Dinah Barbara Christie (born 1942) is a Canadian actress and
singer.Christie was born in London, England. The daughter of actors
Robert and Margot Christie, she came to Canada at the age of two with
her parents and grew up in Toronto. At age 13, she worked as a call
boy at the Stratford Festival and became an apprentice at the Festival
in 1960.In 1961, she sang in a comedy revue in Toronto, directed by
her father. Before she was out of her teens, she had been cast in
small roles at Stratford. In 1962, aged 19, she starting singing while
attending North Toronto Collegiate Institute (NTCI) and performed as a
folk singer in her teens, taking voice lessons from Portia White.
Christie reached Grade 13 at NTCI but did not graduate.[1]In 1965, she
was selected by Tom Kneebone to co-star in a stage revue, and the two
would frequently work together for decades. The same year, she joined
CBC Television's This Hour Has Seven Days, for which she regularly
sang satirical songs. She also appeared in an off-Broadway musical,
Your Own Thing, a rock musical of Twelfth Night.[1]
singer.Christie was born in London, England. The daughter of actors
Robert and Margot Christie, she came to Canada at the age of two with
her parents and grew up in Toronto. At age 13, she worked as a call
boy at the Stratford Festival and became an apprentice at the Festival
in 1960.In 1961, she sang in a comedy revue in Toronto, directed by
her father. Before she was out of her teens, she had been cast in
small roles at Stratford. In 1962, aged 19, she starting singing while
attending North Toronto Collegiate Institute (NTCI) and performed as a
folk singer in her teens, taking voice lessons from Portia White.
Christie reached Grade 13 at NTCI but did not graduate.[1]In 1965, she
was selected by Tom Kneebone to co-star in a stage revue, and the two
would frequently work together for decades. The same year, she joined
CBC Television's This Hour Has Seven Days, for which she regularly
sang satirical songs. She also appeared in an off-Broadway musical,
Your Own Thing, a rock musical of Twelfth Night.[1]
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