Appeared with her real-life daughter Megan Follows in the TV-movie Anne of Green Gables (1985) as
the stern headmistress, Mrs Cadbury, of the orphanage where Anne is
brought to at the beginning of the film.
Dawn has 6 grandchildren, 3 girls and 3 boys.
Mother-in-law of actor Sean O'Bryan (Samantha's husband) and former mother-in-law of Christopher Porter (Megan's ex husband).