Marguerite McNeil (January 21, 1935 – November 6, 2021), née MacDougall, was a Canadian film and television actress and playwright, best known for her recurring role as Marguerite Murphy in the television series Trailer Park Boys.Elizabeth Patterson, "Cape Breton-born actress known for her work in TV, film, theatre remembered". PNI Atlantic News, November 15, 2021.
A native of Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, she moved to New York City after high school to study acting, and had stage roles in New York City, London and Toronto before moving back to Nova Scotia to be near her family. In Nova Scotia she had regular stage roles, including productions of Alec Butler's Black Friday,Robert Crew, "4-Play Festival uncovers a gem". Toronto Star, April 9, 1989. Janet Munday's The Sewer Show,Cathy MacDonald, "Cloudy shade of green; Mulgrave Road Co-op's play The Sewer Show questions the environmentally-correct idea". Halifax Daily News, April 5, 1991. Tennessee Williams's Cat on a Hot Tin RoofDavid Swick, "Great play, good production". Halifax Daily News, January 10, 1993. and Bryden MacDonald's The Weekend Healer, Divinity Bash Nine LivesKate Taylor, "Nine outcasts in search of a play: A new Halifax work has too many roles and too little plot". The Globe and Mail, January 13, 1998. and The Extasy of Bedridden Riding Hood.Natasha Gauthier, "GCTC's Red Riding Hood one long, strange trip". Ottawa Citizen, December 1, 2000.
She also collaborated with MacDonald in the writing of the plays Our Miserable LivesDavid Swick and Tim Carlson, "Second annual Fringe Fest bigger, better". Halifax Daily News, September 6, 1992. and An Island Woman,"Mulgrave presenting new show at northern N.S. nursing homes". Halifax Daily News, March 11, 1993. and was an acting teacher.Barbara Crook, "Play looks at the old and abandoned". Ottawa Citizen, November 28, 2000.
Apart from a small appearance in the 1981 film My Bloody Valentine, she began acting in film and television primarily in the 1990s, with supporting roles in the films The Scarlet Letter and Sweet Angel Mine. She subsequently appeared in films including Love and Death on Long Island, New Waterford Girl, The Divine Ryans, Marion Bridge, Whole New Thing, Black Eyed Dog, Rhonda's Party and All the Wrong Reasons, and the television series Lexx, Shattered City: The Halifax Explosion and Mr. D.
She won an ACTRA Award for Outstanding Performance, Female in 2011 for Rhonda's Party, and the Legacy Award from the Robert Merritt Awards in 2012 for her lifetime contributions to Nova Scotia theatre."Cape Bretoners recognized". Cape Breton Post, March 28, 2012.
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