Martha Henry Biography (1938-)

Original name, Martha Buhs; born February 17, 1938, in Detroit, MI; citizen of Canada; daughter of Lloyd H. and Kathleen (maiden name, Hatch) Buhs; married Douglas Rain (an actor; divorced); married Donnelly Rhodes (an actor), 1962(divorced); married Rod Beattie (an actor), 1990; children: (first marriage)Emma.

Nationality: American
Gender: Female
Occupation: Actress, director
Birth Details: February 17, 1938; Detroit, Michigan, United States

Famous Works

CREDITS
Stage Appearances
The Crucible, Crest Theatre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1959-1960
You Can't Take It with You, Crest Theatre, 1959-1960
Epitaph for George Dillon, Crest Theatre, 1959-1960
Macbeth, Crest Theatre, 1959-1960
The Seagull, Crest Theatre, 1959-1960
Matchmaker, Crest Theatre, 1959-1960
Under Milkwood, Crest Theatre, 1959-1960
Miranda, The Tempest, Stratford Shakespearean Festival of Canada,Stratford, Ontario, 1962
Lady Macduff, The Tragedy of Macbeth, Stratford Shakespearean Festival of Canada, 1962
Cyrano de Bergerac, Stratford Shakespearean Festival of Canada, 1962
Dorimene, Le bourgeois gentilhomme, Stratford Shakespearean Festival of Canada, 1964
Cordelia, King Lear, Stratford Shakespearean Festival of Canada, 1964
Mistress Squeamish, The Country Wife, Stratford Shakespearean Festival of Canada, 1964
Lady Percy, Henry IV, Part One, Stratford Shakespearean Festival of Canada, 1965
Lady Percy, Falstaff(also known as Henry IV, Part Two), Stratford Shakespearean Festival of Canada, 1965
Dunyasha, The Cherry Orchard, Stratford Shakespearean Festival ofCanada, 1965
Raina, Arms and the Man, Shaw Festival, 1965
Joan La Pucelle, Henry VI, Festival Theatre, Stratford Shakespearean Festival of Canada, 1966
Viola, Twelfth Night, Festival Theatre, 1966
Pegeen Mike, Playboy of the Western World, Canadian Players Theatre, 1966
Abigail, The Crucible, Arena Stage, Washington, DC, 1967
Peasant, The Government Inspector, Arena Stage, 1967
Alison, Look Back in Anger, Arena Stage, 1967
Elmire, Tartuffe, Festival Theatre, 1968
Who Killed Santa Claus?, London, 1968-1970
Pegeen Mike, The Playboy of the Western World, Vivian Beaumont Theatre, New York City, 1971
Scenes from American Life, Forum Theatre, 1971
Title role, Antigone, Vivian Beaumont Theatre, 1971
Georgina, Narrow Road to the Deep North, Vivian Beaumont Theatre,1972
Olivia, Twelfth Night, Vivian Beaumont Theatre, 1972
Elizabeth Proctor, The Crucible, Vivian Beaumont Theatre, 1972
Pericles, Stratford Festival of Canada, 1973
Measure for Measure, Stratford Festival of Canada, 1975
Olga, Three Sisters, Stratford Festival of Canada, 1976
Anatol's six women, Affairs of Anatol, Centaur Theatre, Montreal,Quebec, 1976
Uncle Vanya, Stratford Festival of Canada, 1978
The Woman, Stratford Festival of Canada, 1979
Marguarite, The Lady of the Camellias, Theatre London, London, Ontario, 1979
May Buchanan, Farther West, Theatre Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, 1983
Elizabeth Proctor, The Crucible, Theatre Plus, Toronto, 1983
Carla, New World, National Arts Centre, Ottawa, Ontario, 1983
Margaret, Waiting for the Parade, Grand Theatre, London, Ontario,1983-1984

