# Barbara Chilcott

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{{Short description|Canadian actress (1922–2022)}}
{{Infobox person
| name               = Barbara Chilcott
| image              = Portrait_of_Barbara_Chilcott.jpg
| birth_name         = Barbara Chilcott Davis
| birth_date         = {{birth date|1922|9|10}}
| birth_place        = [Newmarket, Ontario](/source/Newmarket%2C_Ontario), Canada
| death_date         = {{death date and age|2022|1|1|1922|9|10}}
| death_place        = [Toronto](/source/Toronto), [Ontario](/source/Ontario), Canada
| alma_mater         = [Royal Central School of Speech and Drama](/source/Royal_Central_School_of_Speech_and_Drama)
| occupation         = Actress
| years_active       = 1949–1999
| spouse             = {{marriage|Max Helpmann<br>|1952|end=div}} {{marriage|Harry Somers<br>|1967|}}
| children           = 
}}

'''Barbara Chilcott Davis''' (September 10, 1922 – January 1, 2022) was a Canadian actress.

==Career==
After the war she studied at the [Central School of Speech and Drama](/source/Central_School_of_Speech_and_Drama) in London and made her West End debut in 1949. On her return to Canada in 1950, she soon became one of the country's leading actresses.<ref>[https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/barbara-chilcott Barbara Chilcott]</ref> In 1953, with her brothers Murray and [Donald Davis](/source/Donald_Davis_(actor)), she founded the [Crest Theatre](/source/Crest_Theatre_(Toronto)) troupe in Toronto, which operated until 1966.<ref>[https://torontoist.com/2015/07/historicist-patrick-macnee-before-the-bowler/ Historicist: Patrick Macnee, Before the Bowler]</ref>

Chilcott died in Toronto on January 1, 2022, at the age of 99.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Theatre actress and 'real national treasure' Barbara Chilcott dead at 99|work=|agency=The Canadian Press|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/barbara-chilcott-dead-at-99-1.6302602|via=CBC News}}</ref>

==Partial filmography==
* 1960 ''[The Full Treatment](/source/The_Full_Treatment)'' as Baroness de la Vailion
* 1966 ''[The Trap](/source/The_Trap_(1966_film))'' as Trader's Wife
* 1975 ''[Lies My Father Told Me](/source/Lies_My_Father_Told_Me_(1975_film))'' as Mrs. Tannenbaum
* 1993 ''[M. Butterfly](/source/M._Butterfly_(film))'' as Critic at Garden Party
* 1996 ''[No Contest II](/source/No_Contest_II)'' as Mrs. Holman

==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb name|0157443}}
* [https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/barbara-chilcott Entry at thecanadianencyclopedia.ca]
* Archives of Barbara Chilcott [http://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.redirect?app=fonandcol&id=212522&lang=eng (Barbara Chilcott fonds, R11210)] are held at [Library and Archives Canada](/source/Library_and_Archives_Canada)

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Category:1922 births
Category:2022 deaths
Category:Actresses from Toronto
Category:Canadian film actresses
Category:Canadian television actresses
Category:Canadian stage actresses
Category:20th-century Canadian actresses
Category:Alumni of the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama

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