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Marg Downey (born 1961 in Sydney, Australia) is an Australian comedian. Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Sydney (ˈsɪdniː is the most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 4 For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. Comedy (from the Greek κωμωδίαkomodia has a popular meaning (any discourse generally intended to amuse especially in Television, Film, and

Career

Downey first rose to prominence in sketch comedy program The D-Generation on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in the late 1980s. Sketch comedy consists of a series of short Comedy scenes or vignettes called "sketches" commonly between one and ten minutes long The D-Generation was a popular and influential Australian TV Sketch comedy show produced and broadcast by the The Australian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly abbreviated to the 'ABC' is Australia's national public broadcaster. She subsequently appeared in later sketch comedy series with other members of The D-Generation, including Fast Forward, Full Frontal and Something Stupid. Fast Forward is an Australian commercial television Sketch comedy show that ran for 90 episodes from 12 April 1989 to Something Stupid was a short-lived Australian Sketch comedy series which aired in 1998 on the Seven Network. In these, she was known for her portrayals of a news anchor, a stern SBS presenter, and for her spot-on impression of current affairs host Jana Wendt. The Special Broadcasting Service (SBS is one of two government-funded Australian Public broadcasting radio and television networks, the other being the Current affairs is a Genre of Broadcast journalism where the emphasis is on detailed analysis and discussion of News stories that have recently occurred Jana Wendt (born 9 May 1956 in Melbourne, Australia) is a leading television journalist in Australia Her spoof of "The What's On SBS Presenter" satirized the eccentricity of SBS programming, displaying grim masochistic determination to "not miss a moment of this scintillating entertainment". In 2005, Downey was cast as a regular player in Seven's live comedy sketch show Let Loose Live, but the show was canceled after just two episodes due to low ratings. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Seven Network is an Australian television network, owned by the Seven Media Group. Let Loose Live was an hour-long Australian live sketch Comedy Television programme that was loosely based on In 2006 she appeared in the sketch show Magda's Funny Bits alongside Magda Szubanski. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Magda's Funny Bits was a television comedy featuring Magda Szubanski that was broadcast on the Nine Network, Australia in early 2006. Magda Szubanski (born April 12 1961) is an Australian actress comedian and writer In this show, she recreated her role as infomercial host Janelle, first developed on Fast Forward.

Downey's television roles are often authority figures or professional women with slightly eccentric personalities, such as the relationship-counselor she played in comedy series Kath & Kim. Kath & Kim is a Logie Award -winning character-driven Australian Television Comedy series created by Jane Turner and

On Fast Forward, Marg Downey appeared in a lot of sketches with Steve Vizard i. e. Eyewitness News, The Midday Show, Candid Camera, The Cosby Show & Get Smart.

Downey also played Clancy in the Skippy Send-up and appeared in send-ups of I Dream Of Jeannie, Mr Ed, Bewitched et al.

Select filmography

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