Sheila McCarthy is a Canadian film, stage, television actress, and singer. She is one of the most honoured actors in Canada, having won two Genie Awards (film), two Gemini Awards (television), and two Dora Awards (theatre) among multiple nominations. As of 2007, she can be seen on the Canadian television series Little Mosque on the Prairie

Little Mosque on the Prairie

Little Mosque on the Prairie is a Canadian sitcom on CBC, created by Zarqa Nawaz and produced by WestWind Pictures. It is filmed in Toronto, Ontario and Indian Head, Saskatchewan...

. Sheila McCarthy showed off her singing skills in Cow Belles.

She also did characters voices in Free Willy

Free Willy (TV series)

For the 1954-1955 CBS situation comedy starring June Havoc, see Willy.Free Willy is an animated television series, inspired by the 1993 film of the same name....

, Mythic Warriors: Guardians of the Legend, The Busy World of Richard Scarry

The Busy World of Richard Scarry

The Busy World of Richard Scarry is a Canadian/French animated children's television series, produced by CINAR Animation and France Animation in association with Paramount Television, which aired from 1994 to 1997, first on Showtime, later on Nickelodeon, and ran for 65 episodes...

, The Neverending Story

The Neverending Story (TV series)

The Neverending Story: The Animated Adventures of Bastian Balthazar Bux is an animated television series, produced by CineVox , Ellipse , and Nelvana , aired for one season on HBO, ran for 26 episodes, and loosely based on Michael Ende's book, The Neverending Story .In the animated series, the...

, Rolie Polie Olie

Rolie Polie Olie

Rolie Polie Olie is a children's television series produced by Nelvana and created by William Joyce. The show centers on a little boy who is composed of several spheres and other three-dimensional geometric shapes...

, Bad Dog

Bad Dog (TV series)

Bad Dog was an animated cartoon that aired on FOX Family and Teletoon in 1998. The cartoon focused on the Potanski family and their dog Berkeley. The show's gimmick was that, whenever Berkeley was told that he was a bad dog, he would freeze and pretend to be dead until someone told him he was a...

and Marvin the Tap-Dancing Horse

Marvin the Tap-Dancing Horse

Marvin The Tap-Dancing Horse is a Canadian animated television show produced by Nelvana. It tells the stories of a young horse named Marvin who is part of a carnival. Among the Executive Producers are Michael Paraskevas and Betty Paraskevas, creators of Maggie and the Ferocious Beast who also...

.

McCarthy was born in Toronto

Toronto

Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...

, Ontario

Ontario

Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....

. She was married to actor Peter Donaldson

Peter Donaldson (actor)

Peter Thomas Donaldson was a Canadian actor.Donaldson was the son of Betty and Norman Donaldson, and was born and raised in Midland, Ontario. While attending Midland Secondary School, he performed in Brigadoon and an abridged version of Romeo and Juliet; his drama teacher did not spot Donaldson's...

