Catherine Swing | |
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Occupation(s) | actress, television personality |
Title | Miss Canada 1978 |
Spouse | Fergie Olver (divorced) |
Catherine Swing is a Canadian television personality, actor, producer, director and former Miss Canada.
Swing won the Miss Canada pageant in 1978, [1] [2] after having won the Miss Toronto crown while she was a student at York University. [3] Over the next year she made public appearances in different parts of the country. [4] She talked with the challenges of being Miss Canada with the press, most notably the lack of control over her own schedule. [5] Swing was not able to compete in the 1978 Miss Universe pageant as had what the papers called "marriage plans". [6]
In 1980, she created Just Like Mom , a television game show which ran on CTV until 1985; from the second season onwards she co-hosted the show with her then-husband Fergie Olver. [7] In 2009 a new version of the show was announced and Swing served as a consultant. [8] [9] After Just Like Mom concluded, Swing continued to work in television as an actor and director.[ citation needed ]
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Year | Title | Role |
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1988 | Diamonds | Unknown |
1986-1988 | Night Heat | Roz / Toni Shire |
1990 | Katts and Dog | Unknown |
1989 | Food of the Gods II | Colour Commentator |
1989 | Street Legal | Interviewer #1 |
1992 | Forever Knight | Janice Hedges |
1992 | Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story | Secretary |
1994 | RoboCop | Martina Marx |
1995 | Darkman II: The Return of Durant | Bonnie Cisco |
1997 | Bad Day on the Block | Crack House Reporter |
1997 | Due South | Shelley Byron |
1996-1998 | The Outer Limits | Reporter #2 / Nurse |
1999 | Total Recall 2070 | Rekall Salesperson |
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