Television
When stage and screen star Colleen Dewhurst died in August, the news hit especially hard in the production offices of “Murphy Brown.”
Oct. 14, 1991
Tony- and Emmy-winning actress Colleen Dewhurst has never read any of Danielle Steel’s romantic best-selling novels.
Oct. 13, 1990
Movies
The late Colleen Dewhurst was a rough-hewn goddess of a woman, a great actress of majestic presence and burning intelligence whose acting triumphs more often occurred on stage and television than film.
Dec. 13, 1991
Entertainment & Arts
“Artists don’t lead anymore, and we should, because the arts really do belong to the people,” said Colleen Dewhurst with the forcefulness for which she has become known as both actress and activist.
July 14, 1986
Dewhurst Tribute: Colleen Dewhurst was remembered as a sensitive, intelligent and dedicated actress at a memorial service Monday in New York.
Sept. 25, 1991
Colleen Dewhurst, the award-winning stage and screen actress whose greatest triumphs came in Eugene O’Neill’s plays, died Thursday at her Westchester County home, the medical examiner’s office said.
Aug. 23, 1991
Two days after she died, Colleen Dewhurst won an Emmy on Saturday as outstanding guest actress in a comedy series, for an appearance on “Murphy Brown.”
Aug. 26, 1991
If the words Earth Mother ever applied, they clung to Colleen Dewhurst, like fresh loam to garden boots.
Aug. 24, 1991
“Anne of Green Gables,” a television miniseries based on the novel by Lucy Montgomery, walked away with the most honors at Canada’s annual television awards, called the Gemini Awards.
Dec. 8, 1986
I had to write to say how inspired I was by the performances of Colleen Dewhurst and Farrah Fawcett in ABC’s “Between Two Women.”
Aug. 16, 1987