, who died January 8, 2011 after a two year battle with cancer. Together they had two children.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1987		Anna
1987	I've Heard the Mermaids Singing I've Heard the Mermaids Singing I've Heard the Mermaids Singing is a 1987 theatrical-release feature film, directed by Patricia Rozema. The title is taken from The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock by T. S. Eliot.-Plot:...	Polly Vandersma
1988	Gandahar Light Years (film) Light Years is a 1988 French animated science fiction and fantasy film. The original version was directed by René Laloux, and was based on Jean-Pierre Andrevon's novel Les Hommes-machines contre Gandahar .An English version was directed by Harvey Weinstein and produced by Bob Weinstein, while noted...	Council Spokeswoman (voice)
1989	Friends, Lovers, & Lunatics	Kathy
1989	George's Island	Miss Birdwood
1990	Beautiful Dreamers	Molly Jessop
1990	Die Hard 2 Die Hard 2 Die Hard 2 is a 1990 action film and the second in the Die Hard film series. The film was directed by Renny Harlin, and stars Bruce Willis as John McClane...	Samantha 'Sam' Coleman
1990	Pacific Heights Pacific Heights (1990 film) Pacific Heights is a 1990 thriller film directed by John Schlesinger and starring Melanie Griffith, Matthew Modine, and Michael Keaton. Griffith's real-life mother Tippi Hedren has a cameo as a rich older woman who is conned by Keaton's character. The original music score was composed by Hans...	Liz Hamilton
1990	Bright Angel	Nina
1991	White Room White Room (film) White Room is a Canadian drama film, released in 1990.The film, written and directed by Patricia Rozema, stars Maurice Godin, Kate Nelligan and Sheila McCarthy. Godin plays Norm, a confused young man who is drawn into events after witnessing the murder of rock star Madeleine X...	Zelda
1991	Paradise Paradise (1991 film) Paradise is a 1991 film written and directed by Mary Agnes Donoghue. The original music score is composed by David Newman.Melanie Griffith and Don Johnson play Lily and Ben Reed, a young couple torn apart by a family tragedy...	Sally Pike
1991	Stepping Out Stepping Out (1991 film) Stepping Out is a 1991 musical-comedy film directed by Lewis Gilbert, starring Liza Minnelli, written by Richard Harris and based on a play also written by Harris. Minnelli plays the role of a has-been Broadway performer who gives tap lesson to a group of misfits who, through their dance classes,...	Andy
1992	Montréal vu par...	Ann Stuart	Segment: "Desperanto"
1993	Journey to the Planets	Oracle (voice)	Short film
1993		Diane Kingswood
1996	House Arrest House Arrest (film) House Arrest is a 1996 comedy film. The film was directed by Harry Winer who has directed other films but is more prolific as a television series director. The film stars Jamie Lee Curtis and Kevin Pollak...	Gwenna Krupp
1997	Shadow Zone: My Teacher Ate My Homework	Jesse's Mom
2001	Rare Birds Rare Birds Rare Birds is a 2001 Canadian comedy/drama film. It was directed by Sturla Gunnarsson and written by Edward Riche based on his novel. This movie features spectacular scenery from Cape Spear, Newfoundland, Canada. It also features music by the The Pogues and characteristic Canadian Maritime...	Claire
2002	Duct Tape Forever Duct Tape Forever Duct Tape Forever is a 2002 comedy film based on The Red Green Show. It was written by Steve Smith, the actor who plays Red Green.-Plot:...	Easterbrook (uncredited)
2004	Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen is a 2004 American Teen musical comedy film directed by Sara Sugarman and produced by Robert Shapiro and Matthew Hart for Walt Disney Pictures...	Mrs. Gerard
2004		Judith
2004	Being Julia Being Julia Being Julia is a 2004 drama film with comic undertones directed by István Szabó and starring Annette Bening and Jeremy Irons. The screenplay by Ronald Harwood is based on the 1937 novel Theatre by W. Somerset Maugham...	Grace Dexter
2004	Geraldine's Fortune Geraldine's Fortune Geraldine's Fortune is a 2004 Canadian comedy/drama film. It was directed by John N. Smith, written by Tim Burns and based on the play Les Belles-sœurs by Michel Tremblay.- Plot :...	Tina Larose
2005	Bailey's Billion$ Bailey's Billion$ Bailey's Billion$ is a 2005 Canadian movie starring Dean Cain, Laurie Holden, Jennifer Tilly, Tim Curry and Jon Lovitz.-Plot:Sweet and savvy talking golden retriever, Bailey, is one doggone lucky pooch when his devoted owner, Constance Pennington, leaves him her entire billion-dollar fortune...	Peggy Delaney
2005		Hannah Maynard	Short film
2006	Small Avalanches	Nancy's Mother	Short film
2007	Breakfast with Scot Breakfast with Scot Breakfast with Scot is a 2007 Canadian comedy film. It is adapted from the novel by Tufts University professor Michael Downing.The screenplay was adapted by Sean Reycraft from the book by Michael Downing, and the film was directed by Laurie Lynd...	Miss Patterson
2007		Doris
2009	Year of the Carnivore Year of the Carnivore Year of the Carnivore is a 2009 Canadian romantic comedy about a grocery store detective with a crush on a boy who rejects her because she has too little sexual experience....	Mrs. Smalls

