Martha Henry Biography (1938-)

Original name, Martha Buhs; born February 17, 1938, in Detroit, MI; citizen of Canada; daughter of Lloyd H. and Kathleen (maiden name, Hatch) Buhs; married Douglas Rain (an actor; divorced); married Donnelly Rhodes (an actor), 1962(divorced); married Rod Beattie (an actor), 1990; children: (first marriage)Emma.

Nationality
American
Gender
Female
Occupation
Actress, director
Birth Details
February 17, 1938
Detroit, Michigan, United States

Famous Works

  • CREDITS
  • Stage Appearances
  • The Crucible, Crest Theatre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1959-1960
  • You Can't Take It with You, Crest Theatre, 1959-1960
  • Epitaph for George Dillon, Crest Theatre, 1959-1960
  • Macbeth, Crest Theatre, 1959-1960
  • The Seagull, Crest Theatre, 1959-1960
  • Matchmaker, Crest Theatre, 1959-1960
  • Under Milkwood, Crest Theatre, 1959-1960
  • Miranda, The Tempest, Stratford Shakespearean Festival of Canada,Stratford, Ontario, 1962
  • Lady Macduff, The Tragedy of Macbeth, Stratford Shakespearean Festival of Canada, 1962
  • Cyrano de Bergerac, Stratford Shakespearean Festival of Canada, 1962
  • Dorimene, Le bourgeois gentilhomme, Stratford Shakespearean Festival of Canada, 1964
  • Cordelia, King Lear, Stratford Shakespearean Festival of Canada, 1964
  • Mistress Squeamish, The Country Wife, Stratford Shakespearean Festival of Canada, 1964
  • Lady Percy, Henry IV, Part One, Stratford Shakespearean Festival of Canada, 1965
  • Lady Percy, Falstaff(also known as Henry IV, Part Two), Stratford Shakespearean Festival of Canada, 1965
  • Dunyasha, The Cherry Orchard, Stratford Shakespearean Festival ofCanada, 1965
  • Raina, Arms and the Man, Shaw Festival, 1965
  • Joan La Pucelle, Henry VI, Festival Theatre, Stratford Shakespearean Festival of Canada, 1966
  • Viola, Twelfth Night, Festival Theatre, 1966
  • Pegeen Mike, Playboy of the Western World, Canadian Players Theatre, 1966
  • Abigail, The Crucible, Arena Stage, Washington, DC, 1967
  • Peasant, The Government Inspector, Arena Stage, 1967
  • Alison, Look Back in Anger, Arena Stage, 1967
  • Elmire, Tartuffe, Festival Theatre, 1968
  • Who Killed Santa Claus?, London, 1968-1970
  • Pegeen Mike, The Playboy of the Western World, Vivian Beaumont Theatre, New York City, 1971
  • Scenes from American Life, Forum Theatre, 1971
  • Title role, Antigone, Vivian Beaumont Theatre, 1971
  • Georgina, Narrow Road to the Deep North, Vivian Beaumont Theatre,1972
  • Olivia, Twelfth Night, Vivian Beaumont Theatre, 1972
  • Elizabeth Proctor, The Crucible, Vivian Beaumont Theatre, 1972
  • Pericles, Stratford Festival of Canada, 1973
  • Measure for Measure, Stratford Festival of Canada, 1975
  • Olga, Three Sisters, Stratford Festival of Canada, 1976
  • Anatol's six women, Affairs of Anatol, Centaur Theatre, Montreal,Quebec, 1976
  • Uncle Vanya, Stratford Festival of Canada, 1978
  • The Woman, Stratford Festival of Canada, 1979
  • Marguarite, The Lady of the Camellias, Theatre London, London, Ontario, 1979
  • May Buchanan, Farther West, Theatre Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, 1983
  • Elizabeth Proctor, The Crucible, Theatre Plus, Toronto, 1983
  • Carla, New World, National Arts Centre, Ottawa, Ontario, 1983
  • Margaret, Waiting for the Parade, Grand Theatre, London, Ontario,1983-1984
  • Jennifer Dubedat, The Doctor's Dilemma, Grand Theatre, 1983-1984
  • Gertrude, Hamlet, Grand Theatre, 1983-1984
  • Freddie, The Club, Grand Theatre, 1983-1984
  • Carlotta, Dear Antoine, Grand Theatre, 1983-1984
  • Mable, Grace, and Laura, Tonight at 8:30, CentreStage, Toronto, 1984-1985
  • Carla, New World, CentreStage, 1984-1985
  • Winnie, Happy Days, Theatre Plus, 1986
  • Mrs. Simpson, Pal Joey, Tarragon Theatre, Toronto, 1986, then Grand Theatre, 1989
  • Mother, Warm Wind in China, Grand Theatre, 1989
  • Ann, The Cocktail Hour, Grand Theatre, 1990
  • Marian, The Stillborn Lover, Grand Theatre, 1993
  • Kate, Dancing at Lughnasa, Grand Theatre, 1994
  • Princess Kosmonopolis, Sweet Bird of Youth, Stratford Festival ofCanada, 1996
  • Regina, The Little Foxes, Stratford Festival of Canada, 1996
  • "A," Three Tall Women, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton, Alberta, 1996
  • Amanda Wingfield, The Glass Menagerie, Tarragon Theatre, 1997
  • The Crucible, Manitoba Theatre Centre, 1998
  • Martha, Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolf?, Avon Theatre, Stratford Festival of Canada, 2001
  • The Seagull, Avon Theatre, 2001
