Canadian actor Jonathan Crombie, known to legions of fans as Gilbert Blythe in the CBC version of "Anne of Green Gables," died April 15 of a reported brain hemorrhage. He was 48.
Crombie was plucked from relative obscurity to play Blythe in the CBC miniseries, based on the novels by Lucy Maud Montgomery, which launched in 1985 and starred Megan Follows as the titular orphan. He reprised the part in 1987 for the "Anne of Avonlea" TV movie, in 1992 on the spinoff series "Avonlea," and in 2000 for another movie, "Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story."
In addition to that iconic role, Crombie was a well-known stage and improv performer, especially in his native Canada, and he also starred in a Broadway staging of the musical "The Drowsy Chaperone" in 2006. His most recent television credit was a guest-starring role this year on CBS drama "The Good Wife."
Kevin Sullivan, the producer of the "Anne" miniseries and movies,...
Crombie was plucked from relative obscurity to play Blythe in the CBC miniseries, based on the novels by Lucy Maud Montgomery, which launched in 1985 and starred Megan Follows as the titular orphan. He reprised the part in 1987 for the "Anne of Avonlea" TV movie, in 1992 on the spinoff series "Avonlea," and in 2000 for another movie, "Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story."
In addition to that iconic role, Crombie was a well-known stage and improv performer, especially in his native Canada, and he also starred in a Broadway staging of the musical "The Drowsy Chaperone" in 2006. His most recent television credit was a guest-starring role this year on CBS drama "The Good Wife."
Kevin Sullivan, the producer of the "Anne" miniseries and movies,...
- 4/20/2015
- by Katie Roberts
- Moviefone
Jonathan Crombie, best known for playing Gilbert Blythe in the Anne of Green Gables miniseries and its sequels, has died, CBC News reports.
Crombie’s sister tells the Canadian news outlet that the actor, 48, suffered a brain hemorrhage and died in New York on April 15.
He had many roles in his 30-year career in TV and film, but is most known for playing the tormentor-turned-true-love of Anne Shirley in the 1985 Canadian miniseries Anne of Green Gables and its follow-ups Anne of Avonlea and Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story, which aired in the United States on PBS.
Crombie’s...
Crombie’s sister tells the Canadian news outlet that the actor, 48, suffered a brain hemorrhage and died in New York on April 15.
He had many roles in his 30-year career in TV and film, but is most known for playing the tormentor-turned-true-love of Anne Shirley in the 1985 Canadian miniseries Anne of Green Gables and its follow-ups Anne of Avonlea and Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story, which aired in the United States on PBS.
Crombie’s...
- 4/19/2015
- TVLine.com
Actor Jonathan Crombie, best known for his role as the romantic lead in the Canadian TV series Anne of Green Gables, has died. He was 48. Crombie was adept at playing clean-cut characters of unexpected depth and warmth, and to generations of Canadians he’ll always be Gilbert Blythe to Anne Shirley as played by Megan Follows (currently Queen Catherine on the CW’s Reign). Crombie, who died April 15, also appeared in followups to the series including telefilms Anne of Avonlea…...
- 4/18/2015
- Deadline TV
A royal rumble’s brewing this week in Reign’s France, with Megan Follows’ Queen Catherine scrambling to make sure her misdeeds from the pilot stay untraceable.
There’s deceit. There’s ruthlessness. There’s putting one’s survival about everything else. For acolytes of the 1980s TV-movie adaptation of Anne of Green Gables* — Follows’ best-known work — we’re a long way from sunbursts and marble halls.
And the actress jokes that Prince Francis’ manipulative mom may not be so different from Anne Shirley, after all.
“Sometimes, mean people come in nice-looking, sweet packages,” she says with a laugh. “Listen,...
There’s deceit. There’s ruthlessness. There’s putting one’s survival about everything else. For acolytes of the 1980s TV-movie adaptation of Anne of Green Gables* — Follows’ best-known work — we’re a long way from sunbursts and marble halls.
And the actress jokes that Prince Francis’ manipulative mom may not be so different from Anne Shirley, after all.
“Sometimes, mean people come in nice-looking, sweet packages,” she says with a laugh. “Listen,...
- 10/23/2013
- by Kimberly Roots
- TVLine.com
As you've likely heard by now, today is International Women's Day. In fact, it's the 100th anniversary of International Women's Day. Perhaps I haven't been clued in enough in past years but this is the first I remember hearing of it. So I dutifully trundled over to Wikipedia to stuff my brain with facts (ya know, for any future trivial and competitive pursuits) and found out that International Women's Day was originally called International Working Women's Day. The day (which has, as Wikipedia notes, lost the labor association and is now some sort of Valentine's and Mother's Day hybrid) was meant to celebrate women in the workforce and shed some light on the poor working conditions of the Industrial Revolution.
It doesn't need to be International Women's Day in order for me to bemoan the lack of strong female characters in film and television (getting better all the time), or,...
It doesn't need to be International Women's Day in order for me to bemoan the lack of strong female characters in film and television (getting better all the time), or,...
- 3/8/2011
- by Joanna Robinson
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