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| Born | March 13, 1954 Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada |
| Occupation | Actress |
Robin Duke (born March 13, 1954 in Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian actress and comedian. Duke is most famous for her work on the NBC 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 with Mr. 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 at Burnhamthorpe Collegiate Institute in Etobicoke; they first met during a production of Harvey. O'Hara later became famous in comedy troupe The 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. 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 and This Hour Has 22 Minutes), Debra McGrath (Getting Along Famously), Jayne Eastwood (My Big Fat Greek Wedding, Chicago and This Is Wonderland) and Teresa Pavlinek (History Bites and The Jane Show) created Women Fully Clothed, a sketch comedy troupe. The group has toured Canada and appeared in Scotland at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Actor and friend Eugene Levy calls the team "The Five Funniest Women in Canada".
Duke and the other members of Women Fully Clothed are putting the final touches on a new, as yet unnamed show which opens in previews in Huntsville Ontario Canada August 20, 2008.
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