Mary Walsh

thumb|Walsh in 2008 Mary Cynthia Walsh (born May 13, 1952) is a Canadian actress, comedian, and writer, who is known for her role as one of the members of the Newfoundland-based CODCO comedy troupe, and as one of the founders of the television series This Hour Has 22 Minutes. She was appointed as a Member of the Order of Canada on 27 April, 2000. Quotes "My husband is teaching me to drive a standard. He's a professor anyways - he's not a bad teacher, if you know what I mean." from an interview with the Globe and Mail, November 3rd, 2009 "People go, 'You're going to be so happy driving; it's going to feel so free.' And I felt the very opposite of free. I felt like a person with 2,000 pounds of dangerous, dangerous metal strapped to my back, rattling around." from an interview with the Globe and Mail, November 3rd, 2009 "And it occurred to me early on that if you were just an old bat, all of those things could disappear and you could just be yourself, right? You could just be funny, or a person, or you could say what you liked, and you wouldn't have to worry… It was like a way to break through that incredibly oppressive thing that is put over you, or you put it over yourself as a young woman, you know?" from an interview with CBC, February 10th, 2009 External links