Terry Tweed (born 23 March 1943 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian actress,

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and theatre director from Toronto, Ontario."Director hopes to harvest magic in U of O revival of Farm Show". ''

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Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia.

Career

Primarily known as a stage actress, her roles have included productions of '' Balconville'', '' Blood Relations'', ''

Romeo and Juliet ''Romeo and Juliet'' is a Shakespearean tragedy, tragedy written by William Shakespeare early in his career about the romance between two Italian youths from feuding families. It was among Shakespeare's most popular plays during his lifetim ...

'', ''

The Glace Bay Miners' Museum ''Margaret's Museum'' is a 1995 British-Canadian drama film, directed by Mort Ransen and based on Sheldon Currie's novel '' The Glace Bay Miners' Museum''. Plot Set in the 1940s in Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, the film tells the story of ...

'', '' Driving Miss Daisy'', ''Another Home Invasion'', ''

Over the River and Through the Woods ''Over the River and Through the Woods'' is a play written by Joe DiPietro, published in 1998. It played Off-Broadway An off-Broadway theatre is any professional theatre venue in New York City with a seating capacity between 100 and 499, incl ...

'', ''

Homechild ''Homechild'' is a play written by Canadian Governor General's Award-winning playwright Joan MacLeod. The play's undertone is about the migration of the nearly 100,000 "home children," orphans and children placed for adoption who were transplante ...

'', '' Orpheus Descending'', '' The Comedy of Errors'' and '' Happy Days'', while she has directed productions of ''Blood Brothers'', '' The Women'', '' Arcadia'', '' Gypsy'', ''Salt Water Moon'', '' Our Town'' and ''

Albertine in Five Times ''Albertine in Five Times'' (french: Albertine, en cinq temps) is a play by Michel Tremblay."Poem-like Albertine is soporific in execution". ''The Globe and Mail'', April 10, 1985. First produced by the National Arts Centre in 1984,< ...

''. She also starred in the television sitcoms '' Delilah'' and '' The Baxters'', and as Lillian Massey in the 1978 television film ''

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'',"Masseys larger-than-life portrait of Ontario over-achievers". ''

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'', October 21, 1978. as well as making guest appearances on ''

Katts and Dog ''Katts and Dog'' is a French and Canadian-produced television series that ran from 1988 to 1993. It was known as ''Rin Tin Tin: K-9 Cop'' in the United States where it originally aired on CBN Cable/The Family Channel and ''Rintintin Junior'' in ...

'', '' Street Legal'' and '' Skins''. She was cowriter of two plays, ''Lockhartville'' (an adaptation of

Alden Nowlan Alden Albert Nowlan (; January 25, 1933 – June 27, 1983) was a Canadian poet, novelist, and playwright. History Alden Nowlan was born into rural poverty in Stanley, Nova Scotia, adjacent to Mosherville, and close to the small town of Windsor, ...

's novel ''Various Persons Named Kevin O'Brien'') and ''On My Own Two Feet''. She is a former professor of theatre at the University of Ottawa, and a former president of the Canadian Actors' Equity Association. She currently teaches theatre at Humber College and at the Birmingham Conservatory of the Stratford Festival.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tweed, Terry Canadian film actresses Canadian television actresses Canadian stage actresses Actresses from Toronto Canadian theatre directors Canadian women theatre directors 20th-century Canadian dramatists and playwrights 20th-century Canadian actresses 21st-century Canadian actresses Academic staff of the University of Ottawa 1943 births Living people Academic staff of Humber College Canadian women dramatists and playwrights 20th-century Canadian women writers