PINARD
PINCHIN
PINCOE
PINCOMBE
PINDER
PINETZ
PING
PINGLE
PINKNEY
PINNINGTON
PINSENT
PINSKY
PINTER
PINARD o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2007-11-28 published
PINARD,
Micheline
(BOYER) (1942-2007)
Micheline Boyer
PINARD of Saint Sauveur, Québec, passed away
with serenity and dignity on the 24th of November, 2007 at the
Palliative Care Centre of the North River, Saint_Jerome, Québec.
She leaves behind her husband Jean (John) D.
PINARD, her daughters
Josée DESJARDINS of Gatineau, Québec, Lyne
DESJARDINS
(Sylvain
BENOIT) of Assomption, Québec, and her brother Richard
BOYER
(Micheline
MAJOR) of Magog, Québec. She also leaves behind her
spouse's children, Line
PINARD
(George
BROWN,) Unionville;
Joanne
PINARD, Sherbrooke; Alain
PINARD (Mary-Louise
BYRNE), Cambridge
Louise TAILLON
(Claude
TAILLON,) Saint-Lazare; Marie
PINARD (Alan
HAIGH,)
Pickering;
Luc
PINARD, Ottawa, as well as her many brother
and sister-in-laws, her nieces and nephews and many Friends and
family from Stoke, Wotton, Saint-Sauveur, Toronto and Alliston.
It is with great sadness that she leaves her grandchildren Jordan,
Paul, Jeanne and Loïc and 11 grandchildren from her husband's
side. Micheline Boyer
PINARD was very involved in the local community
especially with her contribution to rebuild 'La Soupe Populaire'
of Saint Sauveur. The funeral will take place on December 1st,
11: 00 a.m. at the Catholic Church of Saint Sauveur, Québec. Instead
of flowers, donations to the Canadian Cancer Society or to La
maison des soins palliatifs de la rivière du nord would be greatly
appreciated. Members of the family will receive condolences as
of 10: 00 a.m. at the Catholic Church of Saint Sauveur (205, rue
Principale) on the day of the funeral prior to the service. Trudel
Funeral Home (450) 438-1234
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PINCHIN o@ca.on.middlesex_county.london.london_free_press 2007-06-27 published
Three dead in murder-suicide
By Karen PINCHIN, Canadian Press, Wed., June 27, 2007
Toronto -- A 13-year-old girl who just celebrated her elementary
school graduation ran bloodied and screaming from her suburban
home as she fled a crime scene that police called a double-murder
suicide yesterday.
While authorities remain tight-lipped about their investigation,
saying only that a 32-year-old man killed two women, aged 78 and
47, before taking his own life Monday night, neighbours said
the man had recently lost his job as a machine technician.
The girl, her hair still in curls from the Grade 8 graduation
ceremony, ran across the street sobbing and bleeding before she
collapsed on a neighbour's front lawn, witnesses: said.
Ria HOSEIN, who lives in the house where the girl collapsed,
said the teen's name is Anna
HO and she was "covered in blood"
and screamed, "my mom is going to die, my mom is going to die."
HOSEIN said the girl's biological father lives in China.
HOSEIN's husband Tony, who called police, said when he helped
the girl up "she almost collapsed."
Neighbours identified the man living in the home as Alton
BECKFORD
and said he had recently been fired from his job and acting erratically.
While police said there were no plans to release the victims'
names, neighbours said
BECKFORD lived in the house with his common-law
wife, Amy IAM, and her mother, as well as
IAM's two children
from a previous marriage.
Municipal records indicate the home was owned by both
BECKFORD
and IAM.
Police said all three bodies were discovered Monday evening on
the main floor of the two-storey home, but would not confirm
reports that the women had been fatally stabbed. The teen girl's
17-year-old brother was not at home at the time, said
HOSEIN.
HOSEIN said his youngest daughter is a classmate and good friend
of the girl, and attended the same graduation.
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PINCOE o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2007-12-06 published
PINCOE,
Roland
Passed away on December 4, 2007, at the Toronto Rehabilitation
Institute, Dunn Avenue. Although in failing health, he retained
his enthusiasm for life, family, and Friends right up to the
end. Roland was husband of the late Grace
PINCOE (née
COCHRANE,)
brother of Kenneth
PINCOE, and of the late Robert
PINCOE,
Kathleen
BRUELS, and Alan
PINCOE. He is survived by his daughter Ruth
PINCOE and her husband David
PEEBLES.
