Barbara Chilcott Davis (September 10, 1922 – January 1, 2022) was a Canadian actress.

Career

After the war she studied at the

Central School of Speech and Drama The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama was founded by Elsie Fogerty in 1906, as The Central School of Speech Training and Dramatic Art, to offer a new form of training in speech and drama for young actors and other students. It became a ...

in London, making her West End debut in 1949. On her return to Canada in 1950, she soon became one of the country's leading actresses. In 1953, with her brothers Murray and Donald Davis, she founded the Crest Theatre in Toronto, which operated until 1966. Chilcott died in Toronto on January 1, 2022, at the age of 99.

Partial filmography

* 1960 ''

The Full Treatment ''The Full Treatment'' (also known as ''The Treatment'' and ''Stop Me Before I Kill!'') is a 1960 black-and-white, British thriller film directed by Val Guest and starring Claude Dauphin, Diane Cilento and Ronald Lewis. It was based on the 195 ...

'' as Baroness de la Vailion * 1966 '' The Trap'' as Trader's Wife * 1975 ''

Lies My Father Told Me ''Lies My Father Told Me'' is a 1975 Canadian drama film made in Montreal, Quebec. It was directed by Ján Kadár and stars Jeffrey Lynas as an orthodox Jewish boy growing up in 1920s Montreal. The film received the Golden Globe Award for Best F ...

'' as Mrs. Tannenbaum * 1993 ''

M. Butterfly ''M. Butterfly'' is a play by David Henry Hwang. The story, while entwined with that of the opera ''Madama Butterfly'', is based most directly on the relationship between French diplomat Bernard Boursicot and Shi Pei Pu, a Peking opera singer. T ...

'' as Critic at Garden Party * 1996 '' No Contest II'' as Mrs. Holman

References

External links

*
Entry at thecanadianencyclopedia.ca
* Archives of Barbara Chilcot
(Barbara Chilcott fonds, R11210)
are held at Library and Archives Canada {{DEFAULTSORT:Chilcott, Barbara 1922 births 2022 deaths Actresses from Toronto Canadian film actresses Canadian television actresses Canadian stage actresses 20th-century Canadian actresses Alumni of the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama