Jackie Burroughs

Birthday: 2 February 1939, Lancashire, England, UK

Jackie Burroughs was born February 2, 1939 in Lancashire, England, UK. She acted in live theater at Ontario's Stratford Festival before she made her film debut appearance in The Ernie Game (1967), she went on to act in several other films which include The Grey Fox (1982) a performance that earned her a Genie, and The Dead Zone (1983). Jackie's television credits include the roles of Mrs. Amelia Evans in Anne of Green Gables (1985) and Hetty King in Road to Avonlea (1990), a role that earned her three Geminis. With several film and television performances under her belt, we should acknowledge her work in a A Winter Tan (1987) a film in which Jackie produced, directed, co-wrote, and starred in, for her work in the film she earned her third Genie, and we musn't forget her spellbinding and emotional gripping performance in Lost and Delirious (2001). Jackie died in Toronto at home, with close friends and family beside her on the afternoon of Wednesday, September 22, 2010. She is survived by her daughter Zoe Yanovsky and her partner Greg Ball; two grandsons Max the Pearl and Henry Zalman; their babba Anna; her brother Gary, his wife Sarah and daughters Josie and Alex along with their children; her goddaughter Maggie. Show less «

I really like working with actors. My wars are never with actors. People say I think like a director...Show more »

I really like working with actors. My wars are never with actors. People say I think like a director, but I wouldn't want to be one. I don't want anybody else to boss me, but I don't want to boss anybody else, either. I just don't like being controlled. Show less «

I have to be involved in the entire project. I like to watch other people's scenes. I just couldn't ...Show more »

I have to be involved in the entire project. I like to watch other people's scenes. I just couldn't come in and do my part.It would be too lonely for me. But..I have lots of opinions on how it's being shot, the lighting and everything. I'm being a nuisance to help the program. Show less «

I've heard that they think me bossy. I've heard I'm difficult to work with. I am bossy actually. I w...Show more »

I've heard that they think me bossy. I've heard I'm difficult to work with. I am bossy actually. I want to do it the way I want to do it. It's easy to tread on other people's toes without even knowing it. If you're me, it is anyway, evidently. They may think I'm bossy and upstaging, but I don't mean it. I'm just taking my role to the limit. Show less «

I've always played old, even when I was young. They know better than to cast me in the goodie-goodie...Show more »

I've always played old, even when I was young. They know better than to cast me in the goodie-goodie grandmother roles, though. (Interview with the CBC) Show less «

The kind of people who did radio were a breed apart. In radio you're passionately involved, and when...Show more »

The kind of people who did radio were a breed apart. In radio you're passionately involved, and when the show is over you go off together, in this great camaraderie, and get pissed. You don't do that in television. In TV, you've got to be up at four in the morning and work until maybe nine at night. You're not going to be partying after that. Show less «

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