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1982	Hangin' In Hangin' In Hangin' In is a Canadian television sitcom which aired on CBC from 1981 to 1987. It also aired briefly in syndication in the United States. Canadian producer Jack Humphrey developed Hangin' In and served as executive producer for the show.-Synopsis:...		Episode: "The Princess and the Pea"
1983	Today's Special Today's Special Today's Special is a Canadian children's television show produced by Clive VanderBurgh at TVOntario from 1982 to 1987. It also ran on Nickelodeon and the Faith and Values Channel as well as many PBS stations throughout the United States. It was set in a department store, based on the flagship...	Sourpuss Sal	Episode: "Smiles"
1984		Murielle	Episode: "Three Monkeys of Bah Roghar: Part 1" Episode: "Three Monkeys of Bah Roghar: Part 2"
1985	Love & Larceny	Mary Bigley	TV movie
1985	Tucker and the Horse Thief		TV movie
1986	9B 9B (TV series) 9B was a Canadian television drama series, which aired on CBC Television as a television movie in 1986 before being adapted into a short-run dramatic series in 1989....	Heather	TV movie
1986		Lynn Reailly	TV movie
1986	Hot Shots Hot Shots (TV series) Hot Shots was a short-lived Canadian television drama series, which aired on CBS in the United States in 1986, and CTV in Canada in 1987.The series, produced by CTV for the CBS Late Night block of crime drama series, starred Dorothy Parke and Booth Savage as Amanda Reed and Jake West, crime...	Jenny	Episode: "Cut Off in His Prime"
1987	Much Ado About Nothing Much Ado About Nothing Much Ado About Nothing is a comedy written by William Shakespeare about two pairs of lovers, Benedick and Beatrice, and Claudio and Hero....	Margaret	TV movie
1987	Really Weird Tales	Ellie Hutchins	Episode: "Cursed with Charisma"
1988	Mount Royal Mount Royal (TV series) Mount Royal was a Canadian prime time television soap opera that aired on CTV. It premiered January 3, 1988 with a two-hour episode. The series starred Patrick Bauchau and Domini Blythe. It is said to be Canada's answer to the American soap opera Dynasty.-Setting:The series was set in an upscale...	Luise Blaikie	Episode: "Still Life"
1989	Alfred Hitchcock Presents The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents is an American anthology series that aired on NBC from 1985 to 1986, and on the USA Network from 1987 to 1989...	Sarah Hollister	Episode: "For Art's Sake"
1989	Trying Times	Jenny Amber	Episode: "A Good Life"
1990	Labor of Love		TV movie
1990	E.N.G. E.N.G. E.N.G. is a Canadian television drama, following the staff of a fictional Toronto television news station . The show aired on CTV from 1988 to 1994...	Carol Barton	Episode: "Till Death Us Do Part"
1990	Back to the Beanstalk	Garbanza	TV movie
1990	Steel Magnolias Steel Magnolias Steel Magnolias is a 1989 American comedy-drama film directed by Herbert Ross that stars Sally Field, Shirley MacLaine, Olympia Dukakis, Dolly Parton, Daryl Hannah and Julia Roberts....	Annelle Dupuy-Desoto	TV movie
1990	Street Legal Street Legal (TV series) Street Legal is a Canadian television series, which aired on CBC Television from 1987 to 1994.-Synopsis:A spinoff from the 1985 television movie Shellgame, Street Legal focused on the professional and private lives of the partners in a small Toronto, Ontario law firm, Barr, Robinovitch and Tchobanian...	Stephanie Coleman	Episode: "The Psychic"
1991		(voice)	TV movie
1991	Rupert Rupert (TV series) Rupert is an animated television series based on the Mary Tourtel character Rupert Bear, produced by Nelvana, Ellipse Programmé and TVS for the first season, with Scottish Television taken over control when TVS closed. Aired from 1991 to 1997 with 65 half-hour episodes produced. It was broadcast...	Additional Voices	13 episodes
1991			Episode: "Rogue in the Bathroom"
1992	Beethoven Lives Upstairs Beethoven Lives Upstairs Beethoven Lives Upstairs is a Canadian 1992 HBO Original Films TV movie directed by David Devine. Based on a vocal recording written and directed by Barbara Nichol, the film stars Illya Woloshyn as Christoph, a young boy who develops a friendship with composer Ludwig van Beethoven , a boarder in...	Sophie	TV movie
1992		Diane Callaghan	TV movie
1992		Francine	Episode: "The Lonely One"
1994	Free Willy Free Willy (TV series) For the 1954-1955 CBS situation comedy starring June Havoc, see Willy.Free Willy is an animated television series, inspired by the 1993 film of the same name....	Annie	TV series
1994	Dan Redican Comedy Hour	Various	TV movie
1994	Menendez: A Killing in Beverly Hills	Jill Lansing	TV movie
1995		Totsie	TV movie
1995		Nancy	TV movie
1995-1996	Picket Fences Picket Fences Picket Fences is a 60-minute American television drama about the residents of the fictional town of Rome, Wisconsin, created and produced by David E. Kelley. The show initially ran from September 18, 1992, to June 26, 1996, on the CBS television network in the United States...	Sue Walsh	4 episodes
