Debra McGrath

Acting

Debra McGrath

Born 1954-07-05 · Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Acting credits

The Real Blonde poster
5.3

An aspiring actor and his girlfriend handle life's frustrations, while his friend seeks fulfillment with a blonde.

The Real Blonde

1998

One Magic Christmas poster
5.9

Ginny Grainger, a young mother, rediscovers the joy and beauty of Christmas, thanks to the unshakable faith of her six-year-old daughter Abbie and Gideon, Ginny's very own guardian angel.

One Magic Christmas

1985

Eloise at the Plaza poster
6.2

Eloise is a precocious but lovable six-year-old girl who lives in New York's Plaza Hotel. Her caretaker "Nanny" watches over her while her mom is away. Then one day, while trying to figure out how to get invited to a fancy ball as well as how to meet a visiting prince, Eloise makes a new friend around her age! So she decides to take him on a tour of the city - and all while plotting some matchmaking hijinks for her other friends too!

Eloise at the Plaza

2003

Eloise at Christmastime poster
6.3

Eloise is a precocious but lovable six-year-old girl who lives in New York's Plaza Hotel. The owner's daughter is getting married, but Eloise discovers that the fiance has devious plans to defraud kind Rachel! When her true love is revealed to be none other than Eloise's best friend Bill who works in the kitchen, Eloise goes on a mission to bring about a Christmas miracle and get the starcrossed lovers back together.. will things work out in time for a happy holiday ending?

Eloise at Christmastime

2003

Mr. Headmistress poster
5.5

Tucker recently got out of prison, but is soon sought after by other bad men. So to escape them, he disguises himself as the new Headmistress of an all-girl school.

Mr. Headmistress

1998

Really Weird Tales poster
5.8

The movie consists of three odd and strange tales that each teach a different lesson.

Really Weird Tales

1986

Magnetosphere poster
NR

13-year-old Maggie navigates growing up, her first love, and moving to a new town, all while learning she has synesthesia – a condition that makes her see sounds, hear colours and more.

Magnetosphere

2024

Christmas by Candlelight poster
6.7

Wellness expert, Juliet, pitches Christmas memory candles to her boss in hopes of earning a promotion and enlists the help of boutique candle store owner, Tom, to create new candle scents. Tom, who thinks the wellness industry is a scam, refuses at first but agrees when he realizes the money will help make his daughter’s Christmas wish come true.

Christmas by Candlelight

2023

110 Lombard poster
NR

Three single guys share their personal problems as well as a loft apartment.

110 Lombard

1988

No artwork available
5.2

Stephen Leacock recounts his growing up period in the small town of Mariposa, Ontario, located on the shores of Lake Wissanotti with its notoriously leaky holiday steamer. It is a town similar to many other small towns in Canada with its odd assortment of residents.

Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town

2012

DC 9/11: Time of Crisis poster
6.6

This is the story of the days directly after 9/11, and the president's whereabouts. Scheduled to air shortly before the second anniversary of the September 11 attacks, DC 9/11 takes an inside look at the Bush Administration, beginning with the day of the attacks, and following the President's journey to Ground Zero, culminating with his now famous national address nine days after the attacks.

DC 9/11: Time of Crisis

2003

Baking All the Way poster
5.4

When Julia Wilson, an accomplished pastry chef from Chicago, heads to a small town bakery famous for their gingerbread to complete her Christmas cookbook curated with recipes from across the country, she finds herself at odds with Kris Thompson, the bakery's charming but private owner, who is ambivalent about sharing his secret recipe.

Baking All the Way

2022

Love Hacks poster
5.4

Relationship coach, Sam, believes she can fix any romance and she’s creating a podcast to prove it. But fun-loving producer, Josh, challenges her to put her own heart to the test.

Love Hacks

2023

Betsy Bubblegum's Journey Through Yummi-Land poster
NR

In this animated adventure based on the popular toy line, Betsy Bubblegum travels to Yummi-Land, a whimsical land full of sugar-coated streets and beautiful music. She quickly makes friends with the Candy, Flower and Ice Cream Pop Girls, helping them plan a big event. Betsy does all kinds of new things, like play in a band and work in a beauty salon. She discovers that it's doing her best and being a good friend that makes her the most welcome.

Betsy Bubblegum's Journey Through Yummi-Land

2007

Burnt Toast poster
8.0

An irreverent and hilarious spin on opera, domestic drama and the hallowed institutions of love and marriage, Burnt Toast is an hour-long television opera comprised of a series of eight comic operas each depicting a different stage of romantic love. The relationships depicted run the gamut: from the passionate to the fantasized, the bored and of course the dead relationship, each as recognizable as the last.

Burnt Toast

2005

Expecting poster
4.3

No overview for this movie has been given. It was a Canadian movie.

Expecting

2002

Termini Station poster
4.8

Termini Station is a Canadian made drama, released in 1989 and directed by Allan King. The film stars Colleen Dewhurst and Megan Follows as Molly and Micheline Dushane, a mother and daughter living in a small Northern Ontario town. Molly is an alcoholic, which creates tension between her and Micheline and inspires Micheline's fantasies of escaping her stifling small-town life. The cast also includes Gordon Clapp and Debra McGrath as Molly's son and daughter-in-law. Termini Station was the only film besides the Anne of Green Gables movies in which Follows and Dewhurst worked together. The film was nominated for six awards at the 11th Genie Awards, including Best Picture and Best Actress nods for both Dewhurst and Follows. Filmed on location in Kirkland Lake Ontario.

Termini Station

1989

Partners 'n Love poster
4.0

David Grodin has an obsessive-compulsive personality. But he is also just plain obsessed with Maxine Smith, his ex-wife of five years and his business partner. Their small business is Mr & Mrs, a small swimwear company he founded but that only became successful when she became its creative director. They work well together and are best friends, but Max feels that they just could not live together and be married to each other. They learn that because of a legal technicality, their divorce was never executed and thus they are still legally married.

Partners 'n Love

1993

Home in Time poster
1.0

Kate and Felix get a surprise visitor for Christmas - an older, drunken Felix, from 2044. He's come back to visit his young family, when things were good. Before everything went to shizz.

Home in Time

2019

Junior’s Giant poster
NR

A close-knit Grandfather and his trans Granddaughter struggle when his dementia sparks an imaginary giant and gender confusion, causing pain for them both.

Junior’s Giant

2023

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