This was one of those rare films where every role was perfectly cast. Colleen Duhurst, though, was so far beyond amazing as Marilla that nobody else could ever play her. You really believed she WAS Marilla she so embodied the role.

@mrs.6546

7 жыл бұрын

b8276 Yes! I most certainly agree! I feel the same abt all of the truest of artists in these movies & the series! These works have truly blessed my life, and are amongst my most prized possessions!

@jeanneboyce2044

6 жыл бұрын

your comment are my thought EXACTLY!!!

@jeanneboyce2044

6 жыл бұрын

b8276 Your comment was my thoughts EXACTLY and I truly mean EXACTLY!!!

@jeanneboyce2044

6 жыл бұрын

With the 💯% ""perfect casting"" comment and the ""there being no other actress than Colleen Dewhurst, that could play Marilla.""

@DINGDONG-yf2xp

6 жыл бұрын

Yes She was the Best actress in this role i have ever seen

I loved this lady.Such a wonderful actress.She was made for the Anne story.

Colleen Dewhurst is a lady dripping with class, as well as potent character. I love her quiet confidence and her delivery of the lines in the movie. There are a few actors that I believe are case studies on how to embody a role. She embodied Marilla Cuthbert to where Few others could do it justice. I loved to watch her bring that character to life.

What an intelligent speaker she was. The absolutely perfect Marilla.

it really pains in the heart to hear our dear Colleen Dewhurst, knowing that she left us. So missed she is and will alwys be. Rest in peace dearest Colleen Dewhurst

It was a really incredible cast. I think part of it was that they all meshed so well together. You could really feel the love between the characters especially Marilla, Anne and Matthew.

I am a guy and I have always loved this version of Anne of Green Gables.

Colleen Dewhurst left us too soon. How I miss her smile, laughter and her uncompromising talent - we lost such a talent.. it still hurts - RIP Colleen.

There were many parts of Anne Shirley's life that were similar to mine &every single day for about 6yrs, I would watch both Anne of Green Gables &Anne of Avonlea. I would disappear into their world &I actually have a difficult time finding the words to explain how wonderful, how mesmerizing, how for filling, how life changing &dare I say, even life-saving this movie was for me. For a long time Anne Shirley was my only friend. The casting, acting, direction &writing of this film, to me, there is no other movie that is even remotely as PERFECT, as this one. They could not have chosen better actors to play the roles, then what they did. Usually a movie will have one, if not more, actors that just do not fit, that are just not quite right for the role they are playing, even if the movie is a great one. Well, not with this film. Not even remotely close. It was almost like every single actor that was chosen for this film was born to play the character that they did. I have no disillusions that this comment will reach any of the people that I am talking about, but I wanted to say >---> To ALL the people who made this film, the writers, actors, casting directors, set directors, costume design, ect... everyone who was involved in making this film >----> THANK YOU

@realcanadiangirl64

6 жыл бұрын

Jeanne Boyce You should join our Anne of Green Gables Facebook group. It's for true fans like you

Everyone casted on anne of green gables embodied their roles. Truly a masterpiece

Truly one of the greatest actresses of all time.

I have always adored Colleen Dewhurst's lovely grey eyes; they're comforting and calm, and yet there was the sky & sea in them.... I believe there was such wonderful depths to this woman.... so earthy, and yet complex. I loved her ever so dearly, and her as Marilla Cuthbert were such a blessing to me as a role model, and I truly felt a kinship w her. To produce such warmth, and loving emotion in viewers, is the hallmark of a wonderfully gifted actress/actor. She embodied in that character much of my own beloved grandmothers. I will always miss Colleen Dewhurst, and will treasure these dvds & videos. I loved all the charcters in these movies & series. L.M. Montgomery is also my very favorite authoress; she is the one who wrote all of these stories, for those who do not know. This was all, these movies, series, & the books; my liferaft of comfort as a child, and I must admit that even at 38, I still feel the same. Rest in peace Colleen Dewhurst, and know you were and are dearly loved. I am grateful to ylu, the entire cast of these movies, & the series, and L.M. Mobtgomery, & Kevin Sullivan; for all the enrichment and blessing of peace, comfort, & happiness, & lovely escape from harsh reality you have all bought me. I love you all. Truly, my deepest thanks to true kindred spirits. To act and direct the way you all did, shows what wonderful ppl you all must be! Everyone involved in these productions did an ultimately amazing job, and to this very day, you enrich my life. Thank you with my deepest admiration, gratitude, and affection. Also, Megan Follows has now brought back to life her amazing, almost unearthly talent to whisk me away into a character, in the Netflix series, "Reign " . I love you Megan... you have embodied the person I am in your Anne character, and have freed what I was not free to be, or say... Thank you Love. I hope to meet you one day. #KindredSpirits 😍😙🤗

@TrangPakbaby

5 жыл бұрын

Me I AM Colleen was a also a great beauty in your younger days. She was tall dark exotic and men found her sexy

So sweet to hear her appreciation for Megan and then to watch Megan's interview where she says how much she enjoys working with Colleen. Both very intelligent, talented, professional individuals. I love how analytically they both approach acting. No one else could have played these roles

Thank you for this video. For those of us who have only ever seen her acting, it is so nice to hear and see Colleen Dewhurst.