Memorial service Saturday,
December 8, 1: 00 p.m. at Friends House, 60 Lowther Avenue (at
Bedford). Interment afterward at Prospect Cemetery, 1450 St. Clair
Avenue West. Friends and family will be received at Roland's
home, 4: 00 to 8:00 p.m., December 6 and 7, and at Friend's House,
12: 00 to 1:00 p.m. on December 8. We welcome all those who wish
to remember with us this gallant and wonderful gentleman whose
life graced so many others throughout his ninety-seven years.
Roland had great love for art, for music, and for northern Canada.
In lieu of flowers, we invite donations to organizations working
to support the arts or to preserve the wilderness he so enjoyed
for future generations.
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PINCOMBE o@ca.on.middlesex_county.strathroy.age_dispatch 2007-01-09 published
CLARK,
Donald
J.
In memory of Donald J.
CLARK, Mount Brydges, cherished husband,
step-father, and step-grandfather; and of Harmon
MORTON, of Ailsa
Craig, dearly loved father, grandfather, and great-grandfather,
who passed away on January 8, 1998 and 1980 respectively.
Their memory is a keepsake
With which well never part
God has them in His keeping
We have them in our hearts.
Deeply missed and lovingly remembered by Marian
(MORTON-
PINCOMBE)
CLARK and the
PINCOMBE family
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PINDER o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2007-11-10 published
PINDER,
Shirley
Jean (née
HUGHES) (1922-2007)
Shirley PINDER (née
HUGHES) was born January 9, 1922 in Calgary
and passed peacefully on Tuesday, November 6, 2007 in Saskatoon.
Shirley was raised in Regina, attended the University of Saskatchewan
where she earned a B. Sc. in Household Sciences, after which
she worked as a dietician in hospitals across Camada. At the
U of S she met her future husband Herb
PINDER.
They settled in
Saskatoon and they enjoyed a long and happy marriage of 61 years.
She was a devoted wife, her incredible support making Herb's
many business, political and golf adventures possible. She was
an amazing mother of five children who were always busy with
school, sports, church and Friends, and was the proud 'Nana'
of twelve grandchildren. Shirley was an active member of her
community and a quiet but firm advocate of Christian and family
values, education, hard work, and free enterprise government.
Shirley was very fond of entertaining guests with her warm manner
and fine cooking, and took pleasure in baking a great repertoire
of desserts. There were many fine Friendships in Saskatoon, across
Canada and also in Solana Beach, California where Herb and Shirley
enjoyed their winters. Shirley
PINDER is lovingly remembered
by her five adoring children; Herb (Madeline), Gerry (Kaylene),
Dick (Mona), Tom (Kathy) and Patty (Gary); twelve grandchildren
Scott. Danielle, Matthew, Patrick, Brett, Tyler, Tate, Abbey,
Thomas, Ryan, Kristi and Bob. She is also survived by her loving,
adoring and devoted husband Herb who will miss her terribly.
At the foundation of humanity is the family. Historically the
mother has been at the core of that foundation. We say goodbye
to one of the best, 'Shirl the Pearl.' A Service of Remembrance
will take place on Monday November 12th at Knox United Church
in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan At 2: 00 p.m. In lieu of flowers, memorial
donations can be made to the Alzheimer Association of Saskatchewan
(301-2550 12th Ave. Regina, Saskatchewan S4P 0W3) or Luther Care
Foundation (day care for special needs Box 23019 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
S7J 5H3). Email condolences can be sent to mail@saskatoonfuneralhome.com
Arrangements are entrusted to the Saskatoon Funeral Home, 244.5577
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PINETZ o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2007-08-15 published
RASCHKE,
Frances "
Franziska" (née
PINETZ)
Passed away peacefully at Sunnybrook Hospital on Monday, August
13, 2007 in her 76th year. Loving wife of John (Hans) for over
50 years, devoted mother of Margaret
DAVIE
(Jeffrey) and Diana
MAGGISANO
(Frank.)
Proud grandmother of Thomas and William. Retired
employee of the Toronto-Dominion Bank with 38 years service.
