RIP Barbara Chilcott

 

Canadian actress Barbara Chilcott died at her home in Toronto, Canada on New Year’s Day 2022. She was 99. A fixture of the Crest Theatre in Toronto and frequent player at the Stratford Festival in its early years, Chilcott moved between Canada and England during a prolific career on the stage, said William Scoular, a former colleague and acclaimed director. A fixture of the Crest Theatre in Toronto and frequent player at the Stratford Festival in its early years, Chilcott moved between Canada and England during a prolific career on the stage, said William Scoular, a former colleague and acclaimed director. She returned to Canada in 1950 and performed on CBC Radio before joining her brothers Murray Davis and Donald Davis in their summer theatre company, Straw Hat Players. Chilcott survived her husband Harry Somers, a renowned Canadian composer who passed away in 1999. She had no children. Chilcott appeared in one Euro-western, 1966’s ‘The Trap’ as trader’s wife. The British/Canadian co-production starred Oliver Reed and Rita Tushingham.