Wendy Crewson Bio, Husband, Divorce, Children, Family, Height

Wendy Crewson is one of the hottest women in Canada’s entertainment industry. Over the years she has been active on both the small and big screen and appeared alongside top Hollywood artists. She starred alongside Harrison Ford as First Lady of the United States in 1997’s Air Force One. Another of her early successes was the role of Tim Allen’s ex-wife in three Santa Claus movies.

She would go on to appear on top American television shows like 24, Vengeance, and Keeping Hope alive. In recent years, Wendy Crewson has become an advocate for gender equality on television. In early 2018, she began playing the lead role of Fiona Currie in an all-female lead series, The Detail. Let’s talk about his career over the years as well as his personal life.

Wendy Crewson Biography,

Wendy Jane Crewson was born on May 9, 1956, in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada and raised in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. She is the daughter of Robert Binnie Crewson and June Doreen (née Thomas). She has a brother named Brad Crewson and together the two chose to attend John Rennie High School in Pointe Claire, Quebec.

Crewson had fallen in love with acting as a child and had her first acting experience in her 10th year when she starred in The Boyfriend. After graduating from high school, Crewson chose to attend Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario. Her cousin had graduated from school in 1924, at a time when women weren’t really going to college. Crewson said she was inspired by her cousin’s boldness and decided to choose the school.

At Queens, this actress excelled tremendously. She performed in several school productions and won the Lorne Greene Award for Outstanding Work in Theater. She graduated in 1977 and later moved to London where she attended the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art.

In the early 1980s, Wendy Crewson became a frequent figure on Canadian television, starring in numerous TV movies. She got her first break playing the lead role in the 1991 film, The Doctor. Crewson quickly built up his resume appearing in a number of top Hollywood films while maintaining a good level of exposure on the small screen.

His other well-known films would include; To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday (1996), Bicentennial Man (1999) alongside Robin Williams, as well as The 6th Day (2000) opposite Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Wendy Crewson has won at least 6 Gemini Awards out of 12 nominations. She has won 2 Canadian Screen Awards as well as the 2007 ACTRA Toronto Award of Excellence.

Family, children, husband and divorce

In recent years, Wendy Crewson has been left largely gobsmacked about who she’s romancing. However, in the past, she was married for more than two decades to Michael Murphy, an American film, television and theater actor. They married in 1988 and were married for exactly 21 years before divorcing in 2009.

Their marriage was blessed with two children; daughter, Maggie Murphy born in 1989 and a son named Jack Murphy who was born in 1992. Their two children starred with them in the 1998 film, Sleeping Dogs Lie. Although the reason for their divorce did not come to light in the media, it was clearly amicable as the ex-couple remained friends and even continued to work together. They worked together on the 2014 Canadian film, Tomber

In December 2014, Wendy Crewson revealed to the media during a talk show appearance that she came out as gay to her family a few years earlier. After her revelation, many were quick to speculate that it may have been part of what caused her divorce from Murphy. Crewson said the scariest part of her outing was the fear of rejection from her children. To her surprise, they both accepted her, although it wasn’t necessarily easy.

Michael Murphy, born May 5, 1938 is known for playing authoritative and morally ambiguous characters. He also collaborates frequently with legendary filmmaker, Robert Altman. Some of his best known roles include; Martin, Jill Clayburgh’s adulterous husband in A Single Woman (1978), and enigmatic lawyer Alan Kligman in Magnolia (1999). Perhaps his best-known small-screen role is his Tanner ’88 role .

Wendy’s height and body stats

Wendy Crewson stands at a height of 5 feet 7 inches which is around 1.7 meters. She weighs about 60 kg. The stunning actress has a pair of green eyes and a chest-waist-hip measurement of 34-25-34 inches.