Charmion King

Charmion King
Born	(1925-07-25)July 25, 1925 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Died	January 6, 2007(2007-01-06) (aged 81) Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Years active	1952–2002

Charmion King (July 25, 1925 – January 6, 2007) was a Canadian actress.

Born in Toronto, Ontario, she was part of the country's burgeoning theatre and television industry in the decade of the 1950s. Fresh out of the University of Toronto's Hart House, she quickly became known for her fresh beauty and roles at the new Crest Theatre and their Straw Hat Players summer circuit in the Muskoka Lake district.

She went on to the Stratford Festival appearing in productions of The Winter's Tale, Three Sisters and Uncle Vanya, and appeared on Broadway in Tyrone Guthrie's production of Love and Libel.

She also acted in notable television films, including Anne of Green Gables (as Josephine Barry) and Jackie, Ethel, Joan: The Women of Camelot (as Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy). She also starred in the Canadian television series Wind at My Back and House of Pride. In 1988 she appeared in the film Shadow Dancing.

Family

She was married to actor Gordon Pinsent for 44 years. Their daughter, Leah Pinsent, is also a noted Canadian television actress.

Death

King died, aged 81, in Toronto, reportedly from complications of emphysema.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1964	Nobody Waved Good-bye	Mother
1966	Affair with a Killer
1969	Don't Let the Angels Fall	Myrna
1977	Who Has Seen the Wind	Mrs. Abercrombie
1988	Shadow Dancing	Grace Meyerhoff
1998	Last Night	Grandmother
2001	Picture Claire	Lady on the Train
2002	A Promise	Mum	Short

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1952	Theatre Royal	Julie Cavendish	TV film
	Anne of Green Gables	Mrs. Allen	"Great Aunt Josephine"
1953, 1955-1957 & 1959 - 1961	Encounter	Rosalind Marshall/Mrs. Davenport, Mable / Mary Brock, Grace Shearing, Grace Slidell, Jean & Ruby Crawford	"Star Light, Star Bright" & "The Coming Out of Ellie Swan", "The Magic Life", "Failure to Remain", "Guest Appearance", "Some Of My Best Friends", "A Wind from the South" & "Company Party"
1955	Playbill		"The Typewriter Murder"
1956	Folio	Gwendolyn Fairfax	"The Importance of Being Earnest"
1957	The Adventures of Tugboat Annie	Lydia	"The Romance of Horatio Bullwinkle"
1957 & 1958	On Camera	Martha Madison / Grace & Joan	"A Lesson in Psychology", "Wait for Me" & "The Beard"
1959	The Family Reunion	Mary	TV film
1960	First Person	Ethel Blanton	"Some Are So Lucky"
1961 & 1962	Playdate	Ursula Bennett, "Nightmare" & "The Eye Opener Man and the Wages of Zinn"	"Valerie" & Ellen / Laura
1961	Q for Quest	Karin Hildebrandt	"The Standard of Dying"
	Quest	Marion	"Sam"
	Festival	Mrs. Provocateur	"The Police"
1962		Queen / Aurore	"The Queen and the Rebels" & "Bousille and the Just"
1963	Playdate	Ruth Rutledge / Anne / Mrs. Wenfield	"The Man Who Cheered the Leafs", "Willow Circle", "The Fight for Martin Wheeler"
	The Forest Rangers	Juliette Davis	"The Deputy"
1964	A Very Close Family	Daughter	TV film
1965 & 1966	Seaway	Emily Paneau & Anna Amorest	"Nothing But a Long Goodbye" & "Don't Forget to Wipe the Blood Off: Parts 1 & 2"
1969	Room 222	Dora Hughes	"The Exchange Teacher"
1973	McMillan & Wife	Ann Grey	"Death of a Monster... Birth of a Legend"
1974	House of Pride	Mary Kirby	TV series
1985	Anne of Green Gables	Great Aunt Josephine Barry	TV miniseries
1987	Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel
1988	Katts and Dog	Princess Rosa	"Comedy of Errors", "Princess Rosa" & "Protective Custody"
	The Twilight Zone	Diane Brockman	"Our Selena Is Dying"
1990	The Hitchhiker	Margaret Cabot	"Hard Rhyme"
1994	Broken Lullaby	Natalia Rostova	TV film
1997	Traders	Frankie Beal	"Family Legacy"
	Psi Factor	Bridget Jamieson	"The Damned"
1997–2001	Wind at My Back	Daisy Whitney	Recurring role
1998	My Own Country	Young Man's Mother	TV film
	Witness to Yesterday	Mary Pickford	"Mary Pickford"
2000	Twitch City	Meals Lady	"Klan Bake"
2001	Jackie, Ethel, Joan: The Women of Camelot	Rose Kennedy	TV film
	Twice in a Lifetime	Anne	"Final Flight"

External links

• Charmion King at IMDb
• Toronto Star obituary