Frances will be sadly missed by her many Friends in the Canadian
Austrian Society as well as her Friends and neighbours in Toronto
and on Six Mile Lake. The family wishes to express their deepest
thanks to the staff at Sunnybrook Hospital for their help and
support during this difficult time. Frances was a joyous spirit
who enjoyed spending time with Friends and family with songs
and a good glass of wine. She was always happy to lend a helping
hand and to volunteer for many good causes. Her laughter will
be greatly missed by every life she touched. Friends are invited
to visit at the Ward Funeral Home, 2035 Weston Road (north of
Lawrence Avenue) Weston on Saturday from 6-9 p.m.. and
on Sunday
from 2-4 and 6-9 p.m. A Funeral Mass will be celebrated on Monday
at 10 a.m. at All Saints Church, 1415 Royal York Road. Private
interment. A reception to follow at Weston Golf and Country Club.
Those wishing to honour Frances' memory may do so by making a
donation to Sunnybrook Hospital Foundation. Condolences may be
sent to frances.raschke@wardfh.com
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PING o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2007-09-12 published
MENON,
Amy
Suddenly on September 10, 2007 in Montreal. Amy passed away at
the age of 38. Loving wife of Hubert
MARLEAU.
Beloved daughter
of Peter S.
MENON of Singapore and the late Adeline Chu-Chiu
PING. Cherished sister of Anita (Dermuid
MURPHY) of Dublin and
Shirin MENON of Singapore. Amy was an elegant woman, a cherished
and considerate friend, and above all a beloved and supportive
wife. We will remember her for her deep passion for writing,
human empathy and active involvement in community life and various
charitable projects such as Lissadell Ladies Club, The Centaur
Theater and the Montreal Neurological Institute Library. She
was a truly unique and interesting woman. One thing is for certain,
her presence was enveloping, for no matter how much time one
had with her, it never seemed to be enough. Her kindness, generosity
and unconditional love will be deeply missed. Visitation at the
Kane and Fetterly Funeral Home, 5301 Decarie Blvd., (corner Isabella)
Montreal on Thursday September 13 from 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. Funeral
Mass at St. Patrick's Basilica, 460 René-Lévesque West on Friday,
September 14 at 2: 00 p.m. In lieu of flowers, donations to the
Montreal Neurological Institute Library Fund, 3801 University,
Montreal, Québec H3A 2B4 would be appreciated. Condolences may
be sent to www.kanefetterly.com
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PINGLE o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2007-06-13 published
SWENSON,
Bernard "
Ben"
Veteran World War 2. Retired Businessman
Passed away at Good Samaritan Seniors Complex, Alliston, Ontario
on Monday, June 11, 2007, in his 92nd year. Beloved husband of
Lois PINGLE of Alliston, Ontario Loved father of Larry
SWENSON
and his wife Barbara Jane of New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, Sharon
SWENSON of Toronto, Ontario, Debbie and her husband Tom
HOGARTH
of Windsor, Ontario Loving grandpa of Stephanie and her husband
Andrew JONES,
Samantha
SWENSON, Alex and her husband Gord
HARTLEY,
Ainsley and Madison
HOGARTH. Dear brother of Mary and her husband
George HAIG and predeceased by Oscar
SWENSON,
John
SWENSON, Sophie
ERICKSON,
Carrie
PEARSON and Ingla
GROOME. Dear brother-in-law
of Edith BURR,
Phyllis
McROBBIE, Ann
SPICER, Bruce and Donna
PINGLE.
Ben will be fondly remembered by his nieces, nephews
and Friends. Resting at W. John Thomas Funeral Home, 244 Victoria
Street, E., Alliston on Wednesday, June 13, 2007 from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m.
Funeral Service will be held in the Chapel on Thursday, June 14,
2007 at 1: 30 p.m. If so desired, memorial donations to the Canadian
Diabetes Association or Canadian National Institute for the Blind
would be appreciated.
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PINGLE o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2007-12-12 published
VANDEWATER,
Howard
D.
Architect (Veteran World War 2)
Peacefully at Headwaters Health Care Centre, Orangeville on Monday,
December 10, 2007, Howard D.
VANDEWATER, of Mactier, in his 88th
year, beloved husband of the late Nancy
PINGLE. Cherished father
of Donald and Carla
VANDEWATER,
Susan
VANDEWATER, Dianne and
Joe VAUTOUR.
