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Guide Note:Kathy Najimy is an American comedienne and actress. She's best known for her role as Peggy Hill on the animated FOX series King of the Hill as well as for her portrayal of Dr. Mildred French on the CBS drama Numb3rs.
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Coverage : Kathy Najimy is not an actress who’s an activist; she’s an activist who’s an actress. How much do you know about this noble actress? Take this quiz and find out.
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I[N] 1980, Kathy Najimy and Mo Gaffney got onstage at a benefit in San Diego in front of “throngs of screaming gay men” and improvised a couple of characters they’d invented while driving around their hometown. Maddie and Syvvie—well-meaning female alter kockers who take a women’s studies class because “we’ve got the prerequisite for this course: We’re women!”—eventually became two of many characters in The Kathy and Mo Show, which by the mid-eighties had become an Off Broadway smash. The show landed them HBO specials and sitcom offers, but by 1991 they wanted out and went their separate ways. Najimy was in Disney films like Sister Act and starred in Veronica’s Closet; Gaffney appeared in Mad About You and That ’70s Show. But this year, to help mark the 25th anniversary of Second Stage, where the show once played, artistic director Carole Rothman persuaded them to reunite for Afterbirth: Kathy and Mo’s Greatest Hits (after a trial run in L.A., the show starts previews here June 11). Jonathan Van Meter talked to them about their split—and what it’s like to be back together.
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Kathy Najimy is equally at home in films, in television and on stage. Her television credits include three seasons opposite Kirstie Alley as "Olive" on "Veronica's Closet," for which she received an American Comedy Award. For the past 10 seasons, she has provided the voice of "Peggy Hill" on the Emmy award-winning animated series "King of the Hill," (Annie Award, two WIN awards.) She was thrilled to play Sharon Stones' gynecologist in HBO's "If These Walls Could Talk 2," and in 2003 she appeared in Disney's "The Scream Team" with Eric Idle. The original "Kathy & Mo Show: Parallel Lives" garnered her two Cable Ace Awards for the first HBO special and an Obie Award for the Off-Broadway stage show. The 1996 HBO version, entitled Kathy & Mo: The Dark Side," won Cable Ace Awards for her roles as actor, writer and Executive Producer of the special, as well as an American Comedy Award nomination for her performance. Najimy was featured in a three-part arc on CBS's "Chicago Hope" as well as in the series "She TV," "Fool for Love," "Early Edition" and three episodes of "Ellen."
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Najimy was honored with the L.A. Gay and Lesbian Center's Rand Schrader Distinguished Achievement Award, as well as L.A. Shanti's Daniel P. Warner Founders Award. Both honors are given to individuals who unselfishly give of themselves in the fight against AIDS. She is an enthusiastic supporter of such causes as AIDS research, women, and animal rights. Najimy has lent her support to a variety of worthy organizations including: L.A.
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Hollywood superstar Bette Midler joins Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy as three outlandishly wild witches who return from 17th century Salem for a night of zany fun and comic chaos. After some unsuspecting pranksters accidentally conjure them up, the tricky 300-year-old trio sets out to cast a spell on the town and reclaim their youth - but first they must outwit three feisty kids who are determined to foil their scheme. Loaded with bewitching laughs, Hocus Pocus is an outrageous comedy that's sure to entertain everyone.
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