Kate Reid Biography

Fast Facts

• Received honorary degrees from the University of Toronto and York University
• Was declared an officer of the Order of Canada in 1974
• Studied acting at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto
• Attended Havergal College in Toronto
• Quote: "I'm a chameleon․ There is something of everything I play in me․"
• Quote: "Acting, then, was totally natural to me: I didn't know technique yet, I just did it․․․I had no idea that the drama magic was going to happen, like enormous doors opening․ It slipped up on me: I didn't know it was going to be my life․"
• Quote: "I always wanted to be the person I was reading about; the idea of being someone else rather than who I was appealed to me․"
• Made her Broadway debut with the role of Martha in "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"