- Robin Duke
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name = Robin Duke
birthdate = birth date and age|1954|3|13
location =Etobicoke, Ontario ,Canada
occupation = ActressRobin Duke (born
March 13 ,1954 inEtobicoke, Ontario ,Canada ) is a Canadianactress andcomedian . Duke is most famous for her work on theNBC comedy series "Saturday Night Live " although in recent years her latest venture, Women Fully Clothed, a sketch comedy troupe she co-founded, has toured Canada with strong reviews and ticket sales. Duke also teaches comedy, as a faculty member at Humber College in Toronto, Canada, where she now resides.She was an actor and writer on SNL from 1981 to 1984. Her most popular character was probably Wendy Whiner, a nasally-pitched woman who, with her equally whiny husband (
Joe Piscopo ), annoyed everyone she met. She is also remembered for appearing withMr. T , as the equally bizarre "Mrs. T," in a faux commercial for the real-life product "Mr. and Mrs. T's Bloody Mary Mix".Duke went to high school with
Catherine O'Hara atBurnhamthorpe Collegiate inEtobicoke, Ontario ,Canada ; they first met during a production of "Harvey". O'Hara later became famous in comedy troupeThe Second City . O'Hara even mentioned Duke's name in a few sketches of the television version ("SCTV"). Duke made some small appearances in 1976 episodes before she appeared on a more regular basis from 1980-1981, when she replaced O'Hara as a cast member. Ironically, she was called upon to replace O'Hara a second time when at the last minute O'Hara quit the cast of "Saturday Night Live".During Duke's time on the show, Piscopo and
Eddie Murphy were the main stars, and Duke often played supporting roles, sometimes in a very degrading fashion (one character was called "The Pig").Duke went on to appear in such films as "
Club Paradise " (1986), "Groundhog Day" (1993) and "Stuart Saves His Family " (1995), along with many television guest appearances.In 2004, Duke along with Kathryn Greenwood (Whose Line Is It Anyway andThis Hour Has 22 Minutes), Debra McGrath (Getting Along Famously) JayneEastwood (My Big Fat Greek Wedding, Chicago and This Is Wonderland) andTeresa Pavlinek (History Bites and The Jane Show) created Women FullyClothed, a sketch comedy troupe. The group has toured Canada andappeared in Scotland at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Actor and friendEugene Levy calls the team "The Five Funniest Women in Canada".
Duke and the other members of Women Fully Clothed are putting the finaltouches on a new, as yet unnamed show which opens in previews inHuntsville Ontario Canada August 20th, 2008.
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