Winifred Olds

Winifred Olds passed away on June 20, 2013 after complications from a broken shoulder a few weeks earlier. She graced Lansing stages for an almost incomprehensible seventy years, from her debut with the Lansing Civic Players in 1942 to her award-winning performance in the Starlight Dinner Theatre production of Steel Magnolias in 2012. In 1958, with her husband Wes, Bee and Karl Vary and others, she helped to establish the Community Circle Players, the company which now performs at Riverwalk Theatre.

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• Pulsar Award (2005) for Life Achievement
• Thespie Award - Robert Busby Award (2010) For Overall Contributions to Theater and Community

On our 10-20-30 page of frequent contributors to Lansing theater, as Performer and Director

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Director

EARLY LCP CREDITS ARE NOT LINKED

• Goodbye, My Fancy (LCP 1953)
• The Southwest Corner (LCP 1958)
• Angel Street (LCP 1966)
• Mister Roberts (LCP 1970)
• Plaza Suite (LCP 1972) - with Wes Olds
• Gold in the Hills (LCP 1974)
• Ten Nights in a Ballroom (LCP 1976)
• See How They Run (LCP 1980)
• Pools Paradise (LCP 1981)
• The Drunkard (LCP 1985)
• Witness for the Prosecution (LCP 1990)
• Lily, the Felon's Daughter (LCP 1996)
• Verdict (LCP 1997)
• The Spider's Web (LCP 2001)
• A Slight Exaggeration (LCP 2005)
• Plaza Suite (LCP 2007)

Performer

EARLY LCP CREDITS ARE NOT LINKED

• Berkeley Square (LCP 1942) - The Maid (as Winifred Breithaupt)
• Two Blind Mice (LCP 1950) - Miss Lititia Turnbull (as Winifred Blackwood)
• Life With Mother (LCP 1950) - Bessie Fuller Logan (as Winifred Blackwood)
• Biography (LCP 1954) - Minnie
• The Women (LCP 1954) - Sylvia
• See How They Run (LCP 1963) - Miss Skillon
• Pool's Paradise (LCP 1964) - Miss Skilton

• You Know I Can't Hear You When the Water's Running (LCP 1973) - Muriel
• The Sunshine Boys (LCP 1976) - Nurse
• Love Rides the Rails (LCP 1980) - Mrs. Hopewell
• The Second Coming of Katie Finnegan (LCP 1981) - Katie Finnegan
• Night of January 16th (LCP 1982) - Prison Matron
• Ernie and Annie (LCP 1982) - Mrs. Daniels
• An Almost Perfect Family (LCP 1983) - Mrs. Daniels
• The Old Lady Shows Her Medals (LCP 1984) - Mrs. Tully
• The Gingerbread Witch (OBT 1986) - Abigail
• Butterflies Are Free (OBT 1986) - Mrs. Baker
• Hay Fever (LCP 1986) - Clara
• Old Age Isn't For Sissies (LCP 1987) - Clara Brogan
• The Octette Bridge Club (LCP 1988) - Martha McDermitt
• Something's Afoot (LCP 1989) - Miss Tweed
• A Slight Exaggeration (RWT 1989) - Lila Franklin
• Witches' Brew (RWT 1990) - Abigail

• Social Security Scandals of 1990 (LCP 1990) - Ensemble
• Social Security Scandals of 1991 (LCP 1991) - Ensemble
• The Aspern Papers (LCP 1992) - Miss Juliana Bordereau
• Witches' Gumbo (RWT 1992) - Abigail
• Social Security Scandals of 1992 (LCP 1992) - Ensemble
• Social Security Scandals of 1993 (LCP 1993) - Ensemble
• The Cemetery Club (LCP 1994) - Doris
• Lost in Yonkers (LCP 1995) - Grandma Kurnitz
  • Thespie Award - Supporting Actress
• She's Your Mother! (RWT 1997) - Clara Brogan
  • Barney Award - Supporting Actress, Play
• Done to Death (LCP 1998) - Mildred Z. Maxwell
• Conditional Love (RWT 2001) - Grandma Retiesick
• Waiting in the Wings (LCP 2002) - Cora Clarke
• Move Over Mrs. Markham (LCP 2002) - Olive Harriet Smythe
• I Remember Mama (LCP 2003) - Florence Dana Morehead
• The Mousetrap (LCP 2004) - Mrs. Boyle
• Picnic (SDT 2007) - Helen Potts

• Women...on the Go! (RWT 2007) - Performer
• Dearly Beloved (SDT 2008) - Nelda Lightfoot
• Opal's Baby (SDT 2008) - Rosie
• Southern Hospitality (SDT 2009) - Aunt Iney
• Opal's Husband (SDT 2010) - Rosie
• The Nutcracker's Nuts (RWT 2010) - Alberta
• A Murder is Announced (SDT 2011) - Miss Marple
• The Red Velvet Cake War (SDT 2012) - Cee Cee Windham
• Steel Magnolias (SDT 2012) - Ouiser Boudreaux
  • Thespie Award - Featured Actress, Play

Production Team

• The Seven Year Itch (LCP 1992) - Producer
• What About the Hungarian? (LCP 1996) - Program Ads
• Garage Sale & The Land of Counterpane (LCP 1996) - Program Ads
• The Boy Friend (LCP 1997) - Program Ads
• The Lion in Winter (LCP 1997) - Program Ads
• The Sunshine Boys (LCP 1997) - Program Ads

• The Hunchback of Notre Dame (RWT 1999) - Producer
• Da (RWT 2000) - Producer
• Catch Me If You Can (LCP 2001) - Properties Crew