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Martha Kathleen Henry (née Buhs; February 17, 1938 – October 21, 2021) was an American-Canadian actress and director of stage and screen. During her lifetime, she was considered one of her country’s most acclaimed and accomplished thespians. She was the first graduate of the National Theatre School of Canada in 1961, and was most noted for her theatre work at the Stratford Festival. She was the recipient of numerous accolades, including three Genie Awards for Best Actress, and the Governor General's Performing Arts Award for her contributions to Canadian theatre.

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Martha Kathleen Buhs was born in Detroit, Michigan, on February 17, 1938. Her parents, Kathleen (née Hatch) and Lloyd Howard Buhs, divorced when she was around five years old. She was raised in the northern Detroit suburb of Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, attended the Kingswood School (later Cranbrook Kingswood School), and graduated from the drama department at Carnegie Institute of Technology (which became Carnegie Mellon University) before moving to Canada in 1959. She later adopted the stage surname Henry, the surname of her first husband Donnelly Rhodes, whom she married in 1962.

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