George C. Scott and Dewhurst had two sons: actor Campbell Scott and Alexander, born in the early-to-mid 1960s.
20 October 2001, the Northern Westchester Center of the Arts Theater (Mt. Kisco, NY) was re-dedicated the Colleen Dewhurst Theater.
An only child.
Died just two days prior to winning the fourth Emmy of her career, this one for her guest appearance as "Murphy Brown" (1988)'s mother.
Ex-stepmother of Devon Scott.
From 1985-91, she served as the president of Actors Equity.
Her autobiography was published posthumously in 1997, completed by Tom Viola.
Her companion for nearly twenty years was Ken Marsolais, an independent producer who mounted such shows as "Ned and Jack" (which Dewhurst directed both off and on Broadway). He and Dewhurst met when he was brought in as assistant stage manager on "A Moon for the Misbegotten" in 1973.
Her father, Fred, played for the CFL's Ottawa Roughriders and was instrumental in bringing amateur hockey to Ottawa.
In 1990, as president of Equity, she became embroiled in the union's dispute with the producer Cameron Mackintosh over whether actor Jonathan Pryce should be allowed to perform the role of a Eurasian pimp that he created in the London production of "Miss Saigon" when the show opened on Broadway. The union first barred Mr. Pryce and then reversed its decision, and he went on to win the Tony Award as best actor in a musical. In announcing the ban on Mr. Pryce and her support for the union's declaration that it was inappropriate in 1990 for a Caucasian actor to portray a Eurasian, she was widely criticized for her statement and her stand.
In June 1988, she played Mary Tyrone in "Long Day's Journey into Night" on Broadway opposite her son, Campbell Scott, as Edmund Tyrone.
In order to explain her death of her reoccurring character, Marilla Cuthbert, on "Avonlea" (1990), clips of her death scene from the TV movie Lantern Hill (1990) (TV) were used. The Avonlea episode was dedicated to her.
Married George C. Scott twice.
Mother of actor Campbell Scott.
She was nominated for a 1973 Joseph Jefferson Award for Best Guest Artist for her performance in the play, "A Moon for the Misbegotten" at the Academy Festival Theatre in Chicago, Illinois.
She was raised in the U.S. from the age of 13, although it is unclear if she ever took U.S. citizenship.
Studied at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York.
Was captain of her seventh-grade girls' baseball team.
Was on the executive boards of the Actors Fund of America and Save the Theatres, a movement to keep existing Broadway houses from being destroyed.
Won four Emmys total - two of them for the same character on TV's "Murphy Brown" (1988), as well as winning two of them at the 1989 awards show.