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Robin Duke

A familiar face. A favorite credit.

Robin Duke

Performer

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Born March 13, 1954Age 72

4sketches in the archive
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Robin Duke is a Canadian actress and comedian who performed on both SCTV and Saturday Night Live. Her roles in the archive include Cousin Shirley in SCTV’s Sunrise Semester photography lesson and a cashier in SNL’s Wife’s a Witch. She was an SNL performer and writer during the early 1980s.

Duke developed her comedy career with Toronto’s Second City and later co-founded the stage troupe Women Fully Clothed. Beyond sketch television, she played Wendy Kurtz in Schitt’s Creek and worked in film and voice acting. She has also taught comedy performance and writing at Humber College in Toronto.

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