Claire Drainie Taylor

Claire Drainie Taylor, née Wodlinger[1] (September 11, 1917 – November 18, 2009) was a Canadian actor and writer, who wrote and acted in radio and television productions for CBC Radio from the 1930s through the 1960s.[1]

Claire Drainie Taylor
Born	Claire Drainie Wodlinger September 11, 1917 Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Canada
Died	November 18, 2009 (aged 92)
Nationality	Canadian
Occupation	Writer
Spouse(s)	Jack Murray ​ ​ (m. 1933; div. 1938)​ John Drainie ​ ​ (m. 1942; died 1966)​ Nathan A. Taylor ​ ​ (m. 1968; died 2004)​
Children	Bronwyn, Kathryn, Michael, Jocelyn, Philip and David

Early life

Born and raised in Swift Current, Saskatchewan.[1]

Career

For the CBC, Drainie Taylor acted in a number of radio and television productions, including Jake and the Kid, John and Judy and Barney Boomer; she also wrote radio plays, including Santa Had a Black, Black Beard and Flow Gently Sweet Limbo.[1]

She published an autobiography, The Surprise of My Life, in 1998.[1] Also that year, she created the Drainie-Taylor Biography Prize, a literary award presented by the Writers' Trust of Canada to the year's best biographical work by a Canadian writer.[2]

Personal life

Drainie Taylor was briefly married to Jack Murray as a teenager, moving with him to Vancouver Island before divorcing him at age 21.[1] She subsequently met and married fellow actor John Drainie, with whom she had six children including journalist Bronwyn Drainie.[1]

After John Drainie's death in 1966, she remarried in 1968 to theatre producer Nathan A. Taylor, who died in 2004.[1]

References

1. "Claire Drainie Taylor (1917-2009) Passed away peacefully at home in her 93rd year. Claire Wodlinger Murray Drainie Taylor". v1.theglobeandmail.com. Archived from the original on 2011-07-27. Retrieved 2010-01-23.
2. "$10,000 biography award launched". Ottawa Citizen, September 26, 1998.