Catherine McKinnon (born May 14, 1944) is a Canadian actress and folk/ pop singer.

Early life and education

Born in

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, McKinnon began as a child performer, making her debut radio broadcast at age eight and her television appearance at age 12. She subsequently studied music at Mount Saint Vincent University in Halifax.

Career

In the 1960s she was a regular on CBC radio and television, including the Halifax based CBC television program '' Singalong Jubilee''. In 1964, she popularized the song " Farewell to Nova Scotia" when she used it as the theme song for the ''Singalong Jubilee''. McKinnon's first and biggest selling album, ''Voice of an Angel'', was a collection of folk material, but she has also recorded ballads, torch songs, and songs by notable pop songwriters such as

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and Buffy Sainte-Marie. She has also been a stage actress, appearing in Canadian productions of '' Turvey'', '' The Wizard of Oz'', and ''

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Personal life

McKinnon married actor and comedian

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in 1969; the couple divorced in 2003. Her sister, Patrician Anne McKinnon, began her singing career on

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at age 13 and had a Canadian hit single entitled "Blue Lipstick" in 1965. "Blue Lipstick" was written especially for her by American composer P. F. Sloan, who also wrote for Terry Black. She was featured on both ''Voice of an Angel'' albums. Patrician Anne's career was often interrupted owing to Hodgkin's disease which caused her death at the age of 53 of lymphatic cancer on October 10, 2001 in

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Retrieved November 5, 2010

Discography

* ''This Is Catherine McKinnon'' (1964) * ''Voice of an Angel'' (1964) * ''Voice of an Angel II'' (1965) * ''The Catherine McKinnon Christmas Album'' (1966) * ''I'll Be Home For Christmas'' (1966) * ''Something Old Something New'' (1967) * ''Both Sides Now'' (1968) * ''Everybody's Talkin (1969) * ''Catherine McKinnon with the Jimmy Dale Orchestra'' (1970) * ''Catherine McKinnon'' (1980) * ''Explosive'' (1980) * ''Patrician Anne'' (1984) * ''I'll Be Home For Christmas'' (1992) * ''Images Of Christmas – Special Guest Denny Doherty'' (Attic Records Limited, 1992) * ''Songs I Love'' – (2007)

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:McKinnon, Catherine 1944 births Living people Actresses from New Brunswick Canadian child actresses Canadian women folk singers Canadian folk singers Canadian stage actresses Mount Saint Vincent University alumni Musicians from Saint John, New Brunswick 20th-century Canadian women singers 21st-century Canadian women singers Singers from New Brunswick Actors from Saint John, New Brunswick