Frances Hyland
Frances Hyland OC (April 25, 1927 – July 11, 2004) was a Canadian stage, film and television actress.Hyland studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, making her professional debut in London as Stella in A Streetcar Named Desire, opposite John Gielgud. In 1954, she returned to Canada, becoming a regular at the Stratford Festival in Ontario. Her roles there included Isabella (in Measure for Measure), Portia (in The Merchant of Venice), Olivia (in Twelfth Night), Perdita (in The Winter's Tale), Desdemona (in Othello) and Ophelia in (in Hamlet). She appeared in movies and on television, including a role on Road to Avonlea.
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Birth date | April 25, 1927 |
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Date of death | July 11, 2004 |
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