Loving grandfather of Vanessa and Shane, Sarah and
Mark, and James; Louise and Marlene; Ryan, Lindsay, Melissa,
and Sean. Proud great-grandfather of Thea and Rachel. Predeceased
by his sister Velma and brother Vernon. The family will receive
their Friends at the Egan Funeral Home, 203 Queen Street S. (Hwy. 50),
Bolton (905-857-2213) on Sunday, December 16 from one o'clock
until time of memorial service in the chapel at 2 o'clock. Condolences
for the family may be offered at www.eganfuneralhome.com
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PINKNEY o@ca.on.simcoe_county.nottawasaga.stayner.stayner_sun 2007-11-07 published
PINKNEY,
William
Kenneth
Passed away on Saturday October 20, 2007 at the Toronto Rehabilitation
Hospital - Queen Elizabeth Centre in his 77th year. Bill of Toronto,
son of the late William and late Lillian
PINKNEY.
Funeral
Service
was held at the Carruthers and Davidson Funeral Home, 7313 Highway 26
(Main St.), Stayner (705-428-2637) on Friday November 2, 2007
at 3 o'clock. Interment Stayner Union Cemetery. For more information
or to sign the online guest book, log on to: www.carruthersdavidson.com.
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PINKNEY o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2007-09-21 published
PINKNEY,
Doreen
Muriel (née
CUDDY)
It is with great sadness the family announces the passing of
Doreen after a prolonged and courageous battle with illness at
the Trillium Health Centre, Mississauga on Thursday September 20,
2007 at the age of 91. Loving mother of Sheila
BANNISTER and
her husband Don, and Lawrence (Janice). Both of Doreen's granddaughters,
Victoria (of Vancouver), and Virginia (of Bowmanville) were able
to spend time with her during her illness. The many personal
visits and phone calls during Doreen's stay at Trillium were
greatly appreciated, and demonstrated the number of lives she
had touched in her 91 years. Her love of both books and bridge
was shared with many. The family wishes to extend its thanks
to numerous kind staff members of the WenLeigh and to the marvelous
nurses on 3-Medicine. Friends may call at the Turner and Porter
'Peel' Chapel, 2180 Hurontario Street, Mississauga (Hwy 10, N. of
the Queen Elizabeth Way) on Sunday from 2-4 p.m. Funeral Service
will be held in the Chapel on Monday September 24, 2007 at 11 a.m.
A reception will immediately follow the service at the funeral
home. Interment will follow at Park Lawn Cemetery.
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PINNINGTON o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2007-11-19 published
SCHELL, H.R. "Bob"
At his home "'Inverlynn", Whitby, on Saturday November 17 in
his 95th year. Predeceased by wife
Catherine McGillivray
SCHELL
(née IRWIN.)
Father of Katherine 'Katie' of Whitby, Peter (Jane)
of Kingston, Andrew (Margaret-Elizabeth) of Whitby, and Malcolm
(Marion HOLLAND) of Pickering. Grandfather of Tamara
BEST
(Charles
ORCHARD), Adam, Sarah, Aaron, Natalie, Cedric, and Daniel
SCHELL.
Great-grandfather of Renee and Chantal
ORCHARD. Survived by his
sister Nancy
(PINNINGTON) of Toronto, brothers-in-law John
IRWIN
(Pat) of England and Peter
IRWIN
(Joyce) of Agassiz, British
Columbia. Commanded the 11th Canadian Armoured Regiment (Ontario's)
in Italy 1943-44. The family will receive Friends at the W.C. Town
Funeral Chapel, 110 Dundas Street East, Whitby (905-668-3410)
from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Wednesday. Funeral Service will be held
at St. Andrews Presbyterian Church, (209 Cochrane Street, Whitby)
on Thursday November 22nd, at 4 p.m. with a visitation at the
church from 3-4 p.m. Service will be followed by a reception
at Inverlynn, 1300 Giffard Street, Whitby. Cremation followed by
interment at Union Cemetery, Oshawa, at a later date. As expressions
of sympathy, and in lieu of flowers, donations can be made to
Thickson's Woods Conservation Area, or to the Toronto City Mission.
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LLOYD,
Helen
Leona (née
HERRON)
(November 11, 1923-December 8, 2007)
Helen's family is very sad to announce her recent passing. Helen
died peacefully with family by her side. Predeceased by John
LLOYD, her loving husband of 54 years. Cherished mother of Brian,
Debbie (Henjo
NETTESHEIM,) and Carol (Tim
PINNINGTON,) and sadly
missed by grandchildren Katy, Carly, Cameron and Adam. Survived
by her sisters Frances and Billie (Dorothy), predeceased by sister
Norma and brothers Whitney, Gordon and Bob. Helen enjoyed a vibrant
social life with her wonderful Friends. Her inner strength touched
all those who knew her and she enriched the lives of all of us
who loved her. The Funeral Service will be held at Humber Valley
United Church, (76 Anglesey Boulevard, Etobicoke), on Wednesday,
December 12, 2007 at 1 p.m., with reception to follow. In lieu
of flowers donations to the Canadian Mental Health Association
Ontario would be most welcome, at 1-800-8756213 or www.ontario.cmha.ca.
