Frances Hyland was a Canadian stage, film and television actress.
17 Facts About Frances Hyland
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Frances Hyland earned recognition for roles on stage and screen.
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Frances Hyland lived there until her parents divorced when she was one year old.
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Frances Hyland was raised by her mother's family in Ogema, Saskatchewan.
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Frances Hyland had no relationship with her father after 1937.
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Frances Hyland's dreams were clouded because her family did not have a great deal of money, but she always believed that she could achieve her dreams.
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Frances Hyland earned a scholarship to and graduated from the prestigious Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London England where she won a silver medal for merit in passing her exams.
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In 1954, Frances Hyland was invited by the renowned theater director Tyrone Guthrie to open his first season of Canada's Stratford Festival, playing Isabella in Shakespeare's Measure for Measure.
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Frances Hyland went on to perform at the festival through the next ten seasons.
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Frances Hyland's roles included Portia, Olivia, Perdita, Desdemona and Ophelia opposite Christopher Plummer in an acclaimed production of Hamlet.
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Frances Hyland performed with the Shaw Festival and on Broadway.
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On television, Frances Hyland co-starred in the Canadian television series The Albertans and played Nanny Louisa on Road to Avonlea.
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Frances Hyland married George McCowan, a fellow Canadian actor and director.
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On Sunday, July 11,2004, Frances Hyland was admitted to St Michael's Hospital in Toronto, Canada for respiratory failure from complications of a prior appendix surgery.
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Frances Hyland was pronounced deceased the following day by her son.
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In 1970, Frances Hyland was appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada.
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In 1994, Frances Hyland received the Governor General's Performing Arts Award, Canada's highest honour in the performing arts, for her lifetime contribution to Canadian theatre.