Tracey Conway
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Tracey Conway (born August 27, 1956) is a comedienne and was a regular cast member on KING-TV's Almost Live!, a sketch comedy show local to the Pacific Northwest, from 1984 to 1999. She is president of Tracey Conway Speaking.
[edit] Biography
Conway earned a BFA (Theater Arts) from the University of New Mexico and a MFA (Drama) from the University of Southern California.
After taping an episode of Almost Live! in 1995, Conway collapsed on the set and was in full cardiac arrest. A police officer named Kurt Lysen, who was in the audience at the time, performed CPR until paramedics from Seattle Fire Department provided advanced life support. She now has an ICD. She speaks about this experience and CPR/AED training.
[edit] Almost Live!
Along with many other roles, Conway played the worst girlfriend in the world in the show's "The Worst Girlfriend in the World" segments.