- Janet Varney
infobox actor
birthplace=Arizona
occupation=Television actress Janet Varney is a comedic actress best known for being the current hostess of TBS's
Dinner and a Movie .Biography
Janet Varney was born in
Arizona . She is an alumnus of San Francisco State University. Varney is the co-founder, creative director and producer of theSan Francisco Sketch Comedy Festival and is also the co-founder of the San Francisco sketch groupTotally False People . Janet performed with the Los Angeles and San Francisco based groupSequel 4000 .Career
Television projects
Janet was co-host of The Hollywood Show with Brian Unger, a recurring player on Norm Macdonald's sketch show
Back to Norm and an ensemble player onCrossballs , all for Comedy Central. She also starred in the short-lived Fox Comedy "Happy Hour." In 2007, Varney appeared in the short films "Random Acts of Kindness", "Die Hardly Working", "Eternal Waters", "Worldly Possession", "The Losers", "Keep Off Grass", and "Dress For Success" which were made during the reality showOn the Lot .Dinner and a Movie
In
2005 , Varney replacedLisa Kushell as the hostess of the TBS cooking and entertainment show, "Dinner and a Movie ". Since then, she has appeared, alongside hostPaul Gilmartin andchef Claud Mann , in each episode introducing movies and injecting humor during the preparation of a creative dinner to go with some theme of the movie.Filmography
External links
*imdb name|name=Janet Varney|id=1661282
* [http://www.tbs.com/movies/dinnerandamovie/ "Dinner and a Movie" website on tbs.com]
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