Sharon Pollock

Playwright

Birthday April 19, 1936

Birth Sign Aries

Birthplace Canada

DEATH DATE Apr 22, 2021 (85)

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About

Canadian playwright who wrote A Compulsory Option and Blood Relations, and won the Harry and Martha Cohen Award for contributions to Calgary Theatre.

Before Fame

She directed a theater group consisting of high school kids from 1962 to 1963.

Trivia

She founded The Garry Theatre in a low-income area of Calgary and was so passionate about the theater that she refused to take royalties from it.

Family Life

Her first daughter, Jennifer, was born in 1956.

Associated With

She and Norm Foster are two of Canada's most acclaimed playwrights.