Barbara Budd (born May 23, 1951) is a Canadian actress, narrator and
radio announcer. Between 1993 and April 30, 2010, she was the co-host
of CBC Radio One's As It Happens.Budd was born in St. Catharines,
Ontario.[1] She studied theatre performance at York University and
graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1974.Budd worked for
five seasons as a company member at Canada's Stratford Festival under
Robin Phillips (1975-1980),[2] most notably playing Cathleen in a 1977
production of Long Day's Journey into Night[3] and Emilia in a 1979
production of Othello.[4]She continued to act for other theatre
companies, and had minor film roles, in the 1980s before joining CBC
Radio, for whom she worked as a continuity announcer and substitute
host,[5] as well as an occasional guest performer on Royal Canadian
Air Farce.[6] Three of her guest appearances with Air Farce appear on
the troupe's 1990 album To Air Is Human, To Farce Divine.[7] In one of
her most famous sketches with Air Farce, a businessman befuddled by
the complexities of the new GST calls the government's information
line; Budd plays the customer service representative, who answers his
tax questions in the steamy and seductive tone of a phone sex
operator.[7]
radio announcer. Between 1993 and April 30, 2010, she was the co-host
of CBC Radio One's As It Happens.Budd was born in St. Catharines,
Ontario.[1] She studied theatre performance at York University and
graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1974.Budd worked for
five seasons as a company member at Canada's Stratford Festival under
Robin Phillips (1975-1980),[2] most notably playing Cathleen in a 1977
production of Long Day's Journey into Night[3] and Emilia in a 1979
production of Othello.[4]She continued to act for other theatre
companies, and had minor film roles, in the 1980s before joining CBC
Radio, for whom she worked as a continuity announcer and substitute
host,[5] as well as an occasional guest performer on Royal Canadian
Air Farce.[6] Three of her guest appearances with Air Farce appear on
the troupe's 1990 album To Air Is Human, To Farce Divine.[7] In one of
her most famous sketches with Air Farce, a businessman befuddled by
the complexities of the new GST calls the government's information
line; Budd plays the customer service representative, who answers his
tax questions in the steamy and seductive tone of a phone sex
operator.[7]
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