Martha Henry: Wiki, Biography, Age, Family, Career, Net Worth, Husband

Martha Henry: Wiki, Biography, Age, Family, Career, Husband, Net Worth, Height, Weight, Boyfriends, Education, Hometown, Stratford: Martha Henry was an American-born Canadian actress. She was born on February 17, 1938 in Detroit, USA. Martha was well known for her at the Stratford Festival in Canada. It was a theater festival that took place from April to October in the city of Stratford, Ontario, Canada. In 1981, Martha Henry was appointed an officer of the Order of Canada and subsequently promoted to companion in 1990. In 1994, she was appointed a member of the Order of Ontario. For her lifelong contribution to Canadian theatre, Martha received the Governor General’s Performing Arts Award in 1996. Martha Henry was reported to have passed away on October 21, 2021. She gave her last performance this month at the Stratford Festival.

Martha’s early life

Martha Henry was born on February 17, 1938 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Her original name was Martha Buhs. Her parents were Kathleen (née Hatch) and Lloyd Howard Buhs. At the age of five she divorced. She grew up in the suburb of Bloomfield Hills, north of Detroit, Michigan. She studied at Kingswood School, now known as Canbrook Kingswood School. In 1959, she graduated from the Drama department of the Carnegie Institute of Technology. After graduating, she moved to Canada and adopted the stage name Henry, from the legal surname of her husband, Donnelly Rhodes, whom she married in 1962. Upon arriving in Canada, Martha Henry performed at the Crest Theater in Toronto, which she soon obtained She was accepted into the first class of the National Theater School in Montreal. In 1961, all the students were taken to Stratford to perform scene selections for the Festival company. The artistic director, Michael Langham, was impressed with Martha’s performance and offered her a place in the company in 1962. In order to accept the offer, Martha would have to leave the Drama School, abandoning the three-year program. Advised by NTS director Powys Thomas, she accepted the offer. Making her the first graduate of the Theater School, she received a diploma before the inaugural class.

Martha’s career

In 1962, at the Stratford Festival, her first season there, she played Miranda in William Hutt’s first Prospero in The Tempest, and then as Lady Macduff in Macbeth. Throughout the seasons from 1962 to 1980, he played leading roles in 40 productions. In 1980, Martha Henry debuted as a director. Her roles over the years included Viola in Twelfth Night (1966), Cordelia in King Lear (1967), Titania in A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1968), Desdemona in Othello (1973), Isabella in Measure by measure (1975-1976), Olga in Three Sisters (1976), Lady Anne in Richard III (1977) and Paulina in The Winter’s Tale (1978). For a time, Martha had performed outside of Stratford. She performed elsewhere in Canada and even abroad, appearing in several productions including Manitoba Theater Centre, Shaw Festival, Broadway, New York’s Lincoln Center and London’s West End. In the 1981 Stratford season, Martha Henry along with three other directors, Urjo Kareda, Peter Moss and Pam Brighton, were appointed to direct the Festival due to the resignation of artistic director Robin Phillips. A few months later, the board of directors replaced them as English stage director John Dexter had prepared to take over. After that, Henry had to stay away from Stratford for a while. He began acting and directing after 1980 at major North American arts venues including the Tarragon Theatre, Canadian Stage, Globe Theatre, National Arts Centre, Roy Thompson Hall, Citadel Theatre, Theater Calgary, the Manitoba Theater Centre, the Shaw Festival, the Neptune Theatre, and Carnegie Mellon University. From 1988 to 1995, Martha Henry became artistic director of the Grand Theater in London, Ontario. During this time, she made a variety of contemporary works such as David Mamet’s Oleanna, Tomson Highway’s The Rez Sisters, and Timothy Findley’s The Stillborn Lover. In 1994, she returned to the Stratford Festival as Mary Tyrone in The long journey from day to night. In 1996 he received the Genie Award for the film version of this production. Until about 2007, Martha Henry had a long career playing lead and supporting roles, sometimes also directing and instructing. In 2007, she was appointed director of Stratford’s Birmingham Classical Theater Training Conservatory, a program that has previously trained numerous new Canadian actors. Later in 2017 she directed the Michael Langham Classical Conducting Workshop in Stratford. In 2021, at Stratford’s Studio, she played the role of “A” in Three tall women by Edward Albee, which became Martha Henry’s last performance.

martha henry personal life

Martha Henry, born February 17, 1938, was raised in the northern Detroit, Michigan suburb of Bloomfield Hills. She married Donnelly Rhodes in 1962. The couple later divorced. She later married Douglas Rain, with whom she had a daughter named Emma. The marriage did not last long. In 1989 she married Rod Beattle, from whom she also ended in divorce. Twelve days after the performance at Stratford’s Studio, on October 21, 2021, she Martha died shortly after midnight at her home. It was known that she had cancer. Martha Henry’s net worth has increased significantly in recent years. It is estimated to be between 1 and 5 million dollars.

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Martha Henry Bio, Height, Weight, Profile, Net Worth

Real name	marta henry
Nickname	Not known
Gender	Female
Profession	Actress
Height (approx.)	in centimeters – Not known in meters – Not known in feet inches – Not known
Approximate weight.)	in kilograms – Not known in pounds – Not known
Figure measurements (approx.)	Not known
Eye color	Blue
Hair color	Brown
Birthdate	February 17, 1938
Age (as in 2021)	83
place of birth	Detroit, Michigan
Zodiac sign/sun sign	Aquarium
Nationality	American, Canadian
Native city	Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
School	Kingswood School (Canbrook Kingswood School)
College	Carnegie Institute of Technology National Theater School, Montreal
Educational qualification	Drama
Religion	Not known
Ethnicity	Not known
Breed	Not known
ADDRESS	Not known
Hobbies/interests	Act, Direct
Civil status	Divorced
Affairs/Boyfriends/Girlfriends	Not known
Sexuality	Right
Parents	Father: Lloyd Howard Buhs Mother: Kathleen (née Hatch)
Siblings	Brother: Unknown Sister: Unknown
Husband/Wife/Spouse	Rod Beattie (divorced), Donnelly Rhodes (divorced), Douglas Rain (divorced)
Children	emma
Net worth	$1 million – $5 million

Some Lesser Known Facts About Martha Henry

He met Donnelly Rhodes when he was studying at the National Theater School.
In 1996 he won the Governor General of Canada’s Performing Arts Award.
She is a companion of the Order of Canada.

Social media accounts:

The actress does not have accounts on social networks.