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Kathryn "Kathy" Greenwood (born March 21, 1962) is a Canadian actress and comedienne. She appeared on the American version of Whose Line Is It Anyway? numerous times, and played Grace Bailey on the Canadian television drama series Wind at My Back.

Biography[link]

Kathy Greenwood was born in Scarborough, Ontario, Canada, and it was clear from an early age she wanted to be a performer; by the time she was in high school at Agincourt Collegiate Institute, she was usually the star of the school plays and concerts. When it came time to graduate in 1980, she feared that she would never get to act again, until a concerned friend gave her a brochure for the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, where Greenwood spent the next two years studying acting.

In 1987, when she returned to Canada in Toronto, she managed to find work for a small night club act called A Wedge of Night, which led to her five year stint with the Toronto branch of the famous Second City comedy troupe; where she served as both a writer and a performer - two of her shows won Dora Mavor Moore awards in 1988, and 1992. Shortly afterwards, she and her friends Jonathan Wilson, and Ed Sahely developed what she called their "Second City" spin-off, Not to Be Repeated, in which the three would improvise an entire situation comedy in front of a live audience, based solely on ideas and suggestions that are thrown at them from the audience. Other notable appearances in Canada include the popular sketch shows This Hour Has 22 Minutes and Royal Canadian Air Farce.

In 1996, Kathy found regular work on Canadian television on the family drama series Wind at My Back, where she spent five years, full time, playing Grace Bailey, a junior radio M.C. in the small town of New Bedford in Ontario during The Great Depression; Kathy's portrayal of Grace Bailey was nominated for a Gemini Award for Best Performance By an Actress in a Continuing Leading Role. In 1999, Kathy was cast as Denise Stanton in the TV movie Switching Goals, starring Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen. Later that same year, Greenwood crossed the border and commuted to Los Angeles, California to appear on such shows as The Drew Carey Show, the update version of The Hollywood Squares, and the American version of the improvisation game show Whose Line Is It Anyway?.

Greenwood is married to television writer John Dolan, with whom she has two daughters, Josephine and Phoebe. Greenwood is also a part of the sketch comedy troupe Women Fully Clothed, featuring what Eugene Levy calls "the five funniest women in Canada." The group saw great success in Canada and even found international acclaim with their appearance in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Selected filmography[link]

Acting[link]

• Frenemies - 2012 - Lisa Logan
• Flip Phone - 2003 - Kate
• Listen Missy - 2003 - Various Characters
• X.P.M. - 2003 - Laura Macdonald
• I Was a Rat - 2001 - Lucasta Utensil
• The Broad Side - 2001 - Various Characters
• Not to Be Repeated - 2001 - Herself/Various Characters
• Switching Goals - 1999 - Denise Stanton
• The Pooch and the Pauper - 1999 - Kim Corbett
• Hollywood Squares - 1998 - Herself
• Made in Canada - 1998 - Sydney
• Whose Line Is It Anyway? - 1998 - Herself
• Once a Thief - 1997 - Margot
• Wind at My Back - 1996 - Grace Bailey
• The High Life - 1996 - Judy
• Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy - 1996 - Ginny Hurdicure
• House - 1996 - Kathy
• Goosebumps - 1995 - Mrs. Walker
• The Drew Carey Show - 1995 - Kathryn
• Squawk Box - 1994
• Hostage for a Day - 1994 - SWAT One
• Royal Canadian Air Farce - 1993 - Various Characters
• Woman on the Run: The Lawrencia Bembenek Story - 1993 - Sylvia Bonner
• This Is My Life - 1992 - Young Matron
• This Hour Has 22 Minutes - 1992 - Various Characters
• Maniac Mansion - 1990 - Allanuh
• The Kids in the Hall - 1988 - Various Characters
• RoboCop - 1987
• Street Legal - 1987 - Jacky Kepler
• The Second City
• Born Talking
• Lucky Peach
• Captain Flamingo - Margerie Powell

Writing[link]

• The Second City
• This Hour Has 22 Minutes - 1992

Awards and nominations[link]

• 1992 - Won - Dora Mavor Moore Award - Outstanding New Revue or Musical - The Second City
• 1996 - Nominated - Gemini Award - Best Performance by an Actress in a Continuing Leading Role - Wind at My Back
• 1998 - Won - Dora Mavor Moore Award - Outstanding New Revue or Musical - The Second City
• 2000 - Won - Canadian Comedy Award - Best Female Improviser
• 2005 - Nominated - Canadian Comedy Award - Best Sketch Troupe - Women Fully Clothed

External links[link]

• Kathryn Greenwood at the Internet Movie Database
• Wind At My Back at the Internet Movie Database and http://www.windatmy-back.com/
• THE KATHY GREENWOOD ZONE
• the UNofficial kathryn greenwood
• NOW Toronto Interview, circa 1998

v t e Whose Line Is It Anyway? UK version Host Clive Anderson Regular contestants Chip Esten Stephen Frost Stephen Fry Josie Lawrence Mike McShane Paul Merton Colin Mochrie Greg Proops John Sessions Brad Sherwood Tony Slattery Steve Steen Ryan Stiles Jim Sweeney Sandi Toksvig Caroline Quentin Musicians Colin Sell Richard Vranch Laura Hall Win Meyerson US version Host Drew Carey Regular contestants Wayne Brady Chip Esten Kathy Greenwood Colin Mochrie Greg Proops Brad Sherwood Denny Siegel Ryan Stiles Jeff Davis Musicians Laura Hall Linda Taylor Cece Worrall-Ruben Related topics List of UK episodes List of US episodes List of games Drew Carey's Green Screen Show (List of episodes) Mock the Week Drew Carey's Improv-A-Ganza (List of episodes)

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For the comedy album by Vaughn Meader, see The First Family (album).

A First Family is an unofficial title for the family of the head of state or head of government of a country (usually a republic).

A First Family usually consists of:

• The head of state or head of government
• The First Lady or First Gentleman
• Any children of the couple

In popular culture[link]

Bob Newhart played an unpopular President of the United States of America in the 1980 movie " First Family".

In the comic book series Astro City, the First Family is the name of a family of super-powered adventurers. First Family is also the title of the second novel in the Amtrak Wars series.

In the series Doctor Who, in the episode Partners in Crime, the First Family commissioned Miss Foster to create the Adipose.

The First Family is also a collection of Australopithecus afarensis fossils discovered at site "333" at Hadar in Ethiopia, near the location of another famous A. afarensis, Lucy. A. afarensis is believed to be the first habitual bipedal hominid and a direct ancestor of Homo sapiens. This species lived between 3.9 million to 2.9 million years ago.

See also[link]

• First Family of the United States