Frances Dafoe CM OOnt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Frances Helen Dafoe | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Toronto, Ontario, Canada | December 17, 1929|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | September 23, 2016 | (aged 86)|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Retired | 1956 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Frances Helen Dafoe CM OOnt (December 17, 1929 – September 23, 2016) was a Canadian pair skater. She was born in Toronto, Ontario. She competed with Norris Bowden. The couple captured four Canadian titles and two World Figure Skating Championships, and won the silver medal at the 1956 Winter Olympics.[1][2]
Following her skating career, Dafoe worked as an Olympic judge and costume designer. She worked for CBC for nearly 40 years designing costumes for various shows, and she also designed the performers' costumes for the closing ceremonies at the 1988 Winter Olympics.[3]
In 1991, she was made a Member of the Order of Canada (CM).[4] Dafoe died on September 23, 2016, at the age of 86.[3]