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Debra McGrath

Acting 71 years old Toronto, Ontario, Canada ★ 0.3
Born: July 5, 1954

Biography

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.

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Filmography

Acting Credits (44)

Magnetosphere
Magnetosphere Ms. Deering 2024
Christmas by Candlelight
Christmas by Candlelight Grandma Ruth 2023
Junior’s Giant
Junior’s Giant Dale 2023
Love Hacks
Love Hacks Lucy Tyler 2023
Baking All the Way
Baking All the Way Vicky Weaver 2022
The Kids in the Hall
The Kids in the Hall Donna 2022
Homeschooled
Homeschooled Mrs. Rizzi 2022
Home in Time
Home in Time Fran 2019
Carter
Carter Gretchen Jacott 2018
Baroness von Sketch Show
Baroness von Sketch Show Roberta 2016
Private Eyes
Private Eyes Deena Duncan 2016
Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town
Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town Mrs. Pepperleigh 2012
Single White Spenny
Single White Spenny Sheila 2011
The Ron James Show
The Ron James Show 2009
Murdoch Mysteries
Murdoch Mysteries Zinnia Hobson 2008
Betsy Bubblegum's Journey Through Yummi-Land
Betsy Bubblegum's Journey Through Yummi-Land Beaver Mom (voice) 2007
Little Mosque on the Prairie
Little Mosque on the Prairie Mayor Ann Popowicz 2007
The Jane Show
The Jane Show Sally 2006
Burnt Toast
Burnt Toast Ursula 2005
Getting Along Famously
Getting Along Famously Ruby Kendall 2005
Peep and the Big Wide World
Peep and the Big Wide World Beaver Mom (voice) 2004
This Is Wonderland
This Is Wonderland Marty Klein 2004
Eloise at Christmastime
Eloise at Christmastime Cornelia the Owner's Secretary 2003
DC 9/11: Time of Crisis
DC 9/11: Time of Crisis Mary Matalin 2003
Eloise at the Plaza
Eloise at the Plaza Cornelia the Owner's Secretary 2003
Expecting
Expecting Anita 2002
Degrassi
Degrassi NYU interviewer 2001
Paradise Falls
Paradise Falls Shirley Armstrong 2001
Seven Little Monsters
Seven Little Monsters Mama (voice) 2000
Code Name: Eternity
Code Name: Eternity Nurse 2000
George and Martha
George and Martha 1999
Mr. Headmistress
Mr. Headmistress Dawn 1998
The Real Blonde
The Real Blonde Cis 1998
The Wonderful World of Disney
The Wonderful World of Disney Dawn 1997
Wind at My Back
Wind at My Back Reenie Bigelow 1996
Due South
Due South Tammy Markles 1994
RoboCop: The Series
RoboCop: The Series Bambi Taker 1994
Partners 'n Love
Partners 'n Love Rosemary Hudson 1993
Termini Station
Termini Station Liz Dunshane 1989
110 Lombard
110 Lombard Kim 1988
Street Legal
Street Legal Real Estate Agent 1987
Street Legal
Street Legal Julia McCrindle 1987
Really Weird Tales
Really Weird Tales Mother (segment "I'll Die Loving") 1986
One Magic Christmas
One Magic Christmas Mrs. Noonan 1985

Writing Credits (1)

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