Claire Drainie Taylor
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September 11, 1917
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Jack Murray(m. 1933; div. 1938)
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| Born | Claire Drainie Wodlinger September 11, 1917 Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Canada |
| Died | November 18, 2009 (aged 92) |
| Occupation | Writer |
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| Children | Bronwyn, Kathryn, Michael, Jocelyn, Philip and David |
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]
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]
