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Reid in 1966 |
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| Born | Daphne Kate Reid November 4, 1930 London, England, UK |
| Died | March 27, 1993 (aged 62) Stratford, Ontario, Canada |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1953–1993 |
Kate Reid, OC (November 4, 1930 – March 27, 1993) was a Canadian stage, film and television actress.
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Daphne Kate Reid was born in London, England, the daughter of Canadian parents, Helen Isabel (née Moore) and Walter Clarke Reid, who was a former Bengal Lancer in the Indian army and a retired colonel.[1][2] Reid attended college in London, and then studied acting at a performance art school in Canada.[3]
She had a long and varied career on film, television and stage in both Canada and the United States. Her stage roles included Lady Macbeth in Macbeth, Katharina in The Taming of the Shrew, Henny in Bosoms and Neglect, and Martha in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf.
Her film credits include The Andromeda Strain, A Delicate Balance, Sweet Hearts Dance, Atlantic City and The Best Damn Fiddler from Calabogie to Kaladar. She played the scheming/domineering mother of Natalie Wood in This Property is Condemned, although she was only eight years older than the actress.
She played "Aunt Lil" on Dallas in the early 1980s, as well as appearing in episodes of Scarecrow and Mrs. King and Columbo.
She died of brain cancer in Stratford, Ontario, aged 62, in 1993.