Jackie Burroughs  

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Jacqueline "Jackie" Burroughs (February 2, 1939 – September 22, 2010) was an English-born Canadian actress.

Life and career

Born in Lancashire, England, Burroughs acted in live theatre at Ontario's Stratford Festival. Her film credits have included The Dead Zone (1982), The Grey Fox (1982), and a voice-over stint in the legendary animated anthology Heavy Metal (1981), while her TV-series résumé includes the roles of Mrs. Amelia Evans in Anne of Green Gables (1985) and Hetty King in Road to Avonlea (1990). In 1987, Jackie Burroughs produced, directed, wrote, and starred in A Winter Tan, a film based on the letters of Maryse Holder, published in 1979 as the book entitled "Give Sorrow Words - Maryse Holder's Letters from Mexico". She won a Genie award for best performance by an actress in a leading role for the film. She has won several Genies and Geminis during her career. She also won her first award, the 1969 Canadian Film Award for best actress, for starring in the non-feature short film Duclima. Burroughs had residences in both Toronto and Oaxaca, Mexico.

Burroughs played the voice of The Spirit in 1985's The Care Bears Movie. She also played teacher Nancy Galik in "The Undergrads" (1985) opposite Art Carney.

She was perhaps best known to American audiences for her portrayal of the fictional character, Hetty King, in the CBC Television series Road to Avonlea from 1990 to 1996. The series was based on the works of Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery and produced by Sullivan Entertainment. She also played Mother Mucca in the television adaptations of Armistead Maupin's More Tales of the City and Further Tales of the City. Burroughs again played a mother role in 2003's Willard.

She also appeared in the movie The Sentinel. She appeared in the Smallville Season one episode "Hourglass". She portrayed elderly prophetess Cassandra Carver, who could foretell people's futures by touching their hands. Carver died immediately after seeing dark visions of Lex Luthor being the American President and for causing widespread destruction on humanity.

Burroughs was married to Zalman Yanovsky, co-founder (with John Sebastian) of The Lovin' Spoonful. They had one daughter, Zoe.

Burroughs passed away, at her home in Toronto, on the afternoon of September 22, 2010, after suffering from stomach cancer.

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