List of Canadian Roman Catholic entertainers
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This is a list of Canadian Roman Catholics in the entertainment industry.
- Margaret Anglin, esteemed stage actress; became U.S. citizen
- Denys Arcand, director (Order of Canada)
- Dan Aykroyd - actor/comedian, Oscar nominee, original cast member on Saturday Night Live[1]
- Geneviève Bujold, actress
- Christian Campbell, actor
- Neve Campbell, actress (practicing Catholic, also identifies as Jewish [[3]])
- John Candy - comedian/actor, member of SCTV
- Len Cariou, actor, singer
- Jim Carrey (1962 - ) Canadian/American comedian/actor[4][5][6]
- Tom Cavanagh, TV actor (Ed (TV series))
- Enrico Colantoni, TV actor
- Fifi D'Orsay, singer, actress; became U.S. citizen
- Gogo De Lys (b. Marie Gabrielle Belanger), singer whose talent earned her the nickname The Canadian Canary; mother of American actress Mary-Robin Redd
- Celine Dion, singer; currently based in Las Vegas
- James Doohan, actor; Dual US-Canadian citizen best known as "Scotty" on Star Trek
- Linda Evangelista, model
- Colm Feore, US-born, but Canada-raised actor; holds dual Canadian/US citizenship
- Thom Fitzgerald (1968 - ) American-born film director[2]
- Dave Foley, member of Kids in the Hall
- Nelly Furtado, singer She has also said that her Roman Catholic background and attending church was "a big part of [her] life". [3]
- Laurie Hibberd, Canadian-born actress and entertainment reporter, based in the USA; born Catholic but converted to Judaism to marry American television director Michael Gelman
- Jean LeClerc (actor), appeared on television in Quebec, before becoming famous on All My Children
- Gene Lockhart, character actor, singer and popular composer; lived in USA for many years but unknown if he became a U.S. citizen; husband of British actress Kathleen Lockhart, and father of American actress June Lockhart
- Sean McCann, Canadian Actor
- Anna McGarrigle, singer (with sister, Kate McGarrigle)
- Kate McGarrigle, singer (with sister, Anna McGarrigle)
- Alanis Morissette, singer/actress; holds dual Canadian/US citizenship
- Anne Murray, singer who specialized in country music
- Catherine O'Hara (1954 - ) actress and comedian, member of SCTV; dual Canadian/US citizenship[7]
- Mary Margaret O'Hara, actress, singer; sister of Catherine O'Hara
- Michael Ontkean, film and TV actor (Twin Peaks)
- David Palffy, actor; married to actress Erica Durance; of Hungarian or Slovakian descent
- Will Sasso, comic actor; formerly on MADtv
- Mack Sennett, Canada-born American film producer; became U.S. citizen
- Martin Short (1950 - ) actor, writer, and producer, perhaps best known for his comedy work, particularly on the TV programs SCTV and Saturday Night Live[4]
- Alex Trebek, host of Jeopardy in the US; dual US/Canada citizenship
- John Paul Tremblay, actor (b. 1968)
- John Vernon, actor; father of actress Kate Vernon and singer Nan Vernon
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ [1] "While talking with fellow entertainers John Belushi, Louis Malle and John Guare, Aykroyd observed that he, Malle and Guare (as well as Adele Guare) had all been raised as Catholics. Some of Dan Aykroyd's family members had been Catholic priests, and he himself was in Catholic Seminary, intending to become a priest, until about the age of 17. Aykroyd said they were all "fallen Catholics.""
- ^ Wearring, Myles. "The Other Side of AIDS", Sydney Star Observer, 2006-11-30. Retrieved on 2006-11-30.
- ^ Fly Girl. Rolling Stone. Retrieved on 16 Aug 2001.
- ^ Short - [2] "Martin is Catholic, not Jewish."
