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Debra McGrath

Debra McGrath

Known for ActingBorn 1954-07-05 (age 71) Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Debra McGrath (born July 5th, 1954) is a Canadian actress and comedian. She first started her career with three years as a member of The Second City in Toronto, Ontario, from 1983 to 1985, where she was a writer and actress, and eventually a director. She was best known for a take-off of Marilyn Monroe, and the song Condoms are a Girl's Best Friend. During the late 1980s, she appeared with Second City at anniversary, comedy festival, and Club Soda performances. In 1990, she co-created My Talk Show with Linda Kash, a sitcom featuring a talk show broadcast from the host's basement. The series ran for one year, with fifty-nine episodes. She was also a co-writer of the Canadian Women's Television Network's Go Girl!, a send-up of a cable TV talk show that debuted in 1997. In 2002, she appeared in the film Expecting, directed by Deborah Day, which won Most Popular Canadian Film at the 2002 Vancouver International Film Festival. For this role, she won the award for Best Performance in a Feature (Female) at the 2004 Canadian Comedy Awards. Alongside Paul O'Sullivan, Rebecca Northan, Lisa Merchant and Peter Oldring, she received a Gemini Award nomination for Ensemble Performance in a Comedy Program or Series at the 19th Gemini Awards in 2004 for The Joe Blow Show. With her husband, Colin Mochrie, and Deborah Day, she co-created and starred in the CBC television series Getting Along Famously (2006), about a fictional couple who star in a 1960s TV variety show. The 2005 pilot show of Getting Along Famously was nominated for two Gemini Awards, including Best Writing in a Comedy or Variety Program or Series. She also starred in the children's series Seven Little Monsters (2000–2003), and in Little Mosque on the Prairie (2007–2012) in which she played Mayor Popowitcz. In 2003, she formed a comedy troupe called Women Fully Clothed with four other Canadian comedy artists. She left the troupe in the first half of 2009. She has also voiced characters in many other animated shows, including The Raccoons (1991), The Busy World of Richard Scarry (1993–1997), Stories From My Childhood (1998), George and Martha (Valerie Chuckles, 1999–2000), Babar (2000), George Shrinks (Mrs. Lopez, 2000–2001), Franklin and the Green Knight (2000), and Peep and the Big Wide World (2005–2007). She was formerly married to actor Dana Anderson. In 1989, she married fellow comedian and Second City alumnus Colin Mochrie. They have one child, a trans daughter, Kinley Mochrie. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.Read more

Movies & web series

Wind at My Back9.0
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Wind at My Back

1996 · Series

Peep and the Big Wide World8.4
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Peep and the Big Wide World

2004 · Series

Burnt Toast8.0
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Burnt Toast

2005 · Movie

This Is Wonderland8.0
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This Is Wonderland

2004 · Series

Murdoch Mysteries7.7
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Murdoch Mysteries

2008 · Series

George and Martha7.8
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George and Martha

1999 · Series

Degrassi7.5
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Degrassi

2001 · Series

Due South7.6
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Due South

1994 · Series

Private Eyes7.3
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Private Eyes

2016 · Series

Seven Little Monsters7.5
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Seven Little Monsters

2000 · Series

Baroness von Sketch Show7.3
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Baroness von Sketch Show

2016 · Series

Street Legal7.3
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Street Legal

1987 · Series

Christmas by Candlelight6.7
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Christmas by Candlelight

2023 · Movie

Carter6.7
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Carter

2018 · Series

Little Mosque on the Prairie6.7
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Little Mosque on the Prairie

2007 · Series

The Wonderful World of Disney6.8
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The Wonderful World of Disney

1997 · Series

The Kids in the Hall6.5
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The Kids in the Hall

2022 · Series

DC 9/11: Time of Crisis6.6
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DC 9/11: Time of Crisis

2003 · Movie

Eloise at Christmastime6.3
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Eloise at Christmastime

2003 · Movie

RoboCop: The Series6.4
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RoboCop: The Series

1994 · Series

Code Name: Eternity6.3
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Code Name: Eternity

2000 · Series

Eloise at the Plaza6.2
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Eloise at the Plaza

2003 · Movie

The Jane Show6.0
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The Jane Show

2006 · Series

One Magic Christmas5.9
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One Magic Christmas

1985 · Movie

Love Hacks5.4
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Love Hacks

2023 · Movie

Baking All the Way5.4
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Baking All the Way

2022 · Movie

The Real Blonde5.4
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The Real Blonde

1998 · Movie

Really Weird Tales5.5
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Really Weird Tales

1986 · Movie

Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town
5.2
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Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town

2012 · Movie

Termini Station4.8
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Termini Station

1989 · Movie

Mr. Headmistress4.6
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Mr. Headmistress

1998 · Movie

Paradise Falls4.5
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Paradise Falls

2001 · Series

Expecting4.3
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Expecting

2002 · Movie

Partners 'n Love4.0
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Partners 'n Love

1993 · Movie

Single White Spenny2.2
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Single White Spenny

2011 · Series

Home in Time1.0
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Home in Time

2019 · Movie

Magnetosphere
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Magnetosphere

2024 · Movie

Junior’s Giant
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Junior’s Giant

2023 · Movie

Homeschooled
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Homeschooled

2022 · Series

The Ron James Show
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The Ron James Show

2009 · Series

Betsy Bubblegum's Journey Through Yummi-Land
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Betsy Bubblegum's Journey Through Yummi-Land

2007 · Movie

Getting Along Famously
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Getting Along Famously

2005 · Series

110 Lombard
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110 Lombard

1988 · Movie