Domini Blythe (August 28, 1947 – December 15, 2010) was a British-born Canadian actress. Her numerous stage, film and television credits included Search for Tomorrow, External Affairs, The Wars, Savage Messiah, Montreal Stories and Mount Royal.
Early life and education Blythe was born in Upton-by-Chester. She graduated from the Central School of Speech and Drama in London.
Career She worked for the Royal Shakespeare Company and made her stage debut in London's West End in 1970 in Oh, Calcutta! She appeared as Anna Müller in the Hammer film Vampire Circus in 1972 before moving to Canada the same year, eventually settling in Stratford, Ontario. She went on to perform in many leading roles at the Stratford Festival including a solo show about the abolishionist Fanny Kemble co-created with director Peter Hinton-Davis. She also spent several years at the Shaw Festival in Niagara-on-the-Lake.
Personal life Some sources identified film writer-director Jean Beaudin as her husband. The Independent reported that he was "her partner of more than 20 years".Obituary The Independent, February 23, 2011. Blythe died of cancer in Montreal on December 15, 2010, at the age of 63.
Filmography
Film +YearTitleRole Notes1972Vampire CircusAnna1973 A Story of TutankhamunChristine1975 The Heatwave Lasted Four DaysGabriella1983 The WarsLady Barbara d'Orsey1991Montreal StoriesVielle dame1994Mrs. Parker and the Vicious CircleActress in Mirror1995VoicesLady Virginia Milford1997AfterglowHelene Pelletier1998When I Will Be Gone (L'Âge de braise)Rachel1999External AffairsSylvia Riordan2002Savage Messiah (Moïse, l’affaire Roch Thériault)Gayle2007Emotional ArithmeticJane Radley2008AffinityMother Prior2009 The TrotskyMrs. Davis
Television YearTitleRole Notes1969Boy Meets GirlCandidaEpisode: "A Name in the Lights"1972Thirty-Minute TheatreVeniceEpisode: "Hands"1985, 1986Search for TomorrowEstelle Kendall2 episodes1987, 1989Street LegalElsbeth McTague / Lily Marcheson1988Mount RoyalKatherine Valeur16 episodes1988Formula IJennifer Moore8 episodes1991Urban AngelMargaret CogswellEpisode: "Fire & Ice"1993Road to AvonleaMrs. CampbellEpisode: "Heirs and Graces"1994Scoop IIIAllison Carlisle3 episodes1994Million Dollar BabiesNurse Lena de Keyzer2 episodes1995VanishedMarielle's MotherTelevision film1995Les grands procèsMary LindsayEpisode: "L'affaire Coffin"1998More Tales of the CityHelena Parrish3 episodes2000Deadly AppearancesEve BoychukTelevision film2010Ties That BindJudge Evelyn Rowe
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