Clare Coulter (born 1942) is a
Canadian
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actress.
["Coulter, Clare"]
''Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia'', March 5, 2013. Although she has appeared in film, television and stage roles, she is most highly regarded for her stage work.
Career
Coulter's noted stage roles have included Eleanor in the original production of
George F. Walker's ''
Love and Anger'',
["Love And Anger simply stunning". '']Toronto Star
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'', October 12, 1989. the first English-language production of
Michel Tremblay
Michel Tremblay (born 25 June 1942) is a French-Canadian novelist and playwright.
Tremblay was born in Montreal, Quebec, where he grew up in the French-speaking neighbourhood of Plateau Mont-Royal; at the time of his birth, a neighbourhood wit ...
's ''
Albertine in Five Times'',
["Poem-like Albertine is soporific in execution". '']The Globe and Mail
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'', April 10, 1985. and a 2013
Harbourfront Centre
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production of ''
King Lear
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It is based on the mythological Leir of Britain. King Lear, in preparation for his old age, divides his power and land between two of his daughters. He becomes destitute and insane ...
'' in which she became one of relatively few women to have portrayed the title role.
Coulter is a
Genie Award nominee for
Best Supporting Actress at the
4th Genie Awards
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''The Grey Fox'' was the ...
in 1983 for ''
By Design
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'',
["Film awards gaining ground, slowly Genie's pickings slim but good". '']The Globe and Mail
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'', March 18, 1983. and a
Canadian Screen Award
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nominee for Best Supporting Actress at the
6th Canadian Screen Awards in 2018 for ''
Cross My Heart (Les Rois mongols)''. She also appeared in the films ''
The Wars'', ''
When Night Is Falling
''When Night is Falling'' is a 1995 Canadian drama film directed by Patricia Rozema and starring Pascale Bussières and Rachael Crawford. It was entered into the 45th Berlin International Film Festival.
Plot
Camille Baker ( Pascale Bussières) i ...
'', ''
The Five Senses'', ''
Saint Monica
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'', ''
Away from Her
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'' and ''
We Are Gold
''We Are Gold'' (french: Nous sommes Gold) is a Canadian drama film, directed by Éric Morin and released in 2019.
The film stars Monia Chokri as Marianne, a successful indie rock musician returning to her hometown in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue ...
(Nous sommes Gold)'', and in the television series ''
The Newsroom'', ''
The Worst Witch
''The Worst Witch'' is a series of children's books written and illustrated by Jill Murphy. The series are primarily about a girl who attends a witch school and fantasy stories, with eight books published. The first, ''The Worst Witch'', was ...
'', ''
This Is Wonderland'' and ''
Living in Your Car
''Living in Your Car'' is a Canadian television comedy-drama series that debuted on May 7, 2010, on HBO Canada.
The series stars John Ralston as Steve Unger, a former high-flying corporate executive struggling to rebuild his life after being in ...
''.
Filmography
Film
Television
References
External links
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1942 births
Canadian television actresses
Canadian film actresses
Canadian stage actresses
Canadian voice actresses
Canadian Shakespearean actresses
Actresses from Toronto
Living people
20th-century Canadian actresses
21st-century Canadian actresses
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