Mary Walsh
b. May 13, 1952 in St.John's, Newfoundland
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Mary Cynthia Walsh grew up in St. John's and in the early 1970s toured Newfoundland and Labrador with the Newfoundland Travelling Theatre Company. In 1972 she was a member of the Mummers Troupe. While studying drama at Toronto's Ryerson Polytechnical Institute in 1973 she became involved in the collective writing of Cod on a Stick, the first CODCO play, with Tommy Sexton, Cathy Jones, Dyan Olsen and Paul Sametz. The show's initial run was in the fall and winter of 1973-74 in Toronto and went on to tour Newfoundland the following spring. Throughout her professional career as an writer, actor and director, Ms. Walsh has worked extensively with local artists at the Newfoundland's Resource Centre for the Arts. She has appeared in many films, television shows and stage productions. In 1992, she won the Best Supporting Actress award at the Atlantic Film Festival for her performance in Mike Jones' Secret Nation. Among her characters on This Hour Has 22 Minutes are the flagrantly outspoken Marg Delahunty, redneck commentator Dakey Dunn and wacky Prairie correspondent Connie Bloor. Walsh made her feature directorial debut with the 2006 movie, Young Triffie.
Mary Walsh talks about Young Triffie.
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Features & TV Movies:
VR indicates Direct-to-Video Release
The Adventure of Faustus Bidgood (1986)
Secret Nation (1992)
Buried on Sunday (1992)
The Boys of St.Vincent (TV-1993)
Major Crime (TV-1997)
Extraordinary Visitor (1998)
Rain, Drizzle and Fog (1998)
The Divine Ryans (1999)
New Waterford Girl (1999)
Violet (2000)
The Frank Truth (2001)
Behind the Red Door (2002)
Bleacher Bums (TV-2002)
Mambo Italiano (2003)
Geraldine's Fortune (2004)
Young Triffie (2006)
The Wind in the Willows (TV-2006)
Quality of Life (TV-2008)
Crackie (2009)
The Love Child (2010)
TV Series - Cast:
Up At Ours (1980)
Codco (1988-1993)
This Hour Has 22 Minutes (1994-2004)
Dooley Gardens (1999)
Random Passage (mini-series, 2001)
Open Book (2003-)
Hatching, Matching & Dispatching (2005)
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