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Claire Drainie, wife of Canadian actor John Drainie
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Robert Catt
Nov 25, 2009, 8:14:37 AM11/25/09
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Claire Drainie Taylor (1917-2009) Passed away recently at home in her
93rd year. A talented actress, and the wife of Canada's premier radio
actor, the Late John Drainie. Claire began life in Swift Current,
Saskatchewan, the daughter of Hyman Wodlinger and Rose (Epstein)
Wodlinger. When only 16, in the depths of the Depression, she married
Jack Murray and moved with him to the interior of Vancouver Island
where he worked in logging and she learned to hunt grouse and to skin
and cook deer. After a divorce at age 21, she met John Drainie, a
promising young Vancouver actor, and they became a key part of the
talented troupe of actors, writers, directors and musicians who
brought about the Golden Age of Radio on the Canadian Broadcasting
Corporatio. They married and moved to Toronto in 1942, where they had
six children: Bronwyn, Kathryn, Michael, Jocelyn, Philip and David.
Claire acted in numerous plays and series at CBC Toronto, including
'Jake and the Kid' (Ma), 'John and Judy' (Aunt Mary), and 'Barney
Boomer' (Ma Parkin). She also wrote radio dramas, including 'Santa Had
a Black, Black Beard' and 'Flow Gently Sweet Limbo'. Shortly after
John Drainie died of lung cancer in 1966, Claire met Nathan A. (Nat)
Taylor, an innovative film exhibitor later the founder of Cineplex
whom she married in 1968 and lived with happily until Nat's death in
2004. In 1998, Claire's autobiography was published by Wilfried
Laurier University Press under the title The Surprise of My Life.
93rd year. A talented actress, and the wife of Canada's premier radio
actor, the Late John Drainie. Claire began life in Swift Current,
Saskatchewan, the daughter of Hyman Wodlinger and Rose (Epstein)
Wodlinger. When only 16, in the depths of the Depression, she married
Jack Murray and moved with him to the interior of Vancouver Island
where he worked in logging and she learned to hunt grouse and to skin
and cook deer. After a divorce at age 21, she met John Drainie, a
promising young Vancouver actor, and they became a key part of the
talented troupe of actors, writers, directors and musicians who
brought about the Golden Age of Radio on the Canadian Broadcasting
Corporatio. They married and moved to Toronto in 1942, where they had
six children: Bronwyn, Kathryn, Michael, Jocelyn, Philip and David.
Claire acted in numerous plays and series at CBC Toronto, including
'Jake and the Kid' (Ma), 'John and Judy' (Aunt Mary), and 'Barney
Boomer' (Ma Parkin). She also wrote radio dramas, including 'Santa Had
a Black, Black Beard' and 'Flow Gently Sweet Limbo'. Shortly after
John Drainie died of lung cancer in 1966, Claire met Nathan A. (Nat)
Taylor, an innovative film exhibitor later the founder of Cineplex
whom she married in 1968 and lived with happily until Nat's death in
2004. In 1998, Claire's autobiography was published by Wilfried
Laurier University Press under the title The Surprise of My Life.
Brad Ferguson
Nov 25, 2009, 8:57:14 AM11/25/09
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<1d880030-dcfc-4d13...@u7g2000yqm.googlegroups.com>,
Robert Catt <bobbyt...@gmail.com> wrote:
<1d880030-dcfc-4d13...@u7g2000yqm.googlegroups.com>,
Robert Catt <bobbyt...@gmail.com> wrote:
> When only 16, in the depths of the Depression, she married
> Jack Murray and moved with him to the interior of Vancouver Island
> where he worked in logging and she learned to hunt grouse and to skin
> and cook deer. After a divorce at age 21
Now there's a surprise.
Hyfler/Rosner
Nov 25, 2009, 9:06:55 AM11/25/09
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You beat me to it.
R H Draney
Nov 25, 2009, 1:35:21 PM11/25/09
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Robert Catt filted:
I don't *think* I'm related to these people, but you never know...my family did
come through Ontario on the way from Ireland to Kansas....r
--
A pessimist sees the glass as half empty.
An optometrist asks whether you see the glass
more full like this?...or like this?
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R H Draney
Nov 25, 2009, 3:56:59 PM11/25/09
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>"R H Draney" <dado...@spamcop.net> wrote in message
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>> Robert Catt filted:
>>>
>>>Claire Drainie Taylor (1917-2009) Passed away recently at home in her
>>>93rd year. A talented actress, and the wife of Canada's premier radio
>>>actor, the Late John Drainie.
>>
>surname for some reason?
>
>"R H Draney" <dado...@spamcop.net> wrote in message
>news:hejtd...@drn.newsguy.com...
>> Robert Catt filted:
>>>
>>>Claire Drainie Taylor (1917-2009) Passed away recently at home in her
>>>93rd year. A talented actress, and the wife of Canada's premier radio
>>>actor, the Late John Drainie.
>>
>> I don't *think* I'm related to these people, but you never know...my
>> family did
>> come through Ontario on the way from Ireland to Kansas....r
>
> Your immediate family (or ancestors) changed the spelling of their >> family did
>> come through Ontario on the way from Ireland to Kansas....r
>
>surname for some reason?
Immediate, no, but I know there have been variations in the past....r
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