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Dawn Greenhalgh, Canadian Stage Veteran Who Voiced the Queen in ‘Babar,’ Dies at 93
Canadian actress Dawn Greenhalgh, known for a long career across theatre, film and television, died in Toronto on 6 November, aged 93. A founding member of the Stratford Festival, she also voiced Queen Celeste in the animated series “Babar”.
Born in Shanghai, Greenhalgh spent part of her childhood in a Japanese prisoner of war camp, then moved to Canada at 14. She helped establish Halifax’s Neptune Theatre and Toronto’s Theatre Plus, and appeared in productions including “All’s Well That Ends Well” with Alec Guinness, as well as films such as “The Virgin Suicides” and “Map to the Stars”. She also worked with her daughter Megan Follows on “Anne of Green Gables” and is survived by four children and eight grandchildren and step-grandchildren.
In short
- Dawn Greenhalgh died in Toronto aged 93.
- She was a founding Stratford Festival member.
- She voiced Queen Celeste in “Babar”.
Explained simply
Dawn Greenhalgh was a Canadian actor whose career spanned stage, film and television. Born in Shanghai, she moved to Canada as a teenager after spending part of her childhood in a Japanese prisoner of war camp.
Greenhalgh helped establish the Stratford Festival in Ontario, as well as Neptune Theatre in Halifax and Theatre Plus in Toronto. She later appeared in films including The Virgin Suicides and Map to the Stars, and voiced Queen Celeste in the animated series Babar.
Her work connected several generations of Canadian theatre and screen performers. She also acted alongside her daughter, Megan Follows, in Anne of Green Gables.