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Burroughs, Jackie

Nationally known and celebrated stage, film and television star born in Lancashire, England in 1939.

Ms Burroughs has worked extensively and in most of the major theatres in the country, particularly the Stratford Festival , National Arts Centre , Tarragon Theatre , Royal Alexandra Theatre , and the Shaw Festival . She has worked with most of the country's top directors including Christopher Newton and Robin Phillips in roles from the classics (Portia in Shakespeare 's Merchant of Venice, with Hume Cronyn at Stratford, 1976) to the modern theatre (Georgia O'Keefe in The Faraway Nearby by John Murrell at the Saidye Bronfman Centre , 1996). More recently, Ms Burroughs appeared at Tarragon in Cheri (February, 1999).

At one time a mannered actor (often compared to Katherine Hepburn or Maggie Smith) she has, with age, become a vivacious, fearless and focussed performer, delighting audiences and pulling in critics even when the vehicle in which she is starring is deeply flawed.

Ms. Burroughs is well-known for her role of Aunt Hetty in the CBC -TV series The Road to Avonlea, but also for her daring 1988 film, A Winter Tan, in which she played a tourist on the sexual prowl in Mexico.

She lives in Toronto and Oaxaca, Mexico. She has one daughter, Zoë who lives and works in Los Angeles.

Last updated 2006-11-17