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KING-
PINSENT,
Charmion
(July 25, 1925-January 6, 2007)
Much beloved wife of 44 years to Gordon
PINSENT,
Mom to Leah
PINSENT, and Mother-in-law to Peter
KELEGHAN,
Charmion passed
peacefully in Toronto last Saturday. Acknowledged as a grand
doyenne of Canadian theatre, Charm was a graduate of The Bishop
Strachan School and the University of Toronto. She was a star
performer in the inaugural days of the U of T's Hart House Theatre,
where, her 1947 performance in the title role of Saint_Joan was
called 'luminous' by The Globe And Mail. She went on to become
one of the founding members of Muskoka's Straw Hat Players as
well as Toronto's Crest Theatre where she performed in over 20 productions
including Chekhov's Three Sisters opposite Kate Reid. In 1990
she played opposite Kate Reid again in a Hart House revival of
Arsenic and Old Lace. She was a member of The Stratford Festival
for several seasons starting in 1958 as Lady Percy in Henry IV,
and Hermione in A Winter's Tale in 1959. She appeared in countless
stage productions worldwide including the Broadway production
of Love and Liable directed by Tyrone Guthrie. Forever passionate
about nurturing stage and television production in Canada she
refused several offers for contract work in Los Angeles, New
York and England, and chose instead to live and work in the country
she loved. Charmion originated the role of Jessica in the hit
Canadian play Jitters, and for 6 years was Mrs. Gruenwald in
the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation radio series Rumours And
Boarders. In 1962, Charm decided to give a young actor named
Gordon PINSENT a break when she allowed him to star opposite
her in the Crest Theatre Production of The Mad Woman Of Chaillot.
Decades later their love graced and matured a touring production
of Love Letters. A few years ago she appeared with her daughter
Leah in the Tarragon Theatre's production of Emphysema, both
of them portraying Louise Brooks at different ages. Her televison
credits include featured roles in The Newsroom, The Promise,
Twitch City, Last Night, Wind At My Back and Anne Of Green Gables.
Her husband Gordon proudly directed her in a Canadian Broadcasting
Corporation movie of the week entitled 'Once' where she won critical
acclaim. Most recently Charm appeared as Maria in Soulpepper's
production of Uncle Vanya and this spring was to remount her
role in Soulpepper's hugely popular production of Thornton Wilder's
- Our Town. To the very end Charm stood up for the creative arts
in Canada. She was a steadfast believer in the creative spirit
of this country, it's culture and it's actors. Forever sympathetic
to the life of actors in Canada her cry was always 'For Christ's
sake get on with it-and be proud'. Of losing her Mom, Leah has
also lost her best friend. Of her sparkling eyes Gordon says
of his wife, 'I hope you all have as great a love as we've had,
if not go and find it.' In lieu of flowers, Charm requests donations
be made to The Actor's Fund of Canada. A private family funeral
will be followed by a memorial to be announced at a later date.
She will be hugely missed.
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PINSENT o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2007-01-10 published
Charmion KING,
Actress: (1925-2007)
The grande dame of Canadian theatre was known for her dynamic
stage presence, writes Sandra
MARTIN
By Sandra MARTIN,
Page S9
In a career that spanned 60 years on stage, radio, television
and film, Charmion
KING was known for her dynamic stage presence,
her throaty laugh, her beauty, her dedication to the theatre,
and her professionalism. Of all playwrights she loved Chekhov
the best and no wonder, for she delivered many of her best performances
in his work.
"She was the grande dame of Canadian Theatre," Albert
SCHULTZ,
artistic director of The Soulpepper Theatre in Toronto, said
yesterday. Ms.
KING joined the company in its third season (2000)
to play a character in Noël Coward's Present Laughter. "We needed
one of those great dames who could come on stage and convince
you that she could function under a couple of martinis and be
as witty as the next person in the room and bring with her a
great aristocratic bearing and great wit and elegance -- and
that was Charm," he said.
