006	Deck the Halls	Mrs. Ryor
2006	First Snow	Maggie
2008	Skip Tracer	Florence	TV movie
2008	Into the Labyrinth	Ariadne
2009	Sophie	Aunt Sheil	Episode: "Stolen Kisses"
2010	Higglety Pigglety Pop! or There Must Be More to Life	(voice)	Video
2010	Small Town Murder Songs	Olive

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