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McCarthy was married to actor Peter Donaldson, who died January 8, 2011, two years after being diagnosed with cancer. McCarthy has two daughters with Donaldson, Drew and Mackenzie Donaldson, who is also in show business (producer of Whatever, Linda and Orphan Black).
Mother, with Peter Donaldson, of daughters, born in 1988 and 1992. Screen tested for the part of "Annie" in Field of Dreams (1989). She studied drama at HB Studio in Greenwich Village in New York City. Older sister of composer John McCarthy.
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Jan 19, 2011 · Sheila McCarthy, one of the hardest-working performers in Canadian film, television and on stage, began as a self-described "lovely little dancer girl" at the Thornhill Free School north of Toronto. Her first appearance on stage was at Toronto's Elgin Theatre in Peter Pan at 6 years old.
Sheila met spouse Peter Donaldson while doing an aerobics warm-up (she was the instructor) while in a punk-rock production of "Godspell" at the Grand Theatre in London, Ontario in 1983. With Donaldson (whose father was a Commodore of the Canadian Steamship Line), she had two daughters: one born in 1992 and one born in 1988.
Mar 27, 2023 · But before she became the Canadian icon she is today — with two Genies, two Geminis, an ACTRA Award and two Doras under her belt — McCarthy was already a feminist icon.
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Dec 20, 2022 · In Sarah Polley’s Women Talkin g, Jessie Buckley and Sheila McCarthy play a daughter and mother who have both been raped by the men of their Mennonite community. Buckley’s character, Mariche...
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Older sister of composer John McCarthy. Stratford Festival, Ontario. Playing Marguerite in the Scarlet Pimpernel. (October 2002) Can currently be seen in the Canadian sitcom, Little Mosque on the Prairie (2007). (January 2007)