The only child of Charles
KING, a businessman who worked for
Neilsen's (and was called The Candy Man, according to his granddaughter
Leah) and his wife
Amabel (née
REEVES,)
Charmion
KING spent her
earliest years in The Beach area of Toronto in a house fronting
the boardwalk. Even as a five-year-old, she dreamed of becoming
an actress. After the family moved to Forest Hill, she attended
Bishop Strachan, the private girls' school, where she often played
male roles in plays. In the summers she went to Tanamakoon, the
girls' camp where the late Dora Mavor Moore had begun teaching
musical theatre in the 1930s.
She enrolled in University College at the University of Toronto
in the early 1940s, where she acted in college productions. In
1944, The Globe and Mail reported that she had been offered a
screen test by Warner Brothers after talent scouts for the film
studio had seen her perform in Thunder Rock. The 19-year-old
star of the University College Players' Guild had declined, saying
"this is just a school play."
Her best work was probably done at the Hart House Theatre under
the direction of Robert
GILL, an American actor who had worked
at the Cleveland Playhouse. At the time, only men were allowed
to use Hart House, the recreational and athletic facility that
had been given to the university by the Massey family, but the
theatre was run by a different administration, one that welcomed
women on its stage after the war.
Mr. GILL, who headed Hart House Productions, was an "enormous
influence," Ms.
KING told Susan
LAWRENCE in 2002 for an article
in the University of Toronto magazine. "He taught me professional
behaviour as an actress." In her most memorable role at university,
she played the title role in Saint Joan at Hart House Theatre
in 1947, the year she graduated. "Her performance of Joan," The
Globe and Mail critic wrote the following morning, according
to Hart House records, "is a luminous portrayal, instinct with
an inner fire of truth and spiritual beauty, and exquisite in
its shadings of emotion and execution."
From Hart House and a year of graduate work in English literature,
she did summer stock in New York, and then helped found the Straw
Hat
Players in 1948 with Murray and Donald
DAVIS, two brothers
who had been part of the Hart House theatre gang. The company,
which included Eric
HOUSE,
Ted
FOLLOWS and Barbara
HAMILTON,
toured Muskoka and Port Carling and the border region of the
U.S. for several summers. "In a way it was the best time I ever
had on the stage," Ms.
KING told The Globe in 1961. "We were
10 ambitious, idealistic youngsters who thought we were building
Canadian theatre and, perhaps, we were."
The DAVIS brothers and their sister Barbara
CHILCOTT went on
to open The Crest Theatre in a renovated cinema on Mount Pleasant
Road in Toronto in 1954. At The Crest she played Masha (with
Kate Reid) in Chekhov's The Three Sisters, Madame Ranevskaya
in The Cherry Orchard and Lady Utterword in Heartbreak House,
among other roles in that theatre's ambitious and groundbreaking
history.
She worked in England in the very early 1950s but returned to
Canada to work in television on the fledgling Canadian Broadcasting
Corporation network and at the equally neophyte Stratford Festival,
appearing as Hermione in The Winter's Tale and Lady Percy in
Henry IV, Part 1 in 1958. (She returned to the Festival in 1982
as a senior member of the Shakespeare 3 company and acted in
All's Well That Ends Well and A Midsummer Night's Dream.)
The following year she performed on Broadway in Robertson Davies's
Love and Libel, directed by Tyrone Guthrie, and toured in a principal
role in Love and Libel in Detroit, Boston and New York.
In 1962, she went back to The Crest to play opposite a Newfoundland
actor named Gordon
PINSENT in The Madwoman of Chaillot. They
married on November 2 of that year, a creative and romantic partnership
that lasted more than 44 years. After her wedding, Ms.
KING told
The Toronto Star that she "was doing Orpheus Descending at the
Crest and when it ended I said I didn't want to work for a long,
long time. I was tired." Their daughter, actress Leah
PINSENT,
was born on September 20, 1968. The family moved to Los Angeles
in the 1970s where Mr.
PINSENT (after the end of the television
show Quentin Durgens, M.P., in which he had starred) was writing
and finding backers for his film The Rowdyman.
"She was my best friend," Leah
PINSENT said yesterday about her
mother. "Other than when I had to go away, we talked every day.
She was giving and kind and warm and funny and smart and a great
cook."
After having retired for most of a decade to spend more time
as a wife and mother, Ms.
