Question: Steve Weston, was a Canadian television and theatre actor, he was also an accomplished stage actor and once played the role of who, in a Toronto production of "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof"?

Context articles: Simone Kirby
Steve Weston
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
James Poe
Larry Gates
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1984 film)
Sanaa Lathan
The Long, Hot Summer
Barbara Bel Geddes
Madeleine Sherwood

Simone Kirby is an Irish actress.
 She is probably best known for playing Oonagh in the Ken Loach film "Jimmy's Hall".
 Other credits include Irene O'Donnell in "Peaky Blinders" (2014), Marilyn Hull in "Notes on Blindness" (2016), Tyva Hightopp in "Alice Through The Looking Glass" (2016), Sr.
 Grace in "Houdini and Doyle" (2016), Maria Roche in "The Truth Commissioner" (2016), Annette Rane in "Clean Break" (2015), Tracey Moynihan in "Love/Hate" (2014) and Geraldine Grehan in the RTÉ series "Pure Mule".
 She co-wrote and performed in the RTÉ comedy sketch show "Meet Your Neighbours" in 2011 with P.J. Gallagher.
 She also appeared in "Season of the Witch" in 2011.
 On stage she appeared in "Dancing at Lughnasa" at The Old Vic, "Macbeth" at Shakespeare's Globe, "Molly Sweeney" at the Irish Rep in New York and Curve in Leicester, "Festen" at the Gate Theatre, "Mud" and "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" with the Corn Exchange, Dublin, "Don Carlos" and "The Taming of the Shrew" with Rough Magic and "The Tinker's Wedding" under Garry Hynes for the Druid Theatre Company's DruidSynge.
 She also portrayed Nuala in "The Cavalcaders" under Robin Lefevre and Lady Teasle in "The School For Scandal" under Jimmy Fay at Dublin's Abbey Theatre.
Steve Weston (1940 - May 12, 1985) was a Canadian television and theatre actor.
 He is best known to Canadian audiences from his stint as the husband in the sitcom "The Trouble With Tracy", and as a series regular on the sketch comedy series "Bizarre".
 However, he was also an accomplished stage actor and once played the role of Gooper Pollitt in a Toronto production of "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof".
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof is a play by Tennessee Williams.
 One of Williams's best-known works and his personal favorite, the play won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1955.
 Set in the "plantation home in the Mississippi Delta" of Big Daddy Pollitt, a wealthy cotton tycoon, the play examines the relationships among members of Big Daddy's family, primarily between his son Brick and Maggie the "Cat", Brick's wife.
James Poe (October 4, 1921 – January 24, 1980) was an American film and television screenwriter.
 He is best known for his work on the movies "Around the World in 80 Days" for which he jointly won an Academy Award in 1956, "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof", "Summer and Smoke", "Lilies of the Field", and "They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
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Larry Gates (September 24, 1915December 12, 1996) was an American actor probably best known for his role as H.B. Lewis on daytime's "Guiding Light" and as Doc Baugh in the film version of "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof".
 He played the role of Lewis from 1983 to 1996 and received the Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actor at the 1985 awards.
 (He had previously played the role of District Attorney Eric Van Gelder on "Guiding Light" in 1977 and 1978.)
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof is a 1984 American made-for-television drama film directed by Jack Hofsiss and starring Jessica Lange, Tommy Lee Jones, Rip Torn, Kim Stanley, David Dukes, and Penny Fuller.
 The film was produced by American Playhouse and originally premiered on Showtime on August 19, 1984.
Sanaa McCoy Lathan (born September 19, 1971) is an American actress and voice actress.
 She has starred in many films, including the box-office hit "The Best Man", its 2013 sequel, "The Best Man Holiday", "Love & Basketball", "Brown Sugar", "Alien vs. Predator" and "The Family That Preys".
 Lathan was nominated for a Tony Award for her performance on Broadway in "A Raisin in the Sun".
 From 2009 to 2013, she voiced Donna Tubbs in "The Cleveland Show".
 In 2010, she starred in the all-black performance of "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" at the Novello Theatre in London.
The Long, Hot Summer is a 1958 film directed by Martin Ritt.
 The screenplay was written by Irving Ravetch and Harriet Frank, Jr., based in part on three works by William Faulkner: the 1931 novella "Spotted Horses", the 1939 short story "Barn Burning", and the 1940 novel "The Hamlet."
 The title is taken from "The Hamlet," as Book Three is called "The Long Summer".
 Some characters, as well as tone, were inspired by Tennessee Williams' 1955 play, "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof," a film adaptation of which – also starring Paul Newman – was released five months after the release of "The Long, Hot Summer".
Barbara Bel Geddes (October 31, 1922 – August 8, 2005) was an American actress, artist, and children's author, whose career spanned six decades.
 She was best known for her starring role in the television drama series "Dallas" as matriarch Miss Ellie Ewing.
 Bel Geddes also starred in the original Broadway production of "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" in the role of Maggie.
 Her notable films included Alfred Hitchcock's "Vertigo" (1958) and "I Remember Mama" (1948).
 She was the recipient of several acting awards and nominations throughout her career.
Madeleine Sherwood (November 13, 1922 – April 23, 2016) was a Canadian actress of stage, film and television.
 She was widely known for her portrayals of Mae/Sister Woman and Miss Lucy in both the Broadway and film versions of Tennessee Williams' "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" and "Sweet Bird of Youth".
 She starred or featured in 18 original Broadway productions including "Arturo Ui", "Do I Hear a Waltz?
" and "The Crucible".
 In 1963 she won an Obie Award for Best Actress for her performance in "Hey You, Light Man!"
 Off-Broadway.
 However, she may be best remembered as Reverend Mother Placido to Sally Field's Sister Bertrille in "The Flying Nun" (1967–70).