Barbara Hamilton attended the University of Toronto and began her career at Hart House Theatre before beginning her professional career in a production of Arsenic and Old Lace at the Royal Alexandra Theatre. She was known as the funniest woman in Canada, with a face that could cause hilarity and a voice that easily carried to the back of the hall as well as across the stage. To honour her long contribution to the stage, in 1996 the Dora Mavor Moore Awards began the Barbara Hamilton Memorial Award, to be given to legends in Canadian Show Business who have demonstrated "excellence and professionalism in the performing arts."
Filmography:
Features & TV Movies:
The Lady Craved Excitement (1950)
Come Dance With Me (1950)
A Dangerous Age (1958)
One Plus One (1961)
Lost and Found (1979)
Hot Paint (TV-1988)
Glory! Glory! (TV-1989)
Clarence (TV-1990)
Change of Heart (1993)
Car 54, Where Are You (1994)
Bogus (1996).
TV Series - Cast:
And That's the News, Goodnight (1974)
Check It Out (1985)
Shining Time Station (1990)
Road to Avonlea (1989-1996)