  • Also appeared at Stratford Festival of Canada as Helena, All's Well That Ends Well; as Luciana, Comedy of Errors; as Volumnia, Coriolanus; as Linda, Death of a Salesman; as Constance, King John; as Cordelia and Goneril, King Lear; as Mary Tyrone, Long Day's Journey into Night; as Rosaline and Princess of France, Love's Labour'sLost; as Isabella, Measure for Measure; as Titania and Helena, A Midsummer Night's Dream; as Beatrice, Much Ado about Nothing; as Desdemona, Othello; as Thaisa, Pericles; as Lady Anne, Richard III; as Marian, The Stillborn Lover; as Phrynia, Timon ofAthens; as Cressida, Troilus and Cressida; and as Paulina, A Winter's Tale; also appeared in Colours in the Dark; The Devils; and There's One in Every Marriage. Appeared at Manitoba Theatre Centre as Ellie Dunn, Heartbreak House; in the title role, Hedda Gabler; as Teresa, The Hostage; as Jennet Jourdemayne, The Lady's Not for Burning; as Titania, A Midsummer Night's Dream; as Yvette,Mother Courage; as Jenny, Threepenny Opera; and as Masha, Three Sisters. Narrator of Facade, Toronto Symphony and Stratford Summer Music; Kaddish, Roy Thomson Hall; A Midsummer Night's Dream, Toronto Symphony; Pierrot Lunaire, Great Hall, Hart House, Toronto;and Tales of the Netsilik, Calgary Philharmonic, Calgary.
  • Major Tours
  • Melissa Gardner, Love Letters, 1996
  • Stage Director
  • An Enemy of the People, Avon Theatre, Stratford Festival of Canada, Stratford, Ontario, Canada, 1991
  • Elizabeth Rex, Tom Patterson Theatre, Stratford Festival of Canada, 2000
  • Richard III, Stratford Festival of Canada, 2002
  • Antony and Cleopatra, Tom Patterson Theatre, 2003
  • Measure for Measure, Carnegie Mellon University, 2003
  • Also director of Brief Lives, Third Stage, Stratford; The Graceof Mary Traverse, Toronto Free Theatre, Toronto; La voix humaine,Theatre Francais, Toronto; Top Girls, Globe Theatre, Regina, Saskatchewan; Cecil and Cleopaytra, Miss Julie, 'Night, Mother, and The Two-Headed Roommate, all McManus Theatre, London, Ontario; All Other Destinations Are Cancelled, The Colored Museum, and Moon forthe Misbegotten, all Tarragon Theatre; and Biloxi Blues, BloodRelations, Bordertown Cafe, Brighton Beach Memoirs, Broadway Bound, The Dining Room, Filthy Rich, Fire, The Girls in the Gang, Love Letters, The Miracle Worker, Mississippi, A Moon for the Misbegotten, The Odd Couple, Oleanna, Toronto, A Walk in the Woods, and Woman in Mind, all Grand Theatre, London, Ontario.
  • Film Appearances
  • Mrs. Ross, The Wars, 1983
  • Edna Cormick, Dancing in the Dark (also known as Danse a contre-jour), 1986
  • Confidential, 1986
  • Narrator, Goddess Remembered (also known as Sur les traces de la deesse), 1989
  • Narrator, The Burning Times (also known as Le temps des buchers), 1990
  • Dr. Ella Wingwright, White Light, 1991
  • Grace, Mustard Bath, 9Y6S Film, 1993
  • Mary Cavan Tyrone, Long Day's Journey into Night (also known as Eugene O'Neill's Long Day's Journey into Night), Rhombus Media, 1996
  • Narrator, L5: First City in Space, IMAX Corp., 1996
  • Performance actor, Karen Kain: Dancing in the Moment, 1997
  • Audrey, The Republic of Love, Seville, 2003
  • Television Appearances
  • Episodic
  • Barbara Rayne, "Ransom," Poltergeist: The Legacy, 1997
  • "Martha Henry," Life and Times, CBC, 1997
  • "Timothy Findlay," Life and Times, CBC, 1999
  • Megan Moore, "The Book of Hours," Emily of New Moon, CBC, 1999
  • Appeared in CBC presentations of Adrienne Clarkson Presents, Ladies in Retirement, Lord Arthur Saville's Crime, The Master Builder, Orpheus and Eurydice, Talking to a Stranger, VenusObserved, and Waiting for the Parade.
  • Specials
  • Viola, Twelfth Night, CBC, 1964
  • Mount Royal: Passages, 1988
  • Movies
  • Milady de Winter, The Three Musketeers, 1969
  • Back to Beulah, 1974
  • Antoinette Hughes, Glory Enough for All, PBS, 1989
  • Dr. Moore, And Then There Was One, Lifetime, 1994
  • Miniseries
  • Gwendolyn Harleth, Daniel Deronda, BBC, 1970
  • Terry, Talking to a Stranger, CBC, 1971
  • (Segment "1978"), The Newcomers, CBC, 1977
  • Catherine, Empire, Inc., 1985
  • Kit Garrison, Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story (also known as Anne 3), CBC and PBS, 2000
  • Radio Appearances
  • Appeared in the CBC presentations Children's Hour, The DeptfordTrilogy, Memoir, A Month in the Country, The StillbornLover, and St. Joan.

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

    Periodicals
    • Maclean's, June 27, 1994, p. 50; December 23, 1996, p. 50