Dinah Christie

Encyclopedia : D : DI : DIN : Dinah Christie

Dinah Barbara Christie (born December 29, 1942 in London) is a Canadian comedic actor and singer.

The daughter of actors Robert and Margot Christie, she came to Canada at the age of two with her parents. She began performing as a folk singer in her teens, and subsequently took voice lessons from Portia White. She subsequently took acting roles at the Stratford Festival of Canada and on CBC Television, and in 1965 she launched her first stage revue with frequent collaborator Tom Kneebone.

Also that year, Christie joined CBC Television's This Hour Has Seven Days, for which she regularly sang satirical songs.

Christie has also appeared on television in such shows as Party Game and Check it Out!

From Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Original article here. Support Wikipedia by contributing or donating.
All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License See Wikipedia Copyrights for details.