Anne of Green Gables was a movie about an orphan girl, who was sent to an elderly brother and sister by mistake, and charms her new home and community with her firey spirit and imagination.
Megan Follows as Anne Shirley
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| Megan Follows has had a successful acting career. After Anne of Green Gables and both of its sequels, Megan went on to appear in movies such as Someone Was Watching (2002), Christmas Child (2003), and A Foreign Affair (2003). She also has made guest appearances on a long list of tv shows including "Strong Medicine" (2002), "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" (2004), "CSI: Miami" (2005), and "Cold Case" (2005). She is currently married to Stuart Hughes and has two children with her ex-husband, Christopher Porter. | |
Colleen Dewhurst as Marilla Cuthbert
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| After Anne of Green Gables, Colleen Dewhurst went on to appear in movies such as The Boy Who Could Fly (1986), Anne of Avonlea (1987), and Dying Young (1991). She made a few guest appearances on tv shows, including "Moonlighting" (1989) and "Murphy Brown" (1989-1990). Sadly, Colleen passed away on August 22, 1991. | |
Richard Farnsworth as Matthew Cuthbert
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| After Anne of Green Gables, Richard Farnsworth went on to appear in several movies, including Misery (1990), Highway to Hell (1992), Lassie (1994), and The Straight Story (1999). He also made guest appearances on a few tv shows, including "Highway to Heaven" (1987) and "The Boys of Twilight" (1992). Sadly, Richard committed suicide on October 6, 2000. | |
Patricia Hamilton as Rachel Lynde
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| After Anne of Green Gables, Patricia Hamilton went on to appear in several tv movies, including Echoes in the Darkness (1987), The Christmas Wife (1988), Holiday Affair (1996), and When Secrets Kill (1997), as well as both sequels to Anne of Green Gables. Patricia also continues to perform in various theatre productions. | |
Marilyn Lightstone as Miss Stacy
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| After Anne of Green Gables, Marilyn Lightstone played the voice of Alice Mitchell/Martha Wilson in the 1986 tv cartoon "Dennis the Menace". She also made guest appearances on tv shows such as "Cheers" (1986), "Starman" (1987), and "Street Legal" (1993). Marilyn has also written a novel, and is also a painter. She has an official site, click here to visit it. | |
Schuyler Grant as Diana Barry
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| Other than Anne of Green Gables, Schuyler Grant appeared in both sequels as well. She went on to appear in a movie Wrestling with Alligators (1998), and the ABC soap opera "All My Children" in 1998, and hasn't appeared in anything since. | |
Jonathan Crombie as Gilbert Blythe
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| After Anne of Green Gables, Jonathan Crombie appeared in both sequels, and made guest appearances on a number of tv shows, including "Power Play" (2000), "Earth: Final Conflict" (2002), and "Slings and Arrows" (2005). | |