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Janet Amos (born 1945) is a Canadian theatre actress, director, educator, and playwright.[1]
Education
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Amos studied under Marjorie Purvey at the Toronto School of Radio Drama in the 1950s. She earned Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Education degrees from the University of Toronto .[2]
Career
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Amos has led theatre companies as the artistic director of the Blyth Festival (1979–1984 and 1994–1997)[3] [4] Theatre New Brunswick (1984–1988).[5] University of Regina (2003–2006), as a guest artist at the University of Ottawa (2008) and as instructor at the National Theatre School of Canada in Montreal .[1]
Amos is credited as leading an effort to save the Blyth Festival from closure, when she took over as the artistic director in 1994.[6] [7] [7]
Amos also directed theatre productions at Toronto's Theatre Passe Muraille , Port Dover 's Lighthouse Theatre, Regina's Globe Theatre , London, Ontario's Grand Theatre , Edmonton's Citadel Theatre and Ottawa's National Arts Centre , among others.[1]
Amos appeared as an actor in the Canadian films Winter Kept Us Warm High (1969), Silence of the North Taking Care More than Meets the Eye: The Joan Brock Story (2003). TV show guest acting credits include Ada Road to Avonlea Twice in a Lifetime PSI Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal
Amos' work has been recognized through various awards. The village of Blyth, Ontario , gave her a Citizen of the Year Award in 1994, the University of Western Ontario awarded her an honorary degree in 1998 and the Association for Canadian Theatre Research made her an honorary member in 2005.[1]
Personal life
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Amos is daughter of the actress Beth Amos . She is married to Canadian playwright Ted Johns .[1]
Filmography
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Film
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Television
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Year
Title
Role
Notes
1978
The Massey's
Eliza Massey
Television film
1978–1979
A Gift to Last Clara Sturgess
3 episodes
1992
Road to Avonlea Mrs. Spry
Episode: "Another Point of View"
2000
Twice in a Lifetime M.C. Chandler
Episode: "Old Flames"
2000
Psi Factor Heather Buckley
Episode: "Wendigo"
References
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^ Belanger, Joe (4 July 2014). "Canadian playwrights have benefited greatly from Blyth Festival" . London Free Press.
^ Powell, M.E. (2013). "Growing Opportunities: Theatre Thrives in Rural Saskatchewan" . Canadian Theatre Review . 154 : 11–17. doi :10.3138/CTR.154.003 . S2CID 144364936 .
^ New, William H.; Berger, Carl; Cairns, Alan; Halpenny, Francess G.; Kreisel, Henry; Lochhead, Douglas; Stratford, Philip; Thomas, Clara (1990-12-15). Literary History of Canada: Canadian Literature in English, Volume IV ISBN 9781487591168
^ Tom., Henighan (2000). Maclean's companion to Canadian arts and culture . Vancouver: Raincoast Books. ISBN 1551922983 OCLC 45799231 .
^ a b Kirchhoff, H. (6 August 1994). "Its own saga of survival is Blyth's biggest hit". The Globe and Mail .
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