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Jessica Holmes (born August 29, 1973) is a Canadian comedian and actress. She is best known for her work with the show Royal Canadian Air Farce, which she joined in 2003, after starring in her own show, The Holmes Show in 2002. She is also an advocate for mental health issues and is married to actor Scott Yaphe.
Royal Canadian Air Farce (broadcast as Air Farce Live during 2007, and Air Farce—Final Flight! in 2008), and often credited simply as Air Farce, was a Canadian sketch comedy series starring the comedy troupe Royal Canadian Air Farce, that previously starred in an eponymous show on CBC Radio, from 1973 to 1997.
On April 1, 2008, the CBC and Air Farce jointly announced that the Royal Canadian Air Farce would wrap up its weekly television show in the 2008/2009 season. The plan as announced was for nine new Air Farce shows to be produced for the fall of 2008, and then the series would end with a New Year's Eve special at the end of 2008. [12] [13]
In 1971, she joined "The Jest Society", a comedy troupe, which evolved into the Royal Canadian Air Farce in 1973. In the early 1980s, she starred (as herself, alongside Billy Van) in an educational series on computers called Bits and Bytes. Produced by TVOntario, the show was aired by PBS stations in the United States.
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Roger Abbott, late member of Royal Canadian Air Farce; Vik Adhopia, reporter covering affairs of Newfoundland and Labrador; Kate Aitken, radio and television personality of the 1930s to 1950s; Madeleine Allakariallak, former anchor of Igalaaq on CFYK-DT; Andrew Allan, national head of CBC Radio Drama from 1943 to 1955
Along with the original cast of Air Farce – Roger Abbott, Don Ferguson and Luba Goy – Morgan received the Governor General's Performing Arts Award for Lifetime Artistic Achievement in 1998. [1] Before launching his comedy career in 1966, Morgan worked as a journalist, editor, teacher, and pub owner. Morgan retired from Air Farce in 2001.
She also appeared with Shirley Douglas and Kiefer Sutherland in The Glass Menagerie at the Royal Alexandra Theatre in spring 1997. [7] Other notable appearances in Canada include This Hour Has 22 Minutes and Royal Canadian Air Farce. In 1996, Greenwood began regular work on Canadian television on the family drama series Wind at My Back.