Valri Bromfield (born February 10, 1949) is a Canadian comedian,
actor, writer, and television producer who started her career as one
half of a comedy team with Dan Aykroyd. Together, they joined the
first Toronto company of The Second City where she was one of the
original players.[1]She formed a comedy team with Dan Aykroyd.[2]
Bromfield was a regular performer on the 1974 The Bobbie Gentry
Show.[3] She performed comedy on the first episode of Saturday Night
Live on October 11, 1975.[4] Between dress rehearsal and the live
airing, Lorne Michaels told her she had to cut her opening monologue
from five minutes to two.[5]She also appeared on another SNL episode
in 1978. In 1979 she played "Mary Mary" on the ABC series Angie. In
1980, she appeared as the character "Debbie Smith" on The David
Letterman Show. She played "Laney Gibbs" in Best of the West in 1981
and appeared on six episodes of SCTV between 1983â€"1984. In 1984, she
appeared on nine episodes of The New Show, another NBC sketch comedy
show produced by Saturday Night Live creator Lorne Michaels.
actor, writer, and television producer who started her career as one
half of a comedy team with Dan Aykroyd. Together, they joined the
first Toronto company of The Second City where she was one of the
original players.[1]She formed a comedy team with Dan Aykroyd.[2]
Bromfield was a regular performer on the 1974 The Bobbie Gentry
Show.[3] She performed comedy on the first episode of Saturday Night
Live on October 11, 1975.[4] Between dress rehearsal and the live
airing, Lorne Michaels told her she had to cut her opening monologue
from five minutes to two.[5]She also appeared on another SNL episode
in 1978. In 1979 she played "Mary Mary" on the ABC series Angie. In
1980, she appeared as the character "Debbie Smith" on The David
Letterman Show. She played "Laney Gibbs" in Best of the West in 1981
and appeared on six episodes of SCTV between 1983â€"1984. In 1984, she
appeared on nine episodes of The New Show, another NBC sketch comedy
show produced by Saturday Night Live creator Lorne Michaels.
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