LC control no. | no2003118581 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Coghill, Joy |
Birth date | 1926-05-13 |
Death date | 2017-01-20 |
Place of birth | Saskatchewan Findlater (Sask.) |
Place of death | Vancouver (B.C.) |
Affiliation | Order of Canada |
Profession or occupation | Actors Dramatists Theatrical producers and directors |
Found in | Song of this place, 2003: t.p. (Joy Coghill) Can. CIP (Coghill, Joy) Wikipedia, viewed 10 February 2017: Joy Coghill (Joy Dorothy Coghill-Thorne, CM; Canadian actress, director, and writer; born May 13, 1926, Findlater, Saskatchewan; cofounded Canada's first professional touring children's theatre, Holiday Theatre, in 1953 and founded a theatre company for senior professional actors in Vancouver, Western Gold, in 1994; died January 20, 2017, Vancouver, British Columbia) Canada. Governor General. Honours Recipients database, viewed 10 February 2017 (Joy Coghill, C.M., M.F.A., LL.D.; Vancouver, British Columbia; Member of the Order of Canada, awarded on October 25, 1990, invested on April 17, 1991; One of Canada's finest actresses, she is a veteran of stage, television and film who has portrayed many unforgettable characters including Ma Murray, Sarah Bernhardt and Emily Carr. She has also worked as a director, teacher and writer and, as a champion of Canadian talent and quality, is a continuing inspiration to her colleagues in theatre throughout the country) Amicus database, 10 February 2017 (authorized access point: Coghill, Joy) |