Kay Tremblay

Kay Tremblay (13 March 1914 – 9 August 2005) was a Canadian film actress, also appearing on television and theatre. She was best known for her Gemini Award-winning role of Great Aunt Eliza on Road to Avonlea.

Kay Tremblay
Born	Katherine McAllister (1914-03-13)13 March 1914 Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland, UK
Died	9 August 2005(2005-08-09) (aged 91) Stratford, Ontario, Canada
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1964–2001

Biography

Born in Scotland,^[1] she began her career with the George Balanchine Ballet^[1][2] at Theatre Royal in London. Tremblay arrived in Canada after her marriage and began her Canadian artistic career in 1954.^[2] Kay Tremblay lived in a thatched cottage at 46a high street, Flore, Northants, UK, from the 1960s. She named the property "The Farthings" as she said this was all she had left after she purchased it.^{[citation needed]}

Career

Her Canadian career was mainly in television, but she worked briefly at the Stratford Festival from 1989 to 1990. She won a Gemini Award in 1997 for Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Series in Road to Avonlea,^[3] and a Gemini nomination in 1989 for Best Guest Performance in a Series by an Actor or Actress in Night Heat.^[4]

Death

Tremblay died on 9 August 2005 at the age of 91.^[1][2][5]

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1964	Phoebe
1970	Flesh Feast	Woman in park
1977	The Phoenix and the Carpet	Amelia	Episode: "The Hole in the Carpet"
1979	Thomas and Sarah	Mrs. Derwent	Episode: "Made in Heaven"
1980	Oh! Heavenly Dog	Lady Hermione
1985	The Cuckoo Bird	Customer	TV movie
1985	The Beachcombers	Aunt Mary	Episode: "You Won't Miss It"
1985–1988	Night Heat	Various	6 episodes
1986	The Marriage Bed		TV movie
1986	Hot Shots	Rose	Episode: "The Family Jules"
1987	Friday the 13th	Amanda	Episode: "Root of All Evil"
1987	Street Legal	Mrs. Greco	Episode: "Even Lawyers Sing the Blues"
1988	Diamonds		Episode: "When the Wind Blows"
1988	Shadow Dancing	Sophie Beaumont
1989	Renegades	Old Woman
1990	Friday the 13th	Mrs. Cromwell	Episode: "Repetition"
1990	E.N.G.	Old Woman	Episode: "Striking Out"
1990	Rin Tin Tin: K-9 Cop		Episode: "Over the Hill Gang"
1990	Dog House	Iris Slack	TV series
1990	The Hitchhiker		Episode: "New Dawn"
1990	The Admiral and the Princess	Renee (voice)	TV movie
1990–1996	Road to Avonlea	Eliza Ward	22 episodes
1991	Sam & Me	Mrs. Rohrlich
1991	Love & Murder	Receptioinist
1992	The Shower	Pearl
1993–1995	X-Men	Shard, Annalee, Nimrod (voice)	Episodes: "Captive Hearts", "One Man's Worth", "Beyond Good and Evil"
1995	The NeverEnding Story	Mrs. Large Head (voice)	Episode: "To Save Falkor"
1995	Falling for You	Mrs. Stringer	TV movie[6]
1995	National Lampoon's Senior Trip	Mrs. Winston
1995	TekWar	Mrs. Hastings	Episode: "Cyberhunt"
1995	Side Effects	Lady with Dog	Episode: "Paying the Price"
1995	Remember Me	Phoebe Sprague	TV movie
1996	Traders	Linda McGregor	Episode: "Chaos Theory"
1996	Are You Afraid of the Dark?	Marjorie	Episode: "The Tale of the Jagged Sign"
1996	First Degree	Estelle Sarner	Video
1996	Lulu
1997	Goosebumps	Mimi	Episode: "An Old Story"
1997	Wind at My Back	Jessie Buchanan	Episode: "A Meeting of the Clan" Episode: "Smiling Through"
1998	Moonlight Becomes You		TV movie
1998	The Real Howard Spitz	Theodora Winkle	[7]
1998	Happy Christmas, Miss King	Eliza Ward	TV movie
1999	Storm of the Century	False Mother	TV miniseries
2000	Relic Hunter	Older Woman	Episode: "Afterlife and Death"
2000	Santa Who?	Elderly Woman	TV movie
2001	Who Is Cletis Tout?	Old Mrs. Stanton