Patricia Hamilton

Ms Hamilton received her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Carnegie-Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She also studied at London, England�s Central School of Speech and Drama. Her son, Ben Carlson, is also an actor.
(the above is all the biographical info on Ms Hamilton I have been able to find)

Theater
(year/play/character)

1972  See No Evil, Hear No Evil.....No Character Info
1972  Forever Yours, Marie-Lou.....No Character Info
1973  Battering Ram.....No Character Info
1975  Bonjour, la, Bonjour.....No Character Info
1976  Artichoke.....No Character Info
1978  Toys in the Attic.....No Character Info
1980  Mother Country.....No Character Info
            The Impromptu of Outremont.....No Character Info
1985  Papers.....No Character Info
            Albertine, in Five Times.....No Character Info
1986  The Wedding Script.....No Character Info
1987  I Am Yours.....No Character Info
            Albertine, in Five Times.....No Character Info
1990  Amigos' Blue Guitar.....No Character Info
1993  Miracle Mother.....No Character Info
1996  Angels in America.....Rabbi Isidor Chemelwitz, Cohn's Doctor, Ethel Rosenberg,
1997  Three Tall Women.....No Character Info
2001  Laura.....No Character Info
2001/02  The Return of the Prodigal.....No Character Info
2003  Impromptu on Nuns' Island.....Estelle
2004  Pygmalion .....Mrs Higgins
2005(?)  Bea's Niece.....Bea
            The Constant Wife..... Mrs. Culver
            The Autumn Garden..... Mary Ellis
2006  Homechild.....Flora
            The Magic Fire.....No Character Info
            Rosmersholm.....No Character Info

The Royal Family.....No Character Info
Diana of Dobson's.....No Character Info
The House of Bernarda Alba.....No Character Info
Heartbreak House.....No Character Info
Lady Windermere�s Fan.....No Character Info
Easy Virtue..... Mrs. Whittaker
The Matchmaker.....No Character Info
In Good King Charles� Golden Days.....No Character Info
A Delicate Balance.....Agnes
Keeley & Du.....No Character Info (she was in two seperate productions of this play)
MOO..... No Character Info
1949..... No Character Info
Bordertown Caf�.....No Character Info
The Lady's Not For Burning.....No Character Info
Dreamland.....No Character Info
If We Are Women.....No Character Info
Yes Yes, No No.....Cynthia
Six Characters in Search of an Author.....Patsy
Pullman Car Hiawatha.....Nurse
Under Milk Wood.....Mrs. Pugh, Mrs. Willy Nilly, Mae Rose Cottage, Mrs. Dai Bread


Television
(year/title/episode/character)

1971  Doctor in The House Mr Moon.....Mrs Hunter
1972  Upstairs, Downstairs I Dies from Love.....Mrs Fellows
1974  Doctor in The House Oh I Do Like to Be Beside the Sea Sick.....Mrs Tranmere
            Last Bride of Salem.....Rebecca Glover
1984  Heartsound.....Flo
1985  Anne of Green Gables.....Rachel Lynde
1986  Air Waves.....Kate
1987  The Lawrenceville Stories: The Return of Hickey (the Prodigious

Hickey).....Mrs Conover

.....Mrs Conover
1987  Really Weird Tales Cursed With Charisma.....Assessor
            Alfred Hitchcock Presents The Impatient Patient.....Mrs Greysome
            Fight for Life.....No Character Info
            Echoes in the Darkness.....Mrs Hunsburger
            Friday the 13th Shadow Boxer.....Sadie King
1988  Chasing Rainbows.....Miss Kidd
            Blades of Courage.....No Character Info
            The Christmas Wife.....DOra
1990  Street Legal Security Exchange.....Grace Whitney
            Road TO Avonlea(I know she was in a few).....Rachel Lynde
            In Defense of a Married Man.....Eileen Lloyd
1996  Holiday Affair.....Susan Ennis
1997  When Secrets Kill.....Eliza Emery
1998  Happy Christmas, Miss King.....Rachel Lynde
2000  Anne of Green Gables:The Continuing Story.....Rachel Lynde

Canada: A People�s History.....Amelia Harris
Night Heat.....No Character Info
A Bridge in Silence.....No Character Info
The Last Detail.....No Character Info

Film
(year/title/character)

1974  Why Rock the Boat?.....Hilda
1976  Goldenrod.....Mrs Gunderson
            Glory Days.....No Character Info
1977  Who Has Seen The Wind.....Miss MacDonald
1980  Middle Age Crazy.....Barbara Pickett
1981  My Bloody Valentine.....Mabel Osborne
1986  Connection.....No Character Info
1988  Screwball Hotel.....Chastity

Radio/Voice Work
(year/title/character)

2004  Anne: Journey to Green Gables.....Rachel Lynde

The Blind Assassin.....Narrator

Directing
(year/title)

1988  The Occupation of Heather Rose
1989  My Mermories of You
1998/99  The Women

On The Twentieth Century.....Co-director
The Period Study

Awards
(year/award/result)

1975  Canadian Film Award.....Won 1987  Brenda Donohue Award for Distinguished Contribution to the Toronto Theatre .....Won

Dora Mavor Moore Award as Best Supporting Actress.....Won
Genie Award.....Won
Gemini Award.....Won
Silver Ticket Award.....Won

Misc

The founding producer of Masterclass Theatre
Served as Director of The Advanced Actors Workshop at the Banff Centre for the Arts

You can write to

Patricia Hamilton
PO Box774
Niagra On The Lake, Ontario
L0S1J0
Canada

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A big thanks to Miss Hamilton for taking the time to fill out my questionnaire !
Due to the size of the files, I'm not going to put the scans of the questionnaire up here, but if you really, really want to see them you can click here for page 1, here for page 2 and here for page 3.

Favorites

Color
Green

Book
The Complete Works of Shakespeare

Flower
lilac

Kind of Food
fattenint

Fruit
Banana

Pizza Toppings
anchovies and mushrooms

Vegetable
tomato

Ice Cream Flavor
vanilla

Movie
The Hours

Actor/Actress
Meryl Streep

Saying
'What goes up must come down'


Anne Related Questions

Did you relizes the impact the Anne series would have when you filmed them?
No

Do you ever get sick of hearing about the Anne movies?
No=well maybe sometimes

Do you have a favorite Anne movies or scene from one of them?
I like the carrots scene from Anne of Green Gables

Do you have a least favorite movie or scene?
No

What did you first think of Mrs Lynde when you first read the script?
Good part

How are you most like Mrs Lynde?
Bossy

How are you most unlike Mrs Lynde?
Not mean (I think)

What did you think when you first watched the movie?
Good work all!

If there were blooper reels from the movies, what would we see on them?
lots of mistakes

Funniest thing(s) to happen on the sets?
I really can't remember

How was filming Anne3 different from the first two?
I was only there one day & Megan (Anne) was grown up!

What was it like working with Megan, Jonathan, Schuylar, Colleen and Richard?
Great!

Had you read any of the Anne books before filming/Have you read any since?
I read them all as a child & was sure I would grow up and play Anne!! Anne of Green Gables was always the favorite.

Do you prefer theater or screen work better?
I prefer theater, but the Anne stuff was always fun.