Joy Coghill

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Joy Coghill
Born	1926 Findlater, Saskatchewan

Joy Coghill, O.C., (born 1926) is a Canadian actress, director, and writer.

She and Myra Benson founded Canada's first professional touring children's theatre, Holiday Theatre in 1953. In 1994, Coghill founded Western Gold, a theatre company for senior professional actors in Vancouver. She holds honorary degrees from SFU and UBC.^[1] She has been married to Jack Thorne since 1955.

Her best known work is Song of This Place, a play about the Canadian artist Emily Carr. In addition to her writing, Coghill has made guest appearances on Da Vinci's Inquest as Portia Da Vinci.

Awards

Member of the Order of Canada
Canadian Governor General's Performing Arts Award (2002)
Herbert Whittaker Critics' Association Award (1996)
Four Jessie Awards
The Province newspaper's People's Choice Award.

Video clips

Interview for theatremuseumcanada

References

External links

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References

↑ "Joy Coghill - biography". Governor General's Performing Arts Awards Foundation. Retrieved 27 January 2014.

Persondata
Name	Coghill, Joy
Alternative names
Short description	Canadian actor
Date of birth	1926
Place of birth	Findlater, Saskatchewan
Date of death
Place of death

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