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.
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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...
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