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Mary Walsh named ACTRA's 2013 Woman of the Year

By: The Canadian Press

Thursday, Mar. 7, 2013 at 10:07 AM | Comments: 0

Comedian Mary Walsh and Governor General Performing Arts laureate poses for photographs before the start of the Governor General's Performing Arts Awards gala at the National Arts Center in Ottawa, Saturday, May 5, 2012. Comic actress Walsh has been named ACTRA's 2013 Woman of the Year.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Fred Chartrand

TORONTO - Comic actress Mary Walsh has been named ACTRA's 2013 Woman of the Year.

She was presented with the award, chosen by the ACTRA National Women's Committee, on the opening night of her one-woman show "Dancing with Rage" in Toronto.

The St John's, N.L. native, best known for work on CBC-TV's "This Hour Has 22 Minutes," said she was "over the moon" to receive the honour.

Walsh has also received the Order of Canada, a Governor General's Performing Arts Awards for lifetime artistic achievement, and 18 Gemini Awards.

ACTRA (Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists) is a national union representing about 22,000 English-language professional performers.

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