- Joy Coghill
Joy Coghill, O.C., (born 1926 in
Findlater, Saskatchewan ) is a Canadian actor, director, and writer.She and
Myra Benson founded Canada's first children's theatre company, Holiday Theatre. In 1994, Coghill founded Western Gold, a theatre company for older professional actors. She holds honorary degrees fromSFU andUBC . She has been married to Jack Thorne since 1955.Her best known work is "Song of This Place", a play about the Canadian artist
Emily Carr . In addition to her writing, Coghill has made guest appearances on "Da Vinci's Inquest " as Portia Da Vinci.Awards
* Member of the
Order of Canada
* CanadianGovernor General's Performing Arts Award (2002)
* Herbert Whittaker Critics' Association Award (1996)
* Four Jessie Awards
* "The Province " newspaper's People's Choice Award.References
* [http://www.canadiantheatre.com/dict.pl?term=Coghill%2C%20Joy Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia biography]
* [http://www.tv.cbc.ca/national/pgminfo/memory/coghill.html CBC's The National: Joy Coghill's Story]External links
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* [http://www.doollee.com/PlaywrightsC/CoghillJoy.htm Joy Coghill at Doollee.com]
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