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Walsh, Mary
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1952-
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Mary Walsh is an actor, director, writer, and social activist from St. John's, Newfoundland. She studied theatre at Ryerson College, in Toronto, Ontario but left to pursue her acting career before graduation. She appeared in performances with the satricial comedy troupe Codco until they disbanded in 1992, at which point she started to work on CBC's "This Hour Has Twenty-Two Minutes," playing the character Marg Delahunty, among others. She has also appeared in plays produced by Centaur Theatre, Factory Theatre, Grand Theatre, and many others. She has won 18 Gemini Awards for her work in television and was awarded the Order of Canada in 2000. In 2008, she received an Honorary Degree from McGill University an in 2012, she was awarded a Governor General's Performing Arts Award for Lifetime Artistic Achievement. She has been married to Memorial University English professor Don Nichols since 2002.
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Sources
Gaetan, Charlebois and Anne Nothof. "Walsh, Mary." Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia. Accessed August 24, 2018 from http://www.canadiantheatre.com/dict.pl?term=Walsh%2C%20Mary.