Kate Reid

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Kate Reid
Born	Kate Daphne Reid November 4, 1930 (1930-11-04) London, England
Died	March 27, 1993 (aged 62) Stratford, Ontario
Years active	1950s-1990s

Kate Daphne Reid (November 4, 1930 – March 27, 1993) was a Canadian stage, film and television actress.

Born in London, England, she had a long, extensive, varied career on film, television and stage in both Canada and the United States.

Her stage roles included Lady Macbeth (Macbeth), Katharina (The Taming of the Shrew) and Martha (Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf). Her more notable film roles included the roles of "Dr. Ruth Leavitt" in The Andromeda Strain, and as the scene-stealing alcoholic "Claire" in the film version of Edward Albee's stage play, A Delicate Balance.

She played "Aunt Lil" on Dallas in the early 1980s. She also appeared in episodes of Scarecrow and Mrs. King and Columbo, among other U.S. television series.

In 1974, she was made an Officer of the Order of Canada. She died of brain cancer in Stratford, Ontario, aged 62, in 1993.