Jennifer Dubedat, The Doctor's Dilemma, Grand Theatre, 1983-1984
Gertrude, Hamlet, Grand Theatre, 1983-1984
Freddie, The Club, Grand Theatre, 1983-1984
Carlotta, Dear Antoine, Grand Theatre, 1983-1984
Mable, Grace, and Laura, Tonight at 8:30, CentreStage, Toronto, 1984-1985
Carla, New World, CentreStage, 1984-1985
Winnie, Happy Days, Theatre Plus, 1986
Mrs. Simpson, Pal Joey, Tarragon Theatre, Toronto, 1986, then Grand Theatre, 1989
Mother, Warm Wind in China, Grand Theatre, 1989
Ann, The Cocktail Hour, Grand Theatre, 1990
Marian, The Stillborn Lover, Grand Theatre, 1993
Kate, Dancing at Lughnasa, Grand Theatre, 1994
Princess Kosmonopolis, Sweet Bird of Youth, Stratford Festival ofCanada, 1996
Regina, The Little Foxes, Stratford Festival of Canada, 1996
"A," Three Tall Women, Citadel Theatre, Edmonton, Alberta, 1996
Amanda Wingfield, The Glass Menagerie, Tarragon Theatre, 1997
The Crucible, Manitoba Theatre Centre, 1998
Martha, Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolf?, Avon Theatre, Stratford Festival of Canada, 2001
The Seagull, Avon Theatre, 2001
Also appeared at Stratford Festival of Canada as Helena, All's Well That Ends Well; as Luciana, Comedy of Errors; as Volumnia, Coriolanus; as Linda, Death of a Salesman; as Constance, King John; as Cordelia and Goneril, King Lear; as Mary Tyrone, Long Day's Journey into Night; as Rosaline and Princess of France, Love's Labour'sLost; as Isabella, Measure for Measure; as Titania and Helena, A Midsummer Night's Dream; as Beatrice, Much Ado about Nothing; as Desdemona, Othello; as Thaisa, Pericles; as Lady Anne, Richard III; as Marian, The Stillborn Lover; as Phrynia, Timon ofAthens; as Cressida, Troilus and Cressida; and as Paulina, A Winter's Tale; also appeared in Colours in the Dark; The Devils; and There's One in Every Marriage. Appeared at Manitoba Theatre Centre as Ellie Dunn, Heartbreak House; in the title role, Hedda Gabler; as Teresa, The Hostage; as Jennet Jourdemayne, The Lady's Not for Burning; as Titania, A Midsummer Night's Dream; as Yvette,Mother Courage; as Jenny, Threepenny Opera; and as Masha, Three Sisters. Narrator of Facade, Toronto Symphony and Stratford Summer Music; Kaddish, Roy Thomson Hall; A Midsummer Night's Dream, Toronto Symphony; Pierrot Lunaire, Great Hall, Hart House, Toronto;and Tales of the Netsilik, Calgary Philharmonic, Calgary.
Major Tours
Melissa Gardner, Love Letters, 1996
Stage Director
An Enemy of the People, Avon Theatre, Stratford Festival of Canada, Stratford, Ontario, Canada, 1991
Elizabeth Rex, Tom Patterson Theatre, Stratford Festival of Canada, 2000
Richard III, Stratford Festival of Canada, 2002
Antony and Cleopatra, Tom Patterson Theatre, 2003
Measure for Measure, Carnegie Mellon University, 2003
Also director of Brief Lives, Third Stage, Stratford; The Graceof Mary Traverse, Toronto Free Theatre, Toronto; La voix humaine,Theatre Francais, Toronto; Top Girls, Globe Theatre, Regina, Saskatchewan; Cecil and Cleopaytra, Miss Julie, 'Night, Mother, and The Two-Headed Roommate, all McManus Theatre, London, Ontario; All Other Destinations Are Cancelled, The Colored Museum, and Moon forthe Misbegotten, all Tarragon Theatre; and Biloxi Blues, BloodRelations, Bordertown Cafe, Brighton Beach Memoirs, Broadway Bound, The Dining Room, Filthy Rich, Fire, The Girls in the Gang, Love Letters, The Miracle Worker, Mississippi, A Moon for the Misbegotten, The Odd Couple, Oleanna, Toronto, A Walk in the Woods, and Woman in Mind, all Grand Theatre, London, Ontario.
Film Appearances
Mrs. Ross, The Wars, 1983
Edna Cormick, Dancing in the Dark (also known as Danse a contre-jour), 1986
Confidential, 1986
Narrator, Goddess Remembered (also known as Sur les traces de la deesse), 1989
Narrator, The Burning Times (also known as Le temps des buchers), 1990
Dr. Ella Wingwright, White Light, 1991
Grace, Mustard Bath, 9Y6S Film, 1993
Mary Cavan Tyrone, Long Day's Journey into Night (also known as Eugene O'Neill's Long Day's Journey into Night), Rhombus Media, 1996
Narrator, L5: First City in Space, IMAX Corp., 1996
Performance actor, Karen Kain: Dancing in the Moment, 1997
Audrey, The Republic of Love, Seville, 2003
Television Appearances
Episodic
Barbara Rayne, "Ransom," Poltergeist: The Legacy, 1997
"Martha Henry," Life and Times, CBC, 1997
"Timothy Findlay," Life and Times, CBC, 1999
Megan Moore, "The Book of Hours," Emily of New Moon, CBC, 1999
Appeared in CBC presentations of Adrienne Clarkson Presents, Ladies in Retirement, Lord Arthur Saville's Crime, The Master Builder, Orpheus and Eurydice, Talking to a Stranger, VenusObserved, and Waiting for the Parade.
Specials
Viola, Twelfth Night, CBC, 1964
Mount Royal: Passages, 1988
Movies
Milady de Winter, The Three Musketeers, 1969
Back to Beulah, 1974
Antoinette Hughes, Glory Enough for All, PBS, 1989
Dr. Moore, And Then There Was One, Lifetime, 1994
Miniseries
Gwendolyn Harleth, Daniel Deronda, BBC, 1970
Terry, Talking to a Stranger, CBC, 1971
(Segment "1978"), The Newcomers, CBC, 1977
Catherine, Empire, Inc., 1985
Kit Garrison, Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story (also known as Anne 3), CBC and PBS, 2000
Radio Appearances
Appeared in the CBC presentations Children's Hour, The DeptfordTrilogy, Memoir, A Month in the Country, The StillbornLover, and St. Joan.

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals

Maclean's, June 27, 1994, p. 50; December 23, 1996, p. 50

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