Catherine Swing

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Catherine Swing
Occupation(s)actress, television personality
TitleMiss Canada 1978
SpouseFergie Olver (divorced)

Catherine Swing is a Canadian television personality, actor, producer, director and former Miss Canada.

Swing won the Miss Canada pageant in 1978,[1][2] after having won the Miss Toronto crown while she was a student at York University.[3] Over the next year she made public appearances in different parts of the country.[4] She talked with the challenges of being Miss Canada with the press, most notably the lack of control over her own schedule.[5] Swing was not able to compete in the 1978 Miss Universe pageant as had what the papers called "marriage plans".[6]

In 1980, she created Just Like Mom, a television game show which ran on CTV until 1985; from the second season onwards she co-hosted the show with her then-husband Fergie Olver.[7] In 2009 a new version of the show was announced and Swing served as a consultant.[8][9] After Just Like Mom concluded, Swing continued to work in television as an actor and director.[citation needed]

Filmography[edit]

Year Title Role
1988 Diamonds Unknown
1986-1988 Night Heat Roz / Toni Shire
1990 Katts and Dog Unknown
1989 Food of the Gods II Colour Commentator
1989 Street Legal Interviewer #1
1992 Forever Knight Janice Hedges
1992 Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story Secretary
1994 RoboCop Martina Marx
1995 Darkman II: The Return of Durant Bonnie Cisco
1997 Bad Day on the Block Crack House Reporter
1997 Due South Shelley Byron
1996-1998 The Outer Limits Reporter #2 / Nurse
1999 Total Recall 2070 Rekall Salesperson

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Miss Canada&Miss Teen Canada:MissCanada-Pasttitleholders". Archived from the original on 2014-10-27.
  2. ^ Student crowned Miss Canada. The Calgary Herald.
  3. ^ "Clipped From The Windsor Star". The Windsor Star. 1977-11-08. p. 2. Retrieved 2022-08-12.
  4. ^ Belford, Terrence. Dress up your party with Canada's prettiest. The Montreal Gazette.
  5. ^ "Tough being Miss Canada 'Promoters own me'". The Montreal Star. 1978-03-28. p. 1. Retrieved 2022-08-12.
  6. ^ "World Chance". Times Colonist. 1978-05-10. p. 25. Retrieved 2022-08-12.
  7. ^ "Just Like Mom host Catherine Swing backs updated version of 80s game show". Archived from the original on 2014-10-27. Retrieved 2014-10-27.
  8. ^ Metro International; Atlantic Free Daily Newspapers Inc. (2009-09-23). Just like mom gets modern twist.
  9. ^ Baillie, Andrea (23 September 2009). "Just Like Mom is back with updated version of '80s game show". The Guelph Mercury; Guelph, Ont. [Guelph, Ont]. pp. B.13 – via ProQuest.

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Preceded by Miss Canada
1978
Succeeded by