Earle Grey Award

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The Earle Grey Award is the lifetime achievement award for television acting of the Canadian Screen Awards, and its predecessor the Gemini Awards. It can be presented to an individual or collaborative team (such as SCTV or Royal Canadian Air Farce), and may be presented posthumously.

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The award was named in honour of Earle Grey, an actor and theatre director who founded the Earle Grey Players theatre troupe and had served as the first president of ACTRA's local chapter in Toronto.

The award was first presented by the ACTRA Awards in 1972, as the award for best performance in a television film within the annual eligibility period. In the earliest years it was the only acting award presented by the ACTRA Awards, although it was later supplemented with an award for best performance in a television series. Beginning in 1983, separate categories were introduced for performances by actors and actresses in television films; when the ACTRA Awards were taken over by the Gemini Awards beginning in 1986, the Earle Grey Award name was then transitioned into the Geminis' lifetime achievement award instead of being retained as the name for the primary annual acting awards. [1]

Nominations for the award are presented by professionals within the Canadian television community and the decision of who will win the award is made by a special committee. However, it is not necessarily always presented annually.

Recipients

ACTRA Awards

Gemini Awards

Canadian Screen Awards

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References

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  2. ↑ "Bujold and Berton winners in ACTRA annual awards". Montreal Gazette , April 17, 1972.
  3. ↑ "Radio personalities sweep ACTRA Awards". Montreal Gazette , April 30, 1973.
  4. ↑ "Annual ACTRA Awards dominated by women". Montreal Gazette , March 4, 1974.
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  6. ↑ "CBC dominates awards as Canada honours own". Alberni Valley Times , April 22, 1976.
  7. ↑ "ACTRA Awards not pretentious, anyway". Ottawa Citizen , April 15, 1977.
  8. ↑ "CBC stars, programs sweep ACTRA Awards". Saskatoon Star-Phoenix , March 23, 1978.
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  14. ↑ "ACTRA finalists are selected". The Globe and Mail , March 19, 1984.
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