@sullivanentertainment

10 жыл бұрын

You're welcome... Colleen was a wonderful and vastly talented woman.

I miss my mom - we liked watching Avonlea together. And Anne.

Such a beautiful soul. The very best moment of AoGG is when Marilla and Anne are reunited in the lane. Nothing else gets close to that display of love ❤

Colleen I believe ws born for that role. She made my perception of Marilla really come to life. She was a part of the perfect cast for this most beautiful of stories.

Brilliant interview! Each actor personified the characters that they played. No other version could ever measure up for me.

She was a very talented actress.

She was a lovely woman May god bless her soul 🙏👼

She will remain in our hearts, the lady who gave Anne Shirley a better place to live, who loved her as her own daughter. Great actress, RIP Ms. Colleen Dewhurst. Last movie of her that I saw was "Dying Young" with her son Campbell Scott, (am I correct?)

@faithcastillo9597

3 жыл бұрын

You are, indeed, correct. Campbell Scott is the son of two legendary talents: George C. Scott and the incomparable Colleen Dewhurst.

Amazing interviews about Green Gables wow my favorite series

So many teaching moments in this video. What a classy people, the older generations were. We are really letting our era down.

I saw this movie as a little girl, you could help love Marilla. I have always wondered so much more about Colleen Dewhurst. Thanks for sharing!

@sullivanentertainment

8 жыл бұрын

+autism parent You're welcome!

WONDERFUL interview

She was the best person ever to play Marilla, loved that tv series💗💗💗🙏🙏🙏

I had the privilege of seeing Miss Dewhurst and Jason Robards in O'Neil's "Long Day's Journey Into Night" at the Yale Rep in the late 1980s. She was an amazing actress, stage and screen.

I love Colleen. What a great person she seemed to be. Rip

great lady! Rest In Peace Colleen!

Fascinating woman.

@sullivanentertainment

6 жыл бұрын

She absolutely was! :)

She was amazing. :)

I love you Colleen. Thank you for being Marilla.

She is unique and charming!

Thank you!

first fell in love with movie YAERS ago- 80s... just now reading books (32) ...

Cannot stand the new Netflix version. Its terrible!!! they should just leave well enough alone. This was perfection you cannot mess with it. BTW my husband and my three sons absolutely enjoy these movies P.S I read that Colleen had suffered a stroke b4 she starred in these movies. Does anyone know if that's true or not?

@teamjesus2470

6 жыл бұрын

Kitty Kat Yes no other film can come close. Impossible. They should have just left it at the first version. There can only be the original. This series has brought me endless joy. There is no cursing, violence, action or nudity. This film just grabs your soul.

@samanthawagner6352

5 жыл бұрын

What? I love the Netflix series!

@elliecraig3775

4 жыл бұрын

I love both!

@selenemp

4 жыл бұрын

i'm not sure exactly. I've read from Patricia Hamilton(Rachel) that it was cancer. Wiki is saying she passed from cervical cancer. :( So many of the great actors from this series gone. I've cried for all of them. Colleen, Richard and oh how Jonathan crushed my heart. I cried for days.

She is wise and lovely herself and in character as wonderful Marilla ❤😊

She seemd like a nice Person wow

I like both versions

you were a great woman Colleen.. would have liked to known you, but I was just a kid....

I did not know she even had two sons in real life.

Colleen is one of my favorite actresses

I am not sure which year this was filmed, but what Colleen said at 8.01 is very true for today. There are no rules and morality is constantly changing. I loved Marilla. Firm, no nonsense, honest and moral, but still loving.

This is the one and only.... Real Marilla....!!

I used to love to read growing up and I don’t know why I didn’t find or know about Anne of green gables!! I guess I read to much romance lol!! Regret that I didn’t read it and the little house books!!

And if she has how old was she when she died.

@kristagerry8505

2 жыл бұрын

Died at age 67 of cervical cancer

no comeco ela era amarga e muito ma depois mudou

She apparently had slot of money because I have seen pics of her houses. Grand for sure 😎❤️

Has this lady died from Anne fo green gables?

@kristagerry8505

2 жыл бұрын

Yes decades ago 😫 August 1991