# Jackie Burroughs

Jacqueline Burroughs (2 February 1939 – 22 September 2010) was a British-born 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 before moving to New York City.

## Career

After returning to Canada, Burroughs started acting in live theatre at Ontario's Stratford Festival and Shaw Festival, including starring as Portia in The Merchant of Venice in 1976. 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 Spirit in 1985's The Care Bears Movie.
In 1987, 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, later receiving a Genie Award for best performance by an actress in a leading role for the film. She played role of Mrs. Amelia Evans in Anne of Green Gables (1985). 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. 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.
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

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1966 | Notes for a Film About Donna and Gail | Gail | |
| 1967 | The Ernie Game | Gail | |
| 1971 | Eat Anything | | |
| 1972 | A Fan's Notes | Betty Blind | |
| 1974 | Monkeys in the Attic | Wanda | |
| 1974 | 125 Rooms of Comfort | Bobbie Kidd | |
| 1975 | My Pleasure Is My Business [cy; ru] | Old lady at pool | Uncredited |
| 1980 | The Kidnapping of the President | Woman Agent | |
| 1981 | Heavy Metal | Katherine | Voice, (segment "Den") |
| 1981 | The Intruder | Eleanor | |
| 1982 | The Grey Fox | Katherine 'Kate' Flynn | |
| 1983 | The Wars | Miss Davenport | |
| 1983 | The Dead Zone | Vera Smith | |
| 1983 | Gentle Sinners | Mrs. Smith | |
| 1984 | Chautauqua Girl | Mrs. Ferguson | |
| 1984 | The Surrogate | Woman at Anouk's | |
| 1985 | The Care Bears Movie | The Spirit | Voice |
| 1986 | A Judgment in Stone | Joan Smith | |
| 1987 | A Winter Tan | Maryse Holder | |
| 1987 | John and the Missus | Missus | |
| 1988 | Inside/Out | | |
| 1989 | Food of the Gods II | Dr. Treger | |
| 1989 | The Midday Sun | Lilian | |
| 1990 | Whispers | Mrs. Yancey | |
| 1991 | Elizabeth Smart: On the Side of the Angels | Elizabeth Smart | |
| 1992 | Careful | Frau Teacher | |
| 1997 | Bleeders | Lexie | |
| 1998 | Last Night | The Runner | |
| 1999 | Have Mercy | Lulu | |
| 2000 | Washed Up | Tosca | |
| 2000 | How Dinosaurs Learned to Fly | Narrator | Voice, Short |
| 2001 | Lost and Delirious | Fay Vaughn | |
| 2001 | On Their Knees | Flora | |
| 2002 | Night's Noontime | Queen Victoria | Short |
| 2003 | A Guy Thing | Aunt Budge | |
| 2003 | Willard | Henrietta Stiles | |
| 2003 | Rhinoceros Eyes | Mrs. Walnut | |
| 2003 | The Republic of Love | Betty Avery | |
| 2004 | Cavedweller | Grandma Windsor | |
| 2004 | Going the Distance | Mother Libby | |
| 2004 | Re-Generation | Grandmother | |
| 2005 | Fever Pitch | Mrs. Warren | |
| 2005 | King's Ransom | Grandma | |
| 2005 | Bailey's Billion$ | Constance Pennington | |
| 2005 | Leo | Felicity | Short |
| 2005 | Heidi | Frau Rottenmeier | Voice |
| 2006 | The Sentinel | Mrs. Miller | Uncredited |
| 2006 | First Snow | Maggie | |
| 2006 | Deck the Halls | Mrs. Ryor | |
| 2008 | Into the Labyrinth | Ariadne | |
| 2010 | Higglety Pigglety Pop! | Mother Goose | Voice, Video short |
| 2010 | Small Town Murder Songs | Olive | |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1969 | Dulcima | Dulcima Gaston | Canadian Film Award winner for Best Actress (Non-Feature), 21st Canadian Film Awards |
| 1970 | The Psychiatrist | Jane | Episode: "God Bless the Children" |
| 1970 | Twelve and a Half Cents | Vicky | |
| 1973 | Vicky | Vicky | Earle Grey Award winner, 3rd ACTRA Awards Canadian Film Award winner for Best Actress (Non-Feature), 25th Canadian Film Awards |
| 1978 | Great Performances | Maria Mitchell | Episode: "Out of Our Father's House" |
| 1981 | Chairman of the Board | Prof. Hannah Cohen | TV series |
| 1985 | Evergreen | Dorothy | TV miniseries |
| 1985 | American Playhouse | Emmaline Ozmondo Fingal | Episode: "Overdrawn at the Memory Bank" |
| 1985 | Seduced | Mrs. Riordan | TV film |
| 1985 | The Undergrads | Nancy Galik | TV film |
| 1985 | Star Wars: Ewoks | Morag | Voice, 13 episodes |
| 1985 | Anne of Green Gables | Mrs. Amelia Evans | TV miniseries |
| 1987 | Taking Care of Terrific | Mrs. Forbes | TV film |
| 1989 | The Twilight Zone | Jean Reed | Episode: "Many, Many Monkeys" |
| 1990–1996 | Road to Avonlea | Hetty King | Main role |
| 1992 | Heritage Minutes | Narrator | Episode: "Rural Teacher" |
| 1993 | Night Owl | Dr. Matthews | TV film |
| 1994 | The Adventures of Dudley the Dragon | Aggie | Recurring role |
| 1995 | Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years | Ozza Starks | Episode: "The Hanging" |
| 1997 | Elvis Meets Nixon | Dodger | TV film |
| 1997 | Due South | Gladys Caunce | Episode: "Eclipse" |
| 1997 | Platinum | Sir Ian Ball-Worthington | TV film |
| 1998 | Evidence of Blood | Granny Dollar | TV film |
| 1998 | More Tales of the City | Mother Mucca | TV miniseries |
| 1998 | Happy Christmas, Miss King | Hetty King | TV film |
| 1999 | Cover Me | Caitlin Crawford | TV miniseries |
| 2001 | Further Tales of the City | Mother Mucca | TV miniseries |
| 2001 | Smallville | Cassandra Carver | Episode: "Hourglass" |
| 2003 | Just Cause | Lily Zimmer | Episode: "Death's Details" |
| 2003 | Made in Canada | Helga Lemper | "Beaver Creek Valentine" |
| 2003 | Dead Like Me | Florence | Episode: "Reaping Havoc" |
| 2004 | The Eleventh Hour | Arlene Garwood | Episode: "Georgia" |
| 2004 | The Winning Season | Mrs. Young | TV film |
| 2004 | Snow | Lorna | TV film |
| 2005 | Slings & Arrows | Moira | 3 episodes |
| 2005 | Martha: Behind Bars | Big Martha | TV film |
| 2008 | Skip Tracer | Florence | TV film |
| 2009 | Sophie | Aunt Sheil | Episode: "Stolen Kisses" |