1996	Road to Avonlea Road to Avonlea Road to Avonlea was a television series which was first broadcast in Canada and the United States between 1990 and 1996. It was created by Kevin Sullivan and produced by Sullivan Films in association with CBC and the Disney Channel, with additional funding from Telefilm Canada.It was adapted from...	Betty Blaine	Episode: "King of the Great White Way"
1996		Carol Doster	TV movie
1998	Bad Dog Bad Dog (TV series) Bad Dog was an animated cartoon that aired on FOX Family and Teletoon in 1998. The cartoon focused on the Potanski family and their dog Berkeley. The show's gimmick was that, whenever Berkeley was told that he was a bad dog, he would freeze and pretend to be dead until someone told him he was a...	(voice)	TV series
1998	More Tales of the City	Mildred	TV miniseries
1998	Dead Husbands Dead Husbands Dead Husbands is a 1998 romance comedy thriller starring Nicollette Sheridan, John Ritter, Sonja Smits, Donna Pescow, Amy Yasbeck and Sheila McCarthy. It was directed by Paul Shapiro and written by Bob Randall and Warren Taylor.-Cast:...	Jane Armitage	TV movie
1998-2000	Emily of New Moon Emily of New Moon (TV series) Emily of New Moon was a Canadian television series, which aired on CBC Television from 1998 to 2000. The series originally aired in the United States on the Cookie Jar Toons block on This TV and it's currently seen in Canada on the Viva, Bravo! and Vision TV cable channels...	Laura Murray	46 episodes
1999	You Know My Name You Know My Name (film) You Know My Name is a 1999 made-for-television movie, written and directed by John Kent Harrison. Its plot is based on the real-life story of lawman and gunslinger Bill Tilghman, who also became noted for directing and producing the 1915 Western, The Passing of the Oklahoma Outlaws.- Plot :It is...	Mrs. Lynn	TV movie
1999	Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke is a four-part miniseries that first aired on CBS in 1999 staring motion picture legend Lauren Bacall and Richard Chamberlain. It is based on the book The Richest Girl In The World: by Stephanie Mansfield. In addition to Bob Colacello's profile of Ms...	Tammy	TV movie
1999	Mythic Warriors Mythic Warriors Mythic Warriors was a Canadian-produced animated television series that was a fixture of CBS' Saturday-morning cartoon lineup...	Clotho (voice)	Episode: "Damon and Pythias"
2000	Virtual Mom	Holly	TV movie
2000	Super Rupert	Aunt Rhonda	TV series
2000	Marvin The Tap-Dancing Horse Marvin the Tap-Dancing Horse Marvin The Tap-Dancing Horse is a Canadian animated television show produced by Nelvana. It tells the stories of a young horse named Marvin who is part of a carnival. Among the Executive Producers are Michael Paraskevas and Betty Paraskevas, creators of Maggie and the Ferocious Beast who also...	Elizabeth the Emotional Pig (voice)	Episode: "Eddy's Job/Elephants Almost Never Forget"
2001	Haven	Eva	TV movie
2001	Royal Canadian Air Farce Royal Canadian Air Farce Air Farce Live, also credited as Air Farce, previously Royal Canadian Air Farce, and Air Farce—Final Flight! for the final season, was a Canadian comedy series starring the comedy troupe The Royal Canadian Air Farce that previously starred in an eponymous radio show on CBC radio from 1973 to 1997...	Anne Robinson / Dr. Joy Thomas	Episode: "9.2"
2001	I Was a Rat	Mrs. Tapscrew	TV movie
2001		Various	TV series
2002	Lathe of Heaven Lathe of Heaven (film) Lathe of Heaven is a 2002 television movie based on the similarly named science fiction novel by Ursula K. Le Guin. It was produced for the A&E network in 2002 and directed by Philip Haas. It was nominated for the 2003 Saturn Award for Best Single Program Presentation.-Synopsis:It starred James...	Penny	TV movie
2002		Miss Paige	TV movie
2003	Custody of the Heart	Alice	TV movie
2003	Full-Court Miracle	Mrs. Klein	TV movie
2005	Puppets Who Kill Puppets Who Kill Puppets Who Kill is a Canadian television comedy programme co-produced by The Comedy Network. It premiered in Canada on the Comedy Network in 2002, and in Australia on The Comedy Channel in 2004....	Miss Wickham	Episode: "Cuddles the Artist"
2005	Missing	Dr. Eleanor Reese	Episode: "Analysis"
2006	Roxana Roxana Roxana sometimes Roxane, was a Bactrian noble and a wife of Alexander the Great. She was born earlier than the year 343 BC, though the precise date remains uncertain....	Amy	TV movie
2006	Cow Belles Cow Belles Cow Belles is a 2006 romantic teen comedy film inspired by the Fox series The Simple Life which formerly starred Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie. The filmed starred Aly Michalka and AJ Michalka, better known as sister duo Aly & AJ. The movie was filmed in Toronto, Canada...	Fran Walker	TV movie
2007-present	Little Mosque on the Prairie Little Mosque on the Prairie Little Mosque on the Prairie is a Canadian sitcom on CBC, created by Zarqa Nawaz and produced by WestWind Pictures. It is filmed in Toronto, Ontario and Indian Head, Saskatchewan...	Sarah Hamoudi	80+ episodes
2009			Episode: "1.5"
2010	Love Letters	Melissa	TV movie

External links

• The Sheila McCarthy Network website