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Brianna Dillard Mr. Menendian English 11 21 April 2016 Cathy Jones Life story Catherine Theresa Mary Adrea "Cathy" Jones. She was born on April 6,1955 in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. She is a Canadian comedian and writer. (Wikipedia.org) She has won 18 Gemini awards and created the series, " This Hour Has 22 Minutes" where she has played many characters like Love Murphy ( famous birthdays) Before she became famous she toured for A summer with Newfoundland traveling Theatre Company after her brother, he was also a comedian. Andy jones recommended her for the performing job an them soon after, in 1973. Cathy jones went to Toronto where she formed comedy group …show more content…

In 1973, she joined "CODCO"comedy group in Tornoto, as said above. Whose original members included Mary Walsh, Diane Olsen, Tommy Church assistant, Greg Malone and Paul Sametz. Their first production, "Cod on a Stick". "Another Fun Food Show", was performed at Toronto's famous Theatre Old and unpopular Large wall paintingle. Eventually took them back to St. John's, where Andy Jones and Robert Joy joined them and they continued to (sing, dance, act, etc., in front of people) together until 1976. (thecanandianencyclopedia) For the next 10 years, Cathy and the others worked together in many combinations until they formally regrouped for "CODCO" TV series, which first appeared in 1988 and ran for five seasons on CBC-TV. The "CODCO" series lineup included Cathy, her brother Andy, Greg Malone, Tommy Church assistant, and Mary Walsh. Taped in Halifax and produced by Salter Street Film, it was an unqualified hit in the great tradition of Canadian sketch comedies such as " The Wayne and Shuster Show" and SCTV. …show more content…

Comedians Rick Mercer and Greg Thomey joined Jones and Walsh in the shows original bodily existence in 1992. Cathy Jones's unforgettable characters include sexual-affairs (person who gives his/her opinion) Babe Bennett; and Mrs. Enid, an old lady with plenty to say. Cathy Jones has also been seen in Television episodes of G-Spot and The Republic of Doyle. (thecanandianencyclopedia) She has appeared in (more than two, but not a lot of) films directed by her brother Mike Jones: "The Fun trip of Faustus Bidgood"(1986), "Secret Nation"(1992) and "The Short Congratulations"(2000); and in the (funny scenes about death, murder, etc.) "Young Triffie"(2007), directed by Mart Walsh. In 2002 she had her own television special, " Cathy Jones Gets a Special" and she has written for "Just for Laughs"(2005), "The Halifax Comedy Special" (2005-05) and "The Winnipeg Comedy Special celebration (with fun events)"(2006). ( thecanandianencyclopedia

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