Faith Susan Alberta Watson (March 6, 1955 â€" March 21, 2015), better
known as Alberta Watson, was a Canadian film and television
actress.Watson was born in Toronto, Ontario, in 1955. She grew up in
Toronto with her mother Grace, a factory worker, and her brother. She
began performing with a local Toronto theater group, T.H.O.G. (Theater
House of God), of the Bathurst Street United Church, at age 15.Watson
took a workshop for the Hair musical. While at the workshop she acted
in Hamlet, which was directed by René Bonnière, who later directed
her in La Femme Nikita.Watson got her first role at age 19 in a CBC
movie called Honor Thy Father. Early in her career she portrayed the
role of Mitzi in George Kaczender's In Praise of Older Women (1978),
for which she received a Genie nomination. A year later she received
the Best Actress award at the Yorkton Film Festival for "Exposure".
She moved to Los Angeles, California, and later to New York City.
known as Alberta Watson, was a Canadian film and television
actress.Watson was born in Toronto, Ontario, in 1955. She grew up in
Toronto with her mother Grace, a factory worker, and her brother. She
began performing with a local Toronto theater group, T.H.O.G. (Theater
House of God), of the Bathurst Street United Church, at age 15.Watson
took a workshop for the Hair musical. While at the workshop she acted
in Hamlet, which was directed by René Bonnière, who later directed
her in La Femme Nikita.Watson got her first role at age 19 in a CBC
movie called Honor Thy Father. Early in her career she portrayed the
role of Mitzi in George Kaczender's In Praise of Older Women (1978),
for which she received a Genie nomination. A year later she received
the Best Actress award at the Yorkton Film Festival for "Exposure".
She moved to Los Angeles, California, and later to New York City.
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