KING ended her self-imposed retreat
by appearing in the Ethel Barrymore role in The Royal Family,
a comedy by George S. Kaufman and Edna Ferber, at the Shaw Festival
in 1972.
She performed steadily after that on television and radio (playing
Aunt Josephine on Canadian Broadcasting Corporation-television's
Anne of Green Gables and appearing on The Newsroom, Twitch City
and Wind at My Back, and playing the voice of Mrs. Gruenwald
in the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Radio series Rumours
and Boarders). She appeared in film (Who Has Seen the Wind? and
Nobody Waved Goodbye) and on stage, notably as Jessica Logan,
a temperamental actress trying to make a comeback, in the premiere
production of David French's showbusiness comedy Jitters in Toronto
and at the Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven in 1979, a role that
she revived in Toronto in 1986.
In 1990, she again performed opposite Kate Reid in a Hart House
revival of Arsenic and Old Lace. In 1998 she starred in the Tarragon
Theatre production of Janet Munsil's Emphysema (A Love Story)
in which she shared the stage with her daughter Leah, as they
both played actress Louise Brooks at different ages. Although
Ms. KING had been a heavy smoker, she had successfully stopped
for a decade until the director asked them to smoke "real" cigarettes
on stage, according to her daughter. Alas, she was hooked again.
Ms. PINSENT said it was "fabulous" working with her mother because
she was "always a very generous woman. There was no ego; she
always wanted to serve the writer and the theatre in the best
way she possibly could."
In the last several years Ms.
KING performed regularly at The
Soulpepper Theatre in Toronto, appearing in Present Laughter
in 2001, as Maria in Chekhov's Uncle Vanya and
in Jean Genet's
The
Maids in 2002. "We called her at home and we got her," Mr.
SCHULTZ
said about casting her for the first time. "She always brought
such humanity and elegance and wit to everything she did. She
was a pleasure to have around."
Asked a few years ago by an interviewer whether she could imagine
retiring, Ms.
KING said absolutely not. "Being an actor is something
like being at university. It opens your mind and your soul and
makes you tap into yourself." Her last role was as Mrs. Soames
in Thornton Wilder's Our Town at Soulpepper in 2006 and she was
planning to reprise the role this spring.
"To the very end, Charm stood up for the creative arts in Canada,"
her family said in a statement this week. She was a steadfast
believer in the creative spirit of this country, its culture&hellip
her cry was always… get on with it and be proud."
Charmion KING was born in Toronto on July 25, 1925. She died
in Toronto of complications from emphysema on Saturday. She was
81. She is survived by her husband Gordon
PINSENT, her daughter
Leah PINSENT and her son-in-law Peter
KELEGHAN.
There will be
a private family cremation, followed by a memorial service at
a later date.
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SUGARMAN /
PINSKY
Lorne and Vanessa are elated to announce the birth of their first
daughter, Danielle Sarah Sugarman on Thursday, July 26, 2007,
at 3: 38 a.m., weighing 6 pounds, 12 ounces. Very excited grandparents
are Avy and Harold
PINSKY
(Montreal,)
Fern and David
SUGARMAN (Toronto)
and great-grandmother Sophie
PINSKY.
Overjoyed
Aunts and Uncles
are Scott and Mary, Susan and Frank, and Nancy. Baby Danielle is
also welcomed by many other excited family members and Friends.
Danielle Sarah is named in loving memory of her great-grandmother
Doris WINER and great-grandfather Saul
SUGARMAN who are deeply
missed at this time along with her other great-grandparents.
A special thanks to the staff at Women's College Hospital.
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FLEMING/FLEMMING,
Rowland "
Roly"
Douglas
Veteran of World War 2
Passed away peacefully in his sleep July 8, 2007 in his 84th
year. Beloved husband of the late Meggie; Loving father of Catherine
(Karl) PINTER and David (Dale;) grandfather of Stephanie and
Shannon. Visitation will be held on Wednesday, July 11th from
2-4 and 6-8 p.m. at the Jerrett Funeral Home, North York Chapel,
6191 Yonge Street (2 lights south of Steeles). Funeral will held
on Thursday, July 12th at 11 a.m. at the Willowdale Presbyterian
Church, 38 Ellerslie Avenue, North York. The family would like
to thank the 2nd floor nurses and caregivers at the Amica Swan
Lake for their Friendship, kindness and care for these years.
Donations may be made to the Heart and Stroke Foundation in his
memory.
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